LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nearly 900 Angus juniors and their families traveled to Louisville, Ky., to compete in the 2019 National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), July 14-20 at the Kentucky Expo Center.
National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) members gathered with the mindset “Win, Place & Showing for the Purple” as they exhibited 1,194 entries during the weeklong event that included more than a dozen educational contests in addition to the cattle show.
Ella Brooks, Prophetstown, Ill., showed the grand champion owned cow-calf pair. Dameron Barbara 765 is a March 2017 daughter of Silveiras Style 9303, and first topped the two-year-old division. A February 2019 heifer calf sired by Dameron Northern Frontier was at side.
Coehen Kirchner, Leaf River, Ill., claimed grand champion bred-and-owned steer and reserve grand champion steer with CK3 Primo F824. He is the March 2018 son of Colburn Primo 5153.
Other Illinois exhibitors who took home honors were:
Owned Females
Heifer Calf Champion-Division 1: Conley Pure Pride 8456
Exhibitor: Morgan Hutchins, Charleston, Ill.
Intermediate Champion-Division 1: PVF Lucy 8225
Exhibitor: Katelyn Eathington, Avon, Ill.
Reserve Junior Champion-Division 1: TLF Northern Miss 47
Exhibitor: Jaycie Schertz, El Paso, Ill.
Reserve Late Senior Champion: Bergman Lady 1740
Exhibitor: Danielle Alberts, Atlanta, Ill.
Bred-and-Owned Females
Early Heifer Calf Champion: DDA Northern Miss 1851
Exhibitor: Reese Anderson, Chrisman, Ill.
Senior Champion: Allstar Lucy 718
Exhibitor: Luke Zimmerman, Camargo, Ill.
Sweepstakes Award
30 head and more: Illinois Junior Angus Association
— American Angus Association
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