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Date(s) - March 14, 2024 - March 17, 2024
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Ohio’s premier beef industry event, the Ohio Beef Expo is scheduled for March 14 – 17, 2024 at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus. The event will provide cattle enthusiasts from across Ohio and surrounding states with a unique experience that brings education, breed sales, youth shows, industry retail opportunities, and more together all in one place.

This year’s schedule will be similar to the 2023 event. The Coliseum will be used for all junior show activities. The Junior Show will continue with the Market Animal Show on Saturday and the Heifer Show on Sunday. All Junior Show stalling will take place online and viaducts will reserved for OCA BEST sponsors. Remaining viaduct bays, premium stalling, and horse stall purchases will be made in an online auction on Feb. 21.

New this year, the Hereford breed will be kicking off the Saturday sale schedule. The newest addition to the Ohio Beef Expo breeds line-up, the Aberdeen Angus breed, will be one of the ten breeds hosting sales during the Expo on Friday and Saturday.

The Expo Trade Show will continue to host vendors and retailers of all kinds to provide attendees with the opportunity to purchase everything from semen to trailers and from show supplies to insurance. Thursday, March 14 will be the opening day for the trade show beginning at 3 p.m.

Again in 2024, the Genetic Pathway will provide buyers the opportunity to purchase semen from some of the nation’s leading genetics.

New for OCA Allied Industry Council Members, the Ohio Beef Expo is announcing the addition of the Cattlemen’s Learning Center (CLC) for 2024. AIC members have the first opportunity to participate in this new educational program. The Cattlemen’s Learning Center will be held in the Voinovich sale ring on the trade show floor. It will feature 45-minute educational sessions with topics of interest to commercial cattlemen. 

See the full 2024 Ohio Beef Expo schedule. 

Sponsorships are available, and the Beef Expo planning committee encourages individuals, breeders and cattle-related businesses to consider a sponsorship for the Ohio Beef Expo as the recognition opportunities are aplenty.  

Admission to the Ohio Beef Expo is free. Parking is $5 per day and weekend parking passes are $14.   

For more information on the 2024 Ohio Beef Expo contact OCA at [email protected], 614-873-6736 or visit ohiobeefexpo.com.