KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As we started to finish the national show season, all Hereford junior exhibitors’ hard work culminated as they stepped onto the red dirt during the second annual 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City on Jan. 5. Judge Lydell Meier of Clinton, Tenn., sorted the show of 269 junior heifers.

Paige Lemenager, Hudson, Ill., exhibited the grand champion polled female in the national junior Hereford show. BOY Harley 018H ET was a Jan. 2, 2020, daughter of ECR Who Maker 210 ET and was bred by Simon Thoreson, Knoxville, Iowa.

BK CMCC Highness 082H ET received the reserve grand champion polled female honors; the winning entry was a May 3, 2020, daughter of CHEZ/PUGH/HARA Logic 8815F ET. Bred by Moore Cattle Co., Madill, Okla., this female was owned by Mason Allan of Nocona, Texas.

Blake Bruns of North Platte, Neb., won the grand champion horned female title at the 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress. H Pixie 0635 ET, an Aug. 29, 2020, daughter of H Montgomery 7437 ET, was bred by Hoffman Herefords, Thedford, Neb.

Aidyn Barber, Channing, Texas, exhibited the reserve grand champion horned female with her bred-and-owned female, BR Gabriella 0142. Her entry was an April 1, 2020, daughter of BR 124Y Travis E132 ET.

Visit hereford.org for full show results.