Beef cattle
Angus
Grand champion heifer: Hamilton Angus, Ava, Ill.; reserve grand champion heifer: Logan Birk, Gordonville; grand champion bull: Joey Rubel, Cape Girardeau; reserve grand champion bull: Hamilton Angus, Ava.
Charolais
Grand champion heifer: Michaela Haley, Sedgewickville, Mo.; reserve grand champion heifer: Snowy River Charolais, Sedgewickville; grand champion bull: Snowy River Charolais, Sedgewickville; reserve grand champion bull: Michaela Haley, Sedgewickville.
Hereford
Grand champion heifer: Katie Helen Burns, Coulterville, Ill.; reserve grand champion heifer: Aufdenberg Polled Herefords, Jackson; grand champion bull: Whitney Welker, Patton, Mo.; reserve grand champion bull: Katie Helen Burns, Coulterville.
Simmental
Grand champion heifer: Bridget Welker, Patton; reserve grand champion heifer: J-5 Simmentals, Altenburg, Mo.; grand champion bulls: J-5 Simmentals, Altenburg; reserve grand champion bull: Merry Meadows, St. Joseph, Mo.
Other breeds
Grand champion heifer: Tanner Schabbing, Cape Girardeau; reserve grand champion heifer: Tanner Schabbing, Cape Girardeau; grand champion bull: Joe Scheffer, Oak Ridge; reserve grand champion bull: Tanner Schabbing, Cape Girardeau.
Commercial heifers
Grand champion heifer: Logan Wessell, Gordonville; reserve grand champion heifer: Bridget Welker, Patton.
Carcass steer show
First place on foot: Nick Naeger, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.; first place carcass: Adam Kirchdoerfer, Gordonville.
Dairy cattle
Holstein
Grand champion female: John Schoen, Oak Ridge; reserve grand champion female: John Schoen, Oak Ridge.
Jersey
Grand champion female: Joe Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau; reserve grand champion female: Joe Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau.
Brown Swiss
Grand champion female: C.L. Carlile, Thompsonville, Ill.; reserve grand champion female: Phyllis Carlile, Thompsonville.
Guernsey
Grand champion female: Elizabeth Roedl, Edgewood, Ill.; reserve grand champion female: Elizabeth Roedl, Edgewood.
Ayrshire
Grand champion female: Muffit's Twin Acre, Edgewood; reserve grand champion female: Muffit's Twin Acre, Edgewood.
Milking shorthorns
Grand champion female: Leroy Alwardt, Mason, Ill.; reserve grand champion female: Zachary Hemrich, Mason.
Sheep
Southdown premier exhibitor: Cameron Snyder, Monmouth, Ill.
Hampshire premier exhibitor: Kyle Hake, Addieville, Ill.
Suffolk premier exhibitor: Kyle Hake, Addieville.
Dorset premier exhibitor: Kari Hake, Addieville.
Cheviot premier exhibitor: Bonnie Overbeck, Jackson.
Oxford premier exhibitor: Bonnie Overbeck, Jackson.
Rambouillet premier exhibitor: Sydni Hare, Monmouth.
Corriedale premier exhibitor: Jessica Manthe, Monmouth.
Shropshire premier exhibitor: Kyle Hake, Addieville.
Other wool breeds premier exhibitor: Cameron Snyder, Monmouth.
Other meat breeds premier exhibitor: Jacob Benjamin, Monmouth.
Market lamb, first place: Clayton Kranawetter, Jackson.
Swine
Other breeds
Grand champion gilt: Sara Gholson, Jackson; reserve grand champion sow: Alex Kranawetter, Jackson.
Commercial gilts
Grand champion gilt: Gerald Shinn, Jackson; reserve grand champion gilt: Gerald Shinn, Jackson.
Breed/crossbreed barrow show
First-place purebred barrow: David Gholson, Jackson; first-place crossbred barrow: Gerald Shinn, Jackson.
Barrow carcass show
Heavyweight first place on foot: Mallory James, Leopold, Mo.; heavyweight first place real time: Anne Ziegler, Kelso, Mo.; lightweight first place on foot: Katie Brucker, Chaffee, Mo.; lightweight first place real time: Taylor Heisserer, Scott City.
Draft horses and mules
Miniature mules
Champion miniature mule: Don Pippin, Butler, Mo.; reserve champion miniature mule: Tom Lysinger, Holden, Mo.
Draft mules
Champion horse mule: Dale Moreland, Dexter, Mo.; reserve champion horse mule: Dale Moreland, Dexter; champion mare mule: Jerry W. Brown, Dexter; reserve champion mare mule: Dale Moreland, Dexter; champion pair of mules: Jerry W. Brown, Dexter.
Draft horses
Champion stallion: Weston Mangels, Jackson; reserve champion stallion: Charles Mangels, Oak Ridge; champion mare: Weston Mangels, Jackson; reserve champion mare: Weston Mangels, Jackson; champion gelding: Charles Mangels, Oak Ridge; reserve champion gelding: Charles Mangels, Oak Ridge.
Draft ponies
Champion stallion: Steve Mangels, Oak Ridge; reserve champion stallion: Tom Lysinger, Holden; champion mare: Steve Mangels, Oak Ridge; reserve champion mare: Darla Mangels, Jackson; champion gelding: Tom Lysinger, Holden; reserve champion gelding: Steve Mangels, Oak Ridge.
Jacks and jennets
Champion jack: Scott Ury, Anna, Ill.; reserve champion jack: Scott Ury, Anna; champion jennet: Scott Ury, Anna; reserve champion jennet: Scott Ury, Anna.
Poultry
Grand champion poultry exhibit: Nena Detring, Farmington, Mo.
Champion clean leg large fowl: Elaine Hoffman, Perryville, Mo.
Champion father leg large fowl: Jonathan Sinn, Cape Girardeau.
Champion single comb clean leg bantam: Nena Detring, Farmington.
Champion rosecomb clean leg bantam: Rhonda Compas, Cape Girardeau.
Champion feather leg single comb bantam: Paige Kain, Cape Girardeau.
Champion feather leg other comb bantam: Justin Sinn, Cape Girardeau.
Champion large duck: Elaine Hoffman, Perryville.
Champion bantam duck: Jonathan Sinn, Cape Girardeau.
Grand champion goose: Tracy Seiler, Burfordville.
Champion turkey: Gretchn Haas, Marquand, Mo.
Pigeons
Grand champion pigeon: Kody Seiler, Burfordville; large class champion: Kody Seiler, Burfordville; small class champion: Mackeny Devenport, Leopold.
Guinea pigs
Grand champion guinea pig: Paige Kain, Cape Girardeau; reserve grand champion guinea pig: Paige Kain, Cape Girardeau.
Rabbits
Grand champion rabbit: Brenden Graff, St. Mary, Mo.; champion large rabbit: Susan Duvall, Perryville; champion small rabbit: Brenden Graff, St. Mary.
Field crops
Grand champion 70 ears of corn: Ryan Jones, Perryville; grand champion 10 ears of corn: Brent Jones, Perryville; grand champion one ear of corn: Travis Marlyn, Perryville; grand champion three stalks soybeans, oil: Colby Jones, Perryville; grand champion hay bale: Tricia Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau.
Horticulture
Best of show miscellaneous: Sheronda Harris, Altenburg, Mo.; best of show vegetables: Gene Hecht, Altenburg; best of show garden display: Kandy Peek, Cape Girardeau.
Floriculture
Best of show, potted plant: Dortha Strack, Cape Girardeau; best of show, cut flower: Belinda Strack, Cape Girardeau; best of show, arrangement: Nancy Davidson, Sikeston, Mo.
Home economics
Best of show, canning: Diane Schweer, Jackson; best of show, baking: Helen Yates, Marble Hill, Mo.; best of show, sewing: Vicki Helderman, Whitewater; best of show, quilts: Debbie Kirkman, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Photography
Best of show: Marc Mahnke, Altenburg.
Fine arts
Best of show: Holly Dirnberger, Oran, Mo.
Crafts and hobbies
Best of show: Georgia Wessel, Gordonville.
Boer goat show
Youth Showmanship
Grand champion junior showmanship (age 7 to 12 years): Barks Farm, Sedgewickville; reserve grand champion junior showmanship: Lukas Express, Benton, Ill.
Junior percent does (never freshened)
Grand champion junior percent doe: Lost Creek Boer Goat Farm, Wappapello, Mo.; reserve grand champion junior percent doe: Lukas Express, Benton, Ill.; grand champion yearling percent doe: Whispering Willow Boer Goats, Easton, Ill.; reserve grand champion yearling percent doe: Purvis Family Farms, Fredericktown, Mo.
Senior percent does (have freshened)
Grand champion senior percent doe: Serenity Ranch, Jackson; reserve grand champion senior percent doe: Whispering Willow Boer Goats, Easton.
Senior FB/PB does (never freshened)
Grand champion junior FB/PB doe: Brookside Boer Goats, Jackson; reserve grand champion junior FB/PB doe: Sunny Hill Farms, West Frankfort, Ill.; grand champion yearling FB/PB doe: Purvis Family Farms, Fredericktown; reserve grand champion yearling FB/PB doe: Whispering Willow Boer Goats, Easton.
Senior FB/PB doe (have freshened)
Grand champion senior FB/PB doe: Thomas Farms, Bloomington, Ill.; reserve grand champion senior FB/PB doe: Whispering Willow Boer Goats, Easton.
Market goat
Grand champion market goat: Lukas Express, Benton.
Fullblood/purebred junior bucks
Grand champion junior FB/PB buck: Sweet William Boer Goats, Marble Hill; reserve grand champion junior FB/PB buck: Long's Boer Goats, Marble Hill.
Fullblood/purebred senior bucks
Grand champion senior FB/PB buck: Purvis Family Farms, Fredericktown; reserve grand champion senior FB/PB buck: Rabbit Ridge Farms, Wappapello.
4-H beef
Angus
Champion female: Chelsea Kirn, Daisy 4-H; reserve champion female: Kara Versemann, Farrar-Hawthorne 4-H; champion bull: Brandon Pleimann, Fruitland 4-H; reserve champion bull: Brandon Pleimann, Fruitland 4-H.
Polled Hereford
Champion female: Whitney Welker, Cheerful Workers 4-H; reserve champion female: Whitney Welker, Cheerful Workers 4-H; champion bull: Whitney Welker, Cheerful Workers 4-H; reserve champion bull: Tyler Koenig, Farrar-Hawthorne 4-H.
Simmental
Champion female: Bridgett Welker, Cheerful Workers 4-H; reserve champion female: Bridgett Welker, Cheerful Workers 4-H.
Charolais
Champion female: Gavin Seyer, Young Americans 4-H; reserve champion female: Gavin Seyer, Young Americans 4-H.
Shorthorn
Champion female: Tanner Schabbing, Tilsit 4-H; reserve champion female: Collin Schabbing, Tilsit 4-H; champion bull: Tanner Schabbing, Tilsit 4-H; reserve champion bull: Tanner Schabbing, Tilsit 4-H.
Brangus
Champion female: Samantha Welker, Cheerful Workers 4-H; reserve champion female: Samantha Welker, Cheerful Workers 4-H; champion bull: Samantha Welker, Cheerful Workers 4-H.
Horned Hereford
Champion female: Clayton Hendrix, Bismarck 4-H.
Commercial
Champion female: Logan Wessel, Cape County Wild Horse Rodeo 4-H; reserve champion female: Bridgett Welker, Cheerful Workers 4-H.
4-H steers
Class I steer
Champion: Brandon Pleimann, Fruitland 4-H; reserve champion: Tyler Gholson, Tilsit 4-H.
Class II steer
Champion: Clayton Hendrix, Bismarck 4-H; reserve champion: Kara Versemann, Farrar-Hawthorne 4-H.
Class III steer
Champion: Amanda Lappe, Arnsberg 4-H; reserve champion: Cody Hahs, Arnsberg 4-H.
Class IV steer
Champion: Adam Pleimann, Fruitland 4-H; reserve champion: Todd Aufdenberg, Tilsit 4-H.
Grand champion 4-H steer: Clayton Hendrix, Bismarck 4-H.
Reserve champion 4-H steer: Brandon Pleimann, Fruitland 4-H.
4-H Beef Showmanship
14 years and older: Brandon Pleimann, Fruitland 4-H; under 14: Adam Pleimann, Fruitland 4-H.
4-H Draft pony
Grand champion 4-H draft animal: Reece Mangels, New Hamburg 4-H; reserve grand champion 4-H draft animal: Lea Landewee, Leopold 4-H.
4-H draft showmanship
14 and older: Reece Mangels, New Hamburg 4-H; under 14: Garrison Mangels, New Hamburg 4-H.
4-H horse show
Showmanship
14 and older: Leslie Birk, Young Americans 4-H; under 14: Kaycee Erzfeld, Sereno 4-H.
4-H swine
Landrace
Champion gilt or sow: Alex Kranawetter, Fruitland 4-H; reserve champion gilt or sow: Alex Kranawetter, Fruitland 4-H.
Chester White
Champion gilt or sow: Sara Gholson, Tilsit 4-H; reserve champion gilt or sow: Sara Gholson, Tilsit 4-H.
Commercial
Champion gilt or sow: Chase McCleland, South Dunklin County 4-H.
Champion barrows
Class 1: Jill Walther, Fruitland 4-H; class 2: Joshua Koenig, Tilsit 4-H; class 3: Mallory James, Leopold 4-H; class 4: Ross Essner, New Hamburg 4-H.
Reserve champion barrow
Class 1: Kelly Jahn, Progressive 4-H; class 2: Chase McCleland, South Dunklin County 4-H; class 3: Taylor Heisserer, New Hamburg 4-H; class 4: Taylor Heisserer, New Hamburg 4-H.
Grand champion barrow: Mallory James, Leopold 4-H.
Reserve grand champion barrow: Ross Essner, New Hamburg 4-H.
4-H swine showmanship
Under 14 years
First: Josh Walther, Fruitland 4-H.
14 and older
First: Kelly Jahn, Progressive 4-H.
4-H sheep
Champion Shropshire ewe: Eli Sample, Jewett 4-H; reserve champion Shropshire ewe: Eli Sample, Jewett 4-H; champion cross-breed ewe: Anna Eftink, Crowley-Ridge 4-H; reserve champion cross-breed ewe: Anna Eftink, Crowley-Ridge 4-H; champion Southdown ram: Madison Ward, Jewett 4-H; champion Southdown ewe: Justin Ward, Jewett 4-H; reserve champion Southdown ewe: Madison Ward, Jewett 4-H; champion Suffolk ram: Clayton Kranawetter, Fruitland 4-H; champion Suffolk ewe: Clayton Kranawetter, Fruitland 4-H; reserve champion Suffolk ewe: Justin Ward, Jewett 4-H; champion Dorset ewe: Nathan Miller, Jewett 4-H; reserve champion Dorset ewe: Nathan Miller, Jewett 4-H.
Lightweight market lamb
Champion: Anna Eftink, Crowley-Ridge 4-H; reserve champion: Nathan Miller, Jewett 4-H.
Heavyweight market lamb
Champion: Clayton Kranawetter, Fruitland 4-H; reserve champion: Robbie Lindsey, Calendonia County Kids 4-H; grand champion market lamb: Clayton Kranawetter, Fruitland 4-H; reserve grand champion market lamb: Robbie Lindsey, Calendonia County Kids 4-H.
4-H sheep showmanship
Under 14: Clayton Kranawetter, Fruitland 4-H; 14 and over: Eli Sample, Jewett 4-H.
4-H Dairy
Holstein
Champion: Kyle Hemmann, Pocahontas 4-H; reserve champion: Emma Hemmann, Pocahontas 4-H.
Jersey
Champion: Tyler Kirchdoerfer, Young Americans 4-H; reserve champion: Tricia Kirchdoerfer, Young Americans 4-H.
Milking Shorthorn
Champion: Corvin Schoen, Pocahontas 4-H.
Supreme champion 4-H dairy: Kyle Hemmann, Pocahontas 4-H.
4-H dairy showmanship
Under 14 years: Tricia Kirchdoerfer, Young Americans 4-H; 14 and older: Corvin Schoen, Pocahontas 4-H.
Bucket calf showmanship
Grand champion: Ethan Seyer, Arnsberg 4-H; reserve grand champion: Brandi Gilmore, Kountry Kaine Kids 4-H.
4-H goats
Market goat (wether)
Champion: Kasey Crowden, Progressive 4-H; reserve champion: Kasey Crowden, Progressive 4-H.
Meat goats
Champion buck: Adam Brown, Progressive 4-H; reserve champion buck: Olivia Brown, Progressive 4-H; champion doe: Jennifer Stahlman, Progressive 4-H; reserve champion doe: Adam Brown, Progressive 4-H.
4-H goat showmanship
Under 14: Jennifer Stahlman, Progressive 4-H.
4-H Rabbits
Doe
Champion: Adam Brown, Progressive 4-H; reserve champion: Shelby Ray, Young Americans 4-H.
Buck
Champion: Emily Beard, Cape County Wild Horse Rodeo 4-H; reserve champion: Shelby Ray, Young Americans 4-H.
Meat pen
Champion: Tori Schweer, Young Americans 4-H; reserve champion: Gary Schweer, Young Americans 4-H.
Overall grand champion rabbit: Emily Beard, Cape County Wild Horse Rodeo 4-H.
Overall reserve grand champion rabbit: Adam Brown, Progressive 4-H.
4-H Poultry
Chicken
Old cock
Champion: Ashely Stahlman, Progressive 4-H; reserve champion: Alaina Lochirco, Cheerful Workers 4-H.
Hen
Champion: Jennifer Stahlman, Progressive 4-H; reserve champion: Alaina Lochirco, Cheerful Workers 4-H.
Cockerel
Champion: Clayton Kranawetter, Fruitland 4-H; reserve champion: Margaret Seabaugh, Leopold 4-H.
Pullet
Champion: Jill Walther, Fruitland 4-H; reserve champion: Jennifer Stahlman, Progressive 4-H.
Pen
Champion: Clayton Kranawetter, Fruitland 4-H; reserve champion: Anthony Seabaugh, Leopold 4-H.
Duck
Champion: Gretchen Haas, ABC 4-H; reserve champion: Anthony Seabaugh, Leopold 4-H.
Goose
Champion: Adam Brown, Progressive 4-H; reserve champion: Scott Jahn, Progressive 4-H.
Guinea
Champion: Scott Jahn, Progressive 4-H; reserve champion: Kelly Jahn, Progressive 4-H.
Pigeon
Champion: Adam Brown, Progressive 4-H: reserve champion: Gretchen Haas, ABC 4-H.
Turkey
Champion: Gretchen Haas, ABC 4-H; reserve champion: Anthony Seabaugh, Leopold 4-H.
Overall grand champion poultry: Gretchen Haas, ABC 4-H.
Overall reserve champion poultry: Gretchen Haas, ABC 4-H.
4-H Guinea pig
Champion: Gretchen Haas, ABC 4-H; reserve champion: Shelby Ray, Young Americans 4-H.
Dress-up contest
Poultry and pigeons
First: Aaron Brown, Jackson; second: Kassidy Hawkins, Cape Girardeau; third: Josh Walther, Jackson.
Rabbits and guinea pigs
First: Paige Kain, Cape Girar-deau; second: Braxton Smith, Perryville; third: Olivia Brown, Jackson.
Rooster crowing contest: Sophie Thompson, Jackson.
Decorate-a-bale contest: Karen and Taran Schott, Bloomfield, Mo.
4-H best of show
Arts and crafts: Kristine Haertling, Farrar-Hawthorne 4-H.
Breads, food nutrition, food preservation: Kelly Jahn, Progressive 4-H.
Cake decorating: Jennifer Stahlman, Progressive 4-H.
Clothing and textiles: Paige McNeely, Tilsit 4-H.
Computers: Dustin Oehl, Arnsberg 4-H.
Crops: Tyler Kirchdoerfer, Young Americans 4-H.
Electricity, small engines, welding: Kory Mouser, Cheerful Workers 4-H.
Entomology: Kim Miesner, Farrar-Hawthorne 4-H.
Gardening: Tyler Fritsche, Sereno 4-H.
Home environment: Tiffany Steffens, Farrar-Hawthorne 4-H.
Knitting and creative crochet: Kirstie Mangels, New Hamburg 4-H.
Miscellaneous projects: Casey Farrow, Cape County Wild Horse Rodeo 4-H.
Photography: Logan Birk, Tilsit 4-H.
Woodworking, large item: Clint Heuer, Young Americans 4-H.
Woodworking, small item: Adam Brown, Progressive 4-H.
Other project: Tyler Koenig, Farrar-Hawthorne 4-H.
Beef individual herdsman award: Brandon Pleimann, Fruitland 4-H.
Judging barrow carcass show
14 and over: Scott Jahn, Progressive 4-H; under 14: Abby Essner, New Hamburg 4-H.
Steer average daily gain
14 and over: Adam Kirchdoerfer, Tilsit 4-H; under 14: Jacob Buell, New Hamburg 4-H.
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