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2026 Guidelines

New Rules for 2026

1. Breed Characteristics & Color

All purebred breeding and market hogs must align with their respective breed association characteristics as outlined in the links below:

2. Purebred Breeding Hog Underline

All purebred breeding hogs must have a minimum 6/6 underline
Underlines will not be checked at shows but can be protested under the ISJS protest rules.
The individual animal protest rule does not apply to underlines. Underlines can be protested at any time.

3. Protest Timeframe

Any protest must be made by the conclusion of the show the protest is generated from.
Protest must be submitted to an Executive Board Member at the show with $100 protest fee.

4. Purebred Points

If an animal has its pedigree removed by a breed association for any length of time, that animal will forfeit all points it has earned.
Pigs placed behind the animal with removed pedigree will not move up in placings from prior shows.

5. Individual Animal Protests

Any pig on the circuit can be protested within the first two show locations where the animal is exhibited.

Once an animal has successfully been exhibited at two show locations without protest, the animal can no longer be officially protested and can still exhibit on the circuit no matter any ruling from a breed association governing body.

Example – Boone is not two show locations. Boone and Vinton would count as two show locations.

6. Intact Males

Males must be castrated to be allowed to exhibit at any ISJS Jackpot Show.

7. Substitute Showman

Animals entered under an exhibitor for a specific show are to be exhibited by said exhibitor in all cases unless the following scenarios occur:

Two rings of a double show and the exhibitor has a pig being exhibited in the same ring at the same time.
Exhibitor has two pigs in the same class.
The exhibitor has an illness or injury during the time an entry is being exhibited.

In this case, please alert an onsite ISJS Executive Director prior to class starting. Points will not be awarded if ISJS Executive Director(s) are alerted after the class has started.

If none of the above criteria are met for a substitute showman, points awarded for a specific class and/or Top 5 are forfeited.

Example: Showman shows pig in class, but not in the grand drive and makes the top 5, exhibitor is awarded class points only.

If there is any question on a specific hog(s) showman, you must alert an Executive Board member that is at the show.

Purebred DNA Testing

At Grand Finale, all breeding gilts and market hogs that are named champion of their purebred breed at the live show will be DNA tested by the Iowa Purebred Swine Council. This includes Verified Iowa Purebreds (VIP) and non-VIP pigs.

Mission Statement:

To encourage Iowa youth to more eagerly participate in swine events and to promote educational and skill building opportunities, while enhancing the knowledge of youth about the purebred, show pig, and commercial segments of the swine industry.

Organization

The Iowa Swine Jackpot Series is a summer show pig circuit that consists of sanctioned shows and youth activities.
The executive board will serve as the official record keepers.
The show season will use www.iowaswinejackpotseries.com as the official website. Results, rules and membership info will be posted and updates on a regular basis.
The show season will take place from end of April to the Grand Finale in June.
Points from only the Iowa Swine Jackpot Series sanctioned shows will count toward member’s ISJS points.

Eligibility and Enrollment

Enrollment is open to any Youth ages 21 and under as of January 1 of the current year. Membership is not limited to Iowa youth. However, only shows in Iowa will be sanctioned. I.e. if you wish to participate in the Iowa circuit but you are from Minnesota or Nebraska, you are eligible, but you must travel to the shows in Iowa.
A $20 Enrollment fee will be assessed to become a member of the Iowa Swine Jackpot Series. Families with 3 or more kids will have an enrollment fee of $50 for the group. Membership form and payment must be postmarked by April 22, 2025. Any memberships received after the due date of April 22, 2025 will not be guaranteed a member t-shirt.
To receive ISJS or VIP points, exhibitors must be paid ISJS members the day of show at the time of check-in. Points earned prior to membership payment will not be included in final point calculations.
The Iowa Swine Jackpot Series is not responsible for the management of the sanctioned shows. All sanctioned events are run independently of the association. All exhibitors are expected to honor the rules of the show in which they are participating.
The ISJS reserves the right not to award points until any outstanding debts are resolved to the satisfaction of the executive board and the show management.
Code of Conduct: Any unsportsmanlike conduct or misrepresentation on the part the ISJS member or any individual representing said member will not be tolerated. Anyone not complying with this rule is subject to disqualification or any other steps deemed desirable.

Rules (Updated in 2026)

1. NEW for 2026: Animals entered under an exhibitor for a specific show are to be exhibited by said exhibitor in all cases unless the following scenarios occur:

Two rings of a double show and the exhibitor has a pig being exhibited in the same ring at the same time.
Exhibitor has two pigs in the same class.
The exhibitor has an illness or injury during the time an entry is being exhibited.

In this case, please alert an onsite ISJS Executive Director prior to class starting. Points will not be awarded if ISJS Executive Director(s) are alerted after the class has started.

If none of the above criteria are met for a substitute showman, points awarded for a specific class and/or Top 5 are forfeited.

Example: Showman shows pig in class, but not in the grand drive and makes the top 5, exhibitor is awarded class points only.

If there is any question on a specific hog(s) showman, you must alert an Executive Board member that is at the show.

2. The ISJS will not be responsible for the formation or the enforcement of the individual show rules. They are the sole responsibility of the show management.
The Iowa Swine Jackpot Series reserves the right to have an official ISJS booth/banner at each sanctioned show.

3. NEW for 2026: If individuals have a formal complaint to present to ISJS, they must submit the complaint in writing with $100 to an executive board member that is at the show, prior to the end of the show the complaint is generated from. If the decision of the ISJS executive board results in a favorable outcome for the complainant, they will be returned the original $100. If the original decision stands, the $100 will become a donation to ISJS.

4. NEW for 2026: Any pig on the circuit can be protested within the first two show locations where the animal is exhibited.

Once an animal has successfully been exhibited at two show locations without protest, the animal can no longer be officially protested by an ISJS member and can still exhibit on the circuit no matter any ruling from a breed association governing body.

Example – Boone is not two show locations. Boone and Vinton would count as two show locations.

5. NEW for 2026: All purebred breeding and market hogs must align with their respective breed association characteristics as outlined in the links below:

6. NEW for 2026: Purebred breeding hogs must have a minimum of 6/6 underlines.

- Underlines will not be checked at shows, but can be protested under the ISJS protest rules.
- The individual animal protest rule does not apply to underlines. Underlines can be protested at any time,

7. NEW for 2026: If an animal has its pedigree removed by a breed association for any length of time, that animal will forfeit all points it has earned.

Pigs placed behind the animal with removed pedigree will not move up in placings from prior shows.

8. Purebred hogs must have registration papers at the first show the hog is exhibited.

9. Purebred breeding gilts will be shown by age on their registration paper.

10. There will be a weigh back at every show. The first 2 hogs in each class will be weighed back and must weigh within 15 pounds, either side, of the declared weight submitted for that show. The 3rd place hog needs to be available to weigh if 1 or 2 weighs out. All hogs outside of this allotted weight will be disqualified and not eligible for points. Hogs will be weighed at the conclusion of each class. All classes and points will be realigned if a hog is weighed out.

11. If a breed division has only one class, no animals will be weighed back; however, if there are two or more classes in a breed division, the top 2 in each class will be weighed.

12. New for 2026: Males must be castrated to be allowed to exhibit at any ISJS Jackpot Show.

Point Classes

1. Points will be accumulated for members in each of the following breeds: Berkshire, Chester White,
Duroc, Hampshire, Hereford, Landrace, Poland China, Spotted, Tamworth, Yorkshire, Light Cross and
Dark Cross for both Breeding Gilts and Market Hogs.
2. The same gilts may NOT be shown in both market and breeding divisions at the same show.
3. There is no limit to the number of hogs a member can exhibit in each breed.
4. Overall points will be the sum of your 3 highest breed points per show.
5. The Members final breed and overall point totals will consist of their top 7 shows and Grand Finale.
6. Points for the VIP will remain as the sum of all shows attended.
7. The Iowa Swine Jackpot Series will award ten points towards overall points for members who attend
listed and approved educational events and clinics that may or may not be held in conjunction with a
sanctioned show. Such events will be advertised ahead of show. Members will be required to sign in on
an official sheet provided by show management to obtain these points. These educational events will
count toward your overall points, regardless of whether that show was one of your top 7 or not.

Number of pigs in class

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

1-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

**5

Showmanship

Showmanship points will be awarded for top places as follows.
1st place – 50 points
2nd place – 45 points
3rd place – 40 points
4th place – 35 points
5th place – 30 points
6th place – 25 points
7th place – 20 points
8th place – 15 points
9th place – 10 points
10th place and beyond 5 points will be awarded

Prizes and Awards

Prizes are solely dependent upon funding.
Prizes will be awarded to top finishers in each of the following categories:
Showmanship- Prizes will be awarded to the top five finishers in each age division
Tiebreakers will be decided by the number of first place finishers, then seconds and so forth until tie is broken for showmanship only
Pure and Cross Breed Division prizes to be awarded to top five finishers in each breed for both market and breeding gilt divisions. Showmanship will serve as the tiebreaker.
Overall Point Exhibitor prizes will be awarded to the top five exhibitors for both Market and Breeding Gilts. Showmanship point total will serve as the tiebreaker (Reminder: Pee-wee showmanship will not count as tiebreaker)
If secondary tiebreaker is needed for situations ii. and iii. the highest overall single show point total will be used.
Market hog, breeding gilt and showmanship are separate categories and points for each will not be combined at any time.

Grand Finale

The live hog show and showmanship contest at the Grand Finale will count towards year-end point totals, and will be in addition to the designated number of shows during the regular show season. (i.e. youth who participate in the Grand Finale will have the opportunity to earn “extra” points)
You must be an ISJS member to participate at the Grand Finale events, including the educational events held during the event.
All other ISJS show rules apply to the Grand Finale. Health papers and vet checks will be required for all pigs and registration papers must be shown for purebred hogs.
The Grand Finale will consist of a live show, showmanship, skillathon contest, Ag advocacy contest, Junior speech contest, quiz bowl, obstacle course and exhibitor family dinner. We reserve the right to add, remove or make changes to above activities at any given time.
ISJS t-shirts will be given out at the Grand Finale along with any other sponsored goodies!
ALL HOGS MUST BE ON GROUNDS BY END OF CHECK IN.

Health Paper Requirements and Valid forms of ID

Tags MUST have an official USDA shield. On trailer veterinary inspections are required at every show.

Every show requires a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) with every animal shown. All CVIs must be written within 7 days of each show. The CVI of out of state swine must indicate a negative pseudorabies test within 30 days of the show. The ENTIRE tag number (every number and letter) must be listed on the CVI, along with the ear notch, animal description, age, and sex, as well the address of each show. Please communicate these requirements with your local veterinarian to ensure you are following these regulations.

Please refer to this document from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship: https://iowaagriculture.gov/sites/default/files/animal-industry/pdf/2023/2023%20Health%20Requirements%20for%20the%20Exhibition%20of%20Livestock.pdf

A licensed veterinarian will be verifying health papers and inspecting animals at every show. This veterinarian has the right to deny your ability to show if your health paper or animal does not meet requirements or charge a fee to inspect your animals and administer a new health paper. Again, please communicate with your local veterinarian to ensure all of the information is filled out correctly.

Lastly, please enter in the ENTIRE tag number into Showman when you register your animal. We utilize this information to submit to the final report of every animal shown to the state veterinarians office following completion of every show.