Beef Exhibitor Show winners named
The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association BEST program has teamed up with sponsoring partner, Weaver Livestock, to get new youth involved with the OCA BEST program. A novice sponsorship, which covers an OCA membership, a $75 value and a BEST nomination fee ($45 per head), has been awarded to 50 Ohio youth for this year’s Beef Exhibitor Show Total show season.
The sponsorships were available to any 8- to 21-year-old cattle enthusiast that is participating in their first or second year of the BEST program. More information can be found at www.ohiocattle.org.
BEST is a youth program of the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association that recognizes Ohio’s junior beef exhibitors for participation and placings through a series of sanctioned cattle shows that include showmanship competitions.
Juniors who participate in these sanctioned shows earn points for their placings. Points are tabulated for cattle, showmanship, registered bred and owned animals, and first- or second-year BEST participants in a separate novice division for market animals, heifers and showmanship.
The program promotes consistency for exhibitors at sanctioned shows hosted by county associations or agricultural groups and clubs. These points are tabulated and posted at www.ohiocattle.org. The program concludes with an annual awards banquet held in May, where novice participants also are entered into a novice-only drawing for a show box, donated by Weaver Leather Livestock.
For more information on the BEST program, call the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association at 614-873-6736 or email beef@ohiobeef.org. Be sure to follow OCA on Facebook or visit www.ohiocattle.org for the latest program updates.
Winners from the region include Barrett Evans of Dover, Brady Evans of Dover, Emily Barkheimer of North Lawrence, Cowen McKelvey of Fredericksburg and Haylee McKelvey of Fredericksburg.