KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Harvie Ranching, Olds, Alberta, topped the Hereford carload bull show on Friday, Jan. 17, in the Stow L. Witwer Memorial Show Arena during the 2025 National Western Stock Show (NWSS). Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, Idaho, won the pen-of-three bull show, and Pérez Cattle Co., Nara Visa, N.M., exhibited the grand champion pen-of-three females.

Judges Steve Lambert, Oroville, Calif.; Cliff Copeland, Nara Visa, N.M.; and Ty Krebs, Gordon, Neb., evaluated the Hereford pen show in the historic Denver, Colo., Yards, consisting of three carloads, 20 female pens and 24 bull pens for a total of 156 cattle.  

“I cannot say enough good things about these bulls,” said Krebs before the champion pen-of-three bulls were announced. “This has to be one of the deepest bull and heifer shows I have ever witnessed here in the Hereford breed.”

Harvie Ranching and their group of junior bull calves sired by Land Makers Mark 2072ET, NJW PMH Commitment 137J and KJ MHPH RW 364C Media 240J, took home top honors in the carload show. Their group measured an average weight per day of age (WDA) of 3.45, average scrotal circumference (SC) of 36.4 centimeters and tipped the scales with an average weight of 1,210 pounds. Landgren Ranch, Bartlett, Neb., exhibited the reserve grand champion carload of bulls. Winning the spring bull calf division, the group was sired by Green JCS Makers Mark 22, UPS Entice 9365 ET, JDH AH Lincoln 106H ET and Land Slinger 2296 1046. Their group had a WDA of 3.82, average SC of 35.5 centimeters and weighed 1,174 pounds on average. 

Colyer Herefords claimed the grand champion banner in the pen-of-three bull show with their champion junior bull calves. The winning entry, a group sired by Churchill W4 Sherman 215, weighed an average of 1,340 pounds, with a WDA of 3.52 and SC of 36 centimeters. Coyote Ridge Ranch, La Salle, Colo., took home reserve champion pen-of-three bull honors with the reserve champion pen of junior bull calves sired by NJW 202C173DSteadfast 156 and /S Long Haul 11443. The Coyote Ridge bulls measured an average SC of 35 centimeters, WDA of 3.62 and weighed 1,233 pounds. 

Pérez Cattle Co. exhibited the winning pen-of-three females, a group of senior heifer calves sired by NJW 202C173DSteadfast 156 and RST Final Print 0016 with an average WDA of 2.42 and weight of 1,213 pounds. GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas, and their pen of junior heifer calves were named the reserve champion in the pen-of-three female show. Their group sired by GKB Conair K102 ET weighed an average of 993 with a WDA of 2.77.

To view complete results from the Hereford show in the Yards, visit Hereford.org.

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The American Hereford Association, with headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., is one of the largest U.S. beef breed associations. The not-for-profit organization along with its subsidiaries — Certified Hereford Beef^® (CHB) LLC, Hereford Publications Inc. (HPI) and American Beef Records Association (ABRA) — provides programs and services for its members and their customers, while promoting the Hereford breed and supporting education, youth and research. For press releases and photos, visit Hereford.org/media.