LIVESTOCK REQUIREMENTS
Tie Down Roping:
1. Calves must be uniform in weight and breed.
2. Animals used for this event should be inspected and objectionable
ones eliminated.
3. If after one go- round has been completed, a fresh calf has to be
used, the calf must be roped and tied before the drawing, but if extra
calves have been tied at that rodeo they will not be considered fresh.
4. During any performance if an animal escapes the chutes or pens
before it is called for by the contestant, or if an automatic barrier fails
to work and the stock is brought back, that animal will be returned by
the arena director and the labor crew during or at the end of that performance
in the same manner he was originally worked or brought to
the pens for contesting. At least several head of animals will be
brought back together. No animal may be repenned by itself.
Decisions will be made by the arena director about when stock is
repenned.
5. Boys’ Tie Down Roping Calves:
a. Minimum weight 180 lbs.
b. Maximum weight 250 lbs.
Steer Wrestling:
1. Cattle used for steer roping, cutting or other events shall not be used
for steer wrestling.
2. Animals used for this event should be inspected and objectionable
ones eliminated.
3. No cattle can be held over from one year to the next for use in the
Steer Wrestling at the National High School Finals Rodeo.
4. Fresh steers added to bunch that have not been used must be bulldogged
from horseback and thrown down. It is the responsibility of
steer wrestlers to throw the cattle at a time mutually agreed upon
with the stock contractor.
5. When fresh cattle are used, any fresh steer not thrown down during
competition will be thrown down after completion of go- round.
Contestants will be responsible to throw down such steers under the
supervision of the arena director.
6. Contestant will not be required to compete on a crippled steer or
steer with broken horn.
7. During any performance if a steer escapes the chutes or pens before
it is called for by the contestant, or if an automatic barrier fails to
work and the stock is brought back, that steer will be returned by the
arena director and the labor crew during or at the end of that performance
in the same manner originally worked or brought to the
pens for contesting. At least several head of animals will be brought
back together. No animal may be repenned by itself. Decisions will be
made by the arena director about when stock is repenned.
8. Boys Steer Wrestling Cattle:
a. A minimum weight of 450 lbs.
b. A maximum weight of 550 lbs.
Bull Riding:
1. All horned bulls must have horns tipped to at least the size of a halfdollar,
cut back or kept out of the draw. This is the responsibility of
the stock contractor at the discretion of the Arena Director and the
judges.
Breakaway Roping:
1. Calves must be uniform in weight and breed.
2. Animals used for this event should be inspected and objectionable
ones eliminated.
3. If horned, not to exceed 2 inches.
4. Girls’ breakaway calves:
a. Minimum weight 180 pounds.
b. Maximum weight 350 pounds.
Goat Tying:
1. Goats shall be uniform in size and breed with a weight limit of 40
to 60 pounds per goat. Pigmy goats are not allowed to be used in the
goat tying event.
2. Sharp horns shall be tipped.
3. If you are holding a single performance rodeo and the entire goat
tying contestants are run at one time, you must have an extra goat in
case one of the other goats get injured.
Team Roping:
1. Steers must be uniform in weights and breed.
2. Animals used for this event should be inspected and objectionable
ones eliminated.
3. All steers shall have horns properly wrapped.
4. During any performance, if an animal escapes the chutes or pens
before it is called for by the contestants, or if an automatic barrier fails
to work and the stock is brought back, that animal will be returned by
the arena director and the labor crew during or at the end of that per50
formance in the same manner he was originally worked or brought to
the pens for contesting. At least three (3) head of animals will be
brought back together. No animal may be repenned by itself.
Decisions will be made by the arena director about when stock is
repenned.
National High School Finals Rodeo Requirements:
1. PRCA/CPCA approved stock contractor to be used at National High
School Finals Rodeo.
2. Stock requirements to be based on anticipated entries, 60% acceptable
livestock for rough stock, 50% acceptable livestock for timed
events and 50 goats for Goat Tying.
3. It is suggested that the NHSRA contract for 480 head of fresh cattle
for cutting events and 80 head of fresh cattle for the cutting finals
(based on the number of contestants entered in this event).
4. Any unacceptable livestock will be replaced by the stock contractor
or by the NHSRA at the stock contractor’s expense.
Drawing Rough Stock:
1. All stock is to be numbered and drawn for by number.
2. All stock in contest events must be drawn by number by a judge.
3. There must always be as many as four exact copies made of the
draw, one to be posted, one copy for each judge and one or more
copies for the Secretary’s records.
4. Receptacle containing numbers to be drawn must be held above the
drawing judge’s head and numbers shaken between each number
drawn.
5. Drawing must be conducted so any Event Director may witness the
draw.
6. No more than two feature animals allowed for each performance of
go round.
7. In case stock is sick, crippled or already shipped, replacement will
be drawn from re- ride animals. The contractor must have the consent
of judges and Arena Directors to remove any stock from the grounds.
8. No pens of stock may be drawn for more than one go-round in
advance.
9. Pens of stock shall be drawn by the judge and secretary shall provide
judge with an exact copy of the draw.
10. Stock will be drawn for contestant until he has actually been disqualified
or turned stock out.
11. All stock used in the finals at all rodeos must be approved by Arena
Directors, Judges.
12. Stock drawn for final go- round will be drawn from the first qualifying
position to last qualifying position.
13. No contestant may compete on the same head of stock twice at any
one rodeo in the same event, except for re- rides or reruns.
Drawing Stock — Optional Rules—
In Riding Events
1. All animals including rerides will be put in the draw.
2. Two head of feature animals per performance may be held out if
used that performance.
3. Pens of stock may be drawn in order to allow stock contractors time
to get livestock to the arena.
EXAMPLE: There are 30 contestants and 3 performances to complete
go- round. The decision is to buck 10 head a performance. You will
need a total of 33 head. Ten per performance plus one for rerides. You
feature a total of 6 head, 2 head per performance. Put 24 head in the
hat and draw 8 head for the first performance, and then add the two
feature animals in the draw to make the necessary 10 head. Follow
the same procedure for each of the following go- rounds. Two hours
before a performance you draw stock for the contestants who have
drawn positions for that performance. Stock may be drawn sooner if
management desires.
Drawing Stock — Rerides:
1. Stock for rerides must be drawn before go- round and must be posted.
2. No contestant will ride two head in the same event during a performance
except for rerides.
3. Feature animals may be held out of reride draw then returned to
the draw for the go- round.
4. Any stock in original draw that is turned out — this means not
bucked or contested on — automatically goes into the reride if needed.
5. Any animal drawn for a reride but not used in that go- round may
be held out of the draw for rerides in the following go- round along
with feature animals then will be returned for the go- round draw
after the rerides have been drawn.
6. Rerides may be drawn before end of event in which reride is given.
7. An animal can be drawn for a reride only one time in a go- round.
8. If an animal marked to go the last performance of the go- round is
drawn in the reride stock, that animal’s position must be traded with
one marked to go the first performance before the go- round is drawn.
9. After drawn rerides and those animals that are turned out are used
for rerides, all stock out that go- round except feature animals and
animals already doubled back will be put in the hat and additional
reride for that go- round drawn.
10. Stock out the last performance of a go- round may be held out of
the draw for additional rerides if it becomes necessary to draw back at
all animals out in the go- round to get enough rerides.
11. Rerides in the Bull Riding contest at all rodeos shall be drawn
from all animals in the draw with no more than five feature animals
excluded.
12. Feature animals equaling one-half of the number of final riders
may be held out of the rerides draw.
13. If reride is given on an animal twice in a row, animal will automatically
be declared unsatisfactory and must be replaced and taken
from the draw.
Timed Event Stock:
All timed event stock shall be run through event chutes and through
arena previous to start of contest, where conditions permit.
Drawing Timed Event Stock:
1. All stock is to be numbered and drawn for by number.
2. All stock in contest events must be drawn by number by a judge.
3. There must always be as many as four exact copies made of the
draw, one to be posted, one copy for each judge and one or more
copies for the Secretary’s records.
4. Receptacle containing numbers to be drawn must be held above the
drawing judge’s head and numbers shaken between each number
drawn.
5. Drawing must be conducted so that any Event Director may witness
the draw.
6. In any finals, contestants may draw their own animals in the presence
of judges if management desires.
7. If stock is not drawn in front of the chutes, time and place of the
draw must be posted on the Bulletin Board or at the chutes.
8. In case stock is sick, crippled or already shipped, replacement will
be drawn from rerun animals. The contractor must have the consent
of judges and Arena Directors to remove any stock from the grounds.
If an animal drawn in a pen in a timed event becomes sick or crippled
before it is out that time, a judge must pass on the animal’s inability
to be used before it can be shipped or replaced in the draw.
9. No pens of stock may be drawn for more than one performance in
advance.
10. Pens of stock shall be drawn by the judge and secretary shall provide
judge with an exact copy of the draw.
11. Stock will be drawn for a contestant until he has actually been disqualified
or turned stock out.
12. All stock used in the finals at all rodeos must be approved by the
Arena Directors, Judges and Livestock Inspection Committee.
13. Contestant must compete on the stock drawn for them. In the
event of a mistake, stock drawn for must be run during that performance
and only that time or score taken.
14. Stock in timed events shall be drawn by either judge of that event
not more than two (2) hours before the performance, and posted one
hour before performance at arena.
15. In timed events, no drawn stock can be held over from one performance
to the next or overnight.
16. When calves are not fresh, reruns will always be drawn from the
whole herd used in the draw, not from those calves that are missed.
17. When calves are fresh, reruns shall be drawn from missed calves
when reruns amount to less than ten percent of the contestants
entered at the rodeo. These reruns will be drawn from calves which
are missed for that go- round up to the performance that ends the goround,
provided there are enough of these calves.
18. If there are not enough calves which are missed in that go- round
up to the performance that ends the go- round, the reruns will be
drawn from all calves being used except for any drawn for the performance
that ends the go- round.
19. All cattle in the draw will be run one time before any cattle will be
run twice. When due to a split performance this procedure becomes
impossible, the draw will include cattle remaining that have been run
the least number of times. Immediately after a split performance the
draw will then revert to the cattle that have been run the least number
of times. In Case of reruns all cattle in the draw will be run one
time before being run twice. Any animal drawn and not competed on
shall be considered run and if there are no reruns, animal shall be
used for first extra.
20. FOR FIFTEEN FINALISTS
a. In timed events eighteen head of stock will be drawn from the
30 head competed on by the 15 finalists in the first two go- rounds.
Fifteen head will be drawn from these 18 head for the 15 finalists.
b. The extra three head will remain for possible reruns.
c. All State/Province Finals which use as accumulative point system
will have the option of selecting the timed event stock for the final
go- round from the fastest times in the qualifying go- rounds at that
rodeo.
21. FOR TWENTY FINALISTS
a. In timed events twenty- four head of stock will be drawn from
the 40 head competed on by the 20 finalists in the first two gogrounds.
Twenty head will be drawn from these 24 head for the 20
finalists.
b. The extra four head will remain for possible reruns.
c. In Goat Tying, twenty- four (24) goats will be drawn from the
goats competed on by the 20 finalists in the first (1st) two (2) Go-
Rounds. Twenty head will be drawn from these twenty- four (24) head
for the 20 Finalists.
22. Stock drawn for final go- round will be drawn from the first qualifying
position to last qualifying position.
23. No contestant may compete on the same head of stock twice at any
one rodeo in the same event, except for re- rides or reruns.
Drawing Stock - Misdraws
1. In case of crippled stock that are in after the draw is made, stock
will be redrawn from the position of the crippled stock on down the
list. This is the case of no extra cattle being available.
2. If more than three head are misdraws, use the following procedure.
a. All stock shall be put back in the draw box and all redrawn.
b. If three head or less are misdrawn, first draw positions for misdrawn
stock 1 through 3. Then place all stock numbers back in the
draw box. Then draw stock for the first contestants on the list that had
a misdraw. He keeps that number. The contestant who had that
number takes first number of stock on the misdraw stock position list
and so on until all first draws are corrected.
c. In case the number of stock is not equal to the number of contestants
up in that draw, stock will be moved up to match number of
contestants and shall go in that order.
d. In case a misdraw is discovered after the start of a performance:
(1) If an extra(s) is available, the contestant involved will automatically
be assigned the extra, regardless of a possible difference in
runs on the cattle.
(2) If no extra is available, the contestant involved will not compete
as scheduled, but later in the performance or immediately after.
A replacement animal will be drawn from all animals left in the run.
Drawing Positions.
1. Position must be drawn in all events.
2. Riding stock will be placed before the draw.
3. Receptacle containing order of position numbers to be drawn must
be held above the drawing secretary’s head and numbers shaken
between each number drawn. Numbers as drawn will be assigned to
list of contestants. List to be in non- alphabetical random order.
4. All positions are to be drawn by the secretary before the livestock
draw, to allow time for program to be drawn up.
5. Rodeos closing entries five or more days in advance shall draw positions
at least 48 hours before the first performance.
6. There will be no placing of contestants.
7. There will be no trading of positions except for double arena conflict.
8. Rough stock arena has precedence over other arenas; timed event
arena is second, cutting arena is third.
9. If a contestant is unable to be at a rodeo due to sickness or injury,
he may be held until later in the go- round, with written consent of
Rodeo Secretary and Arena Director. If a position change is necessary
in the first go- round, contestant will remain in that position change
for the second go- round.
10. In all rodeo events, sick or injured contestant shall not be held
back past the end of the go- round.
11. In the timed events, sick or injured contestant shall not be held
back past the original end of the run on the cattle. If the timed events
are back- to- back, no contestant may be held back due to injury
beyond the end of the original pen in which he/she was drawn.
12. Stock contractors shall bring at least three head of stock in the
timed events into the chute according to position drawn at the start of
each go- round unless contestants are riding the same horse.
a. In this case, first man in position not riding this horse shall be
moved up to the position to be split.
b. This pertains to scheduled and unscheduled performances.
13. In timed events, positions will be drawn for the first go- round and
the positions reversed from the second go- round. Optional: each
State/Province Finals may use the option of working from the last
qualifying position down to the first qualifying position in ALL GOROUNDS.
14. In the Cutting event, working order positions within the predrawn
performance of the second go- round will be randomly drawn.
15. In the final go- round, positions will be worked from the last qualifying
position down to the first position. Optional: Each district/
state/province and at the National High School Finals Rodeo
may draw for positions in Barrel Racing and/or Pole Bending in the
short go- round only.
a. Positions will be drawn for Cutting final go- round.
b. Optional: Each State/Province Finals may use the option of
working from the last qualifying position down to the first qualifying
position in all go- rounds.
16. If positions were drawn: If a go-round ends and the next one
begins in the same performance, contestants finishing the go- round
will be dropped off and start the next performance for their next
work.
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