The livestock competition part of the Woodward District Jr. Livestock Show is now complete. \u00a0There is only the premium sale left. \u00a0And if you want to attend on Thursday night, I will buy you a steak dinner at the sale.<\/p>\n
First, I want to thank the show management and the Woodward County Event Center staff for the outstanding work that they do to run the day to day of this show. \u00a0 These facilities and the show itself are second to none for a district show.<\/p>\n
Next, I had the pleasure of watching three judges line up four species. \u00a0These judges were fair, excellent on the mic, were efficient in their placings, gave every kid a good look and used outstanding livestock. \u00a0Ben Moyer–hogs, Brandin Callis-cattle and Stever Sturtz–sheep and goats all did a fantastic job of evaluating stock. \u00a0I loved it! \u00a0And yes, even when we got beat, which happened more often than I would have liked.<\/p>\n
Which brings us back to the outstanding livestock part. \u00a0Jeeminy Christmas where did all of these outstanding hogs come from? \u00a0Even the sift hogs were good ones. \u00a0All were well presented and well fed. \u00a0Easily, one of the deepest set of hogs that I have seen at a district show. \u00a0Kaylee Holt carried the banner for Shattuck in this line up. \u00a0I’ll put that kid up against anyone. \u00a0I may have mentioned this before and I bet you keep hearing from me about this kid.<\/p>\n
Then the sheep show. \u00a0I’ve got the pleasure to work with some really good sheep showman. The “Aedyn” twins–Jaedyn & Raedyn Magness are stepping up their games and had success–numerous breed champs. \u00a0Sierra Washmon was the best sheep showman in the barn. \u00a0She easily won the ewe show and then took a Hamp wether and proved why she is the best. \u00a0However, she has a little brother named Clayton that will argue. \u00a0Numerous people have asked if we got a pic of his wether during the grand drive. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Because it needs to be made into a silhouette. \u00a0He did get that one propped up to near-perfection.<\/p>\n
On a goat note with that sheep show. \u00a0Blake Foraker was going to see Preston Faris last summer. \u00a0I said, “Hit him up and see if he has any hair lambs that would work.” \u00a0Blake reported back and I called Preston and made a deal. \u00a0He took 2 hair lambs and 1 skinny goat to Ralph Shafer to bring to me. \u00a0Months later, Foraker’s had ch. div. 1 goat at Phoenix and those 2 hair lambs were ch. and res. hair sheep at WW District. (And yes, there were several classes of them–more than the Dorsets, Southdowns or Suffolks) \u00a0I’d say that Blake can read a skinny animal.<\/p>\n
Then the goat show. \u00a0WOW! \u00a0Newt Sweet put a showmanship lesson on the rest of the competition. \u00a0He had grand doe. \u00a0And should have. \u00a0This was a Spongebob from Milligan and Thompson. \u00a0Carli Word had res. div. 1 with a doe from us. \u00a0She also had a class winner and a 2nd. \u00a0Newt also had ch. div. 1 doe with an Easy Decision back on Blood Pressure’s momma.<\/p>\n
The #s were down in the wether show but the quality was stacked deep. \u00a0These classes were wicked good. \u00a0Showmanship was amped up. \u00a0Sure, we had hoped Duke could win. \u00a0But he ended up 3rd out in div. 2 and div. 3 and 6th overall. \u00a0Not complaining when you see the list of kids above him and below him in sale order. \u00a0Chance Gregg was not grand or res. grand. \u00a0But he showed like he was going to win it. \u00a0Duke sells him Vindicator is our involvement with his goats, but I would not have been at all upset if he had won it. \u00a0I like to see good ones go out on a high note.<\/p>\n
And on a high goat note, Darcy Whitley was grand wether goat with an Easy Decision from Milligan. \u00a0Several people have commented that they should have kept bidding on this wether. \u00a0It wouldn’t have mattered. \u00a0I had that one covered. \u00a0I was prepared to bid whenever grandpa Mike Weber faltered, but he had the good eye pegged on owning that one.<\/p>\n
I’ve also caught some hell over this goat. \u00a0Because I got in the grand pic. \u00a0I don’t get in many pics. \u00a0And I wasn’t exactly dressed to photo, but when a kid starts nearing the end to their career, sometimes you gotta take a pic. \u00a0Darcy has won with several goats from us and\/or out of our stock. \u00a0I hope and am planning on taking more pics with her. \u00a0On a side note, it was just easier to get in the picture than it was to listen to Jeanie Weber bitch at me\u2026 again…for not being in the picture. \u00a0I will never understand how my dumbass helps a picture.<\/p>\n
And if you can’t tell, Easy Decision is having a nice first year. \u00a0And yes, Milligan raised the grand doe and grand wether.<\/p>\n
Then the cattle show. \u00a0The heifer show was way good. \u00a0But the grand heifer was EASILY grand. \u00a0Gatlin Goodson had this heifer. \u00a0And Gatlin showed this % Simmy like a champ. \u00a0Then he showed his steer to res. grand steer honors. \u00a0This kid tends to win at everything he does. \u00a0Why? \u00a0He’s good and wants to win. \u00a0His steer got beat by a good one. \u00a0Alyssa Friesen of Arnett showed the grand steer. \u00a0The Friesen family has a tendency to show really good cattle. \u00a0This steer may be a bit better than really good. \u00a0I know, they aren’t Shattuck, but they are life-long family friends and we here at Kelln Livestock love to see great kids with great animals\u2026regardless.<\/p>\n
My donkey is dragging. \u00a0I can’t breathe. \u00a0I haven’t seen my own livestock in the daylight since last Tuesday. \u00a0I know that I am going to take my own advice and have a good day and a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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