The Grand Drive of the 2023 Oklahoma Youth Expo kicked off with the Grand Champion Market Barrow selected out of Altus, Oklahoma- Wade Richey with his Hampshire barrow.
Reserve Market Barrow of the show was awarded to Channing Goodson of the Tecumseh 4-H, who showed a Dark Cross.
Bronze Market Barrow was awarded to Gavin Straka of the Yukon FFA Chapter, who showed a Hampshire.
Here are the Champions and Reserve Champions of each breed in the Barrow Show:
Berkshire
Champion- Alison Salyer, Morris FFA
Reserve- Evan Hinkle, Yukon FFA
Duroc
Champion- Evie Rue Cantrell, Ripley FFA
Reserve- Raegan Biggerstaff, Anadarko FFA
Hereford
Champion- Tristyn Nelson, Coweta FFA
Reserve- Bella Ball, Cashion FFA
Spotted
Champion- Jaxon Conner, Tuttle FFA
Reserve- Payten Kienholz, Tonkawa 4-H
Yorkshire
Champion- Kutter Ward, McIntosh County 4-H
Reserve- Nicholas Armitage, Yukon 4-H
Chester White
Champion- Preslee Bennett, Yukon FFA
Reserve- Madelyn Gray, Vanoss FFA
Hampshire
Champion- Wade Richey, Altus 4-H
Reserve- Gavin Straka, Yukon FFA
Poland
Champion- Summer Prince, Garber FFA
Reserve- Case McPeak, Smithville 4-H
Light Cross
Champion- Avery Throckmorton, Marlow FFA
Reserve- Jaylee Buck, Kiefer FFA
Dark Cross
Champion- Channing Goodson, Tecumseh 4-H
Reserve- Gavin Straka, Yukon FFA
All of these Champions and Reserve Champions will be a part of Friday’s Sale of Champions at the Norick Arena at the OKC Fairgrounds- starting at 4 PM.
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.
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