Et cetera : Top Honors Awarded in FFA Lamb Shows at Iowa State Fair

Grand Champion honors were awarded Thursday in the FFA Market and Carcass Lamb shows at the 2012 Iowa State Fair.

Tanner Berry of Sac City showed the Grand Champion FFA Market Lamb, and Brendan Kuesel of Victor took Reserve Grand Champion in the show.

In the carcass judging, Tyler Leete of Elk Horn was awarded Champion honors, and Chase Whetstone of Gilbert exhibited Reserve Champion Carcass Lamb. FFA no longer holds a live Champion Carcass show.

The judges saw 379 animals from 140 exhibitors.

Additional results below:

MARKET WETHERS

Light Weight Wether Champion – Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

Light Weight Wether Reserve Champion – Tanner Berry, Sac City

Medium Weight Wether Champion – Brenden Kuesel, Victor

Medium Weight Wether Reserve Champion – Dustin Dinsdale, Reinbeck

Heavy Weight Wether Champion – Tanner Berry, Sac City

Heavy Weight Wether Reserve Champion – Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

Champion Market Wether – Tanner Berry, Sac City

Reserve Champion Market Wether – Brenden Kuesel, Victor

MARKET EWES

Light Weight Ewe Champion – Brayton Flynn, Keota

Light Weight Ewe Reserve Champion – Chase Maxwell, Wilton

Medium Weight Ewe Champion – Dustin Dinsdale, Reinback

Medium Weight Ewe Reserve Champion – Brendan Kuesel, Victor

Heavy Weight Ewe Champion – Jessica Marty, Luverne

Heavy Weight Ewe Reserve Champion – Craig Carlson, Columbus Junction

Champion Market Ewe – Dustin Dinsdale, Reinback

Reserve Champion Market Ewe – Brendan Kuesel, Victor

CARCASS LAMBS

1) Tyler Leete, Elk Horn

2) Chase Whetstone, Gilbert

3) Renae Long, Wapello

Berry's and Leete's prize-winners, as well as 12 other livestock champions, will be auctioned in the prestigious Sale of Champions on Saturday, August 18, at 2 p.m. in the Penningroth Media Center of the Cattle Barn. The event is sponsored by the Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement, a non-profit organization established to encourage the pursuit of agriculture-related careers by Iowa's youth.

"Nothing Compares" to the 2012 Iowa State Fair, August 9-19. The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University Avenue, just 10 minutes east of downtown Des Moines, and are open 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. each day of the Fair. Exhibit hours may vary. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.