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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kinley Pruett, 13, of Elk City, Oklahoma, gets a handshake from judge Barrett Carlisle moments after selecting her lamb Colby as the Junior Market Lamb Grand Champion at the 2024 National Western ...

My favorite 4-H memory was when Ford County 4-H won third place at the Kansas State Fair livestock judging contest in 1994. We later went on to judge at the American Royal Livestock Show & Rodeo, ...

The Blinn College livestock judging team continued its string of top-five finishes at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) ...

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 Blinn College livestock judging team won top honors at one of the most prestigious livestock shows in the nation at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colo. on Jan. 16-17. Blinn placed ...

We are in the midst of livestock judging season for North Dakota 4-H and the teams have been working hard. The reason I wanted to share about livestock judging is because it is one of the reasons I am ...

Members of the UW livestock judging team pose with awards they won at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. Members are, from left, Zachary Davis, Cooper Carlson, Kenzie Morris, Kemsley Gallegos, Macy ...