Livestreaming

2023 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.

Thursday, Aug. 24

• 1 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
• 1 p.m.: 4-H Beef Show
  • Cow/calf pairs followed by breeding heifers
  • 4-H Breeding Beef Show Program
• 1 p.m.: 4-H Poultry Show
  • 4-H Poultry Show Program
• 3 p.m.: 4-H Meat Goat Showmanship
• 6 p.m.: Draft Horse 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. 25

• 7:30 a.m.: 4-H Market Beef Show
  • Market beef show followed by prospect calf show
  • 4-H Market Beef Show Program
• 7:30 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Steer Show
  • Dairy steer show followed by dairy steer showmanship
  • 4-H Dairy Steer Show Program
• 8 a.m.: 4-H Meat Goat Show
  • Breeding does followed by meat goats
  • 4-H Meat Goat Show Program
• 8 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Goat Show
  • Dairy goat showmanship followed by dairy goats
  • 4-H Dairy Goat Show Program
• 8:30 a.m.: Open Class Sheep Show
  • P.A. Anderson Challenge, followed by Rambouillet (9 a.m.), Columbia (11 a.m.), Montadale (1 p.m.) and Lincoln (3 p.m.) breed shows
  • Open Class Sheep Show Program
• 8:30 a.m.: 4-H Swine Show – Gilts
  • Breeding gilts, followed by breeding gilt showmanship, market gilts and market gilt showmanship
  • 4-H Market and Breeding Gilt Show Program
• 8:30 a.m.: 4-H Swine Show – Barrows
  • Market barrows followed by market barrow showmanship
  • 4-H Barrow Show Program
• 2 p.m.: 4-H Beef Championship Event
• 4:30 p.m.: 4-H Breeding Ewe Show
  • 4-H Breeding Ewe Show Program
• 4:30 p.m.: 4-H Market Lamb Show
  • 4-H Market Lamb Show
• 5 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
• 5 p.m.: 4-H Market Rabbit Show
• All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Saturday, Aug. 26

• 8 a.m.: Draft Horse Halter Show
  • Ring 1
• 8 a.m.: Draft Horse Halter Show
  • Ring 2
• 8 a.m.: 4-H Rabbit Show
  • Breeding rabbits followed by market rabbits and breeding rabbit showmanship
  • 4-H Rabbit Show Program
• 9 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Show
  • Grade Holsteins followed by Jersey
  • Milking Shorthorns followed by Brown Swiss
    • 4-H Dairy Show Program
• 9 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Show
  • Registered Holsteins
  • Ayrshire followed by Crossbred, Red & White and Guernsey
    • 4-H Dairy Show Program
• 10 a.m.: 4-H Market Lamb Showmanship
  • 4-H Sheep Showmanship Program
• 10 a.m.: 4-H Breeding Sheep Showmanship
  • 4-H Sheep Showmanship Program
• Noon: Open Class Sheep Show
  • Corriedale followed by 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.)
    • Open Class Sheep Show Program
• 4:30 p.m.: 4-H Purple Ribbon Auction
  • Scholarship presentation followed by auction
• 6 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
• All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Sunday, Aug. 27

• 9 a.m.: Draft Horse Show
• 10:30 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Showcase
• Noon: Draft Horse Decorating and Showmanship
  • Ring 1
• Noon: Draft Horse Decorating and Showmanship
  • Ring 2
• 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. 28

• 9 a.m.: Stock Dog Trials
  • Stock Dog Trials Program
• 2 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
• 5 p.m.: MN Junior Barrow Classic Showmanship
  • MN Junior Barrow Classic Showmanship Program
• All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Tuesday, Aug. 29

• 8 a.m.: Open Class Swine Breeding Show
  • All other breeds followed by Yorkshire, Berkshire, Chester White, Duroc, Hampshire, Hereford, Poland China, Spotted Hogs and the Supreme Champion Selection
    • Open Class Breeding Swine Show Program
• 8:30 a.m.: Open Class Sheep Show
  • P.A. Anderson Challenge followed by Hampshire (9 a.m.), Suffolk (1 p.m.) and Babydoll Southdown (3 p.m.)
    • Open Class Sheep Show Program
• 9 a.m.: Open Class Boer Goat Show
  • Youth showmanship followed by commercial Boer does, percentage Boer goats, fullblood/purebred Boer goats and open wethers and meat does
    • Open Class Boer Goat Show Program
• 9 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Show
  • Guernsey/Milking Shorthorn Show and Ayrshire Show (starting at 10 a.m.)
    • Guernsey/Milking Shorthorn Show Program
    • Ayrshire Show Program
  • Red & White show (starting at 10 a.m.)
    • Red and White Show Program
• 1:30 p.m.: MN Junior Barrow Classic Prospect Barrows and Crossbred Gilts
  • MN Junior Barrow Classic Prospect Barrows and Crossbred Gilts Program
• All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Wednesday, Aug. 30

• 8 a.m.: MN Junior Barrow Classic Show
  • MN Junior Barrow Classic Program
• 8:30 a.m.: Open Class Sheep Show
  • Southdown followed by Dorset (noon) and the Supreme Champion Ram & Ewe selection (3 p.m.)
    • Open Class Sheep Show Program
• 9 a.m.: Open Barrow Show
  • Open Barrow Show Program
• 9 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Show
  • Jersey and Brown Swiss Shows
    • Jersey Show Program
    • Brown Swiss Program
  • Holstein Show
    • Holstein Program
• 6 p.m.: 4-H Llama-Alpaca Costume Contest
  • 4-H Llama-Alpaca Costume Contest Program
• All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Thursday, Aug. 31

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

Friday, Sept. 1

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

Saturday, Sept. 2

• 8 a.m.: Open Class Beef Show
  • Hereford show
    • Hereford Show Program
  • Simmental show
    • Simmental Show Program
  • Shorthorn & Shorthorn Plus show
    • Shorthorn Show Program
    • Shorthorn Plus Show Program
  • Angus show
    • Angus Show Program
• 8 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Goats
  • Oberhasli seniors and groups followed by Saanens (9:30 a.m.), Nubians (1 p.m.), Nigerian Dwarf seniors and groups (3:30 p.m.) and LaManchas (5 p.m.)
    • Open Class Dairy Goat Show Program
• 8 a.m.: FFA Breeding Wool Sheep Show
  • Columbia, Corriedale, Babydoll Southdown, Rambouillet, natural colored and all other wool breeds
    • FFA Breeding Sheep Show Program
• 8 a.m.: FFA Meat Goat Show
  • Breeding meat-type goats, dairy and meat market goats, for exhibition only and showmanship
    • FFA Meat Goat Show Program
• 8:30 a.m.: FFA Dairy Cattle Show
  • Junior and senior showmanship followed by Grade Holstein, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Milking Shorthorn and all other breeds
    • FFA Dairy Cattle Show North Ring Program
• 8:30 a.m.: FFA Dairy Cattle Show
  • Advanced showmanship followed by Purebred Holstein, Jersey, Red & White and MDA Special
    • FFA Dairy Cattle Show South Ring Program
• 1 p.m.: Open Class Beef Show
  • Red Angus show 
    • Red Angus Show Program
  • Percentage Simmental show
    • Percentage Simmental Show Program
  • Limousin show
    • Limousin Show Program
  • Charolais show
    • Charolais Show Program
• 1:30 p.m.: FFA Market Sheep Show
  • Commercial ewe lambs followed by commercial yearling ewes, for exhibition only, market lambs and market lamb showmanship
    • FFA Market Sheep Show Program
• 3 p.m.: FFA Breeding Swine Show
  • Breeding swine followed by breeding swine showmanship
    • FFA Breeding Swine Show Program
• All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Sunday, Sept. 3

• 8 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Goat Show
  • Toggenburg seniors and groups followed by Alpines (9:30 a.m.), Recorded Grades (2:30 p.m.) and Best in Show (5:15 p.m.)
    • Open Class Dairy Goat Show Program
• 8 a.m.: FFA Breeding Meat Sheep Show
  • Suffolk followed by Dorset, Hampshire, Southdown (starting at 1 p.m.), all other meat breeds and breeding sheep showmanship
    • FFA Breeding Sheep Show Program
• 8 a.m.: FFA Market Swine Show
  • For exhibition only followed by market swine and market swine showmanship
    • FFA Market Swine Show Program
• 10 a.m.: FFA Beef Show
  • Dairy steer showmanship followed by market beef & prospect market calf showmanship, prospect market calf, for exhibition only, market beef, dairy steers, Shorthorn, Shorthorn Plus, Angus, other registered purebred and other registered composite
    • FFA Beef Show South Ring Program
• 10 a.m.: FFA Beef Show
  • Hereford followed by Charolais, Simmental, Red Angus, Foundation Simmental, unregistered commercial and breeding heifer showmanship
    • FFA Beef Show North Ring Program
• 7 p.m.: Open Class Beef Supreme Champion Selection
  • Open Class Beef Supreme Champion Show Program
• All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage

Monday, Sept. 4

• 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
• 10 a.m.: FFA Awards Ceremony