Breeders Win Banners at State Fair Belgian Blue Show

DES MOINES, IA (09/15/2009)(readMedia)-- Breeders from across the Midwest took home top prizes and banners in the Belgian Blue Beef Cattle Show August 20, at the 2009 Iowa State Fair. JSH Blues of Walnut Grove, Mo. captured the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Purebred/Fullblood Bull banners. JSH Blues also exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion High Percentage Bull and Reserve Grand Champion Low Percentage Bull.

Buss Beef Barn of Denver exhibited the Grand Champion Purebred/Fullblood Female, Grand Champion High Percentage Female and Grand Champion Low Percentage Female.

Schlichte Cattle Co. of Merrill took home the Reserve Grand Champion Purebred/Fullblood Female and Grand Champion Low Percentage Bull banners.

Kyle Kehrli of Winthrop exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion High Percentage Female and the Reserve Grand Champion Low Percentage Female.

Sieren Cattle Co. of Hedrick exhibited the Grand Champion High Percentage Bull.

The Belgian Blue breed allows cattle with low and high percentage bloodlines, as well as purebred animals, to register and participate in designated classes in the Fair competition.

Additional results follow:

Low % Prospect Steers -- born in 2009

1) Sieren Cattle Co., Hedrick

Low % Market Steers -- born in 2008

1) Sieren Cattle Co., Hedrick

2) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

3) SunnySide Livestock Farms, Brooklyn

4) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

5) SunnySide Livestock Farms, Brooklyn

6) SunnySide Livestock Farms, Brooklyn

High % Market Steers -- born in 2008

1) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Low % Senior Heifer Calf – Sep. 1 – Dec. 31, 2008

1) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Low % Summer Yrlg Heifer -- May 1 – Aug. 31, 2008

1) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

Low % Cow/Calf

1) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

High % Junior Heifer Calf – Jan. 1, 2009 or after

1) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

High % Summer Yrlg Heifer – May. 1 – Aug. 31, 2008

1) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

Low % Junior Bull Calf – Jan. 1, 2009 or after

1) Sieren Cattle Co., Hedrick

2) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

Low % Senior Bull Calf – Sep. 1 - Dec 31, 2008

1) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

Low % Summer Yrlg Bull -- May 1 – Aug. 31, 2008

1) Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

High % Junior Bull Calf – Jan. 1, 2009 or after

1) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

2) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

High % Summer Yrlg Bull -- May 1 – Aug. 31, 2008

1) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

High % Senior Bull – Aug. 31, 2007 or before

1) Sieren Cattle Co., Hedrick

PB/FB Junior Heifer Calf – Jan. 1, 2009 or after

1) Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

2) Kountry Blues, Stanley

3) Sieren Cattle Co., Hedrick

PB/FB Senior Heifer Calf – Sep. 1 – Dec. 31, 2008

1) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

2) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

3) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

4) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

5) Kountry Blues, Stanley

PB/FB Summer Yrlg Heifer -- May 1 – Aug. 31, 2008

1) Kountry Blues, Stanley

PB/FB Junior Yrlg Heifer – Jan. 1 – Apr. 30, 2008

1) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

2) Kountry Blues, Stanley

3) Kountry Blues, Stanley

4) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

PB/FB Senior Yrlg Heifer – Sep. 1 – Dec. 31, 2007

1) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

2) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

PB/FB Senior Female – Aug. 31, 2007 or before

1) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

2) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

PB/FB Cow/Calf

1) Kountry Blues, Stanley

PB/FB Junior Bull Calf – Jan. 1, 2009 or after

1) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

2) Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

PB/FB Senior Bull Calf – Sep. 1 – Dec. 31, 2008

1) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

2) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

PB/FB Summer Yrlg Bull -- May 1 – Aug. 31, 2008

1) Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

2) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

3) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

4) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

5) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

6) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

PB/FB Junior Yrlg Bull – Jan. 1 – Apr. 30, 2008

1) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

2) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

3) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

4) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

PB/FB Senior Yrlg Bull – Sep. 1 – Dec. 31, 2007

1) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

2) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

PB/FB Senior Bull – Aug. 31, 2007 or before

1) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

Pair of Bulls

1) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

2) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

3) Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

4) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

5) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

6) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

7) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Pair of Females

1) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

2) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

3) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

4) Kountry Blues, Stanley

5) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

6) Kountry Blues, Stanley

Get of Sire

1) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

2) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

3) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

Produce of Dam

1) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

2) Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

3) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

4) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

5) Kountry Blues, Stanley

6) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Best Five Head

1) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

2) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

3) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

4) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

5) Kountry Blues, Stanley

6) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Champion Low Percentage Prospect Steer: Sieren Cattle Co., Hedrick

Champion & Reserve Low Percentage Market Steer

Champion) Sieren Cattle Co., Hedrick

Reserve Champion) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

Champion Low Percentage Heifer Calf: Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Champion Low Percentage Yearling Heifer: Buss Beef Barn, Denver

Champion Low Percentage Cow/Calf: Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Champion High Percentage Heifer Calf: Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Champion High Percentage Yearling Heifer: Buss Beef Barn, Denver

Champion & Reserve Low Percentage Bull Calf

Champion) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

Reserve Champion) Sieren Cattle Co., Hedrick

Champion Low Percentage Yearling Bull: Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

Champion & Reserve High Percentage Bull Calf

Champion) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Reserve Champion) Kyle Kehrli, Winthrop

Champion High Percentage Yearling Bull: JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

Champion High Percentage Senior Bull: Sieren Cattle Co., Hedrick

Champion & Reserve Purebred/Fullblood Heifer Calf

Champion) Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

Reserve Champion) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

Champion & Reserve Purebred/Fullblood Yrlg Heifer

Champion) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

Reserve Champion) Kountry Blues, Stanley

Champion & Reserve Purebred/Fullblood Sr Female

Champion) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

Reserve Champion) Jones Cattle Company, Nacogdoches, Texas

Champion Purebred/Fullblood Cow/Calf: Kountry Blues, Stanley

Champion & Reserve Purebred/Fullblood Bull Calf

Champion) Steve Dollarhide, Haworth, Okla.

Reserve Champion) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

Champion & Reserve Purebred/Fullblood Yrlg Bull

Champion) JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

Reserve Champion) Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

Champion Purebred/Fullblood Senior Bull: JSH Blues, Walnut Grove, Mo.

Iowa Champion Bull

Champion) Schlichte Cattle Co, Merrill

Reserve Champion) Buss Beef Barn, Denver

"State Fair Time" ended August 23. The 2010 Iowa State Fair is set August 12-22. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.

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