Southwest District livestock judging contest held

The Southwest District livestock judging contest was held March 25 in Dodge City, Kansas at the Western State Bank Expo Center. FFA and 4-H members judged seven classes of livestock which included market steers, market lambs, market hogs, breeding ewes, breeding does, Balancer breeding heifers, and yearling bulls. They also had to evaluate a keep/cull Maintainer heifers class. Seniors gave two sets of reasons, while junior members answered a set of questions and gave one set of reasons.

Results courtesy of www.judgingcard.com. Top 10 individuals in each division, plus top teams are compiled below.

Senior FFA individuals

1. Kamryn Meyer, Scott City, 465 points

2. Clara Ford, Garden City, 453

3. Ethan Petersilie, LaCrosse, 452

4. Joslyn Hazen, Ashland, 451

5.Brett Bonjour, Cimarron, 451

6. Zane Hermreck, Hugoton, 446

7. Faith Marcy, Leoti, 445

8. Rylee Hanson, 444

9. Waylan Lattimore, Ulysses, 440

10. Kassidy Kirkham, Hugoton, 440.

Senior FFA teams

1. Leoti, 1315

2. Ashland, 1303

3. Scott City, 1302

4. Garden City, 1290

5. Hodgeman County, 1283

6. Southwestern Heights, 1282

7. Dodge City, 1280

8. LaCrosse, 1268

9. Hugoton, 1266

10. Cimarron, 1266

Junior FFA individuals

1. Call Martin, South Central, 430

2. Abby Pinkney, Bucklin, 418

3. Chris Winger, Stanton County, 418

4. Ryder Woolfolk, South Central, 417

5. Harvick Sowers, Holcomb, 417

6. Kaylie Harris, Hodgeman County, 415

7. Allie Walker, Kinsley, 413

8. Kaylene Dreiling, Garden City, 409

9. Miles Mueller, Moscow, 407

10. Jax Pando, Elkhart, 404

Junior FFA teams

1. South Central, 1229

2. Hodgeman County, 1211

3. Stanton County, 1172

5. Bucklin, 1144

6. Moscow, 1136

7. Hodgeman County, 1116

8. Pawnee Heights, 1098

9. Lakin, 1065

10. Kinsley, 1055

Senior 4-H individuals

1. Addison Maxwell, Pawnee County, 453

2. Gentry Hands, West Plains District, 451

3. Grady Vance, West Plains District, 447

4. Austin Gerstberger, Colby, 443

5. Hadley Huseman, Ellsworth, 442

6. Emaily Snodgrass, Pawnee County, 440

7. Pate Janssen, Ellsworth, 440

8. Cooper Josefiak, Pawnee County, 439

9. Zac Kistler, Colby, 427

10. Aiden Rice, Grant County, 427

Senior 4-H Teams

1. Pawnee County, 1332

2. West Plains District, 1296

3. Ellsworth, 1296

4. Grant County, 1245

5. Colby, 870

Junior 4-H individuals

1. Maya Vance, West Plains District, 439

2. Lily Snodgrass, Pawnee County, 429

3. Lainey Hands, West Plains District, 424

4. Tinsley Wolf, Colby, 416

5. Summer Anderson, Gray County, 414

6. Delaney Peteson, Gray County, 412

7 Taylee Wolking, Gray County, 404

8. Tate Josefiak, Pawnee County, 403

9. Kaden Frick, Pawnee County, 390

10. Tayton Wolking, Gray County, 389

Junior 4-H Teams

1. West Plains District, 1237

2. Gray County, 1230

3. Pawnee County, 1212

4. Pawnee County, 747

5. Colby, 741.