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

2023 show highlights

Watch Brad Barnes' (FWSSR president and general manager) 2023 annual report.

32,000 total entries (animals, contestants, judging teams)
11,714 junior show entries from 239 of Texas’ 254 counties
5,576 horse show entries
1,877 art contest entries
$7.5 million raised in Junior Sale of Champions for Texas 4-H and FFA Youth
$1.2 million paid to athletes in FWSSR PRORODEO Tournament
$105,000 raised for scholarships through Pony Up Raffle.
$947,500 paid in scholarships to 186 recipients
$504,045 paid in educational grants
2,000 volunteers
373,000 Facebook fans
10,100 Instagram followers
16,600 X (formerly Twitter) followers
99,100 TikTok followers
1,370 tons of animal bedding / waste, aluminum, cardboard and plastic recycled