National Junior Limousin Show and Congress / Regional Show Rules and Regulations
1. Sponsor and Eligibility The North American Limousin Junior Association( NALJA) sponsors the regional and national junior shows, and they are open to all NALJA members. Members must be 5 as of January 1, 2025. No one who was 22 years or older on January 1, 2025, is eligible to show. NALJA members must be in good standing to enter the regional and national junior shows. That is, they must be current with their junior activity fees( NALJA dues), and their North American Limousin Foundation( NALF) accounts cannot be more than 120 days past due. Anyone who wishes to participate in a regional or national Limousin junior show must be a NALJA member when submitting entries.
2. Animal Qualifications A) Females: Females with 75 percent or greater Limousin blood and orange NALF registration papers born from Sept. 1, 2023, to January 31, 2025, will be eligible to compete in the Limousin female show. Females registered as Lim-Flex ® having purple NALF registration papers are eligible for the Lim-Flex Female show.
B) Bulls: All bulls entered must be bred-andowned by the junior exhibitor. Bulls with 75 percent or greater Limousin blood and orange NALF registration certificates born from January 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025, will be eligible to compete in the bred and-owned Limousin bull show. Bulls registered as Lim-Flex having purple NALF registration born from January 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025, will be eligible to compete in the bred-and-owned Lim-Flex bull show. Bulls older than one( 1) year must show with a nose lead.
C) Cow / Calf Pairs: A cow born on or before August 31, 2023, with a natural and registered calf at side is eligible to show in the Cow / Calf Division. The cow’ s NALF percent Limousin will determine in which show the pair is eligible to compete. Cows with 75 percent or greater Limousin blood and orange registration papers will show in the Limousin cow / calf show. Cows registered as Lim-Flex( that is, having purple registration papers) will show in the Lim-Flex cow / calf show.
Calves on the side of cows must be born after November 1, 2024. Calves are eligible to show in the heifer show if they are born prior to January 31, 2025. Bulls must be bred and owned to be eligible to show as individuals.
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D) Steers: All steers that qualify for registration with the North American Limousin Foundation as a percentage, purebred or Lim-Flex ® will be eligible for the steer show. All percentages will show together and be split into the progress and prospect divisions based on weight. Exhibitors must present registration certificates at check-in. Show officials will check the steers’ tattoos to ensure they are legible and match the registration papers. Exhibitors may not enter a bull in the bull show then castrate him for the steer show.
The term“ animal” used throughout these rules refers to bulls, steers and females alike.
It is the exhibitors’ responsibility to ensure the exhibitor and their animals qualify for the shows they enter. NALJA will not give refunds for unqualified exhibitors or animals entered in any show.
3. Entries Junior exhibitors must register their animals in their own names with certificates showing an ownership date on or before May 15, 2025.
Exhibitors must submit all entries online no later than May 1, 2025, to qualify for the $ 90 per head entry fee. Entries entered online after May 1, 2025 are subject to an entry fee of $ 125 per head. Entry fees include the price of bedding. NALJA will ONLY accept entries through the online entry system on or before May 15, 2025.
NALJA will not refund any entry fees. Exhibitors must pay their junior activity fees( NALJA dues) before they may enter the national or regional Limousin junior shows. Any and all entries or changes must be made in writing before the late entry deadline for all entries and contests.
To ensure NALF can process all registrations and transfers in time for animals to enter the NJLSC, juniors should submit DNA for ET calves and registration and transfer requests to the NALF office no later than April 20, 2025. That is particularly important for transfers. A letter should accompany those applications for registration or transfer stating they are for the NJLSC. NALF is not responsible for misinformation on any entries. It is the exhibitor’ s responsibility to complete the entry online correctly.
4. Possession Any female transferred, within one year of the show in which the animal competes, from the junior exhibitor’ s name to the breeder or owner who transferred the animal to the junior exhibitor before the show will relinquish any accumulated and further Medal of Excellence( MOE) points.
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