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Date: Feb. 8, 2007

 

Championships, money up for grabs at Mountain States Beef Expo

             Youths, adults and their entries are aspiring to be champions and vie for more than $3,700 at the sixth-annual Mountain States Beef Expo Saturday and Sunday March 10-11 in Riverton.

              The event is at the Central Wyoming College Equine Center.  The steer and heifer show will showcase more than 75 head of cattle each day from across the region. 

            The show is open to the public, and anyone over age 8 can compete. Past participants have been from Montana, Colorado and Wyoming.

             “The quality of livestock will be tremendous,” said Alex Malcolm, University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service 4-H/youth educator in Fremont County. “More than likely, you will see future county and state winners at this show. The show provides an opportunity to work with your cattle, show off some of your cattle’s genetics and have a good time in meeting other kids from other states.”   

            Each day, exhibitors of the grand champion steer will receive $1,000, the reserve champion steer $250, the grand champion heifer $500, and the reserve champion heifer $100.

            Events start with cattle weigh-in and hip height at 8 a.m. the first day and at 7 a.m. the second day.  An entry fee of $25 per head will be taken during check-in. 

            “The heated indoor arena and wash racks has been an added asset to the success of this show.  The facilities and the school have been very good to work with,” said Kent Haun, a Mountain States Beef Expo board member. 

            Wells Fargo Bank awards a $1,000 scholarship each year to a Wyoming student participating in the expo who is a graduating senior and who plans to attend a junior college or university. Applications will be available at the expo.

            For more information, contact event organizers Dustin Taylor at (307) 856-8199, Kent Haun at (307) 856-4030, Mike Fabrizius at (307) 857-3081, or Jerry Weliever at (307) 856-0541.

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