Hog Rules & Entries

HOG RULES

1. Each exhibitor is allowed to bring up to two single market hogs, up to 10 gilts, and one carcass barrow.

2. Market hogs will be sorted by visual appearance into a breed classification. All decisions of the classifications will be made final by the swine superintendent (breed classifications available HERE).

3. Each exhibitor must own their market hog(s) by February 1st of the current show year and give them personal care and supervision from that time on.

4. Market Hogs: Hogs must weigh between 230 lbs and 300 lbs to be eligible for the Swine Market show and sale. Animals will be weighed once. If there is any question, the scales will be re-balanced and the animal will be re-weighed immediately.

5. Hogs not meeting the market weight requirement will be entered in Showmanship only and are not eligible to be in the market sale. All hogs not going through the sale must be checked out of the barn by the superintendent Friday between 5:00-8 pm. Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of the animal and it will become property of the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane.

6. At the discretion of the Swine Superintendent(s), a hog will be disqualified if it shows evidence of: being bred, scarred, hernia, foul sheath, sores, bruises, cryptorchidism, or blemishes that impair the carcass.

7. ONLY cordless clippers are allowed in the barn. No extension cords.

8. No buckets or pans are to be left unattended in the hog pens. Capped waterers and/or fixed feeders are allowed.

9. All pens are to be cleaned according to the rules set forth by the Swine Superintendent(s).

JUDGING OF SWINE AND RIBBON AWARDS

Each class of market hogs, as classified, will be judged separately by weight.

Premium awards will be made to exhibitors on the basis points earned in each ribbon group.  A monetary value will be given for each point awarded.

GILT CONTEST

The Gilt Contest gives 4-H and FFA producers an opportunity to show their gilts in a contest where they will be judged on their quality as a breeding gilt as opposed to a market hog.

1. Each exhibitor is allowed to bring a maximum of 10 gilts.

2. Each exhibitor must own their gilt by April 1 of the current show year and give them personal care and supervision from that time on.

3. Gilts are to be entered through the online registration process at juniorshow.org by April 1 of the current year. Late fees apply for entries made between April 1 and April 10. Entries made after April 10 will not be accepted.

4. Gilts may be sorted by visual appearance into a breed classification. All decisions of the classification will be made final by the swine superintendent.

5. Gilts will be sorted by weight, Judge’s discretion on call back numbers.

6. Max weight is 350 pounds.

7. At the discretion of the Swine Superintendent(s), a hog will be disqualified if it shows evidence of: being bred, scarred, hernia, sores, bruises, or blemishes.

8. Gilts will be released by the barn superintendent on Friday between 5:00-8 pm. Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of the animal and it will become property of the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane.