Angus Champions Selected at 2024 Iowa State Fair
September 10, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Angus entries competed for top honors at the 2024 Iowa State Fair Angus Show, August 13 in Des Moines, Iowa. Ed and Amanda Raithel, Falls City, Neb., evaluated the 164 entries, which included 127 females, 30 bulls and seven cow-calf pairs.
SA Rich Spirit 219 claimed grand champion bull honors. Boyd Schroeder, Clarence, Iowa, owns the May 2022 son of Schroeder Legacy 3400. He first claimed senior champion.
SA Atlantis 6975 was named reserve grand champion bull. Chapman & Wagner Angus, Tipton, Iowa, and Drew Schroeder, Clarence, Iowa, own the January 2022 son of Square B Atlantis 8060 that earlier won reserve senior champion.
UDE Ellis 3038 captured grand champion female and intermediate champion for Shelby Greiman, Goodell, Iowa. She is a May 2023 daughter of EXAR Blue Chip 1877B.
Madison Collison, Rockwell City, Iowa, claimed reserve grand champion female. FCF Phyllis 261 is an October 2022 daughter of Silveiras Haras Primal 8525 and first won senior champion.
Sawyer Claussen, Stockton, Iowa, owns the grand champion cow-calf pair. SCC SFC Phyllis 048 is an April 2020 daughter of SSF On Point 4028. A January 2024 heifer calf sired by PVF Blacklist 7077 completes the winning pair.
Jacob White, Postville, Iowa, owns the reserve grand champion cow-calf pair. 4WA Lady 85 is a February 2018 daughter of EXAR Classen 1422B. A March 2024 bull calf sired by Colburn Primo 5153 is at side.
A complete list of winners follows:
2024 IOWA STATE FAIR ANGUS SHOW
DES MOINES, IOWA
Total number shown: 164
Judge: Ed and Amanda Raithel, Falls City, Neb.
HEIFERS: 127 Shown
Junior Heifer Calf Champion: CB Lucy 422
Exhibitor: Cassidy Becker, Diagonal, Iowa
Reserve Junior Heifer Calf Champion: WB Bardot 474
Exhibitor: Weston Brandt, Corning, Iowa
Senior Heifer Calf Champion: JCC Lola 338
Exhibitor: James Moffitt, Colfax, Iowa
Reserve Senior Heifer Calf Champion: Jensen Erica 3109 of FAF
Exhibitor: Cale Jensen, Plainfield, Iowa
Intermediate Champion Heifer: UDE Ellie 3038
Exhibitor: Shelby Greiman, Goodell, Iowa
Reserve Intermediate Champion Heifer: TalonCrest Proven Queen 328
Exhibitor: Keegan Mather, State Center, Iowa
Junior Champion Heifer: FCF Phyllis 332
Exhibitor: Madison Collison, Rockwell City, Iowa
Reserve Junior Champion Heifer: Younges Keymura Katy 2354
Exhibitor: Brynn Younge, Wellman, Iowa
Senior Champion Female: FCF Phyllis 261
Exhibitor: Madison Collison, Rockwell City, Iowa
Reserve Senior Champion Female: M Bar M Lonesome Lanie 254
Exhibitor: Brylee Fisk, Montezuma, Iowa
Grand Champion Female: UDE Ellie 3038
Exhibitor: Shelby Greiman, Goodell, Iowa
Reserve Grand Champion Female: FCF Phyllis 261
Exhibitor: Madison Collison, Rockwell City, Iowa
BULLS: 30 Shown
Junior Bull Calf Champion: Bha Gold Card 45
Exhibitor: Keegan Mather, State Center, Iowa
Reserve Junior Bull Calf Champion: Maas Major 4648
Exhibitor: Gene Maas, Casey, Iowa
Senior Bull Calf Champion: VZR Verified 2367
Exhibitor: Ryan and Bridgette Van Zee, Sioux Center, Iowa
Reserve Senior Bull Calf Champion: Jensen Lightning 3107 FAF
Exhibitor: Callie Jensen, Plainfield, Iowa
Intermediate Champion Bull: Houks Juju 2303
Exhibitor: Cheyenne Houk, Blakesburg, Iowa
Reserve Intermediate Champion Bull: NONE
Junior Champion Bull: Jensen Cadilliac 312 of FAF
Exhibitor: Cale Jensen, Plainfield, Iowa
Reserve Junior Champion Bull: VZR Big X Express 2346
Exhibitor: Ryan & Bridgette Van Zee, Sioux Center, Iowa
Senior Champion Bull: SA Rich Spirit 219
Exhibitor: Boyd Schroeder, Clarence, Iowa
Reserve Senior Champion Bull: SA Atlantis 6975
Exhibitor: Chapman & Wagner Angus, Tipton, Iowa, and Drew Schroeder, Clarence, Iowa
Grand Champion Bull: SA Rich Spirit 219
Exhibitor: Boyd Schroeder, Clarence, Iowa
Reserve Grand Champion Bull: SA Atlantis 6975
Exhibitor: Chapman & Wagner Angus, Tipton, Iowa, and Drew Schroeder, Clarence, Iowa
COW-CALF PAIRS: 7 Shown
Grand Champion Cow-Calf: SCC SFC Phyllis 048
Exhibitor: Sawyer Claussen, Stockton, Iowa
Reserve Grand Champion Cow-Calf: 4WA Lady 85
Exhibitor: Jacob White, Postville, Iowa
CHAMPION IOWA FUTURITY HEIFER: PAF Miss Clementine 31
Exhibitor: Jack Johnson, Prole, Iowa
GROUP CLASSES
Produce of Dam: Deppe JA Blackcap 0216
Exhibitor: Double C Stock Farms, New Sharon, Iowa
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