University of Missouri Livestock Judging Team

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We absolutely loved hosting the Missouri State FFA Livestock CDE this weekend, along with some excellent MU CAFNR staff and students! Thank you to all who helped put on a great contest for the members and to the livestock providers who graciously allowed us to borrow their animals. We love these opportunities to provide education and livestock events to Missouri’s youth.

The Show Me Youth Livestock Judging Series page is live! We will no longer be posting series information to the MU LJT page. Please follow their page for more information.

We are sorry to inform you that the 2021 MU Livestock Judging Camp has been cancelled. However, we want to provide every learning opportunity possible to the youth of Missouri, so we have some exciting announcements coming out in the next few days. We will be hosting some one day Livestock Judging Field Days in place of camp this year. Dates/locations, as well as event and registration information, for the Field Days will be announced soon! Please keep your eyes peeled!

The team finished the spring season on a high note at the All-East Livestock Contest at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA. It was three full days of hard work and excellent livestock, and we are thankful to McNeese administrators and faculty for hosting despite all of the hardships southern Louisiana has faced this past year. MARKET ANIMAL EVALUATION 5th Team Overall 5th Team Sheep... 5th Team Swine 5th Team Beef 1st Individual Beef - Matthew Price BREEDING ANIMAL SELECTION 4th Team Overall 4th Team Sheep 9th Individual Sheep - Cari Green 4th Team Swine 3rd Team Beef 8th Individual Beef - Matthew Price LIVESTOCK JUDGING 4th Team Overall 5th Team Sheep 4th Team Swine 9th Individual Swine - Peyton Niemeier 3rd Team Beef 10th Individual Beef - Katelyn Robinson 3rd Team Reasons 7th Individual Reasons - Matthew Price OVERALL CONTEST 5th Team Overall 5th Team Sheep 5th Team Swine 4th Team Beef 1st Individual Beef - Matthew Price A huge thank you to all of our supporters and alumni. We couldn’t do all of this and give these students such amazing experiences without you. We look forward to keeping you updated this fall! Pictured: (L to R) Cari Green, Peyton Lourine Niemeier, Matthew Price, Katelyn Robinson. Coach Tawnie DeJong. Team member not pictured: Erica Kauzlarich

We took a smaller team than normal to the Nebraska Cattleman's Classic but it was a rewarding trip nonetheless! The team was on point with their scores on the floor in Nebraska. We look forward to the last contest of the year in Houston in a few weeks!

The team had a great day down in Jackson, Mississippi at the Dixie National Livestock Judging competition! They placed 10th overall as a team with each individual setting new career bests. We are extremely proud of this group and the progress they are making!

The team competed in the Sioux Empire Livestock Judging competition in Sioux Falls, South Dakota this weekend. They made some significant progress this trip and we look forward to our next challenge at the Dixie National in Jackson, Mississippi in a couple of weeks!

The team had a great trip to the National Western. They competed in the both the livestock judging contest as well as the carload cattle contest. We are headed back to Columbia today for the first week of classes and to prepare for our next contest in South Dakota next weekend!

The team had a fun day sight-seeing and working on reasons at Garden of the Gods on Wednesday. This morning they competed in their first contest of the year at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. They have put in a lot of hard work and dedication so far this year and we are excited for the lessons learned and memories made so far!

The team had a great day with practice stops at CSU and Grand Hills Cattle. We sharpened our eye for sheep and goats at CSU's equine center and then were impressed by the tremendous quality of the Charolais cattle at Grand Hills. Thank you to the hosts and we look forward to our first contest of the year on Thursday!

The team is packed and on their way to their first, official contest at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. They will be in Colorado for the week and plan to complete some workouts along the way. We’ll keep y’all in the loop about how they’re doing. Wish them luck!

We had another great day of practice! We started the morning off with the Peckman family, working through some heifers. Next we headed over to M&R Genetics and studied some breeding gilts. Finally we made it safely back to campus and worked on our oral reasons with Ty Peckman. We leave for Denver Monday morning!

The 2020 season is underway. We had a great day looking over quality stock. We first sorted hogs at Carl Stein's and then headed south to evaluate cattle at Everett Forkner's. Thank you to these producers for the opportunity!

Livestock Judging Camp came to an end yesterday afternoon. Within our two and a half days with the campers, we went over all the ins and outs of livestock judging. Monday and Tuesday was full of learning and judging classes of swine, cattle, sheep, and goats. All the campers participated in our mock contest that we put on for them yesterday and they all did exceptionally well with placing their classes and talking their reasons. It was a great group of campers and we’re glad... that they came to learn with us. We would like to send a special thank you to Sydenstricker for allowing us to come to their operation and look at a couple classes of bulls and heifers. Another thank you to Bailey Abell for being our guest speaker on swine and Ty Peckman for being our guest speaker on goats. Thank you to all the campers that came and everyone that helped run camp. Also, campers if you did not see your reasons score yesterday and would like to know, email me at [email protected] See more

Below is the tentative schedule for the livestock judging camp, along with where housing will be and other information for campers. Workshops will include special guest speakers. 11 more days to register for camp!!

Just a reminder that camp forms are due in 18 days!! Must be postmarked by May 25th. We look forward to seeing all campers.

Here is the site where you can access the registration form for livestock judging camp as well as meats judging camp. Just scroll down until you see the tittle Livestock and Meats Judging Camps. There are two separate forms; one for livestock and one for meats. We are excited for camp and hope to see you this summer. https://cafnr.missouri.edu/summer-academies/

The University of Missouri is excited to announce the annual meats judging camp for 4-H and FFA students. This event is held in conjunction with the livestock j...udging camp which will be held at the beginning of the week. The dates for the Meats Judging Camp are June 5-7th and the Livestock Judging Camp is June 3-5th. Students can register for either camps or attend both. Each camp is 200 dollars which includes meals, housing, educational material and a camp t-shirt. For more information please contact Dr. Bryon Wiegand, Katelyn Burdick or Teagan Schnurbusch. We look forward to seeing new and returning campers! Registration form can be found at this website (Link below). Please download, print, fill out and return to the listed address. https://cafnr.missouri.edu/summer-academies/