KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The hard work of National Junior Hereford Association members was on full display in the Sooner State at the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress, Jan. 3. Judge Brian Fox, Fort Morgan, Colo., sorted the 238 head of junior heifers in Oklahoma City, Okla., to find his champions. 

Maddie Jenkins, Athens, Texas, showed the grand champion polled female with HAW KLD Monique 413K ET. The April 28, 2022, daughter of T/R BPF AmericanClassic 561C ET was first named champion spring yearling female. Ella Brooks, Prophetstown, Ill., won reserve champion polled female honors with HAWK Mona 2208 ET, after first claiming champion senior heifer calf honors. She is a Nov. 26, 2022, daughter of KLD RW Marksman D87 ET. 

BK Keep It Simple 259K ET, owned by Fallon and Gunnar Gohr, Madras, Ore., received the grand champion horned female banner. The Feb. 4, 2022, daughter of SR Dominate 308F ET was first named champion junior yearling female. Ella Weldon, Piedmont, Okla., exhibited the reserve champion horned female. The champion spring yearling female, EXR High Class Kat 2253 ET, is an April 10, 2022, daughter of EXR Bankroll 8130 ET. 

Visit Hereford.org for complete show results.

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The American Hereford Association (AHA), 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 the 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.