Livestock Form 2025

  • The Castle Meadows, Berkeley GL13 9QN

    Sunday 29 th June 2025

    LIVESTOCK SECTION

    SCHEDULE

    Livestock Section is Kindly Sponsored by

    Tyndale Vets

    LIVESTOCK SECRETARY:

    Hilary Wooldridge – Tel: 07725 213866

    livestock@berkeleyshow.co.uk

    Entries Close

  • Monday 16 th June 2025

    SHOW SECRETARY:

    Jenny Bell – Tel: 07773 686727

BERKELEY HUNT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW RULES

  • If any statement in an entry shall be found to be incorrect, such entry shall be cancelled.

  • If any statement shall be proved to the satisfaction of the committee to be false to the knowledge of the exhibitor, he shall be disqualified from continuing to be a member of the society and shall forfeit all prize money to which otherwise be entitled.

  • As the non-exhibition of Animals entered for the show causes unnecessary preparations and expense and disarranges the Show Yard, Exhibitors, in default of sending stock after entry shall pay a fine of £5 to the funds of the society for each stall or pen of stock omitted to be filled unless satisfactory reasons to be given to the committee.

  • All disputes shall be settled by the livestock committee and their decision shall be final.

  • No animal shall be permitted to be decorated in the Show Yard with medals, rosettes or marks of any previous award, nor shall any notices of previous prizes be exhibited until after the judges have awarded the prizes. All animals shall if applicable be made by the judges, be submitted to the veterinary surgeon of the society for their opinion.

  • The preferred method of entry is via the online web entry on the Berkeley Show website. However, if you are unable to use this, exhibitors must fill out and sign the printed entry form which must be delivered to the secretary with the entrance fees on or before

  • Saturday 15 th June 2025.

  • All entries must be in the place of the show yard by 9 am and shall remain until 4 pm. Exhibitors must provide proper halters or chains for securing their animals. The show yard will be open to receive stock from 7 am.

  • The livestock will be considered and treated as being in the sole charge and custody of the exhibitors during the whole of the show and every exhibitor or his representative must be in charge of the same and be subject to the orders of the stewards of the respective departments. The committee will not be responsible for or in respect of any loss, damage or injury arising from accident or any other cause.

  • In the unfortunate event of an animal dying or being destroyed on the showground, the owner/exhibitor is responsible for the cost of the disposal and agrees to indemnify the society in respect of that cost.

  • Exhibitors or their representatives must be in attendance with their animals at the stated time of parade and shall then follow the instructions of the stewards.

  • ALL CATTLE must be double-tied and in the care of experienced handlers on the showground. It is a condition of entry that children and young people must only handle animals where they have the strength and experience to cope with foreseeable problems.

  • Berkeley Show licensee declare that the show held at CPH No. 14/005/8000 at the

  • Castle Meadow Showground on 29th June 2025 is EXEMPT from the Pre-movement Testing requirement for movements of cattle from annually (or more frequently) tested premises, movements of cattle from the LRA of England, from Scotland or from the Low TB Area of Wales to a show in Wales and is also EXEMPT from the Post-movement Testing requirements of cattle moving to/from shows across the boundaries of the LRA of England or of the Low TB Area of Wales. This has been registered with DEFRA on a TB180 declaration form.

  • Exhibitors must adhere to DEFRA regulations in force at the time of the show. Full details are available on the DEFRA website or local Animal Health Office.

  • BIOSECURITY – All livestock vehicles must arrive having been cleaned and disinfected before leaving home. Special attention should be given to vehicle wheel arches and footwells. Please ensure that before leaving the showground vehicles are clean and disinfected and that all contaminated clothing is changed (or safely disposed of if disposable). Please remember ‘BE SEEN TO BE CLEAN’.

HEALTH & SAFETY

  • The committee has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure the health, safety and

    welfare of those attending the show. Members of the public and competitors are equally

    responsible for ensuring that they do not put others at risk and that they cooperate with

    the organisers in the compliance with health and safety legislation. In the interest of

    security, please ensure livestock and trailers are left secure when unattended.

  • PLEASE ENSURE all passports / movement licenses etc are taken to the Livestock

    Secretary tent at the entrance of the stock yard on arrival and

    BEFORE UNLOADING.

    SHOW SITE CPH No. 14/005/8000

SHOW CLASSES – CATTLE

Chief steward:

Judging starts 10am

Classes 1 – 22 to be halter led

  • ENTRY FEES

  • Entry fee - £5 per entry

  • Young handlers (classes 23 & 25) - free

  • PRIZE MONEY

  • Classes 1-3,5-8,10-13,15-17,19-21,27,31

  • Rosettes to be awarded 1 st – 3 rd

  • Young handlers (Classes 23 & 25)

  • Rosettes to be awarded to all

  • CATTLE

    Gloucesters

  • Class 1 Cow or Heifer born in 2022 or before

    Class 2 Heifer born in 2023

    Class 3 Heifer born in 2024

    Class 4 Bull (any age)

    Gloucester Championship

    Herefords

  • Class 5 Cow or Heifer born in 2022 or before

    Class 6 Heifer born in 2023

    Class 7 Heifer born in 2024

    Class 8 Bull (any age)

    Hereford Championship

    Any Other Native (Not Gloucester & Hereford)

  • Class 9 Cow or Heifer (over 30 months)

    Class 10 Heifer (under 30 months)

    Class 11 Bull (any age)

    Native Championship

    Any other Continental

  • Class 12 Cow or Heifer (over 30 months)

    Class 13 Heifer (under 30 months)

    Class 14 Bull (any age)

    Continental Championship

Butchers Cattle

Class 15 Steer or Heifer with show potential under 12

months old

Judged for slaughter on day (Classes 18-19)

Class 16 Heifer or steer sired by Continental

Class 17 Heifer or Steer sired by Native

YOUNG HANDLERS

Open to any young person (age on day of show). Handler to be judged on ability, appearance and knowledge. Competitors to lead an animal suitable for their age and ability. Handler to be unaccompanied except in the case of an emergency.

  • All entries will receive a rosette.

  • Class 18 Age 11 and under

  • Class 19 Age 12 – 17 years

BEEF CATTLE (Finished)

  • Judged for slaughter on day

  • Class 19 heifer or Steer show potential

  • Class 20 Heifer or Steer under 30 months sired by Continental

  • Class 21 Heifer or Steer sired by Native

SUPREME CATTLE CHAMPIONSHIP

To be competed for by the champions from the above

sections

Champion and Reserve Rosettes

SHOW CLASSES – SHEEP

Chief steward:

Judging starts 9.30 am

Classes 23 – 63 to be halter led

Classes 64 & 65 will be judged in their pens

ENTRY FEES

Entry fee - £5 per entry

Young handlers (classes 37 & 38) - free

PRIZE MONEY

Classes 40-43,45-48,50-53,55-59,64,65

1 st £15 2 nd £10 3 rd £5

Rosettes to be awarded 1 st – 3 rd

Young handlers (Classes 37 and 38)

Rosettes to be awarded to all

Pure Bred Sheep Native

  • Class 22 Ram (shearling or older)

  • Class 23 Ram Lamb

  • Class 24 Ewe (shearling or older)

  • Class 25 Ewe Lamb

  • Class 26 Champion Native (1 st prize winners classes 22-25)

Rare and Minority Breeds (Please state breed)

  • Class 27 Ram (shearling or older)

  • Class 28 Ram Lamb

  • Class 29 Ewe (shearling or older)

  • Class 30 Ewe Lamb

  • Class 31 Champion Rare/Minority (1 st prize winners classes 27-30)

Pure Bred Sheep Continental (Please state breed)

  • Class 32 Ram (shearling or older)

  • Class 33 Ram Lamb

  • Class 34 Ewe (shearling or older)

  • Class 35 Ewe Lamb

  • Class 36 Champion Continental (1st prize winners classes 32-36)

SUPREME SHEEP CHAMPIONSHIP

Champion and Reserve Rosettes Individual Sheep of the Show

(1 st prize winners classes 26,31,36)

Sheep Young Handler

Open to any young person (age on day of show). Handler to be judged on ability, appearance and knowledge. Competitors to lead an animal suitable for their age and ability.

  • All entries will receive a rosette.

  • Class 37 8 years and under

  • Class 38 9-15 years

Commercial Sheep

A pair of lambs any breed most suitable for butchers’ trade.

  • Class 39 Under 40kg live weight

  • Class 40 Over 40kg live weight

(These classes will be amalgamated at the stewards discretion on the day of the

show, if there are insufficient entries)

  1. MAEDI VISNA (MV) ACCREDITED SCHEME

  2. It is most important that exhibitors make quite clear on their entry forms, by ticking the

  3. correct box whether they are MV accredited; i.e. a fully accredited MV accredited sheep

  4. must be accompanied by a MV/CAE HSR Certificate. This is very necessary to enable us to

  5. provide the correct penning and show facility. Members of this scheme will be aware of

  6. the regulations regarding coming into contact with non- accredited sheep and the

  7. quarantine regulations thereafter.

Livestock Showing Entry Form