add_action( 'restrict_manage_posts', 'acs_admin_posts_filter_restrict_manage_posts' );
/**
 * First create the dropdown
 * make sure to change POST_TYPE to the name of your custom post type
 *
 * @author Ohad Raz
 *
 * @return void
 */
function acs_admin_posts_filter_restrict_manage_posts(){
    $type = 'contestentry';
    if (isset($_GET['post_type'])) {
        $type = $_GET['post_type'];
    }

    //only add filter to post type you want
    if ('contestentry' == $type){
        //change this to the list of values you want to show
        //in 'label' => 'value' format
        $values = array(
            'Cow' => 'Cow',
            'Goat' => 'Goat',
            'Sheep' => 'Sheep',
            'Cow-Goat' => 'Cow-Goat',
            'Cow-Sheep' => 'Cow-Sheep',
            'Cow-Goat-Sheep' => 'Cow-Goat-Sheep',
            'Goat-Sheep' => 'Goat-Sheep',
            'Water Buffalo' => 'Water Buffalo',
            'Mixed' => 'Mixed'
        );
        ?>
        <select name="ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE">
        <option value=""><?php _e('Filter By ', 'acs'); ?></option>
        <?php
            $current_v = isset($_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE'])? $_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE']:'';
            foreach ($values as $label => $value) {
                printf
                    (
                        '<option value="%s"%s>%s</option>',
                        $value,
                        $value == $current_v? ' selected="selected"':'',
                        $label
                    );
                }
        ?>
        </select>
        <?php
    }
}


add_filter( 'parse_query', 'acs_posts_filter' );
/**
 * if submitted filter by post meta
 *
 * make sure to change META_KEY to the actual meta key
 * and POST_TYPE to the name of your custom post type
 * @author Ohad Raz
 * @param  (wp_query object) $query
 *
 * @return Void
 */
function acs_posts_filter( $query ){
    global $pagenow;
    $type = 'post';
    if (isset($_GET['post_type'])) {
        $type = $_GET['post_type'];
    }
    if ( 'contestentry' == $type && is_admin() && $pagenow=='edit.php' && isset($_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE']) && $_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE'] != '') {
        $query->query_vars['meta_key'] = 'ecpt_sourceofmilk';
        $query->query_vars['meta_value'] = $_GET['ADMIN_FILTER_FIELD_VALUE'];
    }
}