KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Herefords stepped into the showring in Cowtown for the historic Fort Worth Stock Show Feb. 3. Blake Nelson, Dearborn, Mo., evaluated the 120-head female show and 46-head bull show to name the Hereford champions.

“It’s been an honor, getting to judge the Herefords in Fort Worth,” Nelson said. “It’s a true honor; it’s a historic show and a historic breed at this show.”

Annually, the Texas Hereford Association celebrates show honorees. The polled show honored longtime Texas Hereford breeders, Meischen Polled Herefords, and the horned show was held in memory of beef industry leader, Jarold Callahan. 

Bull show 

GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas, and Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, Idaho, topped the horned bull show and yearling bull division with C GKB Cimmaron 3125 ET, a Jan. 10, 2023, son of ECR 628 Advance 9490 ET. Austin Breeding, Miami, Texas, grabbed the reserve grand champion horned bull banner with his champion senior bull, B&C Stock Option 2300K, a Dec. 2, 2022, son of B&C Stock Option 6026D ET. 

BR GKB Lucchese L177 ET, a June 2, 2023, son of KLD RW Marksman D87 ET, won the polled bull show. The winning entry, shown by Barber Ranch, Channing, Texas, and GKB Cattle, first claimed top honors in the intermediate yearling bull division. K JCS Handsome Jack 4815, exhibited by Copeland and Sons LLC, Nara Visa, N.M., and Kynsleigh Krebs, Gordon, Neb., was named the reserve grand champion polled bull. The April 10, 2024, son of Green JCS Makers Mark 229G ET also won the spring bull calf division. 

Female show 

In the polled female show, Ella Weldon, Piedmont, Okla., was named the grand champion. Her winning entry, BKCMCC Love Distinctive372LET, a Jan. 7, 2023, daughter of H The Profit 8426 ET, also won the junior yearling female division. Cruz Colyer, Bruneau, Idaho, showed the reserve grand champion polled female, PSC NCC Gaia 3008 ET, a March 2, 2023, daughter of CH High Roller 756 ET, from the spring yearling division. 

Fallon and Gunnar Gohr, Madras, Ore., and KD Lucky For You 363L ET, were crowned the grand champion horned female. Gohrs’ entry is an April 20, 2023, daughter of BK BH Fast Ball F102 ET, which first won the spring yearling division. BR GKB RS Ruby L178 ET, a June 3, 2023, daughter of KLD RW Marksman D87 ET, shown by Aidyn Barber, Channing, Texas, was named the reserve grand champion polled female. She first won the intermediate yearling division. 

Peyton and Libby Pérez, Nara Visa, N.M., showed the champion polled cow-calf pair, 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. Reserve champion polled cow-calf pair honors went to KAKG Kick Off 205K ET, an April 5, 2022, daughter of T/R BPF AmericanClassic 561CET, and a September heifer calf, by UPS Sensation 2296 ET, exhibited by Hadley Dorris, Stephenville, Texas.

Other awards 

GKB cattle was named the horned premier exhibitor, and Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla., and Peyton and Libby Pérez claimed polled premier exhibitor honors. Buck Cattle Co. also claimed polled premier breeder honors and shared horned premier breeder honors with B&C Cattle Co., Miami, Texas.  

Visit Hereford.org for complete show results. 

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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.