American Royal 4-H Livestock Judging Contest: Official Release

KANSAS CITY—On Nov. 2, 17 teams vied for champion honors in the American Royal 4-H Livestock Judging Contest in Hale Arena.

The contest is open to one team per state consisting of four members per team. The three highest-placing contestants contribute to the overall team score. Contestants judged 10 classes of livestock containing four animals each. Classes included both breeding and market animals in beef, sheep/goat, and swine divisions. In addition, contestants appeared before officials to present six sets of oral reasons.

Overall team placings are as follows:

1. Texas (2,224 points)

Callie Stedje, Travis Stedje, Audry Lieb and Jennifer Crowl

1. Colorado (2,218 points)

Samantha Trehal, Lonny Trehal and Dirk Murphy

1. Ohio (2,191 points)

Logan Browne, Lane Kemner, Hannah Frobose and Kirsten Ameling

1. Missouri (2,174 points)

Cale Comstock, Chance Wait, Payton Dahmer and Cara Comstock

1. Kansas (2,165 points)

Wyatt Durst, Andrew Tiemeyer, Jefferson Simmons and Ty Stewart

1. Illinois (2,163 points)

Tyler Verbeck, Tyler Gradert, Elizabeth Heaton and Blake Roselieb

1. Indiana (2,161 points)

Grace McDevitt, Ryan Clingerman, Jacob Pettigrew and Jared Lamle

1. Iowa (2,147 points)

Noah Taylor, Hannah Taylor, Rachel Hoy and Jack Kelly

1. New Mexico (2,118 points)

Trenton Jones, Koby Valentine, Lynnae Allen and Avery Jones

1. Wyoming (2,099 points)

Ty Carpenter, Newt Iorg, Ty Malone and Bailey Lupher

Overall Top 10 individuals are as follows:

1. Dirk Murphy, Colorado (754 points)
2. Travis Stedje, Texas (751 points)
3. Samantha Trehal, Colorado (744 points)
4. Callie Stedje, Texas (743 points)
5. Payton Dahmer, Missouri (741 points)
6. Logan Browne, Ohio (738 points)
7. Elizabeth Heaton, Illinois (737 points)
8. Wyatt Durst, Kansas (737 points)
9. Noah Taylor, Iowa (732 points)
10. Audrey Lieb, Texas (730 points)

Sheep Division results:

Teams:

1. Colorado (701 points)
2. Illinois (700 points)
3. Texas (696 points)
4. Oklahoma (685 points)
5. Ohio (684 points)

Individuals:

1. Samantha Trehal, Colorado (239 points)
2. Garrett Goodwin, Oklahoma (239 points)
3. Payton Dahmer, Missouri (238 points)
4. Kacy Kincaid, Oklahoma (238 points)
5. Lonny Trehal, Colorado (236 points)

 

Swine Division results:

Teams:

1. Colorado (709 points)
2. Ohio (705 points)
3. Texas (701 points)
4. Indiana (700 points)
5. Missouri (698 points)

Individuals:

1. Samantha Trehal, Colorado (243 points)
2. Dirk Murphy, Colorado (242 points)
3. Travis Stedje, Texas (240 points)
4. Lane Kemner, Ohio (239 points)
5. Logan Browne, Ohio (238 points)

 

Beef Division results:

Teams:

1. Texas (827 points)
2. Colorado (808 points)
3. Ohio (802 points)
4. Kansas (798 points)
5. Missouri (795 points)

Individuals:

1. Dirk Murphy, Colorado (286 points)
2. Callie Stedje, Texas (279 points)
3. Noah Taylor, Iowa (278 points)
4. Travis Stedje, Texas (277 points)
5. Ryan Clingerman, Indiana (276 points)

 

Oral Reasons Division results:

Teams:

1. Texas (800 points)
2. Colorado (794 points)
3. Illinois (793 points)
4. Ohio (789 points)
5. Indiana (775 points)

Individuals

1. Elizabeth Heaton, Illinois (274 points)
2. Tyler Gradert, Illinois (273 points)
3. Callie Stedje, Texas (272 points)
4. Samantha Trehal, Colorado (271 points)
5. Travis Stedje, Texas (271 points)

The American Royal Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that has been a Kansas City tradition since 1899. Each year more than 270,000 people attend events at the American Royal Complex. In 2011, the Royal was able to give $1.4 million in scholarship and educational awards. In addition to its educational mission, the American Royal generates some $60 million of economic impact, $4.4 million in local tax revenues, and supports 450 jobs. For more information about the American Royal livestock shows, contact Karrie Manley at 816-569-4054 or karriem@americanroyal.com.

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