key statistics / economic impact

How the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Impacts the Community and the Livestock Industry

$115 million direct expenditures

1.2 million visitors annually

$73 million in inflation adjusted spending for improvements and expansion of Will Rogers Memorial Center

More than $100 million in contributions, educational grants, scholarships and auction proceeds benefitting Texas 4-H and FFA members since 1985

2022 show highlights

Watch Brad Barnes' (FWSSR president and general manager) 2022 annual report.

29,000 total entries (animals, contestants, judging teams)
10,252 junior show entries from 239 of Texas’ 254 counties in 2022
4,427 horse show entries
1,575 art contest entries
$6.1 million raised in Junior Sale of Champions for Texas 4-H and FFA Youth
$1.2 million paid to athletes in FWSSR PRORODEO Tournament
$167,000 paid in scholarships to 46 recipients
$248,415 paid in educational grants
1,800 volunteers
338,000 Facebook fans
10,100 Instagram followers
16,500 Twitter followers
22,200 TikTok followers
1,370 tons of animal bedding / waste, aluminum, cardboard and plastic recycled