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Judd Ranch Bulls Sweep 2021 National

Gelbvieh Pen Show, Open Show

Judd Ranch bulls captured that is so important to cattlemen. This
four out of four Grand Champion show had quality in every pen, and
honors in the Gelbvieh division those showing had tough competition.”
at the 2021 National Gelbvieh/ Judd Ranch took home the Reserve
Balancer Pen Show in Oklahoma Grand Champion Balancer Pen of Five
City, Okla., Jan. 5: Grand Cham- banner with a group of black, homozy-
pion Gelbvieh Pen of Three Bulls, gous polled sons of JRI General Patton,
Grand Champion Gelbvieh Pen of JRI Optimizer 148A24 and JRI Mar-
Five Bulls, Grand Champion Gel- continued on page 39
bvieh Pen of Three Females and
Grand Champion Gelbvieh Pen
of Five Females. Judd Ranch also
had the Reserve Grand Champi-
on Pen of Five Balancer Bulls.
Two bulls from Judd Ranch’s
Gelbvieh pens went on to be
named Grand Champion Gel-
bvieh Bull and Reserve Grand
Champion Gelbvieh Bull at the
2021 National Gelbvieh/Balancer
Show conducted at Cattlemen’s
Congress, Oklahoma City, Okla.,
on Jan. 6.
“We couldn’t be happier with
these wins,” Dave Judd, Judd
Ranch, stated. “The bulls are
the bread and butter of our pro-
gram—and the females from the
Pen Show will go to produce bulls
for our program. To have two dif-
ferent judges put Judd Ranch
Gelbvieh bulls on top certainly
put a smile on our faces.”
Judd Ranch’s winning Pen of
Three Gelbvieh bulls was a pen of
red, homozygous polled bulls sired
by JRI General Patton 213B97ET
and just a bit shy of a year of age.
The pen posted an average weight
of 1,248 lbs. and average weight
per day of age of 3.68 lbs. Their
scrotal circumference ranged
from 40.5 cm to 44.0 cm. Judge
Kyle Conley, a registered Angus
breeder from Sulpher, Okla.,
pointed out that the bulls “looked
great on paper” and had the “foot,
bone, natural muscle and scrotal
circumference” to work for today’s
highly selective cowmen.
The Judd Ranch Pen of Five
bulls named Grand Champion of
the Gelbvieh division were a set
of black, homozygous polled bulls
just shy of a year of age. The five
posted an average weight per day
of age of 3.5 lbs. and had an av-
erage scrotal circumference of 41
cm. Three in the group were sired
by JRI Secret Instinct 254U83,
with the other two sired by JRI
General Patton 213B97 ET.
“There is a lot of power in this
pen,” Judge Conley stated. “These
bulls are extremely stout, rugged
in their design and have impres-
sive scrotal circumferences. They
have good quality of feet—and