November 5, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –KLD RW Madeleine D82 ET and H Montgomery 7437 ET won grand champion titles at the 2019 American Royal National Hereford Show Oct. 27 in Kansas City, Mo. Judge Jirl Buck, Madill, …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –KLD RW Madeleine D82 ET and H Montgomery 7437 ET won grand champion titles at the 2019 American Royal National Hereford Show Oct. 27 in Kansas City, Mo.
Judge Jirl Buck, Madill, Okla., sorted the 146-head open show.
In the female show, grand champion honors went to KLD RW Madeleine D82 ET, owned by Emily Jenkins, Crandall, Texas. She was first named champion junior yearling female and is a Feb. 14, 2018, daughter of UPS Sensation 2296 ET.
Reserve grand champion female honors were awarded to CH MS 2042 Raegen 8212 ET exhibited by Cooper and Macy Curry, of Okemah, Okla. The Feb. 10, 2018, daughter of UPS Sensation 2296 was first named reserve champion junior yearling female.
Grand champion bull honors went to JB Show Cattle, Refugio, Texas; Carlisle and Madeline Braman, Refugio, Texas; and Hoffman Herefords, Thedford, Neb., with H Montgomery 7437 ET. The March 11, 2017, bull is sired by UPS Sensation 2296 ET and first claimed champion senior bull honors.
Reserve champion bull honors went to Morris Hereford Farms, Carthage, Texas; Kirbie Day Sims, Waxahachie, Texas; Neal McCoy, Longview, Texas; and JMS Ranch, Carthage, Texas, with KLD RW Marksman D87 ET. He is a March 26, 2018, son of UPS Sensation 2296 ET. He first won champion yearling bull honors.
Coyote Ridge Ranch, La Salle, Colo., exhibited the champion cow-calf pair, CRR 2296 Eclipse 755. The cow is a Feb. 17, 2017, daughter of UPS Sensation 2296 ET. She showed with a CRR 109 Catapult 322 February heifer calf at her side.
The reserve champion cow-calf pair, GLM 33Z Brandi 1716, was exhibited by Cooper, Wyatt and Madelyn Weaber, Wamego, Kan. The cow is Feb. 18, 2017, daughter of JDH Victor 719T 33Z ET and showed with a JCS 240 Flintlock 5815 February bull calf at her side.
Following the selection of the champions, Kirbie Day Sims of Waxahachie, Texas, was named premier breeder and Lauren Jones, Darlington, Wis., won premier exhibitor.
“It was humbling and honoring to evaluate the cattle and exhibitors,” Buck remarks. “The Hereford breed is unique, and the direction the breed is progressing in goes back to the individuals involved in the Association from top to bottom.”
Junior Show
Cooper and Macy Curry, Okemah, Okla., claimed top honors at the American Royal Junior Hereford Show Oct. 26 with their grand champion female, CH MS 2042 Raegen 8212 ET. The Feb. 10, 2018, daughter of UPS Sensation 2296 ET was first named champion junior yearling female in the junior show and received reserve champion honors in the open show.
Emily Jenkins of Crandall, Texas, exhibited the reserve champion female, KLD RW Madeleine D82 ET. She is a Feb. 14, 2018, daughter of UPS Sensation 2296 ET and received champion honors in the open show.
Jack Oattes, Cobden, Ontario, judged the 91-head show. “It was a pleasure to evaluate this set of Hereford cattle,” he says. “More importantly, it was an incredible opportunity to be involved with an incredible set of youth who will be the future leaders of the industry.”
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