LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Hayden Hoffman, Thedford, Neb., and Marlyn Pecha, Meno, Okla., won the grand champion owned female titles in the finale of the 2025 VitaFerm^® Junior National Hereford Expo, “Live from Louisville”, July 18 in Louisville, Ky.

Cody Sankey, Economy, Ind., and John McCurry, Burrton, Kan., judged the owned female show, evaluating 180 horned females and 555 polled females. 

“This line up will get your blood pumping,” McCurry said before the selection of the horned female champions. “We knew we were going to have good cattle, and we have one more line up to get through. But boy, you get back out here and your heart gets to racing, because this is what it’s all about.”

Hoffman exhibited the grand champion horned female, BK Lavish Points 3045L ET, an Oct. 6, 2023, daughter of H The Profit 8426 ET from division VI. Maddie Jenkins, Athens, Texas, and ECR SQCF D87 Luna 424 ET, an April 8, 2024, daughter of KLD RW Marksman D87 ET, claimed reserve grand champion and champion division III honors in the horned female show.

Pecha grabbed the champion polled female banner with BK Ella Mamacita 464M ET, an April 3, 2024, daughter of SR Dominate 308F ET, from division VIII. Haxton Hoffman, Thedford, Neb., showed the reserve grand champion polled female and champion division IX champion, Hoffman Debbie 4370 ET, a March 17, 2024, daughter of Bar JZ On Demand.

“I have no words. I am just still in shock, I’m beyond thankful for this,” Pecha said. “This has always been a huge dream of mine and to see it come true is just so surreal, and I couldn’t have done it without my family or any of the crew that I also get to call my family.”

The polled female show was sponsored by Stellpflug Cattle Co., Glenrock, Wyo., and Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, Neb. T/R Cattle Co., Glencoe, Okla., sponsored the horned female show.

For full results from the 2025 JNHE, visit Hereford.org.

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The 2025 VitaFerm^® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE), “Live from Louisville,” is sponsored in part by BioZyme^® Inc., St. Joseph, Mo., and their brands VitaFerm^® and Sure Champ^®. The JNHE provides educational and leadership opportunities for junior members and their cattle projects, along with events for the entire family. The National Junior Hereford Association is one of the most active junior programs in the country with more than 4,200 members. For more information about the JNHE, visit Hereford.org/youth.

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