Osage students from across Osage County participated in the 2014 Osage County Livestock Show at the Osage County Fairgrounds March 3-7.
“I thought it was awesome! I got to see a lot of stuff like cattle, and I made new friends and I am doing it again next year,” said Annabelle Yates, 9, who participated in the livestock show.
Participating in the yearly livestock show were 41 Osage students, according to the Osage County Oklahoma State University extension office in Pawhuska. The students came from Pawhuska, Fairfax, Shidler, Barnsdall, Bowring, Burbank, Braden, and Hominy.
“It is a great program it teaches leadership and responsibilities and it is good to continue teaching agriculture,” said Hank Hainzinger, 4H President.
During the county fair Osage students who participate in 4H programs or Future Farmers of America (FFA) exhibited their livestock animals for show and sell. Judging contests were held on the quality of the animals, the muscle mass of the animal, and how they walk, fat vs. meat. The kids will be judged on judging skills of all four categories with four animals in each category chosen from the animals entered in the show. Showmanship Awards were given to the participants demonstrating displaying techniques of their animal in front of the judges.
According to the 2014 Spring Livestock show rules and regulations, ”All steers must have been born between Aug. 15 and Dec. 31 to be eligible to participate in the Spring Show; lambs and goats must have been born since January of the proceeding year.”
Students who won in their divisions won plaques, ribbons, belt buckles and trophies. All awards were presented during the show.
Participants whose animals categorized as market animals will be processed at a butcher shop for food. Breeding animals are put back to their herd; gilts are defined as female pigs with no litters of piglets, and barrows are defined as castrated male hogs, according to the OSU extension office.
“I am proud of each participant of the 4H program and they work really hard to get to the livestock shows,” said Jessica Janzen, extension educator of the OSU extension office.
Winners
Osage participant results, ages, towns they are from, the categories in which they won and awards received in the Osage County 4H Jr. Livestock Show:
Trenton Barnett, 17, Bowring, Grand Champion Steer, received Belt Buckle
Halilie Campbell, 11, Fairfax, Reserve Grand Champion Heifer, Belt Buckle
Sadie Hainzinger, 16, Braden, Reserve Champion Market Barrow, Belt Buckle
Emmaleigh Pennington, 17, Fairfax, Reserve Champion Breeding Gild, Belt Buckle
Other competitions included Livestock Judging awards and Showmanship awards:
Mary Lee Hainsinger, 12, Braden, 1st place in Jr. High Individuals Judging
Hayden Renfrow, 11, Braden, 4th place in Jr. High Individuals Judging
HL Hainzinger, 11, and Mary Lee Hainszinger, 12, both of Braden, 1ST place in the Jr. High Teams Judging along with two other teammates.
Hayden Renfrow, 11, Barnsdall and teammates, 2nd place in Jr. High Team Judging.
Harleigh Moore, 16, Burbank, 1st place in Sr. High Individuals Judging
Sadie Hainzinger, 16, Braden, 2nd place in Sr. High Individuals Judging
Lane Murphy, 17, Shidler, 4th place in Sr. High Individuals Judging
Harleigh Moore, 16, Burbank, 1st with other teammates in the Sr. High Teams Judging
Lane Murphy, 17, Shidler, 2nd along with other teammates in the Sr. High Teams Judging
Lee Bowman, 14, Fairfax, 3rd along with other teammates in the Sr. High Teams Judging
Alexis Mashburn, 17, Fairfax, Sr. Champion Lamb Showmanship award
Special Awards Plaques
Beef:
All Other Breeds (AOB) Reserve Champion, Sadie Hainzinger
Swine:
Sadie Hainzinger, Madeline Pennington, Emmaleigh Pennington
Lamb:
Alexis Mashburn, Cooper Mashburn
Showmanship Awards Trophies
Swine:
Sadie Hainzinger, Lee Bowman
Lamb:
Alexis Mashburn
Other places finished:
Alexis Mashburn 4th place Market Steers
Mary Lee Hainzinger 3rd place Market Steers, 1st place Market Barrows
Hayden Renfrow 3rd place Market Barrows
Lee Bowman 2nd place Market Barrows
Hayden Renfrow 4th place Market Barrows
HL Hainzinger 5th place Market Barrows
Lane Murphy 4th place Market Barrows
Jacob Mashburn 2nd place Market lambs
Cooper Mashburn 2nd place market lambs
Jacob Mashburn 1st place market lambs
Annabelle Yates 2nd and 3rd place Jr. Heifers Premium sale
Charlie Paslay 2nd place Junior Breeding Gilts
Gage Paslay 5th place Junior Breeding Gilts
–Winners provided by Jessica Janzen.
By
Tara Madden
Original Publish Date: 2014-03-28 00:00:00