Top Honors Awarded in Iowa State Fair FFA Market and Carcass Lamb Show

DES MOINES, IA (08/10/2018) (readMedia)-- Grand Champion honors were awarded Thursday in the FFA Market and Carcass Lamb shows at the 2018 Iowa State Fair.

Champion Market Lamb title was awarded Brooke Kuesel of Victor. Lexie Berry of Lake View claimed the Reserve Champion Market Lamb title.

The judges viewed 299 animals from 164 exhibitors in the Market Lamb division and 67 animals from 48 exhibitors in the Carcass division.

Results below:

MARKET WETHERS

Champion Light Weight Wether: Savannah Kietzer. Mediapolis

Reserve Champion Light Weight Wether: Phoebe Sanders, Clarion

Champion Medium Weight Wether: Lexie Berry, Lake View

Reserve Champion Medium Weight Wether: Karlyn Snider, State Center

Champion Heavy Weight Wether: Brooke Kuesel, Victor

Reserve Champion Heavy Weight Wether: Lexie Berry, Lake View

Champion Speckle Face Wether: Jaxon Kampen, Humboldt

Reserve Champion Speckle Face Wether: Marshall Meyer, Williamsburg

Champion Market Wether: Brooke Kuesel, Victor

Reserve Champion Market Wether: Lexie Berry, Lake View

MARKET EWES

Champion Light Weight Ewe: Clarabell Knapp, Bloomfield

Reserve Champion Light Weight Ewe: Savannah Keitzer, Mediapolis

Champion Medium Weight Ewe: Paige Zhorne, Grinnell

Reserve Champion Medium Weight Ewe: Maci Grein, Algona

Champion Heavy Weight Ewe: Karlyn Snider, State Center

Reserve Champion Heavy Weight Ewe: Calvin Stewart, Gilbert

Champion Speckle Face Ewe: Taylor Sublette, Mediapolis

Reserve Champion Speckle Face Ewe: Erik Beckman, Mediapolis

Champion Market Ewe: Karlyn Snider, State Center

Reserve Champion Market Ewe: Calvin Stewart, Gilbert

CARCASS LAMBS

Champion Carcass Lamb (Overall): Hannah Doolittle, Webster City

Reserve Champion Carcass Lamb (Overall): Oliver Dies, Gilbert

Chapter Award

1) Mediapolis

2) East Sac – Lake View

3) Humboldt

4) Gilbert

5) West Marshall – State Center

6) HLV - Victor

7) Colo

8) Packwood

9) Donnellson

10) Grinnell

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