The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair gratefully acknowledges the contribution from Masterfeeds for their overall sponsorship of the Beef Cattle Shows. |
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Semex Ring of Excellence, North Ring
Judge: Kristen Fornwald, Lampman, SK
Competition Information
| Barn Boss: | Charles Burns - (905) 773-2827 |
| Entry Deadline: | Tuesday October 13, 2026. Late entries can be made online until Friday October 23, 2026, with the late entry fee. |
| Entry Fee: | Single Entry: $105.00 Cow/Calf Entry: $110.00 Late Entry Fee: $280.00 |
| Online Entries: | https://www.assistexpo.ca/rawf (Entries will open September 8, 2026) |
| Chutes: | $50.00 - are available to purchase for exhibitors with three (3) or more head stabled |
| Trailers: | Register Here: https://www.tixr.com/groups/royalfair/events/rawf-2026-trailer-registration-203047 |
Important Dates
| Move In - Barns | Cattle can move into the barns beginning on Tuesday November 3, 2026. Tack can be moved into the barns on Monday November 2, 2026. Cattle must be in place before Thursday November 5, 2025, at 8:00 AM |
| Move In - Tie Outs | Cattle can move into tie outs beginning on Monday November 2, 2026, after 8:00 AM. |
| Move Out | Sunday November 8, 2026, following conclusion of Supreme Show.
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| Weigh In | Friday November 6: 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Walk to Tie Outs | Tuesday November 3 - Friday November 6: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Times subject to change* |
EXHIBITORS PLEASE NOTE:
1. Exhibitors must have their animals in the marshalling area prior to entry of the class into the ring. Late arrivals will be refused entry into the show ring.
2. All exhibitors MUST wear a clean pair of pants. Exhibitors are asked to wear a blue show shirt, or simmental wind jacket or simmental vest. Vest's can be purchased by contacting OSA Member Services at memberservices.osa@gmail.com
3. All Simmental exhibits must meet a minimum requirement of 7/8 Purebred for all Females, 7/8 Purebred for Males born on or after January 1, 2024 and 15/16 Purebred for Males born prior to January 1, 2024 except in classes 4&5 where Females must be at least 50% but less than 7/8 Purebred as recognized by the Canadian Simmental Association.
4. The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair has banned the use of aerosol cans in the marshaling area, as per rule #2 of the General Rules and Regulations. Failure to comply will result in disqualification.
5. Where numbers warrant (minimum five (5) head) in the heifer calf, yearling female and bull calf divisions, class splits will be made using fullblood and purebred criteria according to the Canadian Herd Book.
6. If an animal is registered solely with a foreign registry, the exhibitor must provide written confirmation from the Canadian Simmental Association verifying the animal’s eligibility for Canadian registration. All animals must also meet the DNA testing and verification requirements established by the Canadian Simmental Association.
7. All calves shown in class 9 or 10 are also eligible to be shown individually in their own current year calf class. In the event that a heifer calf shown alongside her dam who is the Senior Champion Female or Reserve, and the heifer calf is as also the Junior, Intermediate or Senior Heifer Calf Champion or Reserve, the exhibitor must choose to show either the pair or the heifer calf alone in the Grand Champion Female Class.
8. Exhibits in Class 4 or 5 are not eligible to compete in any other class or award.
9. Recognizing the wide age spread in class 6, there will be a minimum of one split before September 1, 2025 and one on or after September 1, 2025.
Classes:
1. | Junior Heifer Calf Born on or after March 1st, 2026 , min. 3 months of age |
Champion Junior Heifer Calf / Reserve Foley Simmentals Locust Hill Farms (Reserve) | |
2. | Intermediate Heifer Calf Born between February 1st, 2026 and February 28th, 2026 |
Champion Intermediate Heifer Calf / Reserve Outset Cattle Co. SimmGen Land and Cattle Co. (Reserve) | |
3. | Senior Heifer Calf Born between January 1st, 2026 and January 31st, 2026 |
Champion Senior Heifer Calf / Reserve Ridgeview Cattle Co. Time View Farms (Reserve) | |
4. | Female Calf - Percentage Simmental Born on or after January 1st, 2026 , Min. 3 months of age |
5. | Female Yearling - Percentage Simmental Born between January 1st, 2025 and December 31st, 2025 |
Champion Percentage Female / Reserve Academy Hill Livestock Circle K Simmentals (Reserve) | |
6. | Junior Heifer Yearling Born between April 1st, 2025 and December 31st, 2025 |
Champion Junior Yearling Heifer / Reserve Tonette Simmentals Donovandale Farms (Reserve) | |
7. | Intermediate Heifer Yearling Born between February 1st, 2025 and March 31st, 2025 |
Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer / Reserve J-Star Livestock Hanes Livestock (Reserve) | |
8. | Senior Heifer Yearling Born between January 1st, 2025 and January 31st, 2025 |
Champion Senior Yearling Heifer / Reserve Indian River Cattle Company | |
9. | Female, born In 2024, with her own 2026, natural purebred, tattooed Calf at Foot Born between January 1st, 2024 and December 31st, 2024 |
10. | Female, born prior to January 1st, 2024 with her own 2026, natural purebred, tattooed Calf at Foot Born before January 1st, 2024 |
Senior Champion Female / Reserve V5 Simmentals Destiny Simmentals (Reserve) | |
Grand Champion Female / Kingfield Farm Award / Reserve Prize: $1250 Trophy to the Grand Champion Female, in memory of Mr and Mrs H Michael Burns Kingfield Farms, Prize Money for Grand Champion Female Waydamar Simmentals Flo-Lar Farms, In Memory of Larry Behnke (Reserve) | |
11. | Junior Bull Calf Born on after February 1st, 2026 , min. 3 months of age |
Champion Junior Bull Calf / Reserve Robson Acres Barlee Simmentals (Reserve) | |
12. | Senior Bull Calf Born between January 1st, 2026 and January 31st, 2026 |
Champion Senior Bull Calf / Reserve Eden Simmentals Jon-Ern Farms Limited (Reserve) | |
13. | Yearling Bull Born between January 1st, 2025 and December 31st, 2025 |
Champion Junior Yearling Bull / Reserve Canadian Sires & Donors Walkerbrae Farms (Reserve) | |
14. | Senior Bull Born between January 1st, 2024 and December 31st, 2024 |
Champion Senior Yearling Bull / Reserve Clarke Family Farms Inc. Ottawa Valley Simmental Club (Reserve) | |
Grand Champion Bull / Kingfield Farm Award / Reserve Prize: $1250 Trophy to the Grand Champion Bull, in memory of Mr and Mrs Charles F W Burns Kingfield Farms, Prize Money for Grand Champion Bull Canadian Simmental County Black River Farms (Reserve) | |
Champion Full Blood Rick-Sha Farm | |
Supreme Champion Simmental Supreme Champion Simmental Banner presented by The Irish Simmental Cattle Society | |
15. | Bull Born In 2024 Born between January 1st, 2024 and December 31st, 2024 |
16. | Breeder's Herd Prize: $500 A group of four (4) animals bred by the exhibitor, both sexes represented, must be exhibited in previous classes. Hillside Farms, Each Breeders Herd will receive $500 prize money |
Champion Breeder's Herd Cedar Creek Simmentals | |
17. | Get Of Sire A group of three (3) animals from the same sire, both sexes represented, must be exhibited in previous classes |
Champion Get of Sire MacCrostie Livestock | |
18. | Progeny Of Dam Two animals, either sex, the progeny of one dam, must be exhibited in previous classes. |
Champion Progeny of Dam Brandlee Simmentals | |
Premier Exhibitor Award An award is presented to the exhibitor with the most points for animals owned and shown by the exhibitor based on their highest (6) placings in the individual classes. All animals accumulating points for this award must be the entries of one exhibitor. In the case of joint-ownership, the exhibitor must be specified, otherwise the joint owners will be considered as one exhibitor / entry. Banner presented by The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair | Premier Breeder Award An award is presented to the individual company (as recorded on the Certificate of Registration) whose animals accumulate the highest total points based on their highest (6) placings in the individual classes. To be eligible for the Premier Breeder Award, the breeder must exhibit at the show. Qualification for this award is based on Canadian rules that specify all owners at the time of conception are the breeders of the animals. Banner presented by The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair |
Ron Wooddisse Memorial Performance and Efficiency Award The champion and reserve champion heifer and bull will be announced following the Grand Champion Female Competition. This class takes place prior to the Royal and was open to all OSA members. Animals will be scoredbased on the lowest percentile average ranking of all the animal’s pedigree EPD’s tracked by the Canadian Simmental Association. Animals that have a DNA sample reported on the animal pedigree at the entry deadline will receive bonus points for the accuracy they achieve through the genomic testing. | Kingfield Farm Awards (Perpetual) A trophy to the Grand Champion Female is presented in memory of Mr and Mrs H Michael Burns A trophy to the Grand Champion Male is presented in memory of Mr and Mrs Charles F W Burns. The winners will recieve a silver tray and $1,250 in prize money. |
| Supreme Champion Simmental Trophy (Perpetual) Presented to the Supreme Champion Simmental of the show by the Irish Simmental Cattle Society | Breeder's Herd Awards $500 is awarded to each breeder showing a breeders herd (one per exhibitor) Sponsored by Hillside Farms of King City |
Date: Sunday November 8, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Semex Ring of Excellence
The Masterfeeds Supreme Beef Championship class will invite the Grand Champion Bull and Female from each of The Royal's seven breed shows, the National Junior Beef Heifer Show back into the ring along with the supreme champions from premier regional beef shows in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes to be judged for overall Supreme Bull and Female. Three North American officials have been invited to decide who will take home the prize and title of Masterfeeds Supreme Bull and Supreme Female.
Masterfeeds Supreme Champion Bull 2025 DMC MCCORD REDEEMED 4M (Charolais) owned by Darren McCord, McCord Cattle, Carp, ON, who qualified at Expo Beouf, Beachburg Fair, and The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.  |
Masterfeeds Supreme Champion Female 2025 WORTH-MORE ECHO 312L Calf at side:WORTH-MOR ECHO 523N (Angus) owned by Kyle & Rachel Petherick of Worth-Mor Cattle, Salem Road Angus & River Valley, Campbellford, ON, who qualified at the Tweed Fair.  |
The Royal Agircultural Winter Fair is a qualifying show for the Agribition Beef Supreme presented by CN.
The Masterfeeds Beef Champions will be invited to participate in The Agribition Beef Supreme presented by CN.
The Agribition Beef Supreme, presented by CN, will host the best of the best. On November 23 - 28, 2026 invited Supreme and Grand Champions from major livestock shows across North America join Agribition’s Grand Champion Bulls and Females to compete together in the Agribition Beef Supreme with a chance at the Supreme Champion title.