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

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 ...

Studying every class, watching every move and creating a carefully crafted reason is how the Mizzou Livestock Judging Team is making its mark. “I’m very excited to kind of create some tradition ...

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 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Livestock show season continued this week with the San Patricio and Aransas County A&H show in Sinton! Friday was a big one for students showing! It's almost like, what can't ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Oklahoma State University livestock judging team won high team overall at the 2022 North American International Livestock Exposition on Nov. 14. This fall marks the 22nd year OSU has brought home ...

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 ...

A year of hard work paid off when the Fort Gibson FFA livestock judging team won the evaluation championship at the National FFA Convention. “Seeing everything come to fruition was a pretty good deal, ...

FARGO, N.D. — Jacob Klaudt originally planned to play collegiate football, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed that. A competitive and driven person by nature, he knew he wanted to still compete in ...