News : Sommerfelt Places in Best Feeder Calves Awarded in Iowa State Fair Show

Cattle farms from across the Midwest were recognized for their top quality cattle in the Beef Feeder Calf show judged Saturday at the 2017 Iowa State Fair. Complete results below: Angus Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Buck Creeks J&K, Prescott 2) Brandt Farms, Corning 3) Vanderholm Cattle Co., Villisca 4) Blackridge Family Cattle Co., Ottumwa Angus Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Buck Creeks J&K, Prescott 2) Brandt Farms, Corning 3) Finesse Livestock Enterprises, Geneva Charolais Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Macy Gruhn, Manning 2) Abby Gruhn, Manning 3) Kara Gnade, Monmouth 4) Lane Sommerfelt, Walker Charolais Composite Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Mittag Genetics, Creston 2) Avery J Bennett, Richland 3) Feuss Show Cattle, Oxford Junction 4) Weber Cattle, Parnell Chianina Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Mandie Gassman, Corydon 2) Moore Show Cattle, Earlham 3) Gruhn Show Cattle, Denison 4) Weber Cattle, Parnell Chianina Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Meyer Cattle Company, Rowan 2) Klaffke Show Cattle, Alden 3) Irons Farms, Northwood Foundation Simmental Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Brandt Farms, Corning 2) Muir Farms, Rippey 3) Joe Devries, Sheffield Foundation Simmental Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Brandt Farms, Corning 2) England Cattle Company, Mount Ayr 3) Camiel Blomme, Brooklyn 4) Blackridge Family Cattle Co., Ottumwa Foundation Simmental Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Dustin And Marcy Conover, Adel 2) Willis Show Cattle, Diagonal 3) Logan Talzes, Lisbon 4) HardLuck Cattle Company, Pleasantville Foundation Simmental Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Greiman Cattle Co, Garner 2) Von Glan Cattle Company, Vail 3) Sieck Show Cattle, Martell, Neb. 4) Vanderholm Cattle Co., Villisca 5) Finesse Livestock Enterprises, Geneva Hereford Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) 2am Cattle, Grimes 2) John Holcomb, Winterset 3) 2am Cattle, Grimes 4) 2am Cattle, Grimes 5) Quentin Slater, Shenandoah Maine-Anjou Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Camiel Blomme, Brooklyn 2) Maine Aim Ranch, Allerton 3) Avery J Bennett, Richland 4) Horizon Show Cattle, Indianola 5) Ethan Robinson, Zearing Maine-Anjou Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Macy Schroeder, Blakesburg 2) Braun Show Cattle, Northwood 3) Maine Aim Ranch, Allerton 4) Maine Aim Ranch, Allerton 5) Renee Grimm, Audubon Maine-Tainer Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Hall Cattle Company, Rose Hill 2) LDB Show Cattle, Clinton 3) Puckett Show Cattle, Goose Lake Maine-Tainer Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Sieck Show Cattle, Martell, Neb. 2) Schwer Show Cattle, Cedar Falls 3) Brady Belcher, Blakesburg 4) Cade Millikin, Hedrick 5) Dustin And Marcy Conover, Adel 6) Jake Zahm, Osceola, Neb. 7) Schultz Cattle Co., Creston 8) Gabrielle Branstad, Leland Maine-Tainer Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Riley Jansen, Hull 2) Feuss Show Cattle, Oxford Junction Shorthorn Plus Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Matilyn Lautner, Adel 2) Irons Farms, Northwood Shorthorn Plus Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Avery J Bennett, Richland 2) Compton Cattle Company, Stanwood 3) Klaffke Show Cattle, Alden Simmental Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Annie Herr, Fontanelle 2) Von Glan Cattle Company, Vail 3) K&D Show Cattle, Goose Lake 4) Aubrey Kramer, Orient Simmental Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Swanson Cattle Company, Peterson 2) Swanson Cattle Company, Peterson 3) Finesse Livestock Enterprises, Geneva 4) Horizon Show Cattle, Indianola AOB Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Puckett Show Cattle, Goose Lake 2) Aubrey Kramer, Orient 3) Irons Farms, Northwood AOB Purebred Breeding Heifer 1) Schwer Show Cattle, Cedar Falls 2) Jenel Wenndt, Lowden 3) Alexis Timm, Guernsey 4) Jenel Wenndt, Lowden Class 1 Commercial Breeding Heifer 1) Logan Schroeder, Blakesburg 2) Cole Miller, Charter Oak 3) Moore Show Cattle, Earlham 4) John Holcomb, Winterset 5) Bryanna Timm, Guernsey 6) Richardson Family Farms, Lake City Class 2 Commercial Breeding Heifer 1) Stevenson Farms, Knoxville 2) Mittag Show Cattle, Prescott 3) Schulte Cattle Company, Odebolt 4) Jake Zahm, Osceola, Neb. 5) Maci Slater, Shenandoah 6) Addy Hoalzison, Corning Class 3 Commercial Breeding Heifer 1) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. 2) Smith Show Cattle, Charter Oak 3) Brown Family Cattle, Afton Class 4 Commercial Breeding Heifer 1) Swanson Cattle Company, Peterson 2) Colton Shull, Oskaloosa 3) Taylor Lueking, Oxford, Neb. 4) Beeler Cattle, Truro 5) Jaylee Zika, Adel Class 5 Commercial Breeding Heifer 1) England Cattle Company, Mount Ayr 2) Hughes Cattle Company, Bagley 3) Beeler Cattle, Truro 4) Rylie Timm, Guernsey Class 1 Market Heifer 1) Stevenson Farms, Knoxville 2) Taylor Lueking, Oxford, Neb. 3) Ems Enterprise, Gothenburg, Neb. 4) Meyer Cattle Company, Rowan 5) Anthony Hansen, Hornick 6) Pinegrove Family Farms, Bondurant 7) Mitchell Family Show Cattle, Charles City 8) Jenel Wenndt, Lowden 9) Adam Cheney, Deep River Class 2 Market Heifer 1) Danker Show Cattle, Avoca 2) Matilyn Lautner, Adel 3) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. 4) Avery J Bennett, Richland 5) John Holcomb, Winterset 6) Brandt Farms, Corning 7) Smith Show Cattle, Charter Oak 8) Megan Pretz, Columbus Junction 9) Abby Gruhn, Manning 10) Weber Cattle, Parnell Registered Charolais Market Steer 1) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. 2) Mittag Show Cattle, Prescott 3) Jake Zahm, Osceola, Neb. 4) Abby Gruhn, Manning Registered Chianina Market Steer 1) Matilyn Lautner, Adel 2) Willis Show Cattle, Diagonal 3) Schulte Cattle Company, Odebolt 4) Hughes Cattle Company, Bagley 5) Taylor Lueking, Oxford, Neb. 6) Baker Farms, Creston Registered Maine-Anjou Market Steer 1) Troy Stanley, Bagley 2) Ems Enterprise, Gothenburg, Neb. 3) Sarah Tapken, Adel 4) Smith Show Cattle, Charter Oak 5) LDB Show Cattle, Clinton 6) Joseph Becker, Charles City 7) Joe Devries, Sheffield Registered Maine-Anjou Market Steer 1) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. 2) Willis Show Cattle, Diagonal 3) Muir Farms, Rippey 4) Anthony Hansen, Hornick Registered Shorthorn Plus Market Steer 1) Von Glan Cattle Company, Vail 2) Smith Show Cattle, Charter Oak 3) Gruhn Show Cattle, Denison 4) Joe Devries, Sheffield Registered Simmental Market Steer 1) Schulte Cattle Company, Odebolt 2) Puckett Show Cattle, Goose Lake 3) Muir Farms, Rippey 4) K&D Show Cattle, Goose Lake Registered AOB Market Steer 1) Danker Show Cattle, Avoca 2) Carson Schultz, Charter Oak 3) Rosdail Show Cattle, Marion Class 1 Crossbred Market Steer 1) Klaffke Show Cattle, Alden 2) Cade Millikin, Hedrick 3) Von Glan Cattle Company, Vail 4) Tapken Cattle Co., Adel 5) Carson Schultz, Charter Oak 6) Madison Branstad, Leland Class 2 Crossbred Market Steer 1) Brown Family Cattle, Afton 2) Hertrampf Show Cattle, Mount Pleasant 3) Stevenson Farms, Knoxville 4) Nick Sandburg, Ainsworth 5) Mitchell Family Show Cattle, Charles City 6) Rachelle Timm, Guernsey Class 3 Crossbred Market Steer 1) Brandt Farms, Corning 2) Danker Show Cattle, Avoca 3) Willis Show Cattle, Diagonal 4) Jake Zahm, Osceola, Neb. Class 4 Crossbred Market Steer 1) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. 2) Taylor Lueking, Oxford, Neb. 3) Mittag Show Cattle, Prescott 4) Matilyn Lautner, Adel 5) Hughes Cattle Company, Bagley 6) Hertrampf Show Cattle, Mount Pleasant 7) Quin Mccollom, Colo 8) Mason Johnson, Allison Champion & Reserve Angus Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Buck Creeks J&K, Prescott Reserve) Buck Creeks J&K, Prescott Champion & Reserve Charolais Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Macy Gruhn, Manning Reserve) Abby Gruhn, Manning Champion & Reserve Char Composite Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Mittag Genetics, Creston Reserve) Avery J Bennett, Richland Champion & Reserve Chianina Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Meyer Cattle Company, Rowan Reserve) Mandie Gassman, Corydon Champion & Reserve Foundation Simmi Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Greiman Cattle Co, Garner Reserve) Brandt Farms, Corning Champion & Reserve Hereford Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) 2am Cattle, Grimes Reserve) John Holcomb, Winterset Champion & Reserve Maine-Anjou Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Camiel Blomme, Brooklyn Reserve) Macy Schroeder, Blakesburg Champion & Reserve Maine-Tainer Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Riley Jansen, Hull Reserve) Feuss Show Cattle, Oxford Junction Champion & Reserve Shorthorn Plus Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Avery J Bennett, Richland Reserve) Matilyn Lautner, Adel Champion & Reserve Simmental Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Annie Herr, Fontanelle Reserve) Swanson Cattle Company, Peterson Champion & Reserve AOB Purebred Breeding Heifer Champion) Puckett Show Cattle, Goose Lake Reserve) Schwer Show Cattle, Cedar Falls Champion & Reserve Registered Charolais Market Steer Champion) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. Reserve) Mittag Show Cattle, Prescott Champion & Reserve Chianina Market Steer Champion) Matilyn Lautner, Adel Reserve) Willis Show Cattle, Diagonal Champion & Reserve Maine-Anjou Market Steer Champion) Troy Stanley, Bagley Reserve) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. Champion & Reserve Shorthorn Plus Market Steer Champion) Von Glan Cattle Company, Vail Reserve) Smith Show Cattle, Charter Oak Champion & Reserve Simmental Market Steer Champion) Schulte Cattle Company, Odebolt Reserve) Puckett Show Cattle, Goose Lake Champion & Reserve AOB Market Steer Champion) Danker Show Cattle, Avoca Reserve) Carson Schultz, Charter Oak Champion & Reserve Market Heifer Champion) Danker Show Cattle, Avoca Reserve) Matilyn Lautner, Adel Champion & Reserve Commercial Breeding Heifer Champion) England Cattle Company, Mount Ayr Reserve) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. Champion & Reserve Crossbred Market Steer Champion) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. Reserve) Brandt Farms, Corning Grand Champion Breeding Heifer Grand) Camiel Blomme, Brooklyn Reserve Champion Breeding Heifer Res. Grand) Macy Schroeder, Blakesburg 3rd Overall Breeding Heifer 1) England Cattle Company, Mount Ayr 4th Overall Breeding Heifer 1) Avery J Bennett, Richland 5th Overall Breeding Heifer 1) Annie Herr, Fontanelle Grand Champion Market Animal Grand) Christo Cattle, Albion, Neb. Reserve Champion Market Animal Res. Grand) Brandt Farms, Corning 3rd Overall Market Animal 1) Troy Stanley, Bagley 4th Overall Market Animal 1) Danker Show Cattle, Avoca 5th Overall Market Animal 1) Matilyn Lautner, Adel