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Final Hereford Champions Selected on the Hill

Final Hereford Champions Selected on the Hill

January 28, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Hereford cattle took one last lap through the National Western Stock Show’s (NWSS) Stadium Arena Saturday, Jan. 18. Judges Tom and Tammy Boatman, Rockford, Ill., evaluated the 89-head female show and 50-head bull …


KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Hereford cattle took one last lap through the National Western Stock Show’s (NWSS) Stadium Arena Saturday, Jan. 18. Judges Tom and Tammy Boatman, Rockford, Ill., evaluated the 89-head female show and 50-head bull show. Throughout the NWSS, 365 head of Hereford cattle were exhibited. 

Bull show 

“It blows my mind that I have this opportunity; this being the last time we’ll be up here in this building,” Tammy said before the selection of the champion horned bull. “It’s a pretty special day for us … hats off to these breeders for bringing these bulls out here.”

C GKB Cimmaron 3125 ET, owned by Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, Idaho, and GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas, was named the grand champion horned bull and champion yearling bull. The winning entry is a Jan. 10, 2023, son of ECR 628 Advance 9490 ET. Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla., and Lindskov’s LT Ranch, Isabel, S.D., claimed reserve grand champion horned bull honors with Stellpflug All That ET, a Jan. 30, 2023, son of JDH AH Benton 8G ET. He was also named reserve champion yearling bull. 

Brumley Farms, Orovada, Nev., and their champion senior bull, Stellpflug Gunsmoke 222 ET, a Feb. 11, 2022, son of JDH AH Benton 8G ET, topped the polled bull show. NJW 119E 142 Proud 35L, a Jan. 29, 2023, son of CRR 971 Levitate 142, exhibited by Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, Neb.; Hurricane Hefty Ranch, Stratford, Okla.; Buck Cattle Co.; and Ned and Jan Ward, Sheridan, Wyo., was selected reserve grand champion polled bull and champion yearling bull. 

Female show 

“This lineup right here, whether you’re a Hereford breeder or not a Hereford breeder; you better take a look. Look at what this breed can offer,” Tammy said before the selection of the champion polled female. “This is amazing.”

Maddie Jenkins, Athens, Texas, and H BL TB Pixie L369 ET, took home top honors in the polled female show. Jenkins’ entry is a March 18, 2023, daughter of HL Stimulus 2108 ET, and was first  named the champion spring yearling female. C BAR1 8089 Candy 3020 ET, a Jan. 2, 2023, daughter of ECR 628 Advance 9490 ET, shown by Sutter Danekas, Woodland, Calif., took home the reserve grand champion polled female and champion junior yearling titles.

In the horned female show, KD Lucky for You 363L ET, an April 20, 2023, daughter of BK BH Fast Ball F102 ET, shown by Fallon and Gunnar Gohr, Madras, Ore., was named the grand champion and champion spring yearling. GKB Cattle and Express Ranches, Yukon, Okla., claimed reserve grand champion polled female honors with GKB 1314 Cher M127 ET. The  March 23, 2024, daughter of BR GKB Winchester 1314, also topped the spring heifer calf division. 

In the polled cow-calf pair show, Peyton and Libby Pérez, Nara Visa, N.M., won champion with PCC New Mexico Lady 1107 ET, a March 20, 2021, daughter of JDH AH Standout 16G ET, and a November bull calf, by KSU Land Grant 153 ET.

Other awards

At the conclusion of the show, Libby Pérez was named polled premier exhibitor, and Buck Cattle Co. won polled premier breeder. Cruz Colyer, Bruneau, Idaho, claimed horned premier breeder and exhibitor honors. Pérez Cattle Co., Nara Visa, N.M., was the get of sire winner with a group by PCC 7009 173D Maverick 0183 ET.

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