Please feel free to email us at aryouthexpo@gmail.com or visit us in the main office with any questions to make your week easier!

Q: How do I enter for the Arkansas Youth Expo

A: Visit our nominations and entries page for more information! This is a two step process, with validations open from July 1-15th on ayenom.fairwire.com (not all animals/projects required) and entries open at aye.fairwire.come from July 16th-31st (ALL PROJECTS REQUIRED)

Q: Do I need to sign a liability waiver?
A: No. By entering the fairgrounds at either gate, you will pass the unavoidably visible liability release signage stating that by entering the fairgrounds, you assume all risk and release the Arkansas Youth Expo from any and all liability. AYE is a voluntary event. By entering for AYE, all exhibitors were required to physically type “YES” to agree that they would follow all rules and regulations listed in the AYE rulebook. (Drug Testing, Alcohol, Age and affiliation requirements, etc.)

Q: Where do I pick up my packet/weight cards/back tags?
A: Your exhibitor “back tags” can be picked up at the AYE show office on the east side of the sheep and goat barns! This is the only item you will need for checking in your animals to show.

Q: Do I need to classify my animal before check in to show?
A: Below you will find a list of what breeds need to classify or have their papers checked BEFORE checking in. Failure to attend classification will result in disqualification.
SWINE
CLASSIFY: ALL BREED BARROWS AND LIGHT CROSS BARROWS / ALL LIGHT CROSS GILTS
DO NOT CLASSIFY: DARK CROSS BARROWS / ALL PUREBRED GILTS AND DARK CROSS GILTS
PAPER CHECK: ALL PUREBRED GILTS
WHEN AND WHERE: Please see the AYE schedule.

SHEEP
CLASSIFY: ALL BREED MARKET WETHER LAMBS AND WHITE FACE CROSS MAKRET WETHER LAMBS / WHITE FACE CROSS AND NATURAL EWES
DO NOT CLASSIFY: BLACK FACE CROSS MARKET WETHER LAMBS / ALL PUREBRED EWES AND BLACK FACE CROSS EWES
PAPER CHECK: ALL PUREBRED EWES
WHEN AND WHERE: Please see the AYE schedule.

GOATS
CLASSIFY: NO CLASSIFICATION
DO NOT CLASSIFY: MARKET WETHER GOATS / WETHER DAM DOES (SLICK) AND BREEDING DOES (HAIRED)
PAPER CHECK: NO PAPER CHECK
WHEN AND WHERE: N/A

CATTLE
CLASSIFY: AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CATTLE SUPERINTENDENTS DURING THE STEER SHOW AND COMMERCIAL HEIFER SHOW
DO NOT CLASSIFY: REGISTERED HEIFERS AND BULLS
PAPER CHECK: ALL REGISTERED HEIFERS AND BULLS
WHEN AND WHERE: Please see the AYE schedule.

Q: How do I turn in my weights for my animal?
A: For every animal EXCEPT Registered Breeding Heifers, Bulls, Registered Gilts, and Registered Ewes, follow these instructions!
1. Pick up your back tags in the main show office.
2. When you are ready to turn in your weight (market barrows, cross gilts, market wether goats, breeding does, market wether lambs, commercial ewes, market steers or commercial heifers), grab your back tag for that animal.
3. Look at the division and the validation number or registration number to make sure you have the right card. Scan the QR code on THAT CARD with your phone.
4. Fill out the information on the online form and click submit by the deadlines in the AYE schedule.
5. Screenshot the finish page for your records and you have completed checking in that animal!

Q: How do I check in my registered heifer, bull, ewe, or gilt?

A: For Registered animals: ATTEND YOUR SPECIES PAPER CHECK IN TO CHECK IN FOR YOUR SHOW ONLY! Please see the AYE schedule for times and locations.

Q: When can I bring tack or Ag Mechanics projects?
A: Tack trailers and Ag Mechanics projects can begin arriving after 8am on Saturday, September 28th.

Q: When can I bring livestock?
A: Livestock can arrive anytime after 7am on Sunday, September 29th until 5:00pm the same day. ALL LIVESTOCK MUST BE IN PLACE BY 5:00pm

Q: Where can I park?
A: VIP AND RV PASS HOLDERS ARE THE ONLY VEHICLES ALLOWED INSIDE THE GATES. HANDICAPPED VEHICLES WITH A HANG TAG OR PERMANENT LICENSE PLATE WILL BE ADMITTED AS WELL. ALL OTHER VEHICLES WILL BE PARKED OUTSIDE THE MAIN GATES AND THE WALK THROUGH GATES WILL BE OPEN.

You may drive in tack/feed between 10pm and 4am. At 4:01am, if you don’t have a pass, I’m calling a tow truck! Haha… but really.

Q: When do I have to be out of the fairgrounds?
A: All livestock, RVs, and tack MUST be out of the fairgrounds by 11:59pm on Thursday, October 3rd.