Salute to Idaho Agriculture: Interstate livestock transport

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — It’s National High School Finals Rodeo week and with that hundreds of livestock will be transported over state lines into Wyoming for the event, but what do these animals need to go through to leave Gem State and enter another? That’s the focus of this week’s Salute to Idaho Agriculture.

The regulations for which documentation and health checks livestock will need differs from state to state.

For people bringing livestock into Idaho the law states they must stop at a port of entry or check station established by the Idaho Transportation Department.

For folks leaving Idaho and heading to Wyoming for the High School Finals Rodeo, they will have to undergo a brand inspection as required by Wyoming’s state law as well.

One cowboy and his family actually ran into a few issues getting their horses across state lines.

“We had to get brand inspections we had one issue actually we had wrong dates on our brand inspection and they made us write a new one because we needed one and it was a big old deal about getting over here, but it’s what it is for rodeo and they’re (the horses) really good hauling in the trailer though,” Trey Smith, a National High School Finals Rodeo steer wrestler said.

If you are going to be buying, selling or transporting livestock across state lines, always make sure to double check what you need before you hit the road so that problems don’t arise when you least expect it.

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