Weld County Fair and Southeast Weld County Fair Market Beef ID List
Weld County Fair and Southeast Weld County Fair Market Goat ID List
Weld County Fair and Southeast Weld County Fair Market Sheep ID List
Weld County Fair and Southeast Weld County Fair Market Swine ID List

Colorado State Fair Market Beef ID List
Colorado State Fair Market Goat ID List
Colorado State Fair Market Sheep ID List
Colorado State Fair Market Swine ID List

4-H and FFA members enrolling in any market and/or breeding livestock or small animal projects for the first time regardless of age, must attend a Colorado Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) program.  4-H and FFA members will be required to attend a Colorado MQA program a minimum of twice during the course of their 4-H career – once as a junior (8-13 years old, 4-H age) and once again within one year after becoming a senior (14-18 years old, 4-H age) 4-H member.

We have completed all of our classes. 

Meat Quality Assurance List - Updated June 11, 2025

• Dog Project Packet
• Horse Project Packet
• Shooting Sports Project Packet - Coming Soon

There is always the common question of: Did you complete all the steps to be eligible to exhibit at fair? Please see the below check-lists to see if you have completed all the steps for your projects!

• Family Consumer/General Natural/County Projects
  • Dog ID’s are due in 4-H Online by May 1^st. You must update previously exhibited dogs, they do not automatically carry over
  • Interview Judging sign-up by July 7^th. Interview judging day is Monday, July 21^st. Sign-up will open on June 1^st!
    • Dog and Crops/Vegetable members must sign up for an interview for the corresponding project record book. Failure to sign-up for a record book interview will result in participation only in those two divisions.
  • Fair Entries:Online at: Weld County Fair. Entries close July 7^th!!
  • Do you have the proper Record Book? Visit Colorado 4-H Website to find the appropriate e-record.For Pocket Pets and Restoration projects, please use the Self Determined e-record.Crops and Genealogy both have record books online.
  • Shooting Sports: You will need to download your record book from the link above. The manual you received from your leader is not your record book, just a manual for information.
  • Do you know your project requirements? Refer to the State 4-H and County 4-H Project Requirements! Some projects require only exhibit item and record book, some also require a completed manual.
  • Do you know how your project will be evaluated? Visit: Colorado 4-H website. If you are unsure if you’ve completed all of the steps please call and verify prior to July 7^th!!
• Livestock Projects
  • Market Animal ID Days
    • Cattle: February
    • Sheep and Goats: Live ID Days at the following-locations
      • Island Grove Park, Greeley: Tuesday, May 6^th, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
      • Briggsdale School FFA Shop:Wednesday, May 7^th, 4:00-6:00 pm..
      • Southeast Weld County Fairgrounds (Keenesburg):Thursday, May 8^th, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
    • Pigs: Must pick up paper work from office and paperwork due back to the Extension Office by 4:00 p.m. May 8^th or by 6:00 p.m. at the Southeast Weld Fairgrounds in Keenesburg.
    • Rabbits: Doe ID’s Due May 1^st
  • Horse Project
    • Horse ID’s due in 4-H Online by May 1^st
    • Level testing completed by July 1^st
  • Animal Care and Housing Forms – Due May 1^st
  • Breeding Animal Ownership Deadline – May 1^st
  • Are you up-to-date on your Meat Quality Assurance (MQA)? To check, visit the Bulletin Board.
  • Mandatory Interview and Record Book Review. Sign-up information will be available June 1^st.
    • Virtual Interviews, time varies, June 17^th-19^th and July 1^st-2^nd
    • Fort Lupton, 3:00-5:00 p.m. on June 23^rd
    • Keenesburg 3:00-6:00 p.m. on June 24^th
    • Briggsdale, 4:00-6:00 p.m. on June 25^th
    • Greeley, 3:00-7:00 p.m. on June 26^th
    • Ault, 8:00 a.m. – noon on June 30^th
  • FFA Members: SAE Form due to Extension Office by July 7^th at 4:00 p.m.
  • Fair Entries:Online at: Weld County Fair website. Entries close July 7^th!!
  • If you are unsure if you’ve completed all of the steps please call and verify prior to July 7^th!!

The Weld County Extension Office is excited to share with you a new publication that feature's a few of our elevated moments throughout the year here in Weld County.

Extension Elevated, Issue 03, December 2023