Livestock judging team a winner!

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Dalton Mears contemplates the placings of the breeding ewe class at the District Livestock Judging Contest on May 20. He placed 7th overall in sheep judging.

The 4-H Livestock Judging Team had a great day Saturday as they competed in the District Livestock Competition in Boone County. The team was divided into two age groups. The Clover Team consists of Cheyenne Messerang, Sawyer Williams, Corey Cobb, Haylie Campbell, Brianna Campbell, Michael Wash and Dalton Mears. The Intermediate Team members who competed were Morgan Forsee, Chelsey True, Patrick Jansen and Kyle Kelly. Colton Petite competed in the novice division.
Each team judged a class of market lambs, breeding ewes, breeding heifers, market steers, breeding gilts, market hogs, market goats and breeding goats. The Clover Team competed in a Skill-A-Thon consisting of wholesale meat identification, breeds and parts of animals, EPDs and calculations for record keeping of livestock. The Intermediate Team had to answer questions on two classes and give judging reasons on the heifer class.
In the Clover Team, Cheyenne placed eighth, Michael placed fifth, and Sawyer placed first in Beef Judging. In Sheep Judging, Hayley placed ninth, Dalton placed seventh and Sawyer placed first. In Swine Judging, Cheyenne placed eighth and Sawyer placed second. This year Goat Judging was added to the competition. Corey placed seventh and Sawyer placed third in that category. Overall in the judging classes, Corey placed eighth, Dalton placed seventh and Sawyer received a first place. In the Skill-A-Thon contest, Sawyer placed third. Overall in the Clover Division, Sawyer Williams came home with the top award out of 25 clovers.
In the Intermediate Team, Kyle placed sixth in Sheep Judging and Morgan placed third. In Swine Judging, Patrick placed sixth and Chelsey placed third. In Goats, Morgan placed fifth and Kyle placed third. In Beef, Kyle placed fifth and Patrick placed third. In the Overall Judging classes, Patrick placed seventh, Morgan placed sixth and Kyle placed third. In the questions and reasons category, Morgan placed tenth and Kyle placed fourth. Overall in the Intermediate Division, Patrick placed tenth, Morgan placed sixth, and Kyle placed third.
There were more than 80 youth from eight counties who participated in the District Livestock Judging event. This is the fourth year Owen County has competed. The next competition the team will be competing in will be the State Livestock Judging Contest at the University of Kentucky on June 20.

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