News : Chelsea Schminke eaarns Reserve Grand Champion honor at State Fair Lamb Show

Grand Champion honors were awarded Thursday in the FFA Market and Carcass Lamb shows at the 2013 Iowa State Fair.

Jessica Marty of Luverne showed the Grand Champion FFA Market Lamb, and Chelsea Schminke of Van Horne took Reserve Grand Champion honors.

In the carcass judging, Tyler Leete of Elk Horn was awarded Grand Champion honors, and David Lillie of Marengo exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion Carcass Lamb.

The judges saw 83 animals from 55 exhibitors of 38 chapters.

Additional results below:

MARKET WETHERS

Light Weight Wether Champion – Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

Light Weight Wether Reserve Champion – Brenden Kuesel, Victor

Medium Weight Wether Champion – Jessica Marty, Luverne

Medium Weight Wether Reserve Champion – Brenden Kuesel, Victor

Heavy Weight Wether Champion – Jessica Marty, Luverne

Heavy Weight Wether Reserve Champion – Andrea Moser, Garden Grove

Champion Market Wether – Jessica Marty, Luverne

Reserve Champion Market Wether – Jessica Marty, Luverne

MARKET EWES

Light Weight Ewe Champion – Austin Bohling, Letts

Light Weight Ewe Reserve Champion – Mena Nayeri, Bondurant

Medium Weight Ewe Champion – Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

Medium Weight Ewe Reserve Champion – Craig Carlson, Wapello

Heavy Weight Ewe Champion – Megan Collison, Rockwell City

Heavy Weight Ewe Reserve Champion – Kale Boysen, Morning Sun

Champion Market Ewe – Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

Reserve Champion Market Ewe – Austin Bohling, Letts

CARCASS LAMBS

Champion Carcass Lamb – Amy Lund, Polk City

Reserve Champion Carcass Lamb – Austin Bohling, Letts

Marty's and Schminke's prize-winners, as well as 14 other livestock champions, will be auctioned in the prestigious Sale of Champions on Saturday, August 17, 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.