UC Davis Livestock Teams

03/06/2026

See you all on campus tomorrow - March 7! Remember, the contest is being held at the UC Davis Cole Facility on La Rue Rd this year.

10/20/2025

We're excited to be a part of this series - Come out to Dixon Fairgrounds and judge sheep and goats on November 1
Market Lamb and Goat classes
Fitted Wether Does and Ewes
Registered sheep

03/02/2025

UPDATE FOR 2025 - The Livestock Judging contest for UC Davis Field Day will be held at the Dixon May Fairgrounds in Dixon, CA
Coaches- look to your emails for directions to the back entrance by the livestock barns at the fairgrounds.

Registration - 7AM; Contest Start - 8AM
Lunch and water provided for all contestants

Looking forward to hosting you all on March 8th!
(Note: other CDE contests are still on campus or at their designated sites)

10/22/2024

Get your entries in! The biggest weekend of livestock judging on the West Coast is almost here - November 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

Our Saturday contest at UC Davis - West Coast Elite - will have sheep and goats from the top breeders in the state - white face, downers, wether dams, hair sheep, fitted sheep, market lambs, and does of all ages. And our lineup of officials reads like the Who's Who of the sheep and goat show world on the West Coast.

Saturday contest to be held at Dixon Fairgrounds - Dixon, CA. Details/directions will be sent to coaches after entries close.

Pigs in Modesto on Friday - sheep and goats in Dixon on Saturday - and cattle in Chico on Sunday - what a weekend!

09/03/2024

10/10/2023

It's time to get excited about the California Triple Crown series of livestock judging contests!

Friday, November 3, 2023 - all hog contest at MJC
Saturday, November 4, 2023 - all sheep & goat contest at UC Davis
Sunday, November 5, 2023 - all cattle contest - Chico State

Registration for the UC Davis - West Coast Elite contest is via JudgingCard - see link below.

https://www.judgingcard.com/Registration/Info.aspx?ID=18013

Any questions, contact Allen Pettey - [email protected]

03/03/2023

Tomorrow we crown the State Champion 4h Livestock judging team! The top FFA teams in the state will also be here. Looking forward to a great contest.
Safe travels!

01/14/2023

Been a busy start to the year for this group at AZ National and then the National Western in Denver. Awesome attitudes = awesome experience. Nothing but upside as this team moves forward!

01/01/2023

Great first contest for our livestock judging team. 3rd place team overall at Arizona National Livestock Show. 2nd High team in swine. Ashland Williams was 10th individual overall and 2nd in swine. Team members, left to right, Hannah Wayne, Gloria Beccera, Jessica Lai, Ryan Boyle, Mia Reyes, Ashland Williams.

10/28/2022

We're getting ready for a great contest tomorrow!
Please check in between 7 and 8 am so we can start on time. Location is at the Cole Facility on UC Davis campus- not the feedlot. If you are entered and have not received an email from Allen Pettey, please contact him ASAP [email protected]

Thanks to Jace Tarbell - the banners look awesome!

10/21/2022

A huge thank you to Farmer's Feed and their support of youth livestock judging in California - Banner sponsors for this year's West Coast Elite contest at UC Davis!

Still plenty of time to enter - youth of all ages. Contact Allen Pettey directly for more information ([email protected]) 805-748-0807