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continued from page 24 weight of 841, 14.9” REA and Cattleman award for Larg- the annual State Fair Carcass
Champion 4-H Angus Steer, 2.58 YG with a Prime Quali- est Ribeye), Kye Lehenbau- Contest, visit
Valley Oaks Primo S164, ty Grade. Lehenbauer earned er (Missouri Beef Cattleman https://www.mostatefair.
weighing 1,425 lb. Addison added money of $300. Chef's Award), Ethan Vander- com/ or https://www.briar-
Ward, Jackson County, took Congratulations to all of wert (6th & 8th Hotel/Restau- woodangusfarms.com/car-
Reserve Champion 4-H Angus the Angus youth exhibitors rant), Addison Ward, Clara cass-contests/ or contact
Steer with her 1,350 lb. steer and especially to the nine who Warfield (4th Hotel/Restau- Briarwood Farms at 660-679-
WB Stalker 111. Stalker came participated in Briarwood rant), and Luke Warfield. For 3459. And to learn more about
out of the Class 1D in the Lean Angus Farms Carcass Con- their entries, these exhibitors the Missouri Junior Angus
Division of the Open Steer test: Emilee Huebler, Grant will receive a $200 Partici- program, go to https://www.
Carcass Show. Patrick earned Huebler, Rebeca Hunt (7th pation Award, bringing the missouriangus.org/boards/ju-
$300 and Ward $200 in added Hotel/Restaurant), Samu- total youth Angus earnings to niors/ .
prize money. el Jordan (Champion Lean $4,400 in prize money.
In the FFA Angus Steer Retail and Missouri Beef For more information about
show, Ella Jordan, Savan-
nah, Mo., led a 1,300 lb. calf
to the Championship spot
and earned $300 extra. Pay-
ton Frank of Wentzville, Mo.,
stood Reserve Champion FFA
Angus Steer with 1,480 lb.
Wallace Big E 149, landing a
$200 bonus from Briarwood
Angus.
At the end of the week, it
was Luke Warfield of Butler,
Mo., whose Angus steer fin-
ished impressively, according
to judge Teagan Schnurbusch,
Black Hawk Community Col-
lege. Briarwood Exceed 1054,
with a live weight of 1,360 lbs.,
dressed at 60.15% to render a
hanging weight of 818 lbs. The
ribeye area measured 14.2”
and Warfield's steer graded
Prime with YG 2.17.
Warfield received $500 for
his Grand Champion Angus
Carcass win, plus an addition-
al $500 for winning the Re-
serve Champion Over-All Mis-
souri State Fair Carcass Show
and took home another trophy
for Reserve Championship for
the Quality Hotel-Restaurant
Division On-Rail.
Kye Lehenbauer, Palmyra,
Mo., took the Reserve Champi-
on Angus Carcass with Dieck-
mann Blue Chip 1988. The
steer weighed 1,315 live and

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of total fed cattle compares
to 37% in 2020 and 37.5% in
2021. As the beef cow herd con-
tracts, more heifer calves find
their way to the packing plant.
Since heifers are account-
ing for a larger share of the
fed cattle slaughter and their
average carcass weights are
70 lb. lighter than their steer
cohorts, this summer’s lighter
average carcass weights are
partially due to the heifer in-
fluence.
CAB