Banners Awarded in Iowa State Fair Simmental Cattle Show

DES MOINES, IA (09/06/2022) (readMedia)-- BARS Cattle Co. of Pierce, Neb. took home the Grand Champion Purebred Bull in the Simmental Cattle show judged at the 2022 Iowa State Fair.

Thill Cattle Company of Pleasantville won the Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Bull and Champion Iowa Bull.

Beeson Cattle Co. of Kingsley won Grand Champion Purebred Female, and Gerdes Show Cattle of West Point claimed Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Female.

Complete results below (name, hometown):

SIMMENTAL

Percentage Bulls -- March 2022

1) Fritchen Cattle, Ollie

2) Kaldenberg Family Farms, Albia

Percentage Bulls -- Feb 2022

1) J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.

2) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

3) Kaldenberg Family Farms, Albia

Percentage Bulls -- Jan 2022

1) J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.

2) Clayton Walker, Chillicothe, Mo.

3) Moore & Warren Livestock, Rose Hill

4) Smitty Family Farms, Schaller

Percentage Bulls -- Nov 2021

1) Stremsterfer Farms, Fairfield

Percentage Bulls -- May 2021

1) Lone Tree Simmental, Lone Tree

2) Beeson Cattle Co, Kingsley

Purebred Bulls -- April 2022

1) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

2) Emma Sailor, Delmar

3) Hunter Cattle Co, Batavia

4) Maas Cattle Company, Adair

Purebred Bulls -- March 2022

1) Greiman Cattle Co., Garner

2) Moody Farms, Maxwel

3) RS&T Simmentals, LLC, Kansas City, Mo.

4) Hunter Cattle Co, Batavia

5) Herold Cattle, Slater

6) Herold Cattle, Slater

Purebred Bulls -- Feb 2022

1) RS&T Simmentals, LLC, Kansas City, Mo.

2) Lone Tree Simmentals, Lone Tree

3) Brandon & Casey Anderson, Eldora

4) Jennifer Ruby, Howells, Neb.

Purebred Bulls -- Jan 2022

1) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

2) Lone Tree Simmentals, Lone Tree

3) Specht Family Simmentals, Guttenberg

4) Herold Cattle, Slater

5) Rockin Rafter G, Chelsea

Purebred Bulls -- Dec 2021

1) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville

2) Specht Family Simmentals, Guttenberg

3) Kaisand Cattle, Bussey

Purebred Bulls -- Nov 2021

1) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville

2) Moody Farms, Maxwel

3) Brad&penny Blaser, Taylor Ridge, Ill.

Purebred Bulls -- March 2021

1) BARS Cattle Co, Pierce, Neb.

2) Michael Grove, Ellsworth

Purebred Bulls -- Jan 2021

1) Springer Simmentals, Cresco

Percentage Cow/Calf -- Cows born 2020

1) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield

2) Garrett Wielard, Pella

Percentage Cow/Calf -- Cows born 2019 & earlier

1) BARS Cattle Co, Pierce, Neb.

2) Elmore Farms, Fairfield

3) Black Ridge Family Cattle, Ottumwa

Purebred Cow/Calf -- Cows born 2020

1) Carli Henderson, Wiota

2) Hannah Peck, Birmingham

Purebred Cow/Calf -- Cows born 2019 & earlier

1) Anna Dirksen, Hampton

2) Jackson Wohlford, Geneva

3) Papa Birch Cattle, Maxwell

Percentage Heifers -- April 2022

1) Netolicky Cattle, Fairfax

2) Sophie Dorsey, Wiota

3) Jason Ver Ploeg, Pella

4) Kyle Sutton, Slater

5) Shy 5 Simmentals, Villisca

6) Layne Kaldenberg, Albia

7) Stremsterfer Farms, Fairfield

8) Black Ridge Family Cattle, Ottumwa

Percentage Heifers -- March 2022

1) JS Simmentals, Prairie City

2) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

3) Jason Ver Ploeg, Pella

4) Brad Mcconahay, Corydon

5) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield

6) Black Ridge Family Cattle, Ottumwa

Percentage Heifers -- March 2022

1) Micayla Christopher, Decorah

2) Kitzerow Cattle Company, Saint Charles

3) H&M Show Cattle, Blakesburg

4) BARS Cattle Co, Pierce, Neb.

5) Walter Family Stock Farm, Farragut

6) Lutz Show Cattle, West Point

7) Hunter Cattle Co, Batavia

Percentage Heifers -- Feb 2022

1) Collins Cattle, What Cheer

2) Fritchen Cattle, Ollie

3) Brownlee Cattle Company, Van Wert

4) Elmore Farms, Fairfield

5) Brad Mcconahay, Corydon

6) Brownlee Cattle Company, Van Wert

Percentage Heifers -- Feb 2022

1) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

2) Micayla Christopher, Decorah

3) J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.

4) R9 Cattle Co., Searsboro

5) Kaldenberg Family Farms, Albia

6) Kaisand Cattle, Bussey

Percentage Heifers -- Jan 2022

1) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

2) Nathan Greiner, Keota

3) H&M Show Cattle, Blakesburg

4) Moore & Warren Livestock, Rose Hill

5) Walter Family Stock Farm, Farragut

6) Brad Mcconahay, Corydon

Percentage Heifers -- Jan 2022

1) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

2) Brandt Farms, Corning

3) Greiman Cattle Co., Garner

4) Emma Sailor, Delmar

5) Jarr Cattle, Bloomfield

6) Jarr Cattle, Bloomfield

7) Lutz Show Cattle, West Point

Percentage Heifers -- Dec 2021

1) TC Reds, Ringle, Wis.

2) Dalton Lukavsky, Russell

3) Bunker Hill Simmentals, Platteville, Wis.

4) Stremsterfer Farms, Fairfield

5) Lone Tree Simmental, Lone Tree

6) Stamer Family Livestock, Hospers

Percentage Heifers -- Oct 2021

1) McLane Warren, New Sharon

2) Dodge Stock Farm, Terril

3) Jaylee Zika, Adel

4) Kaisand Cattle, Bussey

5) Rohrberg Cattle Company, Glenwood

6) Brownlee Cattle Company, Van Wert

7) Lutz Show Cattle, West Point

Percentage Heifers -- June 2021

1) Kayla Frederick, Bagley

2) Dodge Stock Farm, Terril

3) Scottland, Oskaloosa

Percentage Heifers -- April 2021

1) Brock Henderson, Wiota

2) Brownlee Cattle Company, Van Wert

3) Rockin Rafter G, Chelsea

4) Scottland, Oskaloosa

Percentage Heifers -- March 2021

1) Rolling Hills Cattle, Blakesburg

2) Ty Becker, Williamsburg

3) Maas Cattle Company, Adair

4) MaKel Jones, Tingley

5) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield

Percentage Heifers -- March 2021

1) Rhianna Murty, Gladbrook

2) Lutz Show Cattle, West Point

3) Clarahan Cattle Company, Harper

4) Hannah Peck, Birmingham

Percentage Heifers -- Feb 2021

1) Netolicky Cattle, Fairfax

2) Walker McDermott, Wiota

3) Clayton Walker, Chillicothe, Mo.

4) MaKenna Jones, Tingley

5) R9 Cattle Co., Searsboro

6) Creighton Carlson, Muscatine

7) Lutz Show Cattle, West Point

Percentage Heifers -- Jan 2021

1) Golden Acres Simmental, Laurens

2) H&M Show Cattle, Blakesburg

3) Rolling Hill's Cattle, Blakesburg

4) Kline Simmentals, Grinnell

Percentage Heifers -- Oct-Nov 2020

1) Gabriel Mindemann, Watertown, Wis.

2) Jaylee Zika, Adel

3) Chesney Steenhoek, Maxwell

Purebred Heifers -- April-May 20222

1) Moody Farms, Maxwel

2) Bunker Hill Simmentals, Platteville, Wis.

3) McLane Warren, New Sharon

4) Moody Farms, Maxwel

5) Jason Ver Ploeg, Pella

6) Sophie Dorsey, Wiota

7) Kyle Sutton, Slater

Purebred Heifers -- March 2022

1) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

2) Bunker Hill Simmentals, Platteville, Wis.

3) Jason Ver Ploeg, Pella

4) Elmore Farms, Fairfield

Purebred Heifers -- March 2022

1) Moody Farms, Maxwel

2) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

3) Jarr Cattle, Bloomfield

4) Brad Mcconahay, Corydon

5) Jackson Wohlford, Geneva

Purebred Heifers -- March 2022

1) Greiman Cattle Co., Garner

2) JS Simmentals, Prairie City

3) Shy 5 Simmentals, Villisca

4) Sampson Family Simmentals, Nevada

5) Faxon Creek Cattle Co., Belle Plaine, Minn.

6) Brad&penny Blaser, Taylor Ridge, Ill.

Purebred Heifers -- Feb 2022

1) RS&T Simmentals, LLC, Kansas City, Mo.

2) R9 Cattle Co., Searsboro

3) Papa Birch Cattle, Maxwell

4) Finesse Livestock Enterprises, Geneva

5) Nathan Greiner, Keota

6) Hunter Cattle Co, Batavia

Purebred Heifers -- Feb 2022

1) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville

2) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

3) Elmore Farms, Fairfield

4) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

5) Dalton Lukavsky, Russell

6) Brad&penny Blaser, Taylor Ridge, Ill.

Purebred Heifers -- Jan 2022

1) Shy 5 Simmentals, Villisca

2) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

3) Kaisand Cattle, Bussey

4) Faxon Creek Cattle Co., Belle Plaine, Minn.

5) J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.

6) Moore & Warren Livestock, Rose Hill

7) Elmore Farms, Fairfield

8) Stamer Family Livestock, Hospers

9) Specht Family Simmentals, Guttenberg

Purebred Heifers -- Jan 2022

1) JS Simmentals, Prairie City

2) Brandon & Casey Anderson, Eldora

3) Drake McCleary, Wapello

4) Finesse Livestock Enterprises, Geneva

5) Mass Farms Inc, Malvern

6) Stamer Family Livestock, Hospers

7) Prairie Creek Cattle, Vinton

8) Lutz Show Cattle, West Point

Purebred Heifers -- Dec 2021

1) Smitty Family Farms, Schaller

Purebred Heifers -- Sept-Oct 2021

1) Carley Kintzle, Epworth

2) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

3) Grandview Cattle Company, Ackley

4) Brad&penny Blaser, Taylor Ridge, Ill.

5) Collins Cattle, What Cheer

6) Kaisand Cattle, Bussey

7) Lone Tree Simmental, Lone Tree

8) Brownlee Cattle Company, Van Wert

Purebred Heifers -- July 2021

1) Kitzerow Cattle Company, Saint Charles

Purebred Heifers -- May 2021

1) Clayton Walker, Chillicothe, Mo.

2) Shayla Smith, Decorah

3) Anna Dirksen, Hampton

Purebred Heifers -- April 2021

1) Brock Henderson, Wiota

2) Brynn Kintzle, Epworth

3) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

4) Speas Farms, Elkhart

5) Kadley Bailey, Creston

6) Upah Cattle Company, Clutier

7) Brownlee Cattle Company, Van Wert

Purebred Heifers -- March 2021

1) Sweeting Family Cattle Co, Riverside

2) Speas Farms, Elkhart

3) Anna Dirksen, Hampton

4) Sophie Dorsey, Wiota

5) Edler Simmentals, Gladbrook

6) Edler Simmentals, Gladbrook

Purebred Heifers -- March 2021

1) Beeson Cattle Co, Kingsley

2) Hughes Cattle Company, Bagley

3) Rolling Hills Cattle, Blakesburg

4) Brock Studer, Creston

5) Specht Family Simmentals, Guttenberg

6) Chason Maier, West Branch

Purebred Heifers -- Feb 2021

1) Ruby Cattle Company, Murray

2) Kolbey Bailey, Creston

3) KCR Cattle Co., Charter Oak

4) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

5) Ellizabeth Blackford, Weldon

Purebred Heifers -- Jan 2021

1) Top Line Simmentals, Mount Ayr

2) Ashlyn Schultz, North English

3) Keegan Bailey, Creston

4) Skyler Murty, Gladbrook

Purebred Heifers -- Jan 2021

1) Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point

2) Grandview Cattle Company, Ackley

3) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville

4) Dodge Stock Farm, Terril

5) Kline Simmentals, Grinnell

Purebred Heifers -- Oct 2020

1) Klaire Blackford, Weldon

2) Top Line Simmentals, Mount Ayr

3) Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point

4) Jackson Wohlford, Geneva

Produce of Dam

1) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

2) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

3) H&M Show Cattle, Blakesburg

4) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

5) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

6) Netolicky Cattle, Fairfax

Best Five Head

1) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

2) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

Champion & Reserve Percentage Spring Bull Calf

Champion) Fritchen Cattle, Ollie

Reserve) Layne Kaldenberg, Albia

Champion & Reserve Percentage Winter Bull Calf

Champion) Jay Volk J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.

Reserve) Jay Volk J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.

Champion & Reserve Percentage Fall Bull Calf

Champion) Stremsterfer Farms, Fairfield

Champion & Reserve Percentage Junior Bull

Champion) Lone Tree Simmental, Lone Tree

Reserve) Beeson Cattle Co, Kingsley

Grand Champion & Reserve Percentage Bull

Grand) Jay Volk J&C Simmentals, Arlington, Neb.

Res. Grand) Lone Tree Simmental, Lone Tree

Champion & Reserve Purebred Spring Bull Calf

Champion) Greiman Cattle Co., Garner

Reserve) CNN Cattle Company, Roland

Champion & Reserve Purebred Winter Bull Calf

Champion) RS&T Simmentals, Llc, Kansas City, Mo.

Reserve) Lone Tree Simmentals, Lone Tree

Champion & Reserve Purebred Fall Bull Calf

Champion) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville

Reserve) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville

Champion & Reserve Purebred Junior Bull

Champion) BARS Cattle Co, Pierce, Neb.

Reserve) Springer Simmentals, Cresco

Grand Champion & Reserve Purebred Bull

Grand) Bars Cattle Co, Pierce, Neb.

Res. Grand) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville

Champion Iowa Bull

Champion) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville

Champion & Reserve Foundation Cow/Calf

Champion) Klopfenstein Simmentals, Winfield

Reserve) BARS Cattle Co, Pierce, Neb.

Champion & Reserve Purebred Cow/Calf

Champion) Carli Henderson, Wiota

Reserve) Anna Dirksen, Hampton

Champion & Reserve Foundation Spring Heifer Calf

Champion) JS Simmentals, Prairie City

Reserve) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

Champion & Reserve Foundation Winter Heifer Calf

Champion) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

Reserve) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

Champion & Reserve Foundation Fall Heifer Calf

Champion) TC Reds, Ringle, Wis.

Reserve) Dalton Lukavsky, Russell

Champion & Reserve Foundation Junior Female

Champion) Brock Henderson, Wiota

Reserve) Kayla Frederick, Bagley

Champion & Reserve Foundation Senior Female

Champion) Golden Acres Simmental, Laurens

Reserve) Gabriel Mindemann, Watertown, Wis.

Grand Champion & Reserve Foundation Female

Grand) Golden Acres Simmental, Laurens

Res. Grand) JS Simmentals, Prairie City

Champion & Reserve Purebred Spring Heifer Calf

Champion) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

Reserve) Moody Farms, Maxwel

Champion & Reserve Purebred Winter Heifer Calf

Champion) JS Simmentals, Prairie City

Reserve) Thill Cattle Company, Pleasantville

Champion & Reserve Purebred Fall Heifer Calf

Champion) Carley Kintzle, Epworth

Reserve) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

Champion & Reserve Purebred Junior Female

Champion) Brock Henderson, Wiota

Reserve) Kitzerow Cattle Company, Saint Charles

Champion & Reserve Champion Purebred Senior Female

Champion) Beeson Cattle Co, Kingsley

Reserve) Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point

Grand Champion & Reserve Purebred Female

Grand) Beeson Cattle Co, Kingsley

Res. Grand) Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point

Premier Exhibitor - Small Group

1) Greiman Cattle Co., Garner

Premier Exhibitor - Large Group

1) Brandon Reck, Blakesburg

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