LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kinnick Paulsen, Preston, Iowa, won the horned owned female show with HAWK Murphy 14J ET and Paige Lemenager, Hudson, Ill., won the polled owned female show at the 2022 VitaFerm®Junior National Hereford Expo, July 21, in Louisville, Ky. 

Father and son duo, Scott and Tyler Bush, Britton, S.D., judged the owned show with 200 horned heifers and 560 polled heifers exhibited. 

“I’ve never been at a show this size where the kids are so good, the people you work with are so good and the cattle are so good,” Scott Bush stated in his grand drive speech. 

The reserve grand champion horned owned heifer banner went to Henley Barber, Channing, Texas, with CHAC BR Haize 1355 ET. Payton Farmer, Brownstown, Ind., with BRIGHT Miss Lilian 2126 ET, took home reserve grand champion honors in the polled owned female show. 

Topping the horned owned heifer show was Paulsen’s division V champion, a March 26, 2021, daughter of KLD RW Marksman D87 ET. Barber’s reserve grand champion horned owned female, CHAC BR Haize 1355 ET, was first named division I champion. She was an Oct. 28, 2021, daughter of KLD RW Marksman D87 ET.

Lemenager’s grand champion polled heifer, HAWK Myla 39J ET, was first named Division V champion. She was a May 21, 2021, daughter of KLD RW Marksman D87 ET. Farmer’s reserve grand champion polled owned female, a April 17, 2021, daughter of T/R BPF American Classic 561C ET, was also Division VII champion. 

The horned owned female show was sponsored by T/R Cattle Company, Glencoe, Okla. The polled owned female show was sponsored by Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, Neb. 

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The 2022 VitaFerm®Junior National Hereford Expo, Banners in the Bluegrass, was sponsored in part by BioZyme Inc., St. Joseph, Mo. The National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) is one of the most active junior programs in the country with approximately 3,800 members. The NJHA’s mission is to create and promote enthusiasm for the breed while providing opportunities through leadership, education and teamwork. For more information about the NJHA, visit JrHereford.org.