Et cetera : Banner Awarded in Iowa State Fair Simmental Cattle Show

Doug Wenell of Laurens was awarded the Grand Champion Bull and Iowa Champion Bull
banners in the Simmental Cattle Show August 18 at the 2012 Iowa State Fair.
Reserve Grand Champion Bull and Iowa Reserve Champion Bull honors were awarded to
Gerdes Show Cattle of West Point.
Brad Johnson MPJ Cattle Co. of Maurice won Grand Champion Female honors. The Reserve
Grand Champion Female and the Iowa Champion Female banners were awarded to Jared
Johnson of New Providence. The Iowa Reserve Champion Female was exhibited by Kiersten
Jass of Garner.
Complete results below (names, hometowns, animal identification):
Low Percentage Bulls
1) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
2) Horizon Show Cattle, Indianola
3) Sherrie, Bradley and Ashley Warren
4) Sherrie, Bradley and Ashley Warren
5) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield
Low Percentage Bulls
1) Nelson Family Farms, Mabel, Minn.
2) Brandt Farms, Corning
3) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
4) Penny and Brad Blaser, Taylor Ridge, Ill.
5) J/8 Family Farms, Saint Charles
6) Carolan Enterprises, Tama
Low Percentage Bulls
1) Ethan Jamison, Colo
2) K Bar M Livestock, Dunlap
Low Percentage Bulls
1) J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.
Junior Bull Calves
1) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield
2) Netolicky Cattle, Fairfax
3) Sherrie, Bradley and Ashley Warren, Rose Hill
Junior Bull Calves
1) RB Simmentals, Correctionville
2) Specht Family Simmentals, Guttenberg
3) Carolan Enterprises, Tama
4) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
5) Penny and Brad Blaser, Taylor Ridge, Ill.
6) Kaisand Cattle Farm, Bussey
7) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
8) Shelby Williams, Pella
Junior Bull Calves
1) Dean Leaders, Underwood
2) Long's Simmentals, Creston
3) Kitzerow Cattle Company
4) Miranda and Anika Fortune
5) Houston Family Simmentals, Bloomfield
6) Kaisand Cattle Farm, Bussey
7) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield
8) LHSF, Neola
9) J/8 Family Farms, Saint Charles
Senior Bull Calves
1) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray
2) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
3) Tracy Booth, Murray
4) Houston Family Simmentals, Bloomfield
5) James Simmentals, Carlisle
6) Hunter Cattle Company, Botavin
7) Houston Family Simmentals, Bloomfield
8) Hunter Cattle Company, Botavin
9) Kaisand Cattle Farm, Bussey
10) Ford Cattle Co., DeWitt
Senior Bull Calves
1) James Simmentals, Carlisle
2) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
3) RJM Cattle Company, Albia
4) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
5) Beitz Simmental, Hopkinton
6) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
7) Top Line Simmentals, Mount Ayr
8) Beitz Simmentals, Hopkinton
9) Hunter Cattle Company, Botavin
Senior Bull Calves
1) Doug Wenell, Laurens
2) Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point
3) Damar Farms, Emerald, Wis.
Junior bulls -- April 1 – Aug. 31, 2011
1) “P.S.” Pardun Simmental, Gilman City, Mo.
Senior Bulls
1) JS Simmentals, Prairie City
Senior Bulls
1) Andrew VanAernam, Exira
Cow/Calf
1) Chandler Luzum, Fort Atkinson
2) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
Cow/Calf
1) Top Line Simmentals, Mount Ayr
2) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
3) Springer Simmentals, Cresco
4) Damar Farms, Emerald, Wis.
5) K Bar M Livestock, Dunlap
6) Netolicky Cattle, Fairfax
7) Shelby Williams, Pella
Foundation Females
1) Zeis Simmentals, Valley, Neb.
2) Jason and Duane Ver Ploeg, Pella
3) CTC Farms Inc., Keota
4) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
5) Brent, Mitch and Collin Swanson, Beaulion Heafling, Sioux City
6) Sherrie, Bradley and Ashley Warren, Rose Hill
7) CR Cattle, Douds
8) Jeff Thompson, Lone Tree
9) Goretska Cattle Co., Corydon
10) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
Foundation Females
1) CR Cattle, Douds
2) Brad Ewing, Cincinnati
3) Jeff Thompson, Lone Tree
4) Brent, Mitch and Collin Swanson, Beaulion Heafling, Sioux City
5) Townsley Simmentals, Wapello
6) CTC Farms Inc., Keota
7) Heartland Simmentals, Nashua
8) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield
Foundation Females
1) CNN Cattle Company, Ames, CNN Hot To Trot 210z, 3/2/2012, 2637994
2) Zeis Simmentals, Valley, Neb., Zeis Bll Jewel Z642, 3/2/2012, Pending
3) Jeff Paulsen, Preston, 12/1/2011
4) Jason and Duane Ver Ploeg, Pella
5) Elmore Farms, Fairfield, Elmore's 81z, 2/25/2012
6) Horizon Show Cattle, Indianola
7) Chandler Luzum, Fort Atkinson
Foundation Females
1) Ruth Family Simmentals, Iowa City
2) Damar Farms, Emerald, Wis.
3) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray
4) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
5) Studer Shorthorns, Creston
6) Nathan Greiner, Keota
7) Houston Family Simmentals, Bloomfield
8) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville
9) Heartland Simmentals, Nashua
Foundation Females
1) Penny and Brad Blaser, Taylor Ridge, Ill.
2) Long's Simmentals, Creston
3) NP Cattle Co., Fremont, Neb.
4) Swing Shift Simmentals, Atalissa
5) Hunter Cattle Company, Botavin
6) Nelson Family Farms, Mabel, Minn.
7) Nelson Family Farms, Mabel, Minn.
Foundation Females
1) Zeis Simmentals, Valley, Neb.
2) RS&T Simmentals, Kansas City, Mo.
3) Zeis Simmentals, Valley, Neb.
4) NP Cattle Co., Fremont, Neb.
5) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray
6) Finesse Livestock Enterprises, Geneva
Foundation Females
1) Ratcliff Ranch, Grovespring, Mo.
2) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray
3) Ratcliff Ranch, Grovespring, Mo.
4) Sherrie, Bradley and Ashley Warren, Rose Hill
5) Heartland Simmentals, Nashua
Foundation Females
1) Kiersten Jass, Garner
2) RS&T Simmentals, Kansas City, Mo.
3) Mallory Espenscheid, Traer
4) Zach Greiman, Garner
5) NP Cattle Co., Fremont, Neb.
6) Levi Flitsch, Central City
7) Hope And Logan Brubaker, Reinbeck
8) Tayler Jones, Ottumwa
9) Chandler Luzum, Fort Atkinson
10) Engnell Farms, Winterset
Foundation Females
1) Landon Siek, Blairstown
2) Paige Henderson, Anita
3) Jared Seinolg, St. Charles, Minn.
4) Grace Greiman, Goodell
5) Ethan Jamison, Colo
6) Engnell Farms, Winterset
Foundation Females
1) Drake Cattle Co., Centerville
2) Kayla Beckman, Sperry
3) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
4) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
5) Mallory Espenscheid, Traer
6) Breanna Gourley, Webster City
7) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
8) Tayler Jones, Ottumwa
9) Peyton Leisgang, Seymour
Foundation Females
1) Brent, Mitch and Collin Swanson, Beaulion Heafling, Sioux City
2) Top Line Simmentals, Mount Ayr
3) Swing Shift Simmentals, Atalissa
4) Kennedy Wohlford, Geneva
5) Tracy Booth, Murray
6) Kimballs Few Acres, Seymour, Wis.
Spring Heifer Calves
1) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
2) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
3) JS Simmentals, Prairie City
4) Doug Wenell, Laurens
5) Sherrie, Bradley and Ashley Warren, Rose Hill
6) Brent, Mitch and Collin Swanson, Beaulion Heafling, Sioux City
7) Engnell Farms, Winterset
8) Danner Farms, Illinois City, Ill.
9) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield
10) Netolicky Cattle, Fairfax
11) Reck Bros. & Sons, Ottumwa
12) Heartland Simmentals, Nashua
Spring Heifer Calves
1) Jeff Paulsen, Preston, 3/12/2012
2) Brent, Mitch and Collin Swanson, Beaulion Heafling, Sioux City
3) JS Simmentals, Prairie City
4) Nathan Greiner, Keota
5) Sherrie, Bradley and Ashley Warren, Rose Hill
6) Jason and Duane Ver Ploeg, Pella
7) Heartland Simmentals, Nashua
8) K Bar M Livestock, Dunlap
9) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield
10) Heartland Simmentals, Nashua
11) Houston Family Simmentals, Bloomfield
Spring Heifer Calves
1) Jason and Duane Ver Ploeg, Pella
2) Skyler Luzum, Fort Atkinson
3) Dean Leaders, Underwood
4) Houston Family Simmentals, Bloomfield
5) Townsley Simmentals, Wapello
6) Kaisand Cattle Farm, Bussey
7) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
8) Heartland Simmentals, Nashua
9) Engnell Farms, Winterset
Spring Heifer Calves
1) Damar Farms, Emerald, Wis.
2) Jeff Thompson, Lone Tree
3) A@S Simmental and BS Show Cattle, Cylinder
4) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
5) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray
6) Carolan Enterprises, Tama
7) Houston Family Simmentals, Bloomfield
8) Specht Family Simmentals, Guttenberg
9) Oak Meadow Farms, Harmony, Minn.
10) LHSF, Neola
11) Dean Leaders, Underwood
Winter Heifer Calves
1) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville
2) Doug Wenell, Laurens
3) Townsley Simmentals, Wapello
4) Elmore Farms, Fairfield
5) Kelly Dodge, Terril
6) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
7) David Kaisand, Kellogg
8) Sherrie, Bradley and Ashley Warren, Rose Hill
9) Townsley Simmentals, Wapello
10) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
11) Hunter Cattle Company, Botavin
12) Hunter Cattle Company, Botavin
Winter Heifer Calves
1) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray
2) Damar Farms, Emerald, Wis.
3) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
4) JS Simmentals, Prairie City
5) DeCap Family Farms, Dixon
6) G2 Farms, Delmar
7) Chandler Luzum, Fort Atkinson
8) Heartland Simmentals, Nashua
9) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
10) Specht Family Simmentals, Guttenberg
11) Oak Meadow Farms, Harmony, Minn.
Winter Heifer Calves
1) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
2) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray
3) Zeis Simmentals, Valley, Neb.
4) James Simmentals, Carlisle
5) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
6) Russ Vanden Berg, Albia
7) RB Simmentals, Correctionville
8) Jeff Thompson, Lone Tree
9) Kaisand Cattle Farm, Bussey
10) Kaisand Cattle Farm, Bussey
11) Engnell Farms, Winterset
12) Curt Peterson, Eddyville
Winter Heifer Calves
1) CRR Simmental, Arlington, Neb.
2) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
3) James Simmentals, Carlisle
4) Swing Shift Simmentals, Atalissa
5) RJM Cattle Company, Albia
6) Specht Family Simmentals, Guttenberg
7) A@S Simmental and BS Show Cattle, Cylinder
8) Oak Meadow Farms, Harmony, Minn.
9) Curt Peterson, Eddyville
10) Hunter Cattle Company, Botavin
Winter Heifer Calves
1) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray
2) Zeis Simmentals, Valley, Neb.
3) RS&T Simmentals, Kansas City, Mo.
4) Nelson Family Farms, Mabel, Minn.
5) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
6) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
7) Springer Simmentals, Cresco
8) Andrew VanAernam, Exira
Winter Heifer Calves
1) NP Cattle Co., Fremont, Neb.
2) DeCap Family Farms, Dixon
3) JS Simmentals, Prairie City
4) Jeff Thompson, Lone Tree
5) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
6) CRR Simmental, Arlington, Neb.
7) Nelson Family Farms, Mabel, Minn.
Fall Heifer Calves
1) Danner Farms, Illinois City, Ill.
2) Ruth Family Simmentals, Iowa City
3) Doug Wenell, Laurens
4) Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point
5) Penny and Brad Blaser, Taylor Ridge, Ill.
Fall Heifer Calves
1) Matthew Pemberton, Washington
2) Ratcliff Ranch, Grovespring, Mo.
3) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
4) Vande Voort Simmentals, Pella
Junior Females
1) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
2) Nick Van Engen, Sioux Center
3) Ruth Family Simmentals, Iowa City
4) Jeff Paulsen, Preston
5) Gabe Crawford, Osceola
6) J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.
Junior Females
1) Katie Trail, Nebraska City, Neb.
2) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
3) RS&T Simmentals, Kansas City, Mo.
4) Damar Farms, Emerald, Wis.
5) Garrett Onstot, Carlisle
6) Schick Cattle Company, Decatur, Ill.
Senior Females
1) Brent, Mitch and Collin Swanson, Beaulion Heafling, Sioux City
2) Winther Cattle Co., Woodbine
3) Goretska Cattle Co., Corydon
4) Lauren Robinson, Coggon
5) Finesse Livestock Enterprises, Geneva
6) Jason and Duane Ver Ploeg, Pella
7) Carlson Simmentals, Bureau, Ill.
8) Val Thoreson, Winnebago, Minn.
Senior Females
1) Nicole Johnson, Carpenter
2) Long's Simmentals, Creston
3) Kara Christensen, Adel
4) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
5) Kimballs Few Acres, Seymour, Wis.
6) Miranda and Anika Fortune, Atkins
Senior Females
1) Brad Johnson MPJ Cattle Co., Maurice
2) Chase Jass, Garner
3) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
4) Kitzerow Cattle Company, Saint Charles
5) Top Line Simmentals, Mount Ayr
6) David Kaisand, Kellogg
7) J/8 Family Farms, Saint Charles
8) Edler Simmentals, Gladbrook
Senior Females
1) Winther Cattle Co, Woodbine
2) Kiersten Jass, Garner
3) Curt Peterson, Eddyville
4) Peyton Leisgang, Seymour
5) Carlson Simmentals, Malden, Ill.
6) Edler Simmentals, Gladbrook
Senior Females
1) Trey Jass, Garner
2) Grandview Cattle Company, Ackley
3) Kennedy Wohlford, Geneva
4) Long's Simmentals, Creston
5) Mcartor Simmentals, Mount Pleasant
6) Schick Cattle Company, Decatur, Ill.
7) Breanna Gourley, Webster City
8) Dakota Lee Herrold, Atalissa
9) Engnell Farms, Winterset
10) “P.S.” Pardun Simmental, Gilman City, Mo.
Senior Females
1) Jared Johnson, New Providence
2) RS&T Simmentals, Kansas City, Mo.
3) Kelly Dodge, Terril
4) Paige and Carli Henderson, Anita
5) Houston Family Simmentals, Bloomfield
6) Jeff Thompson, Lone Tree
7) CNN Cattle Company, Ames
Senior Females
1) Tyler Moothart, Miles
2) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
3) Top Line Simmentals, Mount Ayr
4) Jeff Thompson, Lone Tree
5) Schick Cattle Company, Decatur, Ill.
6) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville
7) Houston Family Simmentals, Bloomfield
Senior Females
1) Finesse Livestock Enterprises, Geneva
Senior Females
1) Trey Jass, Garner
2) Ruth Family Simmentals, Iowa City
Get of Sire
1) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
Champion & Reserve Low Percentage Bull
Champion) J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.
Reserve Champion) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
Champion & Reserve Junior Bull Calf
Champion) RB Simmentals, Correctionville
Reserve Champion) Dean Leaders, Underwood
Champion & Reserve Senior Bull Calf
Champion) Doug Wenell, Laurens
Reserve Champion) Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point
Champion Junior Bull: “P.S.” Pardun Simmental, Gilman City, Mo.
Champion & Reserve Senior Bull
Champion) JS Simmentals, Prairie City
Reserve Champion) Andrew VanAernam, Exira
Grand Champion Bull: Doug Wenell, Laurens
Reserve Grand Champion Bull: Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point
Iowa Champion Bull
Champion) Doug Wenell, Laurens
Reserve Champion) Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point
Champion & Reserve Cow/Calf
Grand Champion) Top Line Simmentals, Mount Ayr
Reserve Grand Champion) Casons Pride and Joy Simmentals, Albia
Champion & Reserve Foundation Female
Grand Champion) Kiersten Jass, Garner
Reserve Grand Champion) Drake Cattle Co., Centerville
Champion & Reserve Spring Heifer Calf
Champion) Jeff Paulsen, Preston
Reserve Champion) Jason and Duane Ver Ploeg, Pella
Champion & Reserve Winter Heifer Calf
Champion) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray
Reserve Champion) CRR Simmental, Arlington, Neb.
Champion & Reserve Fall Heifer Calf
Champion) Matthew Pemberton, Washington
Reserve Champion) Danner Farms, Illinois City, Ill.
Champion & Reserve Junior Female
Champion) Reck Bros. and Sons, Ottumwa
Reserve Champion) Katie Trail, Nebraska City, Neb.
Champion & Reserve Senior Female
Champion) Brad Johnson MPJ Cattle Co., Maurice
Reserve Champion) Jared Johnson, New Providence
Grand Champion Female: Brad Johnson MPJ Cattle Co., Maurice
Reserve Grand Champion Female: Jared Johnson, New Providence
Iowa Champion Female
Champion) Jared Johnson, New Providence
Reserve Champion) Kiersten Jass, Garner
Grand Champion & Reserve Foundation Cow/Calf
Grand Champion) Chandler Luzum, Fort Atkinson
Reserve Grand Champion) Handsaker Simmental, Nevada
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