Building connections: 2024 Sioux Empire Livestock Show connects exhibitors, public

Melisa Goss
Jan 18, 2024
Jan 18, 2024

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Jace Taylor, 9, of Blue Earth, Minn., stands proudly by his third place market steer, decked out in SDSU-themed glitter for the 2023 Mayor’s Round Up and Sale of Champions.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

A hog is housed in the Expo Building awaiting show time at the 2023 Sioux Empire Livestock Show.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Exhibitors show sheep at the 2023 Sioux Empire Livestock Show.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Cattle is fitted ahead of a show in 2023.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Cattle line up for Supreme Row judging at the 2023 Sioux Empire Livestock Show.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

A young exhibitor holds his reserve champion market goat at the Mayor’s Round Up and Sale of Champions in 2023.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

The Sioux Falls business community shows up to support agriculture at the Mayor’s Round Up and Sale of Champions in 2023.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Melisa Goss

Nearly 1,000 exhibitors will make their way to the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds for the 2024 Sioux Empire Livestock Show.

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Sioux Empire Livestock Show 2023-25.jpg — A young exhibitor gives her pig a scratch before the Mayor’s Round Up.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Melisa Goss, Assistant Editor for the Tri-State Neighbor, is a South Dakota farm girl whose love of travel has allowed her to see ag’s vital impact around the world, from America’s heartland to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia and many places in between. She makes her home in Hartford with her husband, daughter and miniature schnauzer. You can reach her at mgoss@lee.net.