Explore livestock judging at the National Western Stock Show. Learn about key criteria that make animals champions.

Western Illinois University's Livestock Judging Team earned national recognition this season, placing in the top five at the Cattlemen's Congress in Oklahoma City, OK and being named the 2026 National ...

Lanson Cox, Lauren Crutsinger, Morgan Crutsinger, Levi Jansen, and Shane Jansen of the Delta 4-H Club at the 2015 University of Missouri (MU) Livestock Judging and Grading Clinic in Columbia, MO. The ...

RHAME, N.D.—Dillon Bowman, a senior at Bowman County High School in North Dakota, never envisioned himself going to college. “I didn’t really want to go to college. I just wanted to stay at home and ...

After a yearlong search, Purdue Animal Sciences has selected Hattie Duncan to lead its livestock judging team as well as the department’s newly formed livestock judging program. Duncan is a Wingate, ...

The Oklahoma State University Livestock Judging team continues to break records by winning its 23rd national championship. OSU was recently named high team overall at the 2023 North American ...

Blinn has finished in the top five at every 2025-26 contest it has competed in.

CHICO — Whether it’s learning to evaluate a sports performance, a piece of artwork or a living animal, the process is a long one. Experience and time are the only ways to gain the skill. That was the ...

Northeastern Junior College’s sophomore and freshman livestock judging teams competed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the Sioux Empire Livestock Show on Sunday, Jan. 29. They represented NJC very well ...

MENDON, Ill. — Day four of the Adams County Fair was filled with something for everyone, from livestock judging and blacksmith demonstrations to live music and circus performances. Saturday morning at ...

REE HEIGHTS, S.D. — Agriculture has been a way of life for Payton Beare. She was raised on a farm near Ree Heights, started showing livestock at age 4, started 4-H when she was 8, started livestock ...

Alex Theodore of Porter is serving as a member of the Connors State College livestock judging team. Theodore, son of Andrew and Kelly Theodore, is a sophomore pursuing an Associates of Science degree ...