- December 4, 2025
Mackaylea Cody showed a steer and a heifer at the Livestock Show on April 12, at the Flagler County Fairgrounds. She was senior showmanship champion for her work with her 1,250-pound steer; she was grand champion and showmanship champion for her 990-pound heifer.
Members of the Fair Board: Mike Boyd, Jaxon Cox, Dan Cody, Walton Cowart, Jacob Boyd, Penny Buckles, Jeanette Jones, Dowlin Cody, Kristen Hoffman, Craig Barton, Jeremy Barton
Drew Medearis was grand champion and senior showmanship champion in the whether category.
Livestock show participants spend months preparing their animals. The auction was scheduled for Friday, April 14.
Saige Strickland shows her 743-pound heifer.
Micah Evensen was reserve champion and won junior showmanship, for his 103-pound whether, which is a castrated male goat.
Mackaylea Cody showed a steer and a heifer at the Livestock Show on April 12, at the Flagler County Fairgrounds. She was senior showmanship champion for her work with her 1,250-pound steer; she was grand champion and showmanship champion for her 990-pound heifer.
Alston Boyd dreams of showing his own steer. Your day will come.
Savannah Strickland was reserve champion for her steer.
Madison Myers was grand champion; her steer weighed 1,458 pounds.
Connor Barton tries his best to keep his steer under control. Connor was the only show participant in the junior category to show a steer.
A family affair to support Connor Barton, as he showed his first steer: His father, Jeremy, walked the ring with him, as his grandmother Denise Barton took video, and his mother, Jill, looks on from the bleachers. Connor's steer weighed 1,193 pounds; Connor weighed 60. He was given the junior showmanship award.
Cory Soard, Claxton Soard and Colbyn Soard
Savannah Strickland was reserve champion; her steer weighed 1,335 pounds.
The Robbins family: Grayson, Bella, Luke, Alli, Hunter and Liam. The three youngest are members of Southern Livestock Growers, a 4H group in Flagler County. For this year's livestock show, they raised pullets, which are chickens under 1 year old, and all three earned showmanship awards.
For more than 30 years, the Flagler County Fair and Youth Show has given 4H and FFA group members a time to be celebrated for their hard work in raising animals in the winter and spring. On April 12, the weeklong festivities continued with the steer, heifer and goat show.
Participants were as follows, categorized by the animals they raised:
Whethers (male castrated goats)
Micah Evensen, reserve champion, junior showmanship
Drew Medearis, grand champion, senior showmanship
Heifers (female cows)
Saige Strickland
Laci Westbrook, reserve champion
Mackaylea Cody, grand champion, senior showmanship
Steers (male castrated cows)
Connor Barton, junior showmanship
Mackaylea Cody, senior showmanship
Savannah Strickland, reserve champion
Madison Myers, grand champion
The show was judged by Dr. Cindy Sanders, director and livestock agent in Alachua County for the University of Florida Extension Office. Her family has been in the agriculture business for six generations. She told the audience that agriculture is the second biggest industry in Florida, behind Mickey Mouse.
"I appreciate you being involved in an industry that puts food on our table," Sanders told the show participants.
The livestock auction was scheduled to take place Friday, April 14.
