KANSAS CITY, Mo. –  Hadley, Wyatt and Blayne Dunklau, Wayne, Neb., showed the grand champion female on Nov. 16 in Louisville, Ky., at the 2024 North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE).

Judge Jon Sweeney, Cedarville, Ohio, evaluated 154 Hereford entries to select the champion females.

“You have one of the most respected breeds in the business,” Sweeney said for selecting the grand champion female. “To the young people out here that have chosen to exhibit Hereford cattle – I want you to know what this breed means to the show cattle industry, and what it also means to the beef industry. These cattle are going to be the tools with which you improve your breed, and you’re going to improve the cattle industry with that as well.”

The Dunklau family’s grand champion female, HAWK RC Macy 307 ET, is an April 24, 2023, daughter of KLD RW Marksman D87 ET that was first named champion spring yearling female. Mary Carter Shirley, Sparta, Tenn., exhibited the reserve grand champion female, MCS Ozzie 323, a July 14, 2023, daughter of MCS Hot Topic 121 from the intermediate yearling female division.

For full results from the NAILE national Hereford show, visit Hereford.org.

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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.