The Kootenai Classic Livestock Show

Coeur d'Alene's Fairgrounds seems to have something fun happening all summer long. To marvel at kids showing off their animals was a great way to spend our morning (excluding the muck on our shoes).

This Classic was started in 2010 with the simple idea of providing local 4-H steer members an opportunity of more experience in the ring before their county fair in August.

It remained just a cattle show until 2018, when a team of volunteers noticed a need for more swine, sheep, and goat shows in the Northern Idaho/Eastern Washington area. The show became a non-profit, elected a board of directors, and officially became known as the Kootenai Classic Livestock Show.

I am so glad they added the swine category as I love pigs.

The Hog Showmanship was hysterical to watch. What fun.

The next competition was the wether lambs. dam ewes, goats and dam does. While I have no idea what these designations mean, we loved seeing these earnest competitors.