After eleven days of showing some of the best purebreds and composites in North America, over sixty champions were led in the Jim Norick Arena ring on Wednesday late afternoon to compete for the Supreme Champion honors of the fourth Cattlemen’s Congress. They were judged the best of their breeds since December 31st. Each judge and his assistant examined the field and picked their best five in the three divisions to conclude the European heritage portion of what is already considered to be one of the premiere beef cattle shows in North America. The Champions that were exhibited represented 22 states and Canada.
The judges selected the last bull named champion of his breed in the show(selected Tuesday January 9th) to this point- TJSC Coping With Destiny 9K– the Simmental Champ(seen above) that is owned by a group that includes Jones Show Cattle, Elmore Cattle Services, Diamond J Simmentals, XTB Cattle Company and Minnaert Show Cattle.
Reserve Supreme Bull was the Limousin Bull Champ- owned by Thomas and Son Farms of Maryland. Third Place was the Angus Bull Champion- shown by Houston Feree of Sullican, Indiana- fourth bull in the Supreme drive was the Percentage Simmental Champ owned by Red ARiver Farms, Circle M Farms and Rocking P Livestock.
Both of the Female Supreme Champions came from the Angus show over this past weekend. The Open Supreme Female was Seldom Rest Sandy 2030– the Angus Champion owned by Jack Dameron of Towanda, Illinois.
The other top Open Female Champions that placed in the Supreme drive included
Reserve Supreme- the Simmental Champion shown by Laramie Sassar of Edmond, Oklahoma.
Third- Charolais Champ shown by Sara Sullivan of Dunlop, Iowa
Fourth- The Maine-Anjou shown by Mcklay Gensini of Hennepin, Illinois
Fifth- the Balancer Female Champ shown by Braylen Schaeffer of Hagerstown, Indiana
Finally- the Junior Female Supreme Champion was also the Angus Champion of the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress- SSF Envious Blackbird 5022– owned and shown by Samantha Van Vorhis of Bowling Green, Ohio. (seen below)
The Reserve Supreme Junior Female was the Maine Anjou Champ- owned by Mckay Gensini of Hennepin, Illinois.
The Third, Fourth and Fifth high junior female champs picked by the judges are all owned by one of the top junior showladies in recent memory- Sara Sullivan of Dunlop, Iowa. Sara’s Chianina Champ was Third high- her Lim Flex Champ was placed Fourth High in the Junior Female Supreme Drive and her Charolais Champ was the fifth best of the show.
In addition- the Market Steer show was moved to Wednesday this year- and the Grand Champion Junior Market Steer was the top Exotic Division Champ- shown by Mason Grady of Texas. The Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer was exhibited by Kade Gensini of Illinois- they are shown together here in this picture below:
The final portion of Cattlemen’s Congress continues through Thursday with the American breeds showing with the Supreme Champion selection of those breeds coming Thursday afternoon.
