With More Than A Dozen Plus Events Held Annually, Beef Empire Days Is The Premier Beef Industry Event Of The West. Join Us As We Honor Age Old Traditions In Everything From Ranch Style Cowboying, Beef Production, To The Best Ways To Serve Up Our Favorite Meat. There Is An Event For Everyone In The Family To Enjoy!

Carnival
Come Celebrate The Kickoff To The Beef Empire Days Festival With A Week Long, Family-Friendly, Carnival. There Are Rides And All Of The Amazing Carnival Foods You Can Imagine. Bring Your Family Out As The Excitement Mounts For This Year’s Celebration Of  Beef In Southwest Kansas Winds Up!

Live and Carcass Show
The Cattle Begin Arriving At Dawn Or Before And The Excitement Level Will Peak By Mid-Morning When The Annual  Merck Live Show Takes Center Stage. Anyone With An Interest In The Cattle Feeding Industry Is Invited To Be In The Stands At The Finney County Fairgrounds.

Once Selections Have Been Made The Exhibited Animals Will Be Harvested And Judged On Carcass Production. Winners Of The Event Are Announced At The Awards Banquet At The End Of Bed 2024.

Ranch Rodeo
Want To Know How The Traditional Cowboy Works The Herd? The Ranch Rodeo Includes Events In Which Traditional Working Cowboys Gather To Compete And Demonstrate Skills That Are Used Every Day In Cattle Ranching Operations. Although There Are Some Similarities To The Rodeos People Are Accustomed To Seeing, Ranch Rodeo Events Typically Use Combinations Of Roping, Horsemanship, And Groundwork Skills To Create A More Genuine Presentation Of Real-Life Ranch Work. This Is Considered To Be A Team Event, Not An Individual Competition. A Team Consists Of Three Members. Events Are Doctoring, Mugging And Penning.

Parade
Garden City’s Largest Parade Is Sure To Be A Crowd-Pleaser With 100 Or More Entries. The Parade Begins Promptly At 10:00 A.M. At The American Legion Going North Towards Walnut.

Schedule Of Events

8:00 Am: 12th Annual Garden City Open Tennis Tournament at Gchs Tennis Courts

10:00 Am-2:00 Pm: Fi Co Public Library, Summer Reading Kickoff Event at North East Lawn And Nature Center Of The Library

7:00 Pm: Specialty Risk Insurance Ranch Roded at Finney County Fairgrounds

June 1,2024

8:00 Am: High Plains Archery Club Beef Empire Days Shoot at Mansfield Road

8:00 Am: 12 Annual Garden City Open Tennis Tournament at Gchs Tennis Courts

10:00am: Western Motor Beef Empire Days Parade at Main Street

11:30 Am: Commerce Bank Chuckwagons In The Park at Stevens Park

3:00 Pm: Sunflower Livestock Showdown Hosted By Beef Empire Days at Fi Co Fairgrounds West Pavilion and Show Ring

7:00-10:00 Pm: Praise In The Park Christian Music Concert at Stevens Park

New 7:00 Pm: Bulls, Broncs & Roded Driven By Legacy Auto - Kpra Roded at Fi Co Fairgrounds Arena

10:00 Pm: Valley State Bank Boot Scootin' Rodeo Ball Featuring Steel Skarecrow at Fi Co Grandstand Plaza

June 2,2024

8:00 Am: High Plains Archery Club Beef Empire Days Shoot at Mansfield Road

8:00 Am: 12th Annual Garden City Open Tennis Tournament at Gchs Tennis Courts

8:00 Am: Sunflower Livestock Showdown Hosted By Beef Empire Days at Fi Co Fairgrounds West Pavilion and Show Ring

10:00 Am: Empirical Timed Events-Team Roping and Barrel Race at Finney County Fairgrounds

June 4,2024

9:00 Am: Merck Animal Health Live Show at Finney County Fairgrounds

12:00 Pm: Scoular Grain Cattleman's Steak Cookout at Finney County Fairgrounds

June 5,2024

6:00 Pm: Beef Empire Days Sponsors Reception at Moonlight Harvest

8:30 Pm: People's Choice Auction at Moonlight Harvest

June 6,2024

10:00 Am: Zoetis Cattle Working Contest Finale at Deseret Cattle Feeders

June 7,2024

Noon: Sunflower Classic Benefit Truck Show at Fi Co Fairgrounds Expo Building

2:00 Pm: Carcass Show At Tyson Foods Tyson Processing Plant

6:00 Pm: Awards Banquet at Clarion Inn

June 8,2024

8:00 Am: Sunflower Classic Benefit Truck Show at Fi Co Fairgrounds Expo Building

3:00 Pm: Western State Bank Beef Beer and Boots Touch-A Truck and Tractor, Beer Garden and All American Beef Battalion Steak Sandwiches at Stevens Park

7:00 Pm: Marc Baker and Untamed Country at Stevens Park

June 9,2024

8:00 Am: Sunflower Classic Benefit Truck Show at Fi Co Fairgrounds Expo Building

4:30 Pm: Beef Empire Days Cattle Crawl at The Baron's Steakhouse

Date : May31-June 9,2024

Location : Various Venues in Garden City, KS

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