Most of the breed champions have been selected in the market lamb show at the Oklahoma Youth Expo. Only the Suffolk and the Black Faced Crossbreds still need to be sorted in the Big House during the day Thursday ahead of the Grand Drive this evening.
Click here for the placings of all of the market lamb show as provided by OYE.
Here are the Breed winners as of Wednesday evening(Hampshire Champions not available as of Thursday AM):
Hair Sheep
Champion- Jefferson Pye, Mountain View-Gotebo FFA
Reserve- Jaycee Oldenberg, Konawa 4-H
Southdown
Champion- Evan Chlouber, Minco FFA
Reserve- Tobie Daye Mitchell, Central High FFA
Shropshire
Champion- Alex Black, Dibble FFA
Reserve- Layne Allen, Canute 4-H
Dorset
Champion- Austyn Mathews, Kinta FFA
Reserve- Colton Burns, Dover FFA
White Face Crossbred
Champion- Layne Allen, Canute 4-H
Reserve- Harper Minor, Caney Valley 4-H
Natural
Champion- Kinley Pruett, Canute 4-H
Reserve- McKenna Hurley, Alex FFA
Click here for the full schedule for the 2024 OYE. The Oklahoma Farm Report team will be snapping pictures from start to finish- and you can see them as we add them to our Flickr album for 2024- available here. If you want to look back to the 2023 OYE- click here for our pictures from last year’s event.
Our coverage of the 2024 Oklahoma Youth Expo is sponsored by Hilliary Communications. More than 60 years ago, the Hilliary Family acquired a small telephone company in rural southwest Oklahoma. Now in its third generation, the company has grown from a single exchange with just 100 access lines covering 22 square miles to now serving more than 19,000 customers in 22 counties throughout Oklahoma & Texas. The company also offers IP television service and internet speeds up to 1 Gig. Click here to learn more about Hilliary Communications.