KANSAS CITY, Mo. —  OG+E Coliseum hosted its first Hereford show at the 2026 Cattlemen’s Congress when National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) members stepped into the showring Jan. 7. Chris Effling, Highmore, S.D., judged the 172-head junior show in Oklahoma City, Okla.

“We’ve had our kids through [the NJHA], and there’s nobody out there that does it better than Hereford people,” Effling said before naming the polled champion female. “This has been a tremendous amount of fun. I love visiting with Hereford people but also getting out here and looking at the cattle. I’ve been thoroughly impressed — I wasn’t expecting anything less.”

Ty Pezanoski, Peru, Ill., and HAWK Priya 11M ET, a Feb. 24, 2024, daughter of H The Profit 8426 ET, won the horned female show and the junior yearling division. The duo went on to be slapped supreme champion overall amongst all breeds of junior females. Maddie Jenkins, Athens, Texas, exhibited the reserve grand champion horned female. Her entry, HAW BACC Tiana 407M ET, is a Feb. 8, 2024, female by T/R BPF AmericanClassic 561CET. She is also from the junior yearling female division.

BACC 241 Haley 472, shown by Landry Allan, Nocona, Texas, was crowned grand champion in the polled female show. His champion senior heifer calf is a daughter of UPS Sensation 2296 ET, born Nov. 17, 2024. Suter Clark, Gretna, Va., claimed reserve grand champion polled female with ER Kelli 501 ET, a Jan. 8, 2025, daughter to KLD RW Marksman D87 ET, from the junior heifer calf division.

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.

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