Burnet County Livestock Show returns Jan. 8-10
Marble Falls FFA students hosing down and cleaning the Marble Falls FFA pig pens. Staff photo by Maci Cottingham.
The Burnet County Livestock Show returns Jan. 8-10 at the Burnet County Fairgrounds, featuring livestock raised by local FFA and 4-H students.
The annual event, held at 1301 Houston Clinton Drive, is an opportunity for local youth to show off their project animals and see where they stand locally. Admission is free, and community members may participate as buyers in the premium auction, with proceeds supporting students’ future projects. The show also features competitions, displays, and agricultural mechanics exhibits.
The morning of Thursday, Jan. 8 begins with rabbit and poultry check-ins, followed by ag. mechanics displays and the first round of livestock showings. On Friday, the show continues with market goats, swine, steers, and heifers. Saturday will include special awards, scholarships and dedications.
Marble Falls High School FFA students have spent months preparing under the guidance of agriculture science teachers James Conner, Madison Crane and Jessica Ferguson.
“All of our kids are hard workers – no one works harder or less than the other,” Crane told DailyTrib. “They improve every year.”
Those livestock projects are part of each student’s Supervised Agricultural Experience, a required FFA component tied to advancement and scholarships.
“The whole goal of it is when they get to junior and senior year, they get their own star degree, and they can put in for scholarships,” Conner told DailyTrib.
The Lone Star Degree is the top level of FFA membership, requiring months of work on livestock projects. That work will be on display this week, including junior Abi Boucher’s 2-year-old heifer, Lulu, and her newborn calf, born Dec. 27. 2025.