KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hawes Cattle, Athens, Texas; Jeff Paulsen, Preston, Iowa; and Garrett Post, Shabbona, Ill., showed the grand champion bull and Landry Allan, Nocona, Texas, took home the grand champion female banner Oct. 26, at the 2025 American Royal National Hereford Show in Kansas City’s storied West Bottoms. This year’s Hereford show was part of the 19th annual World Hereford Conference, Oct. 22-26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. 

The World Hereford Conference takes place every four years when delegates of the World Hereford Council meet to conduct official business aimed at breed improvement and opportunity development. It is a time for Hereford breeders from around the world to network and learn from one another — with the U.S. hosting for the first time since 1996. Bald-faced cattle filled Governors Exposition Hall for the event, and hundreds of spectators from around the world viewed the exhibition in Hale Arena.

Kevin Jensen, Courtland, Kan., sorted the 121-head female show and 44-head bull show to find his champions. 

“It’s an honor, and it’s fun judging Hereford cattle at the American Royal … In 1899 they started this and Herefords are still here,” Jensen said before selecting the champion bull. “We still have a very good place — and we didn’t have to change them. We changed type, but we didn’t have to change their color; they stayed the same … We’ve stood the test of time.”

In the bull show, BK Pre Game 9113L, a Feb. 17, 2023, son of H The Profit 8426 ET, exhibited by Hawes Cattle, Jeff Paulsen and Garrett Post, claimed grand champion and champion senior bull honors. Hollis Fawcett showed the reserve grand champion bull, ECR HDF Travis 3503 ET, an April 7, 2023, son of CRR 719 Catapult 109. Fawcett’s entry also represented the senior bull division. 

Landry Allan showed the grand champion female, BACC 241 Haley 472. His female is a Nov. 17, 2024, daughter of UPS Sensation 2296 ET, and was also named champion senior heifer calf. The reserve grand champion female title went to Ty Pezanoski, Peru, Ill., and his champion junior yearling female, HAWK Priya 11M ET, a Feb. 24, 2024, daughter of H The Profit 8426 ET.

Brumley Farms, Orovada, Nev., was named the premier breeder and premier exhibitor.

To view complete results from the American Royal National Hereford Show and World Hereford Conference, visit Hereford.org.

View the press release and photos here.

### 

The American Hereford Association hosts the World Hereford Conference (WHC), presented by Merck Animal Health, in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22-26, and the Young Breeders Competition at Kansas State University and in Kansas City Oct. 19-25. The World Hereford Council convenes every four years at the WHC — in different council-member countries — where delegates conduct official business aimed at breed improvement and opportunity development.