Jesse Emery, a senior member of the Camp Creek Multi 4-H Club wound up what might possibly be his final year of 4-H taking the Grand Champion Steer title at the 51st Annual Barrhead and District 4-H Achievement Day show and sale held at the Barrhead Ag Society Show Barn last Monday, May 25.
Jesse’s Angus steer GROOT was chosen as Club Champion and then at the end of the show, Interclub Grand Champion by Conformation Judge Colin Verbeek, with the help of Showmanship Judge (and his fiancé) Tessa Nybo.
GROOT started out the 4-H year at 793 pounds and finished at 1,588 pounds for a 3.768 pound ADG. The steer’s sale weight, 1,530 pounds, was purchased by Barr North Veterinary Clinic for $3.75 per pound; a total of $5737.50.
Fellow club member Robert Geis had a crossbred Angus steer, which was first chosen Club Reserve Champion and then Interclub Reserve Grand Champion.
BUSTER stared the 4-H year at 789 pounds and finished at 1,624 pounds for a 3.957 pound ADG. His 1,575 pound sale weight was purchased by Pembina West Co-op for $2.90 per pound; a total of $4,567.50.
The 29 steers in the show this year had a combined sale weight of 38,635 pounds for an average weight of 1,332 pounds. The total purchase price was $110,155.80 for an average bid of $2.84. This was 97 cents more than last year.
George Andrews, who was kind enough to provide the accurate figures, says members will each receive $2.76 per pound for their steers. No deductions are taken off before calculating the average price. The champion and reserve champion steer winners receive an extra monetary award of $200 and $150 respectively for their steers.
This year, there were twice as many market lambs offered for sale as well as the steers.
The Interclub Grand Champion market lamb was won by Colton Degner of the Freedom Naples Club. His lamb weighed 134 pounds and was purchased by Rita’s Apothecary of Barrhead for $410.
The Interclub Reserve Grand Champion market lamb was shown by Kerstin Degner, also of the Freedom Naples club. Her 121 pound lamb was purchased by Martin Deerline for $375.
The 12 market lambs had a total weight of 1,108 pounds and sold for a total of $4,505; an average of $375.41 per lamb.
Andrews noted the 4-H members will be donating approximately $1,120 to Klondike Search and Rescue this year. He added this is based on one per cent of the net pool from the sale of the steers and lambs.
This year’s Club Champion steer from the Meadowview Club was won by Bailey Hofstra, who last year had the District Champion steer. The Meadowview Club Reserve Champion steer was won by Sam Dodds.
The Freedom Naples Club Champion steer was won by Kurtis Properzi. His steer also won the award for the Champion Average Daily Gain, which was 4.180 pounds per day. Brandi Branting took the Club’s Reserve Champion steer award.
For the T&M club, Sam Nikkel won Club Champion with his steer, and Emma Van Loon won Club Reserve Champion with her steer.
In the market lamb class, the Club champion was won by Cassandra Kuhn and the Reserve champion by Xander Debock of the T &M club.
In other classes, the Group of Three market lambs was won by the Freedom Naples club, with T &M taking second.
The Group of Three market steers was won by T &M, with Meadowview taking second, Camp Creek third and Freedom Naples fourth.
In showmanship, Jesse Emery of Camp Creek won Interclub Grand Champion Senior Showmanship. Emma Van Loon of T&M took Reserve in this class.
The Interclub Grand Champion Showman was won by Robert Geis of Camp Creek, with Cassandra Kuhn of T&M taking second.
The Interclub Grand Champion Junior Showman was won by Brynne Yoder with second place going to Cassie Smith, both of the Camp Creek club.
The sheep project also had their showman champions. The Interclub Grand Champion Senior Showman was won by Kerstin Degner of Freedom Naples. In the Intermediate class, the Champion Showman was won by Cassandra Kuhn of T&M. Second place went to Colton Degner of Freedom Naples. The Interclub Grand Champion Junior Showman was won by Seth Properzi of Freedom Naples with second place going to Xander Debock of T&M.
In the Commercial Heifer classes, the Interclub Commercial Grand Champion Heifer was won by Maurice Kerkhof of Meadowview with second place going to Brandi Branting of Freedom Naples. The Commercial Two Year Old Grand Champion was won by Amber Properzi also from the Freedom Naples Club.
In the purebred class, the Interclub Purebred Grand Champion Heifer title went to Brynne Yoder of Camp Creek. Second place went to Cassie Smith, also of Camp Creek.
The Grand Champion Three Year Old title went to Robert Geis of Camp Creek and second place went to Dylan McKain of Meadowview.
As the show wound down, Jesse Emery of Camp Creek got his final win of the day, taking the Champion Three Year Old Herd title. Second place went to Breann Arndt, also of Camp Creek.
Brynne Yoder of Camp Creek won the Grand Champion Herd title, while Jesse Emery settled for second.
And in the final class, Robert Geis of Camp Creek won the Supreme Champion Female titles.
This year once again, their was a carcass class program, and eight members participated in that, including Morgan McKain and Dylan McKain (Meadowview), Jesse Emery and Robert Geis (Camp Creek), Jennifer Veltman, Rachel Veltman and Kurtis Properzi (Freedom Naples, and Vincent Van Loon (T&M). The steers were slaughtered and graded, and a summary of their projects was displayed on a board outside the show ring.
See next weeks Leader for complete photo coverage of this year’s show.
