Iowans Win Top Honors Awarded in State Fair Shorthorn Cattle Show

DES MOINES, IA (09/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Grand Champion Female honors went to Maddy Udell of Sioux City in the Shorthorn Cattle Show August 20 at the 2011 Iowa State Fair.

The Reserve Grand Champion Female banner was awarded to Sara Sullivan of Dunlap. Sullivan was also awarded the Iowa Champion Female banner.

Fusion Cattle of Medota, Ill. earned the Grand Champion Bull banner. The Reserve Grand Champion banner was awarded to Sullivan Farms of Dunlap. Sullivan Farms was also awarded the Iowa Champion Bull banner.

Additional results follow:

Appendix Shorthorn Females -- after Sep. 1, 2009

1) Paha Cattle Co., New Virginia

2) Loyd Shorthorn Cattle, New London

Appendix Shorthorn Females -- after Sep. 1, 2009

1) Vogel Family Shorthorns, Hartley

2) Paha Cattle Co., New Virginia

3) Bates Shorthorns, Mount Pleasant

Appendix Shorthorn Females -- after Sep. 1, 2009

1) Vogel Family Shorthorns, Hartley

2) Gilman Shorthorns, Stuart

Appendix Shorthorn Females -- after Sep. 1, 2009

1) Vogel Family Shorthorns, Hartley

2) Austin Bennett, Richland

3) Bern-A-Dale Shorthorns, Oakland

Appendix Shorthorn Females -- after Sep. 1, 2009

1) Sullivan Farms, Dunlap

2) Cyclone Trace Cattle Co., Clarion

3) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

4) Drew Mitchell, Charles City

5) Brooke Wittry, Indianola

6) Ronald Long, Vinton

Appendix Shorthorn Females -- after Sep. 1, 2009

1) Jacob Darbyshire, Morning Sun

2) Brouwer Stock Farm, Aplington

Early spring heifer calves -- Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2011

1) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

2) Dale Studer Family, Creston

3) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

4) Amanda Symens, Hansell

5) Dan Mitchell, Nashua

6) 6B Shorthorns, Parkersburg

Early spring heifer calves -- Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2011

1) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

2) Gilman Shorthorns, Stuart

3) Darbyshire Show Cattle, Morning Sun

4) Bates Shorthorns, Mount Pleasant

Early spring heifer calves -- Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2011

1) Dale Studer Family, Creston

2) Val Thoreson Shorthorns, Mankato, Minn.

3) Dale Studer Family, Creston

4) Dunphy Shorthorns, Creston

5) Winbar Family Shorthorns, Belmond

Junior heifer calves -- Jan. 1 - Feb. 28, 2011

1) Darbyshire Show Cattle, Morning Sun

2) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

3) Tom Mitchell, Waverly

4) Haywood Cattle Co., Union

5) Val Thoreson Shorthorns, Mankato, Minn.

6) Haywood Cattle Co., Union

7) Ronald Long, Vinton

Junior heifer calves -- Jan. 1 - Feb. 28, 2011

1) Sara Sullivan, Dunlap

2) Vogel Family Shorthorns, Hartley

3) Dale Studer Family, Creston

4) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

5) Ronald Long, Vinton

6) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

7) Val Thoreson Shorthorns, Mankato, Minn.

Winter heifer calves -- Nov. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010

1) Oakview Shorthorns, Nevada

Senior heifer calves -- Sep. 1 - Oct. 31, 2010

1) Sara Sullivan, Dunlap

2) Outkast Cattle Company, Dunlap

Summer yearling females -- July 1 - Aug 31, 2010

1) Bern-A-Dale Shorthorns, Oakland

Late spring yearling females -- May 1 - June 30, 2010

1) Vogel Family Shorthorns, Hartley

2) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

3) Bern-A-Dale Shorthorns, Oakland

Early spring yearling females -- Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2010

1) Vogel Family Shorthorns, Hartley

2) Outkast Cattle Company, Dunlap

3) Fusion Cattle, Oakfield, Wis.

Early spring yearling females -- Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2010

1) Jacob Darbyshire, Morning Sun

2) Moothart Cattle Co., Miles

4) Josh Becker, Mason City

5) Blazin A Shorthorns, Indianola

Junior yearling females -- Jan. 1 - Feb. 28, 2010

1) Maddy Udell, Sioux City

2) Cyclone Trace Cattle Co., Clarion

3) Evergreen Corner Shorthorns, Chariton

4) Evergreen Corner Shorthorns, Chariton

Group of Two Females

1) Vogel Family Shorthorns, Hartley

2) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

3) Dale Studer Family, Creston

4) Outkast Cattle Company, Dunlap

5) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

Early spring bull calves -- Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2011

1) Loyd Shorthorn Cattle, New London

Early spring bull calves -- Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2011

1) Dunphy Shorthorns, Creston

2) Dale Studer Family, Creston

3) Gilman Shorthorns, Stuart

4) Gilman Shorthorns, Stuart

Junior bull calves -- Jan. 1 - Feb. 28, 2011

1) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

2) Dale Studer Family, Creston

3) Dale Studer Family, Creston

Junior bull calves -- Jan 1. - Feb. 28, 2011

1) Mason Mitchell, Nashua

2) Moothart Cattle Co., Miles

3) 6B Shorthorns, Parkersburg

4) Wyatt Obrecht, Harlan

Winter bull calves -- Nov. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010

1) O-Dale Farms, Harlan

2) Val Thoreson Shorthorns, Mankato, Minn.

Senior bull calves -- Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2010

1) Oakview Shorthorns, Nevada

2) Reanna Obrecht, Harlan

Late spring yearling bulls -- May 1 - June 30, 2010

1) Sullivan Farms, Dunlap

2) Dale Studer Family, Creston

Early spring yearling bulls -- Mar. 1 - Apr. 30, 2010

1) Fusion Cattle, Mendota, Ill.

Junior yearling bulls -- Jan. 1 - Feb. 28, 2010

1) Haywood Cattle Co., Union

Group of Two Bulls

1) Dale Studer Family, Creston

2) Dale Studer Family, Creston

3) Gilman Shorthorns, Stuart

4) O-Dale Farms, Harlan

Super Cow Class

1) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

2) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

3) Haywood Cattle Co., Union

Get of Sire

1) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

Best Six Head

1) Berg Shorthorns, Osage

2) Dale Studer Family, Creston

Champion Appendix Shorthorn Female: Nick Sullivan, Dunlap

Reserve Champion Appendix Shorthorn Female: Cyclone Trace Cattle Co., Clarion

Champion Junior Heifer Calf: Sara Sullivan, Dunlap

Reserve Champion Junior Heifer Calf: Berg Shorthorns, Osage

Champion Senior Heifer Calf: Sara Sullivan, Dunlap

Reserve Champion Senior Heifer Calf: Outkast Cattle Company, Dunlap

Champion Intermediate Female: Vogel Family Shorthorns, Hartley

Reserve Champion Intermediate Female: Berg Shorthorns, Osage

Champion Junior Female: Vogel Family Shorthorns, Hartley

Reserve Champion Junior Female: Josh Darbyshire, Morning Sun

Champion Senior Female: Maddy Udell, Sioux City

Reserve Champion Senior Female: Cyclone Trace Cattle Co., Clarion

Champion Junior Bull Calf: Berg Shorthorns, Osage

Reserve Champion Junior Bull Calf: Dale Studer Family, Creston

Champion Senior Bull Calf: O-Dale Farms, Harlan

Reserve Champion Senior Bull Calf: Oakview Shorthorns, Nevada

Champion Intermediate Bull: Sullivan Farms, Dunlap

Iowa Champion Intermediate Bull: Dale Studer Family, Creston

Champion Junior Bull: Fusion Cattle, Mendota, Ill.

Iowa Champion Junior Bull: Haywood Cattle Co., Union

The 2011 Iowa State Fair "Nothing Compares" ended August 21. The 2012 Iowa State Fair is set August 9-19. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.

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