Livestreaming

2026 Draft Horse and Livestock Show Livestreams

The Minnesota State Fair is excited to present free livestreams of our draft horse shows and livestock shows. Click the links below to be directed to the livestream broadcast.

As show programs become available, they will be posted here to help you find the appropriate show.
All events subject to change.

Thursday, Aug. 27

1 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
1 p.m.: 4-H Breeding Beef Cattle Show (show catalog)
1 p.m.: 4-H Poultry Show Ring 1 (show catalog)
1 p.m.: 4-H Poultry Show Ring 2 (show catalog)
3 p.m.: 4-H Meat Goat Showmanship (show catalog)
5 p.m.: Open Class Lamb Lead Show
7 p.m.: 4-H Lamb Lead Intermediate Division
7 p.m.: 4-H Lamb Lead Senior Division
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Friday, Aug. 28

7:30 a.m.: 4-H Market Beef Cattle Show (show catalog)
7:30 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Steer Show (show catalog)
8 a.m.: 4-H Breeding Doe and Meat Goat Show (show catalog)
8 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Goat Show (show catalog)
8:30 a.m.: Open Class Sheep Show (show catalog)
- P.A. Anderson Challenge, Rambouillet (9 a.m.), Columbia (11 a.m.), Montadale (1 p.m.), and Lincoln (3 p.m.)
8:30 a.m.: 4-H Breeding and Market Gilt Show (show catalog)
8:30 a.m.: 4-H Market Barrow Show (show catalog)
2 p.m.: 4-H Beef Cattle Championship Event
3 p.m.: 4-H Breeding Ewe Show (show catalog)
3 p.m.: 4-H Market Lamb Show (show catalog)
5 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
5 p.m.: 4-H Market Rabbit Show
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Saturday, Aug. 29

8 a.m.: Draft Horse Halter Show – East Ring (show catalog)
8 a.m.: Draft Horse Halter Show – West Ring (show catalog)
8 a.m.: 4-H Breeding Rabbit Show (show catalog)
- Breeding rabbits followed by breeding rabbit showmanship
9 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Cattle Show (show catalog)
- Grade Holstein followed by Jersey
- Milking Shorthorn followed by Brown Swiss
9 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Cattle Show (show catalog)
- Registered Holstein
- Ayrshire followed by Crossbred, Red & White, and Guernsey
9 a.m.: 4-H Market Sheep Showmanship (show catalog)
9 a.m.: 4-H Breeding Sheep Showmanship (show catalog)
Noon: Open Class Sheep Show (show catalog)
- Corriedale, Border Cheviot (1 p.m.), all other hair breeds (3 p.m.), all other wool breeds (4 p.m.), all other meat breeds (5 p.m.), and the Supreme Champion Ram & Ewe selection (7 p.m.)
4:30 p.m.: 4-H Purple Ribbon Auction (show program)
- Scholarship presentation followed by auction
6 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Sunday, Aug. 30

8 a.m.: Draft Horse Decorating and Showmanship
10 a.m.: Draft Horse Show
10:30 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Cattle Showcase
3 p.m.: Draft Horse Walk/Trot and Barrel Racing
7 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Monday, Aug. 31

9 a.m.: Stock Dog Trials (show catalog)
2 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
5 p.m.: MN Junior Barrow Class Showmanship (show catalog)
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Tuesday, Sept. 1

8 a.m.: Open Class Swine Breeding Show (show catalog)
8 a.m.: Open Class Boer Goat Show (show catalog)
8:30 a.m.: Open Class Sheep Show (show catalog)
- P.A. Anderson Challenge, followed by Hampshire (9 a.m.), Suffolk (1 p.m.), and Babydoll Southdown (3 p.m.)
9 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Red & White heifers (show catalog)
10 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Brown Swiss heifers (show catalog)
- Ayrshire heifers (show catalog)
1 p.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Holstein heifers (show catalog)
- Jersey heifers (show catalog)
- Guernsey and Milking Shorthorn heifers (show catalog)
1:30 p.m.: MN Junior Barrow Classic Prospect Barrows and Crossbred Gilts (show catalog)
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Wednesday, Sept. 2

8 a.m.: MN Junior Barrow Classic Show (show catalog)
8:30 a.m.: Open Class Sheep Show (show catalog)
- Southdown, Dorset (noon), and Supreme Champion Ram & Ewe selection (3 p.m.)
9 a.m.: Open Class Barrow Show (show catalog)
9 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Red & White milking females (show catalog)
10 a.m. Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Brown Swiss milking females (show catalog)
- Ayrshire milking females (show catalog)
1 p.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Holstein milking females (show catalog)
- Jersey milking females (show catalog)
- Guernsey and Milking Shorthorn milking females (show catalog)
6 p.m.: 4-H Llama-Alpaca Costume Contest (show catalog)
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Thursday, Sept. 3

8:30 a.m.: Open Llama Performance Classes (show catalog)
10 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Supreme Champion Selection (show catalog)
5 p.m.: 4-H Llama-Alpaca Show (show catalog)
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Friday, Sept. 4

8 a.m.: 4-H Llama-Alpaca Showmanship
10 a.m.: Open Llama Showmanship and Halter Classes (show catalog)
4 p.m.: Open Class Dairy Goat Show (show catalog)
- Showmanship, Nigerian Dwarf juniors (6 p.m.), Toggenburg juniors (6:45 p.m.), Sable juniors (7:45 p.m.), and Oberhasli juniors (8:15 p.m.)
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Saturday, Sept. 5

8 a.m.: Open Class Beef Cattle Show
- Angus ROV (show catalog)
- Hereford (show catalog)
- Shorthorn (show catalog)
- Shorthorn Plus (show catalog)
- Simmental (show catalog)
8 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Goats (show catalog)
- Oberhasli seniors and groups, Saanen (9:15 a.m.), Sable seniors and groups (11:30 a.m.), Nubian (1 p.m.), Nigerian Dwarf seniors and groups (3:30 p.m.) and La Mancha (5 p.m.)
8 a.m.: FFA Meat Goat Show (show catalog)
- Breeding meat-type goats, dairy and meat market goats, and showmanship
8:30 a.m.: FFA Dairy Cattle Show – North Ring (show catalog)
- Junior and senior showmanship, Grade Holstein, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Milking Shorthorn, and all other breeds
8:30 a.m.: FFA Dairy Cattle Show – South Ring (show catalog)
- Advanced showmanship, Purebred Holstein, Jersey, and Red & White
1 p.m.: Open Class Beef Cattle Show
- Charolais (show catalog)
- Limousin (show catalog)
- Percentage Simmental (show catalog)
- Red Angus (show catalog)
1:30 p.m.: FFA Market Sheep Show (show catalog)
- Commercial ewe lambs, commercial yearling ewes, market lambs, and market lamb showmanship
5 p.m.: Minnesota Youth Beef Experience Program (MYBEP) Showmanship (show catalog)
7:30 p.m.: Open Class Beef Supreme Champion Selection (show catalog)
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Sunday, Sept. 6

8 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Goat Show (show catalog)
- Toggenburg seniors and groups, Alpine (9:30 a.m.), Recorded Grades (2:30 p.m.), and Best in Show (5:15 p.m.)
8 a.m.: FFA Breeding Sheep Show (show catalog)
- Columbia, Corriedale, Babydoll Southdown, Rambouillet, Natural Colored, all other wool breeds, Suffolk, Dorset, Hampshire, Southdown, all other meat breeds, and showmanship
8 a.m.: FFA Swine Show
- Breeding (show catalog)
- Crossbred Gilt (show catalog)
- Market Swine (show catalog)
10 a.m.: FFA Beef Cattle Show – North Ring (show catalog)
- Shorthorn, Shorthorn Plus, Simmental, Red Angus, Foundation Simmental, Commercial Beef Heifer, Showmanship
10 a.m.: FFA Beef Cattle Show – South Ring (show catalog)
- Showmanship, Market Beef, Prospect Market Calf and Dairy Steer, Limousin, Hereford, Charolais, Angus, All Other Purebred, Any Other Registered Composite
All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage