What the Cache County Fair Is
The Cache County Fair and Rodeo is a week of competitions at the Cache County Event Center and fairgrounds. It combines open-class exhibits (foods, quilts, art, photography, flowers and vegetables), 4-H club exhibits, a 4-H dog program, horse shows, open and junior livestock, a junior livestock auction and nightly rodeo. The most recent edition ran August 3 to 10, 2026, with the main show days August 4 to 8. Junior livestock and open livestock classes are for Cache County residents unless a special invitation is given.
Divisions and Ways to Enter
- Home Arts: foods, food preservation, quilts, handicraft and interior design, clothing, formal wear, knitting, crocheting, needle craft and fiber art. Work must be your own and finished within two years (foods and preservation excepted). Children under 9 enter Creative Arts only.
- Creative Arts: Class A is 16 and over, Class B ages 9 to 15, Class C ages 5 to 8. No frames or glass; work must be ready to hang. Limit of 2 entries per lot and 6 in total.
- Fine Arts and Photography: Fine Arts classes run from Professional and Amateur (18+) through Senior (65+), High School, Middle School and Elementary. Photography is open from age 5, with a limit of 3 entries per exhibitor.
- Floriculture and Horticulture: Cache County residents only, grown by the exhibitor, up to 10 entries. Juniors are judged separately from adults.
- 4-H club exhibits: 3rd to 12th grade, not past age 19 by January 1. Cloverbuds (K to 2nd grade) are limited to 4 entries.
- Alfalfa Hay Quality Contest: hay grown in Cache County by the exhibitor, 2 entries per farm, scored 70 percent on forage analysis and 30 percent on visual and physical quality.
- Junior livestock (4-H or FFA): beef, sheep, goats, swine and dairy.
Key Dates and Deadlines
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Friday, July 31 | Online entries close at midnight for 4-H; 4-H demonstration sign-up closes |
| Monday, August 3 | Check-in 3 to 7 pm for Home Arts, Creative Arts, Fine Arts, Photography and 4-H club exhibits |
| Tuesday, August 4 | Check-in 9 to 11 am (Home Arts foods accepted only this day); junior livestock weigh-ins in the evening; Home Arts and Creative Arts judging at 1 pm |
| Wednesday, August 5 | Horticulture/floriculture online entry closes; Market Goat Show 9 am, Market Sheep Show 12:30 pm, 4-H Talent and Fashion Review 4 pm |
| Thursday, August 6 | Market Hog Show 7:30 am; Market Beef Show 5 pm, then the Market Champion Drive |
| Saturday, August 8 | Junior Livestock Auction at 9 am; premium payouts at the ticket booth 8 am to 5 pm |
| Monday, August 10 | Exhibit pick-up 9 am to 1 pm |
Fees, Awards and What You Get
Everything is entered online at cachecounty.fairentry.com and paid by credit card only. Junior livestock carries a $10 entry fee per market animal, paid before tag-in, and a 5 percent sales fee on animals sold. Premiums are small cash awards paid by check: for example, Home Arts blue ribbons pay $4 or $5 and sweepstakes $5; Fine Arts and Photography Best of Show and first place pay $5; horticulture sweepstakes pays $25; junior market blue ribbons pay $11 and dairy blue ribbons $18. Checks are handed out August 8 and 10 at the event; later they are held at the county treasurer's office, and unclaimed funds are mailed around October 1.
Junior Livestock Rules in Brief
Exhibitors choose 4-H or FFA and must be in 3rd grade, 8 years old by October 1 of the prior year, and no older than 19. Beef and commercial dairy heifers need 100 consecutive days of ownership; swine, goats and lambs need 60. Minimum weights are 1,100 lb for beef, 100 lb for sheep, 50 lb for goats and 230 lb for swine. Exhibitors attend at least two approved educational classes, wear a white collared shirt with a 4-H emblem (or FFA dress), long pants and closed-toe shoes, and Grand and Reserve Champions must sell. Drug testing covers champions and one random animal per class.
Where and How to Get There
Cache County Event Center and fairgrounds. 4-H exhibits are dropped off at the southeast corner of the Event Center, and the ticket booth for premiums is by the rodeo arena. 4-H demonstrations are in the Southwest Function Room.
Questions
Can I enter if I do not live in Cache County?
Floriculture and horticulture are for county residents only, and open and junior livestock classes are for residents unless you have a special invitation.
When does the junior livestock sale happen?
Saturday, August 8 in the most recent edition: buyer registration at 8 am and the auction at 9 am.
What if I forget to pick up my project?
4-H exhibits not collected by 4 pm on August 10 are donated to charity.
Who do I call?
The Cache County 4-H office at 435-752-6263 for 4-H and junior livestock, or the fair secretary at 435-764-2380.
Official Links
Utah County Fairs and Youth Livestock Shows: The Essentials
Utah county fairs run from Washington County's April fair to Iron County in early September, with most in early to mid August, per USU Extension's 2026 fair schedule. Salt Lake County holds 4-H Discovery Days instead of a fair, and a few counties were still to be determined.
Livestock shows
Market animals compete on a regional circuit of junior livestock shows that ends at the Utah State Fair in Salt Lake City. For 2026 the State Fair market show charged $25 per animal, with entries closing August 14, per the fair's page.
Tagging and age
Cattle must be tagged 100 days before a show and sheep, goats and hogs 60 days, and exhibitors must be 8 and in third grade, per Utah County's tagging page.
Next steps
Ask your county Extension office for your fair's premium book, entry deadlines and weigh-in rules.
Weigh-in, drug rules and sale terms vary by show, so read the rule book first.
Read the full guide: Utah County Fairs and Youth Livestock Shows
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