Herefords hit the Oklahoma red dirt as judge Kyle Colyer, Bruneau, Idaho, sorted the 58-head Hereford bull show and 220-head Hereford female show at the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City, Okla., to find his champions with son, Cruz, by his side. Throughout the four-day national Hereford show, Jan. 3-6, a total of 572 Herefords were exhibited.
Bull show champions
Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla.; Ella Weldon, Piedmont, Okla.; and 6 Mile Creek LLC, Yukon, Okla., received the polled grand champion bull banner with BK Jet Smooth J18 ET. The champion senior bull, born Sept. 10, 2021, was sired by JDH AH Standout 16G ET. Curry Herefords, McAlester, Okla., took home the reserve champion bull title with CH Premier 233 ET. The KLD RW Marksman D87 ET son was born March 22, 2022, and was also named champion yearling bull.
Grand champion horned bull honors went to Copeland and Sons LLC, Nara Visa, N.M., and Running P Cattle Co., Canyon, Texas, with RPC 7119 007 Rubble 210, sired by BR ER Big Country 007 ET. The Feb. 20, 2022, entry won the yearling bull division. Barber Ranch, Channing, Texas, exhibited the reserve champion horned bull; BR Panhandle Drifter L002 ET. Sired by BR ER Big County 007 ET, this champion junior bull calf was born Jan. 1, 2023. “We have the best breed show in the bull division and the bull classes of any national show, and it’s a commitment to the breeders,” Colyer said before selecting his first round of champions in Oklahoma City.
Female show champions
Madilyn Norvell, Tuttle, Okla., exhibited the polled champion female with NCC Rhea 2058 ET, sired by CH High Roller 756 ET. The Nov. 27, 2022, entry was first awarded champion senior heifer calf honors. The polled reserve champion female was shown by Sara Sullivan, Dunlap, Iowa. SSF KKH 25W Belle 211 ET, the March 3, 2022, daughter of H Bell Ringer 8459 ET, and was also named the champion spring yearling female.
Fallon and Gunnar Gohr, Madras, Ore., and their champion junior yearling female, BK Keep It Simple 259K ET, were awarded the horned champion female title. This daughter of SR Dominate 308F ET was born Feb. 4, 2022. Dylan Kottkamp, Clayton, Ind., with GKB 8688 2296 Monroe K110 ET, won reserve horned champion female. The March 7, 2022, entry sired by UPS Sensation 2296 ET, was first awarded champion spring yearling female honors.
Buck Cattle Co. Madill, Okla., was recognized as the horned premier breeder. T/R Cattle Co., Glencoe, Okla., was named polled premier breeder. Polled premier exhibitor honors went to Ella Weldon, Piedmont, Okla., and Hurricane Hefty Ranch, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Hendricks Cattle Co., Troy, Ala., were awarded horned premier exhibitor.
