February 2, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The stakes were high as judge Harlan Yochum, Sapulpa, Okla., sorted the 38-head National Hereford bull show and 102-head Hereford female show at the Fort Worth Stock Show in Fort Worth, Texas. “This champion drive is a perfect example of the different types and kinds that you need to sell bulls,” […]
January 19, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jacob Wolfrey, Jarrettsville, Md., was honored as the 2022 Hereford Herdsman of the Year at the National Hereford Show during the second annual Cattlemen’s Congress hosted in Oklahoma City. After votes were cast by fellow Hereford herdsmen and breeders, the award was announced between the selection of the grand champion horned […]
January 19, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Per z Cattle Co., Nara Visa, N.M., won the pen-of-three female show on Thursday, Jan. 6, during the 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City. Express Ranches, Yukon, Okla., topped the pen-of-five bull show and Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla., took pen-of-three bull honors. Sam Shaw, Caldwell, Idaho; Keith Phillips, Maysville, Ky.; and […]
January 19, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The stakes were high as judges Matt and Cliff Copeland, Nara Visa, N.M., sorted the 91-head Hereford bull show and 266-head Hereford female show at the 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City. A total of 727 Herefords were exhibited throughout the four-day national Hereford show, Jan. 5-8. Buck Cattle Co., Madill, […]
January 19, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A standing room only crowd filled the Super Barn Sale Arena for the Hereford Night in OKC National Hereford Sale held in Oklahoma City during the second annual Cattlemen’s Congress, Jan. 7. After the final strike of auctioneer Cody Lowderman’s gavel, the sale grossed $801,750. The excitement from breeders and buyers […]
January 19, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As we started to finish the national show season, all Hereford junior exhibitors’ hard work culminated as they stepped onto the red dirt during the second annual 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City on Jan. 5. Judge Lydell Meier of Clinton, Tenn., sorted the show of 269 junior heifers. Paige Lemenager, […]
January 18, 2022
Hereford exhibitors and enthusiasts gathered in Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 5-8 for the 2nd annual Cattlemen’s Congress. Coming from all across the country, cattlemen congregated on the red dirt to exhibit the best of the best in Hereford genetics. The enthusiasm for the breed shined through each day as exhibitors and spectators alike took in […]
January 2, 2022
Welcome to Oklahoma City! Please take note of the schedule for the week. Sunday, December 2nd 3-6 p.m. – Pen Cattle Check-In Performance Arena West Breezeway (Check tattoos, stamp registration papers and take scrotal measurements) AHA Headquarters in Super Barn (exhibitors pick up back numbers, exhibitors must have papers stamped to pick up back numbers at […]
December 28, 2021
The 2022 Herdsman of the Year will be announced at the Cattlemen’s Congress, Jan. 8. The winner will be recognized during the selection of the champion Hereford females. Each email that submitted entries for the Keystone International Livestock Expo, American Royal, North American International Livestock Expo, Western States Hereford Show, Cattlemen’s Congress and Ft. Worth […]
December 16, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – MCC Skyfall 007ET and EXR Bailees McKee 0250 ET took champion honors in the female show. HL Stimulus 2108 ET and C 8078 Bell Heir 0236 took champion honors in the bull show at the 2021 Western States Hereford Show in Reno, Nev. Judge Shane Werk, Manhattan, Kan., sorted the 158-head […]
Genetic Evaluation Maternal Trait Updates
Research Study Favors the Baldy Female , courtesy of OSU animal scientists