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Castro County held its annual Junior Livestock Show & Sale Jan. 16-17 at the Castro County Expo Building. Pictured above are all Grand Champion, Reserve Grand Champion, Breed Champion, Reserve Breed Champion and Showmanship winners from the annual show. Inside the special section are the results from the annual show as well as the annual Nazareth Junior Livestock Show held Monday, Jan. 12. (Photos Courtesy of Cailee Boyer)

Castro County held its annual Junior Livestock Show & Sale Jan. 16-17 at the Castro County Expo Building. Pictured above are all Grand Champion, Reserve Grand Champion, Breed Champion, Reserve Breed Champion and Showmanship winners from the annual show. Inside the special section are the results from the annual show as well as the annual Nazareth Junior Livestock Show held Monday, Jan. 12. (Photos Courtesy of Cailee Boyer)

Castro County junior Livestock show 2026

News Staff
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Ritzy Millican is pictured with her Grand Champion Goat at this year’s Castro County Junior Livestock Show.

Ritzy Millican is pictured with her Grand Champion Goat at this year’s Castro County Junior Livestock Show.

Castro County junior Livestock show-GOATS

Steers
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Castro County Junior Livestock Show2026 ResultsClass 1 - American Market Steer1st Place - Jack Lunsford Champion American Market Steer Jack Lunsford Class 2 - English Market Steer1st Place - Kade Simpson2nd Place - Augustus Olson3rd Place - Chandler Hoelting Class 3 - English Market Steer1st Place...
Rylee Scholz is pictured with her Grand Champion Lamb at this year's Castro County Junior Livestock Show.

Rylee Scholz is pictured with her Grand Champion Lamb at this year's Castro County Junior Livestock Show.

Castro County junior Livestock show-sheep

News Staff
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Overall Champion Market Sheep Rylee Scholz Overall Reserve Champion Market Sheep Rylee Scholz Class 1 - Junior (7th grade & under) Showmanship 1st Place - Reed Scholz Champion Junior (7th grade & under) Showman Reed Scholz Class 2 - Senior (8th grade & up) Showmanship 1st Place - Rylee Scholz...
Castro County Livestock Show Results

Castro County Livestock Show Results

Castro County Livestock Show Results

News Staff
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Champion White OPB Market Hog Copper Farris Reserve Champion White OPB Market Hog Addie Birkenfeld Class 4 - Duroc Market Hog1st Place - Addie Birkenfeld2nd Place - Copper Farris3rd Place - Lexi Ramaekers4th Place - Zaybri Rivera Class 5 - Duroc Market Hog1st Place - Breyson Birkenfeld 2nd Place -...
Zac Huseman is pictured with his Breed Champion Cross.

Zac Huseman is pictured with his Breed Champion Cross.

Castro County junior Livestock show-pigs

News Staff
Thursday, January 29, 2026
2nd Place - Breyson Birkenfeld 3rd Place - Gentrey McDaniel 4th Place - Lexi Ramaekers 5th Place - Kayden Nalley Champion Crossbred Market Hog Zac Huseman Reserve Champion Crossbred Market Hog Autumn Birkenfeld Overall Champion Market Hog Copper Farris Overall Reserve Champion Market Hog Zac...

Nazareth Livestock show results

Steer 2026 Nazareth Stock Show
Thursday, January 29, 2026
English Class 1 Kannon Farris - 1st Place Chandler Hoelting - 2nd Place Class 2 Harper Johnson - 1st Place Hubb Paulsen - 2nd Place Champion English: Kannon Farris - Class 1 Reserve English: Harper Johnson - Class 2 Exotic Class 3 Kaylin Acker - 1st Place Kannon Farris - 2nd Place Hadlee Hoelting -...
Community Water Conference set for Feb. 24-25 in Hereford

Community Water Conference set for Feb. 24-25 in Hereford

Community Water Conference set for Feb. 24-25 in Hereford

Jim Steiert
Thursday, January 29, 2026
For more than a century, human communities on the Southern Plains have lived by extracting large amounts of water from local landscapes, particularly through high intensity irrigation. The paradigm, long proven baseless, that the supply of underground water is limitless dies hard.
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