It was close- but the Cowboys from Stillwater took home the overall top prize in the Collegiate Livestock Judging contest that was just renamed this past weekend at Cattlemen’s Congress. On Saturday, the board of Directors that run Congress announced that from this point forward- the collegiate Livestock Judging Contest will now be called the Jarold Callahan Livestock Judging Contest at Cattlemen’s Congress.
The team from Oklahoma State University was three points better than the Reserve Champs that came from Western Illinois University to claim the Senior Collegiate Division. This is a whole new set of team members that are following in the footsteps of the 2023 National Champion Livestock Judging Team from OSU. 2024 OSU team members include Ashylyn O’Brein, Braylon Spears, Jed Sidwell, Kale Campbell, Anna Hannon and Clay Brillhart.
Team rankings in the senior college division had OSU placing first, Western Illinois University reserve, Texas A&M placing third, Kansas State University fourth, Texas Tech fifth and the University of Arkansas sixth.
Ross Blumbaugh of Western Illinois was the high individual of the Contest- while OSU’s Ashlyn O’Brein, Bryalon Spears and Jed Sidwell placed fourth, fifth and sixth high individuals respectively.
Helping OSU take home the top honors was their first place placing in Reasons.
The Champion in the Junior College Division was the team from Black Hawk College of Galwa, Illinois, while Reserve Champs was the team from Redlands Community College in El Reno, Oklahoma.
Johwynn Ayers, Emma Jackson, Preston Rhode, Gracie Cloud, Josie Doshier and Jack Johnson made up the team from Black Hawk. They are coached by former OSU Livestock Judging coach Dr. Blake Bloomberg, who after coaching at both OSU and Texas A&M, returned to his home state of Illinois to coach Black Hawk.
Johwynn Ayers of Black Hawk was the high individual in the JuCo division- Blake Janssen of Redlands was sixth high individual in the Juco ranks.
The Redlands team placing second overall includes Blake Janssen, Mason Allan, Chyann Emerson, Garrison Bass, Jack Habjan and Connor Pell. (Pictured below)
Details of the placings for the complete contest are available by clicking here(The Judging Card website). A total of 17 Senior teams and 21 Junior teams competed on Monday at the OKC Fairgrounds.
