There are events for Southdown Youth year-around, all across the country!  Please see the ASBA Calendar for a full list of the current events and how to participate. You can also contact the ASBA Director for your region or an AJSA Ambassador who can connect you with Southdown breeders, youth, associations, and events in your state.

Spring Kickoff Junior Show

May 2025
Greenville, Ohio – in conjunction with the National Southdown Sale.
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Southdown Classic (National Southdown Junior Show)

June 2025
Wayne County Fairgrounds, 861 Salisbury Rd., Richmond, IN 47374
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Great Plains Jr. Breeding Sheep Show (Great Plains Junior Regional Southdown Show)

June 19-21, 2025
Sioux Falls, SD

All-American Junior Show

July 2025
Springfield, IL
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North East Youth Sheep Show (North East Junior Regional Southdown Show)

July 17-20, 2025
West Springfield, MA

Youth Sheep Expo (Midwest Junior Regional Southdown Show)

July 24-27, 2025
Greenfield, Indiana
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WI Sheep & Wool Festival (Midwest Junior Regional Southdown Show)

Sept. 5-7, 2025
Jefferson, WI

Jack-O-Lantern Jamboree (Eastern Regional Southdown Show)

Oct. 25-26, 2025
Timonium, MD

AJSA Junior Photography Contest

North American International Livestock Expo Southdown Junior Show

The NAILE is a culmination of ASBA events for the year in a final showdown! Held at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center in Louisville, the NAILE Southdown Junior Show is the final event for futurity participants to receive points and winners of the “Pot ‘O Gold” are announced following the show. Kids can also take part in the Southdown Skillathon and enjoy a Junior Social organized by the AJSA Ambassadors. The NAILE is also home to the ASBA Annual Social and Meeting along with the Stars of Louisville Ewe Sale. Don’t miss this great opportunity to get connected with breeders and families from across America.