The Drover August 2026

The Drover August 2026

TIME IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE ORVTLA & nETLA MARYLAND SHOW RESULTS to making it count

ISSUE 83

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TIME IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE orvtla show results

04. A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BRAD WESTMORELAND 05. IN MEMORIAM

25. A LETTER FROM YOUTH PRESIDENT: ALISSA BUTLER

08. TO MAKING IT COUNT

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TIME IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE

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N E T L A S H O W R E S U LT S

14. HOWDY FROM HEADQUARTERS

44. A LETTER FROM ITLA QUEEN ALISSA BUTLER

1 5 . O R V T L A S H O W R E S U LT S 46. A LETTER FROM ITLA PRINCESS ALLISON MINER

International Texas Longhorn Association PO Box 2610 Glen Rose, Texas 76043 254-898-0157

48. A LETTER FROM ITLA LIL MISS MACEN ROGERS 52. BEEF PRODUCERS LIST

Cover Photo Credit: Gang of 5 Longhorns

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For cows bred to or calves by these great bulls call

MIKE & JAMIE TOMEY

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Are You Getting Excited?

The 2026 International Championship Show & Convention being held in Glen Rose, Texas is now less than two months away. Time flies! I hope that each of you are planning to attend and are getting as excited about it as I am. Not only will we have a world-class facility, we also have world-class cattle being shown by world-class exhibitors! We also have so much “convention” planned – there will literally be something for everyone to enjoy. We are e-blasting and posting about it on social media virtually every day, so check your inboxes and Facebook for frequent updates. The registration deadline for most events is September 9th, so get your entries in soon.

I also want to thank each of you for your patience with our new CattleDrive database which has taken the place of iRegister. The de-bugging process is nearly completed, with 95% of the registration portion of the database working as it was designed to work; and mainly only occasional issues arising from time to time relative to individual animals (which carry over from iRegister, actually). As we get closer to the planning stages for next year’s various shows, we will be implementing the show-planning portion of CattleDrive and trust that it will be of great benefit to our Headquarters Staff and our Affiliates as well.

Please plan to attend the seminar being put on by Kenzie Woycheshin at this year’s Convention in October where she will walk you through CattleDrive and other office-related processes.

Finally, while I will miss our retiring Board members (Gary Lake, Mike Tomey, Micha Hamersky, and Jeremy Johnson), I want to say a word of “congratulations” to Lizz Huntzberry-Fosheim, Ezra Long, Doug Burris, and our friend from down under Wesley Offord, all of whom will be coming onto the Board in October, as well as Brett Kot and my VP Dr. Keith Berkeley who will be serving another term with us. I encourage you to take the time to reach out to these folks and tell them “thank you” for being willing to serve – it’s a labor of love.

Speaking of love, let’s try to show a good dose of that to one another this month, as we try our best to do our best. May God bless you and your gang in that effort.

ITLA President & Parliamentarian General Manager, Gang of 5 Longhorns

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In Memoriam

Johnnie Ray Randolph

Joh n n i e R ay R a n d ol ph , o f S m i thv i l l e , Texa s , p a s s e d away p e a c e f u l l y o n J u l y 1 0 t h , 2 0 2 6 a t t h e a ge o f 7 9, s u r r o u n d e d b y h i s l o v i n g f a m i l y a f t e r a c o u r a ge o u s f i g h t . T h o u g h o u r h e a r t s are broken, we find comfort in knowing that he is now at p e a c e , w e l c o m e d h o m e b y h i s L o r d a n d S a v i o r, J e s u s C h r i s t , a n d r e u n i t e d w i th l ove d o n e s w h o we n t b e fo r e h i m .

Joh n wa s a devo te d h u sba n d , fath e r, g ra n d fath e r, g re at- g ra n d fath e r, s o n , b ro th e r, a n d f r ie n d wh o s e g re ate s t a c c o m pl i sh m e n t wa s th e fa m ily h e love d s o f ie rc e ly. He i s s u r v i ve d by h i s lov i n g w i fe o f 5 2 ye a r s , C h r i s t y ; h i s ch ild re n , S h e r i , h e r h u sba n d Joh n n y, L i sa , h e r h u sba n d D e nve r, a n d Joh n n ie , h i s w i fe Me g ; h i s ch e r i sh e d g ra n dch ild re n , L a c ie , D yla n , Jo n a h , Ja ke , Ja ck, C h a rl ie , Ma r ga re t , M i tch e l l , a n d Bra n do n , a n d h i s t re a s u re d g re at- g ra n dch ild re n , L a n ey a n d C h a s e . He i s a l s o s u r v i ve d by h i s s i s te r s , D o n n a , h e r h u sba n d B obby, S u sa n a n d Sa n d , h e r h u sba n d R ick.

He wa s p re c e de d i n de ath by h i s pa re n ts , Ray a n d Ma r ga re t Ra n dol ph , s o n i n law Bil l Je ff rey a n d h i s favo r i te do g, P re sley.

Joh n s p e n t h i s l i fe b u ild i n g m o re th a n b u s i n e s s e s . He b u ilt a le ga c y. T h ro u g h h i s c a re e r i n f i re p ro te c t io n a n d h i s wo rk i n th e L o n g h o r n c at tle i n du s t r y, h e wo n th e re s p e c t o f c o u n tle s s p e o ple th ro u g h h i s i n te g r i t y, de d ic at io n , a n d u nwave r i n g wo rk e th ic . He b e l ieve d th at h a rd wo rk wa s a n ex p re s s io n o f love , a n d h e s p e n t h i s l i fe e n s u r i n g h i s fa m ily h a d eve r y o p p o r t u n i t y to s uc c e e d a n d eve r y re a s o n to k n ow th at th ey we re love d .

T h o s e wh o k n ew h i m w il l re m e m b e r h i s q u ick w i t , h i s k i n d n e s s , h i s i n te l l i ge n c e , a n d h i s ab il i t y to m a ke p e o ple la u g h . W h e th e r o ffe r i n g a dv ic e , sh a r i n g a s to r y, o r le n d i n g a h e l p i n g h a n d , h e h a d a way o f m a k i n g o th e r s fe e l we lc o m e a n d c a re d fo r.

Ab ove a l l e l s e , f m a ily wa s eve r y th i n g to h i m . E ve r y lo n g day, eve r y sa c r i f ic e , a n d eve r y a c c o m pl i sh m e n t wa s fo r th e p e o ple h e love d m o s t . T h e va lue s th at h e i n s t il le d , th e m e m o r ie s h e c re ate d , a n d th e le ga c y h e le ave s b e h i n d w il l c o n t i n ue to l i ve o n th ro u g h e a ch ge n e rat io n o f h i s fa m ily.

Joh n fo u g h t th e go o d f i g h t w i th s t re n g th a n d g ra c e . W h ile h i s p re s e n c e w il l b e de e ply m i s s e d , h i s fa m ily ta ke s c o m fo r t i n k n ow i n g h i s love re m a i n s w i th th e m a lways . H i s wa s a l i fe we l l l i ve d , a le ga c y we l l e a r n e d , a n d a love th at w il l n eve r fa de .

T h e fa m ily a sk s th at th o s e wh o k n ew a n d love d Joh n h o n o r h i s m e m o r y by ch e r i sh i n g th e i r love d o n e s , wo rk i n g h a rd , a n d ex te n d i n g k i n d n e s s to o th e r s , j u s t a s h e d id eve r y day o f h i s l i fe .

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His favorite cow, High Heels 220

Johnnie Ray Randolph

He loved the Futurity.

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BY: ANNE WESTMORELAND “For you are fearfully and wonderfully made.” Psalm 139:14 God created the world and everything in it: the first inventor! Let us always be thankful for his creation as we reflect on our own blessings – especially the freedom that we share as Americans. Certainly we also owe a debt of gratitude to those brave men and women who have had the courage to serve our great country and have fought to preserve our American freedoms.

Inventors, like soldiers, are an extraordinary breed of humanity who seem to never be fine with mediocrity. Rather, akin to our desire for our beloved Texas Longhorn breed of cattle, inventors are all about improvement and changing the status quo. Webster defines an inventor as “a person who creates, designs. or discovers a new device, process, method, or article that never existed before. They use their ingenuity and experimentation to solve problems or improve how things are done. Also a pioneer, a planner, or an innovator.” As Americans celebrate our nations 250th birthday this year, let’s for a moment tip our hats to just a few of those great entrepreneurs who have improved life for generations of Americans. In the field of agriculture, there’s Eli Whitney, whose cotton gin doubled the efficiency of cotton seed/fiber separation in 1793. In the area of transportation, we have the Wright Brothers who are credited with starting the modern age of air travel in 1903. Thomas Edison – credited with being the most important (and prolific) inventor of our time – introduced the light bulb in 1879. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Henry Ford the Model T automobile, and Samuel Colt the revolver that bears his name. Of course there’s Charles Babbage who is credited with inventing the analytical engine – the predecessor to the modern computer – in 1837. And last but not least, where would many of us be today without our iPhones – introduced by Steve Jobs in June 2007? Truly, Americans have contributed to some amazing inventions over the past 250 years. But what about inventors in the Texas Longhorn industry? You know the ones:; the folks staying up all night, planning and developing, so that the next time we work our herds we can do it 10 times better or faster than we have before? Or the ones who have worked diligently to give us market data that we can find easily on our computers or phones? In preparing this article it was my pleasure to speak with three such inventors in our industry. Read on to find out what they had to say!

DAROL DICKINSON After reading Webster’s definition of “inventor,” my mind immediately went to someone many of us know well (or at least know of well), Mr. Darol Dickinson. Though he is very busy, Darol took the time to share some of his vast knowledge with me – and I’d like to pass along some of that here. First, Darol has invented an affordable Texas Longhorn cattle working chute called the “Bry Chute” for those needing to work with smaller herds. It was a true labor of love, and didn’t just appear overnight. When asked about working chutes, Darol said “You don’t have to buy the most expensive one. Buy the one you need for the size of the herd that you have.” That was the inspiration for the Bry D R O V E R

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chute. But did you realize that Darol also designed a cattle trailer with a stronger roof to avoid Texas Longhorn cattle punching holes through the top? “If something doesn’t work, make a better one!” might be a motto that could be assigned to Darol Dickinson!

When asked about his inventive proclivities in general, Darol said “We have to work with our neighbors, not compete with them. How can we expect to do business with someone we are competing against? So, we have to look at procedures and see if what we are doing is right. We have to make sure our long-term plan is working in the long run.”

Inventing new strategies – new ways of doing things – is one way he encourages us to remain successful as Texas Longhorn producers; and this can sometimes be done through partnerships. By way of example, Darol spoke of a welder who is a marvel at building trailers...but doesn’t have the skill to haul one or know what is truly needed by the end-user. Whereas the welder’s neighbor may be great at hauling...but can’t weld. Apart, these two folks are limited in their abilities; but together, by forming a partnership, they can develop a business strategy and a trailer that exceeds anything in the market. Those are thoughtprovoking words. What talents and skills do you have that might pair well with a partner and enable the creation of something new and needed?

CRAIG PEREZ The next inventor I’d like to highlight is Craig Perez of the well-known Arrowhead Cattle Company. Craig learned everything he knows about Texas Longhorns from scratch.

While interviewing Craig, he spoke of thousands of hours spent driving across the country, visiting ranches and taking pictures of Texas Longhorn cattle, soaking up any information or tidbits that ranchers would share with him along the way. It took him a lot of time, but through his travels (and undoubtedly a lot of trial and error), he learned how to measure horns without a chute. Craig says that he started “The Gallery of Horns: because his friend wanted him to search for a particular animal; so Craig traveled to take photos and measurements. He would locate the sire, the dam, and sometimes the entire family tree living in single fields together. At other times, if he was unable to determine the entire pedigree by going from ranch to ranch and reviewing his own methodically kept records, he would search through the records and photos of the ranchers he visited to help fill-in the missing pieces of the puzzle. Craig also spoke to me of doing his own research on herd sires by calling well- known breeders and asking them questions about their bulls. He then started making spreadsheets to keep track of everything he had learned. Eventually he ralized that he had accumulated years’ worth of hard-won information, but questioned what he should do with it. Should he keep that information to himself, or should he share it with others? Thankfully, he chose to share it with everyone – for free. He started his website with a pedigree link so that anyone can open it and see an animal’s pedigree free of charge. He started “Club69” for bulls as a way of tracking bulls’ horn measurements, which Craig still verifies himself. Likewise, he created “Club69” for cows, where he manually inputs all of their data to this day. When asked about his work, Craig said that he truly enjoys offering a resource to the Texas Longhorn industry as a way of promoting the breed and providing accurate information. He calls what he does a “Labor of Love,” and the truth of that statement is evident in the endproduct that he has made available to everyone. Craig also calls himself a “Texas Longhorn Data Scientist,” and the title seems to fit.

But don’t get Craig wrong: he’s more than just a “data scientist:” he knows Texas Longhorn cattle. In speaking with him, he reminisced about “Ol’ Man Wes Watson,” who helped shape his talents and ignited his passion for being able to walk into a herd and identify non-obvious genetic traits and lineage simply by looking at the animals.

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So if you have questions about genetic diversity or “fit” that might work with your existing herd to achieve certain goals – you may want to give Mr. Perez a call.

MATT KING Inventive inspiration can come upon you at any moment. As proof of that, consider, Matt King, the designer and creator of the revolutionary “No Bull” Horn Measurement Tool. Matt recounted to me that the very first time he thought of making the “No Bull” was at the Horn Showcase. The famous steer Bucklehead BCB was there that year to be measured for entry into the Guiness Book of World Records. Yet, the promoters could not make a straight line with the tape measurers they were using, no matter what angles they tried. That day Matt set out to develop a tool that would measure tip-to-tip accurately and with no guessing. He spent countless hours in research and development, trial and error.

At first, in 2023 and the beginning of 2024, he

sold just a few all told, But, he sold around 50 at the 2024 Horn Showcase; and now he gets consistent orders year-round.

Matt set out to develop a more consistent way to measure a Texas Longhorn’s tip-to-tip horn growth, and believes that through much persistence he has truly accomplished that goal. His determination and hard work finally paid off. So you never know: like Matt, you might have your own “lightbulb moment” just by attending the ITLA’s International Championship Show and Convention this year, and thinking of a better way to do something!

In honor of these three great, inventive pioneers of our industry – as well as those amazing American inventors who have gone on before them – let us all keep challenging the status quo and finding ways to make it better. And as Americans continue to celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday this year, let us also keep in rememberance those 650,000-1,000,000 brave soldiers who have died so that we can continue to have the freedom to create, to invent, and to improve our lives in the country. And let us all remember that at the heart of the number that matters is the number one: We all have just one day – today. Take advantage of it. Tell your children and your spouse today how much you appreciate them.

Use today to smile at a local worker you come in contact with. Today, be grateful for the blessings you’ve been given. And today, consider letting go of the wheel and reinveting yourself and your usual way of doing things! Make your life count, today. Who knows, by starting today, tomorrow you could be the next great inventor in the Texas Longhorn industry.

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I nearly stepped on the little feller As he lay there in the grass Since his hide was brown and yeller I almost missed him as I passed.

I immediately looked around me But his ma was not in sight.

So I scooped him up real gently Whilst looking backward, left and right.

On that stretch it was pretty hairy So I never did find his ma Though I searched each hill and prairie And every gorge, plateau, and draw.

So I took the kev back to my camp (Populated by only me) Where I did my best to raise the scamp Like I’d’ve wanted to be.

Well, that kev and I grew up o’er time As most such orphans can.

And I watched him grow into a bull Whilst I grew into a man.

And as my stride grew longer It seemed his horns grew longer still.

And our bond grew ever stronger As we hiked each draw and hill Never separate from one another Until that day he caught her scent; And my Texas Longhorn brother Simply left my side and went.

Well, I could hardly blame him For the heifer’s horns were fine With topline straight, and clean of limb And brindled coat that shined.

Then I’d see the boy occasionally Grazing with the love he’d found Til one day he and his lady Simply t’weren’t no more around.

Now the years have passed on by me But each day I hope to see A brown and yeller, brindled baby Hiding in the scrub and scree.

--J.T. “Elliott” McCloud D R O V E R

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YOUTH HALTERED BULLS

JUNIOR BULLS CLASS 5 JUNIOR BULLS BORN MAY - AUGUST 2025 1ST PLACE: RINGMASTER OWNED BY: ELLIE TOMEY CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL: RINGMASTER GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE BULL: RINGMASTER

STEERS

JUNIOR STEERS CLASS 9 JUNIOR STEERS BORN JULY - DECEMBER 2025 1 PLACE: FTR BUFORD T. JUSTICE OWNED BY: CHETENNE ROTHENSHOEFER ST

CLASS 10 JUNIOR STEERS BORN JANUARY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: IRON SHOW OWNED BY: MICHAEL BLANKENSHIP ND 2 PLACE: CS FORTUNATE SON OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY ST

CLASS 12 JUNIOR STEERS BORN JANURARY - JUNE 2024 1 PLACE: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 2ND PLACE: SOUTHERN HALLELUJAH OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER 3RD PLACE: CS CATCHIN’ JUSTICE OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY ST

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CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: SOUTHERN HALLALUJAH

SENIOR STEERS CLASS 13 BORN 2023 1 PLACE: FTR COUNTERFEIT MONEY OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 14 BORN 2022 1 PLACE: VVF DARK KNIGHT OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ND 2 PLACE: CS KANSAS KID OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CHAMPION SENIOR STEER: VVF DARK KNIGHT REVERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: CS KANSAS KID GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND REVERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: VVF DARK KNIGHT

YOUTH HALTERED HEIFERS CRR JUNIOR HEIFER CLASSES

CLASS 19 BORN SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2025 1 PLACE: BSL ASTORIA’S IMPACT OWNED BY: STEVE & TINA ANDERSON ST

CLASS 20 BORN JULY - AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: VVF WHY NOT ME OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS 2ND PLACE: FIFTY ROSES OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER ST

CLASS 21 BORN MAY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: AFTER THOUGHT OWNED BY: DOUG & SARA BURRIS 2ND PLACE: FULL OF LIGHT OWNED BY: DOUG & SARA BURRIS 3RD PLACE: IRON SHOWGIRL OWNED BY: MICHAEL BLANKENSHIP 4TH PLACE: FIFTIES JAM OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER 5TH PLACE: SPICY SHOWGIRL OWNED BY: JADIEN PARRY 6TH PLACE: TUX’S SOFT ROSE OWNED BY: JADIEN PARRY ST

CLASS 22 BORN MARCH - APRIL 2025 1 PLACE: HANG ‘N JAM OWNED BY: DOUG & SARA BURRIS 2ND PLACE: JUNO OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER 3RD PLACE: CRR STRAWBERRY CREME OWNED BY: JOEL & REBECCA MINER ST

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CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER: AFTER THOUGHT RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER; VVF WHY NOT ME

SENIOR HEIFERS CLASS 25 MAY - AUGUST 2024 1 PLACE: THE FLOWER SHOP OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER ND 2 PLACE: FTR DINERO DE LAS VAQUERAS OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 26 BORN JANUARY - APRIL 2024 1 PLACE: CRR WHISKY WILLOW OWNED BY: JOEL & REBECCA MINER ST

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: THE FLOWER SHOP REVERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: CRR WHISKY WILLOW GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE FEMALE: AFTER THOUGHT RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE FEMALE: VVF WHY NOT ME

HALTERED BULLS

JUNIOR BULL CLASSES CLASS 7 BORN JANUARY - JUNE 2024 1 PLACE: CYBER COWBOY OWNED BY: LEVI MAST ST

CHAMPION SENIOR BULL: CYBER COWBOY GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE BULL: CYBER COWBOY

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HALTERED STEERS

JUNIOR STEER CLASSES CLASS 10 BORN JULY - DECEMBER 2026 1 PLACE: FTR BUFORD T. JUSTICE OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 11 BORN JANUARY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: CS FORTUNATE SON OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY ST

CLASS 12 BORN 2024 1 PLACE: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 2ND PLACE: CS CATCHIN’ JUSTICE OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 3RD PLACE: SOUTHERN HALLELUJAH OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER 4TH PLACE: TR BAIL MONEY OWNED BY: BRADLEY FIDLER 5TH PLACE: ACE RANGO OWNED BY: DICKINSON CATTLE COMPANY ST

CLASS 13 BORN 2023 1 PLACE: FTR COUNTERFEIT MONEY OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER 2ND PLACE: GUN METAL OWNED BY: LEVI MAST ST

CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND REVERVE CHAMPION STEER: CS CATCHIN’ JUSTICE CLASS 14 BORN 2021 & 2022 1 PLACE: CS KANSAS KIDD OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER 2ND PLACE: VVF DARK KNIGHT OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS 3RD PLACE: FR TREVOR OWNED BY: FRANK ROLLAND ST

CLASS 15 BORN 2020 TO MATURE 1 PLACE: VVF MCLINTOCK OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ND 2 PLACE: CRR HAPPY PIRATE JAKE OWNED BY: ALLISON MINER ST

CHAMPION SENIOR STEER: VVF MCLINTOCK RESERVE CHAMPION STEER: CRR HAPPY PIRATE JAKE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: VVF MCLINTOCK RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: CRR HAPPY PIRATE JAKE

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HALTERED JUNIOR HEIFERS CLASS 19 BORN SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2025 1 PLACE: BSL ASTONAS IMPACT OWNED BY: STEVE & TINA ANDERSON ST

CLASS 20 BORN JULY - AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: VVF WHY NOT ME OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS 2ND PLACE: FIFTY ROSES OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER ST

CLASS 21 BORN MAY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: FIFTIES JAMS OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER ND 2 PLACE: IRON SHOWGIRL OWNED BY: MICHAEL BLANKENSHIP 3RD PLACE: FULL OF LIGHT OWNED BY: DOUG & SARA BURRIS 4TH PLACE: GROUPIE OWNED BY: KIRK DICKINSON 5TH PLACE: SPICY SHOWGIRL OWNED BY: JADIEN PARRY 6TH PLACE: TUX’S SOFT ROSE OWNED BY: JADIEN PARRY ST

CLASS 22 BORN MARCH - APRIL 2025 1 PLACE: JAMMIN CHILD OWNED BY: CHAD DICKINSON 2ND PLACE: 3RD PLACE: HANG ‘N JAM OWNED BY: DOUG & SARA BURRIS 4TH PLACE: JUNO OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER 5TH PLACE: CRR STRAWBERRY CREME OWNED BY: JOEL & REBECCA MINER ST

CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER: JAMMIN CHILD RESERVER CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER:

SENIOR HEIFERS CLASS 25 BORN MAY - AUGUST 2024 1 PLACE: THE FLOWER SHOP OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER ND 2 PLACE: FTR DINERO DE LAS VAQUEROS OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 26 BORN JANUARY - APRIL 2024 1 PLACE: RADIANT CUT OWNED BY: JOEL DICKINSON ND 2 PLACE: CRR WHISKY WILLOW OWNED BY: JOEL & REBECCA MINER ST

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: RADIANT CUT RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: CRR WHISKY WILLOW

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COW CLASSES CLASS 28 BORN 2021 & 2022 1 PLACE: CCD OWNED BY: JENNIFER SNYDER 2ND PLACE: TH MONEY BUNNY OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 29 BORN 2018, 2019, & 2020 1 PLACE: VVF ROSANNA OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ST

CLASS 30 BORN 2017 - MATURE 1 PLACE: OL MI PIEDRA DE MAYO OWNED BY: FRANK ROLLAND ST

CHAMPION COW: VVF ROSANNA RESERVE CHAMPION COW: CCD GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE FEMALE: VVF ROSANNA RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE FEMALE: RADIANT CUT

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STEERS JUNIOR STEER CLASSES CLASS 11 BORN JANUARY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: IRON SHOW OWNED BY: MICHAEL BLANKENSHIP ND 2 PLACE: CS FORTUNATE SON OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY ST

CLASS 12 BORN 2024 1 PLACE: CS CATCHIN’ JUSTICE OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 2ND PLACE: TR BAIL MONEY OWNED BY: BRADLEY FIDLER 3RD PLACE: ACE RANGO OWNED BY: DICKINSON CATTLE COMPANY 4TH PLACE: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND ST

CLASS 13 BORN 2023 1 PLACE: THE DON 323 OWNED BY: LE LONGHORN CATTLE COMPANY 2ND PLACE: LJ ROY BOY OWNED BY: LJ LONGHORNS ST

CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: THE DON 323 RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: LJ ROY BOY

SENIOR STEER CLASSES CLASS 14 BORN 2021 & 2022 1 PLACE: VVF DARK KNIGHT OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ST

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CLASS 15 BORN 2020 TO MATURE 1 PLACE: CHASE OWNED BY: SF LONGHORNS ND 2 PLACE: VVF MCLINTOCK OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ST

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CLASS 20 BORN JULY - AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: VVF WHY NOT ME OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS 2ND PLACE: MCC 20 ROSEBUDS OWNED BY: PAUL MILLER ST

CLASS 21 BORN MAY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: GUN’S SPICY OWNED BY: MIKE & JAMIE TOMEY 2ND PLACE: DAYDREAM TT OWNED BY: JUSTIN WARREN 3RD PLACE: GROUPIE OWNED BY: KIRK DICKINSON 4TH PLACE: AFTER THOUGHT OWNED BY: DOUNG & SARA BURRIS 5TH PLACE: MCC IRON FIRE OWNED BY: PAUL MILLER 6TH PLACE: LJ DURANGO SPLASH OWNED BY: LUKE MERRICK ST

CLASS 22 BORN MARCH - APRIL 2025 1 PLACE: JAMMIN CHILD OWNED BY: CHAD DICKINSON 2ND PLACE: HANG ‘N JAM WNED BY: DOUG & SARA BURRIS 3RD PLACE: FF SUPER TUFF TENACITY OWNED BY: LINNETTE DICKEY 4TH PLACE: LJ GOLD CHARM OWNED BY: LJ LONGHORNS ST

CLASS 23 BORN JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2025 1ST PLACE: NV HYDRIP OWNED BY: EMMANUEL MILLER JR 2ND PLACE: MAIN’S NUTMEG OWNED BY: TOMEY FARMS 3RD PLACE: NV ROYAL GLORY OWNED BY: EMMANUEL MILLER JR CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER: JAMMIN CHILD RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER: NV HYDRIP

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CLASS 25 BORN MAY - AUGUST 2024 1 PLACE: FINAL’S DREAM OWNED BY: MIKE & JAMIE TOMEY 2ND PLACE: ICE TOOL 2024 OWNED BY: DAVID RICHARDSON 3RD PLACE: MEADOW GREEN FLASHY BEAN OWNED BY: DAOMN & BLAINE KAYLOR 4TH PLACE: MEAD GR JIFFY POP OWNED BY: DAMON & BLAINE KAYLOR ST

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CLASS 26 BORN JANUARY - APRIL 2024 1 PLACE: RADIANT CUT OWNED BY: JOEL DICKINSON ND 2 PLACE: RISING STAR OWNED BY: MICHAEL BLANKENSHIP RD 3 PLACE: FF STELLA’S GRAND SUPRISE OWNED BY: FUN-EE FARM LONGHORNS ST

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: RADIANT CUT RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: FINAL’S DREAM

COWS CLASS 27 BORN 2023 1 PLACE: NV NIGHTS ON FIRE OWNED BY: EMMANUEL MILLER JR ND 2 PLACE: ROCK OF AGES OWNED BY: DICKINSON CATTLE COMPANY ST

CLASS 28 BORN 2021 & 2022 1 PLACE: SILENT TEST OWNED BY: DICKINSON CATTLE COMPANY 2ND PLACE: PICK THE BEST OWNED BY: EDWIN RABER ST

CLASS 29 BORN 2018, 2019 AND 2020 1 PLACE: JULIE OWNED BY: JOEL DICKINSON CATTLE ND 2 PLACE: VVF ROSANNA OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ST

CHAMPION COW: SILENT TEST RESERVE CHAMPION COW: NV NIGHTS ON FIRE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE FEMALE: SILENT TEST RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE FEMALE: NV NIGHTS ON FIRE

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A note from your Youth President

ALISSA BUTLER

Although our Championship Show and Convention is still a couple of months away, it will be here before we know it! Preparations are already underway, and we’re excited to begin gearing up for one of the biggest events of the year.

One of the first opportunities to get involved is by supporting our 2026 ITLA Championship Show and Convention T-shirt. This year’s design is one you won’t want to miss, and we’re offering businesses and brands the chance to be featured on the back of the shirt. Sponsoring a brand spot is a great way to promote your operation while supporting our association and one of our premier events.

Brand sponsorships are $50 and include one T-shirt, while additional shirts are available for $25 each. As always, all youth exhibiting at the ICSC will receive a complimentary T-shirt.

If you’re interested in purchasing a brand sponsorship or pre ordering a shirt, be sure to submit your information before the deadline. Brand spots are limited, so don’t wait too long to reserve yours!

As we continue counting down to Championship Show, I encourage everyone to start making plans to attend. There is a lot of work happening behind the scenes to make this year’s event a success, and we can’t wait to see everyone together again. It’s never too early to start getting excited before we know it, we’ll be loading trailers, seeing old friends, making new memories, and celebrating another outstanding Championship Show.

See you all in a couple of months!

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Time is not on your side By: Craig Perez THE MOMENT OF TRUTH The ranch is silent, but the desk lamp is burning. It is 2:00AM, and the rest of the world is asleep, but on your desk lies a decision that will quietly dictate the financial trajectory of your operation for the next three years. On one hand, you hold a copy of a registration for an Elite Proven Herd Sire. In the other a picture of the bull you raised out in the pasture.

This is more than just a routine ranch chore. It is a high-stakes capital allocation. The choice dictates your calf crop, your brand’s market value, and your annual revenue years down the road.

Yet, across the industry, decisions of this magnitude are made every day in a state of volatile speculation...guessing.

FROM GUT FEELING TO GENETIC CERTAINTY This blind guessing, trading on hype and emotion, has mathmatically devastating ramifications. A single bad cross means you lose the genetic premium in the current calf crop, you set the value of the next generation of brood cows back by years, and you waste precious time and resources developing inventory that the market simply won’t reward. The market doesn’t care about gut feelings, and the clock starts the moment the bull enters the pasture. Hope is a luxury reserved for the reckless; strategic data architecture is the mandate of a successful program.

The decision between the Proven Herd Sire and the bull raised in your own pasture is a calculation of asset appreciation. A proven, purchased bull, validated by historical data, provides an immediate, external assurance that his calf crop will carry a quantifiable genetic premium. His established value acts as a protective floor and an upward multiplier on the cows he services, securing their net worth. Conversely, selecting the untested, raised bull is a high-stakes bet. While a successful outcome retains all the value – the genetic blueprint and the resulting profit – within your brand, a poor outcome immediately devalues the entire cohort of brood cows he has bred, compounding risk across the next three generations. The data architecture ensures you are multiplying assets, not merely managing a liability.

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To build your brand with your own genetics from pasture to production, the best of the best should be the foundation that these in-house prospects are developed from. Growing a bull takes dedication. Putting this in perspective, you should be treating a weaned prospect as if you just paid $10,000 for him. If he makes the cut at a year old, you should treat him as if you just paid $100,000 for him. Before you think about turning him out with the main herd, ask yourself, is he worth $1,000,000? Let’s be honest, most of us will never raise a million dollar bull. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be treating them like one. Those yearling prospects need to get to work as soon as possible Their first crop will be the only real indicator you have to base your judgements on, To compound the challenge, he’s likely breeding heifers and in general the industry views calves out of heifers to be less than perfect indicators of real production. The fact is, you are judging that prospect on his own growth more than his production. That first calf crop will add or subtract from his value as they reach one and two years old. This is the blueprint of many of the best bulls that the industry has raised.

HOBBY OR HABIT

To survive and thrive, a program must pivot from pure chance to calculated architecture. The hobbyist looks at pedigree and sees a list of famous ancestors -a marketing sheet. The Breeder, however, looks at the exact same paper and sees a structural map of how greatness is constructed or demolished.

This is the line where simply multiplying cattle ends and engineering value begins. Then you cross-reference historical measurements, real-time horn growth, and multi-generational repeatability, and consignment sale prices: you stop making decisions on hype. You begin to hedge your risk, ensuring that the traits you introduce are dominant multipliers rather than volatile liabilities.

THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL ANCHOR To create a level of precision that becomes standard, requires a herd map forged over time. The Gallery of Horns offers clarity showing the reality of the industry today. Because this archive was built manually, one entry at a time, it acts as an impartial analytical suite. It is more than a simple ranking of animals. It’s a database of bloodlines that are driving the industry. A photo library of the looks and shapes that captured your attention and brought you into the Longhorn world in the first place. You can find the hidden gems and uncover the next up and coming super Longhorn. Moreover, it shows what works and what doesn’t work one generation at a time with thousands of examples.

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THE MASTERCLASS It’s almost breeding season, and what starts as a casual conversation between father and son over a couple of cows instantly shifts the entire direction of a multi-million-dollar enterprise. Within minutes, the casual tone evaporate. The notepads come out, the computer screens flare to life, and the raw data is printed to support each theory.

The debate that follows is a classic corporate deadlock between agressive growth and stable risk management: The Son’s Position (Agressive Growth): He argues for appealing directly to the volatile, highdollar market. His strategy is to cross elite genetics for maximum horn growth velocity and leverage the psychological appeal of proven, high-profile working crosses. He wants to capture the premium selectors immediately.

The Father’s Position (Capital Preservation): He targets a completely different sector of the spreadsheet. He advocates for strategic crosses focusing on color, body, and skeletal size to fundamentally secure the bottom line of the herd. His goal is to insulate the program against downmarkets by ensuring a constant, predictable revenue stream that systematically pays the ranch’s overhead, letting the raw genetics naturally evolve into high-dollar inventory over time.

Hours pass as the sun goes down. They find themselves in an absolute deadlock over a handful of cornerstone cows. Neither side will budge. They finally table the debate, leaving the tension hanging in the air.

The next day, that frustration yields a real-world masterclass in institutional equity management.

It is a philosophy that seperates the romantic hobbyist from the enduring market titan, broken down into an immutable 80/20 law: Spend 80% of your time improving the bottom 20% of your herd. Use the bottom 20% of your herd to fund 80% of your program.

This is how a hedge fund manager protects a portfolio from a market crash. The high-dollar, record-breaking assests are the volatile tech stocks – they bring the headlines and the massive windfalls, but they cannot be relied upon to keep the lights on during a market correction. True structural wealth is built from the bottom up. By using data architecture to aggressively elevate the floor of your bottom 20%, you create a bulletproof baseline of marketable living assets that consistently self-fund the high-stakes genetic exploration at the top.

Before lunch is served, they have negotiated the rest of the cows on their breeding strategy list.

You may think you know how this ended, but here is how it actually ended. The Father helped the son understand the process and the dynamics that have made their ranch successful and profitable for over 50 years. The brand on the side of the cattle didn’t just stand for ownership, it stood for standard.

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This is the principle of structural wealth, built from the bottom up. The high-dollar, recordbreaking assests bring the headlines and the massive windfalls, but they cannot be relied upon to keep the lights on during a market correction. By using data architecture to aggressively elevate the floor of your bottom 20%, you create a bulletproof baseline of living assets that consistently selffund the high-stakes genetic exploration at the top.

CHOOSE WISELY The most successful programs in the industry aren’t luckier than the rest; they are simply making better decisions. Every time you open the pasture gate without consulting the baseline of truth of history, you are letting a speculative guess decide your financial future. The data is verified, the options are available, and the architecture of the next generation is entirely in your hands.

About the Author: Craig Perez is the owner of Arrowhead Cattle Company – the home of the Gallery of Horns. He has over 20 years invested in the love, passion and non-biased promotion of registered Texas Longhorn cattle. Craig is also a former ITLA employee where he served as the Office Manager of the ITLA’s Headquarters in Glen Rose, Texas. He is a Lifetime Member of the ITLA. Look for more of his articles in future issues of the Longhorn Drover.

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NETLA SHOW RESULTS YOUTH SHOW JUNIOR BULLS CLASS 5 - BORN MAY- AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OWNED BY: JASMINE KUHLMAN ST

CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL - BUZZ LIGHTYEAR

INTERMEDIATE BULLS CLASS 6 - BORN JANUARY - APRIL 2025 1 PLACE: CWR LIVING ON THE EDGE OWNED BY: LYRIC ALLEN ST

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL - CWR LIVING ON THE EDGE GRAND CHAMPION ALL-AGE STEER - CWR LIVING ON THE EDGE RESERVE CHAMPION ALL-AGE STEER - RM BUZZ LIGHTYEAR

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STEERS CLASS 9 - BORN JULY - DECEMBER 2025 1 PLACE: FTR BUFORD T JUSTICE OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 10 - BORN JANUARY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: CWR TREND SETTER OWNED BY: LYRIC ALLEN ND 2 PLACE: CS FORTUNATE SON OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY RD 3 PLACE: RUSTY’S PROFITED JOURNEY OWNED BY: JASMINE KUHLMAN ST

CLASS 11 - BORN JULY - DECEMBER 2024 1 PLACE: CWR TEX OWNED BY: JASMINE KUHLMAN ST

CLASS 12 - BORN JANUARY - JUNE 2024 1 PLACE: CS CATCHIN’ JUSTICE OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY ND 2 PLACE: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 3RD PLACE: CTA TEMPEST OWNED BY: REAGAN HANSHAW 4TH PLACE: FTR WILD MAN OWNED BY: JESSICA SNYDER ST

CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: CS CATCHIN’ JUSTICE RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: CWR TEX

SENIOR STEERS CLASS 13 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2023 1 PLACE: CWR FUGITIVE OWNED BY: LYRIC ALLEN ND 2 PLACE: FTR COUNTERFEIT MONEY OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 14 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2022 1 PLACE: VVF DARK KNIGHT OWNED BY: REAGAN HANSHAW ND 2 PLACE: CS KANSAS KIDD OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 15 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2021 1 PLACE: CHICKEN RANCH OWNED BY: WHITLEY RODERICK ST

CHAMPION SENIOR STEER: CHICKEN RANCH RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR STEER: VVF DARK KNIGHT GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: CHICKEN RANCH RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: VVF DARK KNIGHT

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FEMALES JUNIOR HEIFERS CLASS 19 - BORN SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2025 1 PLACE: RM CHOCOLATE LAVA OWNED BY: JASMINE KULHMAN 2ND PLACE: BSL ASTORIA’S IMPAACT OWNED BY: ALLISON MINER ST

CLASS 20 - BORN JULY - AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: CWR ICED APPLESAUCE OWNED BY: LYRIC ALLEN ST

CLASS 21 - BORN MAY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: RM STEAL THE SHOW OWNED BY: JASMINE KUHLMAN 2ND PLACE: VVF HAZEL OWNED BY: REAGAN HANSHAW ST

CLASS 22 - BORN MARCH - APRIL 2025 1 PLACE: CRR STRAWBERRY CREME OWNED BY: EVELYN MINER ST

CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER - CWR ICED APPLESAUCE RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER - RM STEAL THE SHOW

SENIOR HEIFERS CLASS 24 - BORN SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2024 1 PLACE: HAWK TUAH OWNED BY: ABAGAIL MINER ST

CLASS 25 - BORN MAY - AUGUST 2024 1 PLACE: CWR WHATA COLOR OWNED BY: LYRIC ALLEN ND 2 PLACE: FTR DINERO DE LAS VAQUEROS OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 26 - BORN JANUARY - APRIL 2024 1 PLACE: CRR WHISKY WILLOW OWNED BY: EVELYN MINER ST

CLASS 27 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2023 1 PLACE: CWR REDDI’S ECLIPSE OWNED BY: LYRIC ALLEN ST

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: CWR REDDI’S ECLIPSE RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: CWR WHATA COLOR GRAND CHMAPION ALL AGE FEMALE: CWR REDDI’S ECLIPSE RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE FEMALE: CWR WHATA COLOR

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HALTERED SHOW BULLS JUNIOR BULLS CLASS 4 - BORN MAY - AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: RM BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON ST

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SENIOR BULLS CLASS 5 - BORN JANUARY - APRIL 2025 1 PLACE: CWR LOVING ON THE EDGE OWNED BY: MOXLEY ST

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GRAND CHMAPION ALL AGE BULL: CWR LOVING ON THE EDGE RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE BULL: RM BUZZ LIGHTYEAR

SENIOR STEERS CLASS 10 - BORN JULY - DECEMBER 2025 1 PLACE: FTR BUFORD T JUSTICE OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 11 - BORN JANUARY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: CWR TREND SETTER OWNED BY: MOXLEY ND 2 PLACE: CS FORTUNATE SON OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 3RD PLACE: RUSTY’S PROFITED JOURNEY OWNED BY: EMILEE BOONE ST

CLASS 12 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2024 1 PLACE: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 2ND PLACE: FTR WILD MAN OWNED BY: JESSICA SAYLOR 3RD PLACE: CTA TEMPEST OWNED BY: REAGAN HANSHAW 4TH PLACE: CS CATCHIN’ JUSTICE OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 5TH PLACE: CWR TEX OWNED BY: EMILEE BOONE ST

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CLASS 13 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2023 1 PLACE: CWR FUGITIVE OWNED BY: MOXLEY ND 2 PLACE: FTR COUNTERFIT MONEY OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: CWR FUGITIVE RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND

SENIOR STEERS CLASS 14 - BORN JANUARY 2021 - DECEMBER 2022 1 PLACE: VVF DARK KNIGHT OWNED BY: REAGAN HANSHAW ND 2 PLACE: CS KANSAS KIDD OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 15 - BORN 2020 AND OLDER 1 PLACE: VVF MCLINTOCK OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ND 2 PLACE: CRR HAPPY PIRATE JAKE OWNED BY: ALLISON MINER ST

CHAMPION SENIOR STEER: VVF MCLINTOCK RESERVE CHMAPION SENIOR STEER: VVF DARK KNIGHT GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: VVF MCLINTOCK RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: CWR FUGITIVE

FEMALES JUNIOR HEIFERS CLASS 19 - BORN SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2025 1 PLACE: BSL ASTORIA’S IMPACT OWNED BY: MINER ND 2 PLACE: RM CHOCOLATE LAVA OWNED BY: COHRON/KUHLMAN PARTNERSHIP ST

CLASS 20 - JULY - AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: CWR APPLESAUCE OWNED BY: MOXLEY ND 2 PLACE: RM CRYSTAL CLEAR OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON ST

CLASS 21 - BORN MAY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: LACY LU OWNED BY: LAURA BERKELEY ND 2 PLACE: RM STEAL THE SHOW OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON ST

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CLASS 22 - BORN MARCH - APRIL 2025 1 PLACE: BATCOW OWNED BY: KEITH BERKELEY ND 2 PLACE: RM INTEGRITY OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON RD 3 PLACE: CRR STRAWBERRY CREME OWNED BY: MINER ST

CLASS 23 - BORN JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2025 1 PLACE: RM LEATHER AND LACE OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON ST

CHAMPION SENIOR STEER: VVF MCLINTOCK RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR STEER: VVF DARK KNIGHT GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: VVF MCLINTOCK RESERVE CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: CWR FUGITIVE

FEMALES JUNIOR HEIFERS CLASS 19 - BORN SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2025 1 PLACE: BSL ASTORIA’S IMPACT OWNED BY: MINER ND 2 PLACE: RM CHOCOLATE LAVA OWNED BY: COHRON/KUHLMAN PARTNERSHIP ST

CLASS 20 - BORN JULY - AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: CWR ICED APPLESAUCE OWNED BY: MOXLEY ND 2 PLACE: VVF WHY NOT ME OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS 3RD PLACE: RM CRYSTAL CLEAR OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON ST

CLASS 21 - BORN MAY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: LACY LU OWNED BY: LAURA BERKELEY ND 2 PLACE: RM STEAL THE SHOW OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON ST

CLASS 22 - BORN MARCH - APRIL 2025 1 PLACE: BATCOW OWNED BY: KEITH BERKELEY ND 2 PLACE: RM INTEGRITY OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON RD 3 PLACE: CRR STRAWBERRY CREME OWNED BY: MINER ST

CLASS 23 - BORN JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2025 1 PLACE: RM LEATHER AND LACE OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON ST

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SENIOR HEIFERS CLASS 24 - BORN SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2024 1ST PLACE: VF HAWK TUAH OWNED BY: MINER CLASS 25 - BORN MAY - AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: CWR WHATA COLOR OWNED BY: MOXLEY ND 2 PLACE: FTR DINERO DE LAS VAQUERAS OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 26 - BORN JANUARY - APRIL 2024 1 PLACE: CRR WHISKY WILLOW OWNED BY: MINER ST

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: VF HAWK TUAH RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: CRR WHISKY WILLOW

COWS CLASS 27 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2023 1 PLACE: CWR REDDI’S ECLIPSE OWNED BY: MOXLEY ST

CLASS 28 - BORN JANUARY 2021 - DECEMBER 2022 1 PLACE: TH MONEY BUNNY OWNED BY: CHEYENNE ROTHENHOEFER ST

CLASS 29 - BORN JANUARY 2018 - DECEMBER 2020 1 PLACE: VVF ROSANNA OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ST

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NON-HALTERED SHOW STEERS JUNIOR STEERS CLASS 11 - BORN JANUARY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: CWR TREND SETTER OWNED BY: MOXLEY ND 2 PLACE: CS FORTUNATE SON OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY ST

CLASS 12 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2024 1 PLACE: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 2ND PLACE: CS CATCHIN’ JUSTICE OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 3RD PLACE: FTR WILD MAN OWNED BY: JESSICA SAYLOR ST

CLASS 13 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2023 1 PLACE: CWR FUGITIVE OWNED BY: MOXLEY ST

CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: CWR FUGITIVE RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR STEER: CS HYDRO’S COOL RED HAND

SENIOR STEERS CLASS 14 - BORN JANUARY 2021 - DECEMBER 2022 1 PLACE: VVF DARK KNIGHT OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ST

CLASS 15 - BORN 2020 AND OLDER 1 PLACE: VVF MCLINTOCK OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ST

CHAMPION SENIOR STEER: VVF MCLINTOCK RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR STEER: VVF DARK KNIGHT GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: VVF MCLINTOCK RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE STEER: CWR FUGITIVE

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FEMALES JUNIOR HEIFERS CLASS 19 - BORN SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2025 1 PLACE: RM CHOCOLATE LAVA OWNED BY: COHRON/KUHLMAN PARTNERSHIP ST

CLASS 20 - BORN JULY - AUGUST 2025 1 PLACE: CWR ICED APPLESAUCE OWNED BY: MOXLEY ND 2 PLACE: VVF WHY NOT ME OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ST

CLASS 21 - BORN MAY - JUNE 2025 1 PLACE: LACY LU OWNED BY: LAURA BERKELEY ND 2 PLACE: VVF HAZEL OWNED BY: REAGAN HANSHAW ST

CLASS 22 - BORN MARCH - APRIL 2025 1 PLACE: BATCOW OWNED BY: KEITH BERKLEY ND 2 PLACE: RM INTEGRITY OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON ST

CLASS 23 - BORN JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2025 1 PLACE: RM MOON JOY OWNED BY: JUNE COHRON ST

CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER: BATCOW RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER: RM CHOCOLATE LAVA

SENIOR HEIFERS CLASS 25 - BORN MAY - AUGUST 2024 1 PLACE: CWR WHATA COLOR OWNED BY: MOXLEY ST

CLASS 26 - BORN JANUARY - APRIL 2024 1 PLACE: RUSTIC ROSE CHROME OWNED BY: TIM SAYLOR ST

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: CWR WHATA COLOR RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: RUSTIC ROSE CHROME

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COWS CLASS 27 - BORN JANUARY - DECEMBER 2023 1 PLACE: CWR REDDI’S ECLIPSE OWNED BY: MOXLEY ST

CLASS 28 - BORN JANUARY 2021 - DECEMBER 2022 1 PLACE: M7 HYDRO’S RED RIVER OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY ST

CLASS 29 - BORN JANUARY 2018 - DECEMBER 2020 1 PLACE: CWR PAINTED DAISY OWNED BY: CASSIDY HUNTZBERRY 2ND PLACE: VVF ROSANNA OWNED BY: VALLEY VIEW FARMS ST

CLASS 30 - BORN BEFORE JANUARY 2018 1 PLACE: PLEASANT IRONY OWNED BY: KEITH BERKLEY ST

CHAMPION COW: PLEASANT IRONY RESERVE CHAMPION COW: M7 HYDROS RED RIVER GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE FEMALE: PLEASANT IRONY RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE FEMALE: M7 HYDROS RED RIVER

SENIOR HEIFERS CLASS 25 - BORN MAY - AUGUST 2024 1 PLACE: CWR WHATA COLOR OWNED BY: MOXLEY ST

CLASS 26 - BORN JANUARY - APRIL 2024 1 PLACE: RUSTIC ROSE CHROME OWNED BY: TIM SAYLOR ST

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: CWR WHATA COLOR RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER: RUSTIC ROSE CHROME

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Alissa Butler 2026 ITLA Queen

As summer comes to a close, our show season is still in full swing! One of my favorite parts of serving as your ITLA Queen has been the oppurtunity to travel across the country, meet fellow Longhorn enthusiasts, and represent our association at events near and far.

By the time you are readinf this, I will have traveled to Missouri and will be preparing for my next trip to Maryland in September. Every show reminds me just how special the Texas Longhorn community is. No matter where you go, you’re welcomed with friendly faces, incredible cattle, and people who share the same passion for this breed.

Theses trips have allowed me to meet exhibitors of all ages, learn more about the industry, and build friendships that stretch far beyond state lines. It has truly been an honor to represent the ITLA and share the excitement surrounding our association wherever I go.

While we’re enjoying another busy show season, it’s also exciting to look ahead. Championship Show will be here before we know, and I can’t wait to see everyone together again for one of the biggest events of the year. Until then, I hope everyone has safe travels, successful shows, and enjoys making memories with family and friends along the way.

Thank you all for your continued support. I look forward to seeing many of you on the road, and soon enough, at ChampionshipShow!

Sincerely ITLA Youth President Alissa Butler

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Allison Miner 2026 ITLA Princesss

Since the last issue of The Drover was a print issue it has been awhile since I have wrote the last letter. We had our first NETLA show od the season at the end of June in Frederick, MD and we attended the ORVTLA in July in Wooster, OH. Then we had a show this past week at the York State Fair in York, PA. The York State Fair is one of my favorite shows because it is in an air-conditioned building which was nice because I wasn’t dying of heat while trying to show my cattle. My big steer Jake got All Age Champion Steer and I also showed a heifer and another steer. I also got to ride Jake in the opening ceremony and present the flag. We brought my Dad’s riding steer out of retirement for this show so we got to ride our steers around a little in the arena and on the fairgrounds. We took an amazing picture by the ferris wheel. I also got to ride Jake in and present the flag for opening ceremonies. I had lots of opportunities to answer questions about Longhorns and show people that they can be sweet and gently giants.

Allison Miner 2026 ITLA Princess

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Macen Rogers 2026 ITLA Little Miss

Wow, summer was a busy time for me. I went to Broken Bow with my family for the 4th of July. It was a lot of fun. The cabin was huge and had lots of activities. My family and I also went to San Antonio to visit some of our other family. While we were there, we went to SeaWorld, it was a lot of fun. I rode a lot of roller coasters.

My favorite one was the Texas Stingray and the Great White. They were really scary and big, but still so fun. Soon I will be going to my Grandma’s house like we do every year. It’s always a lot fun because she has a pool and we love to hang out with her. I hope everyone is having a great summer.

Macen Rogers ITLA Little Miss

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ITLA

BEEF PRODUCERS LIST RAIDER RANCH OWNER: JOHNATHAN AELMORE PHONE: (281)239-5812 email: johnathan.aelmore@yahoo.com

DICKINSON CATTLE CO. LLC PHONE: (740)758-5050 email: information@texaslonghorn.com

CASEY RANCH LONGHORNS O W N E R : T R AV I S C A S E Y PHONE: (719)650-5234 email: tcasey357@yahoo.com

DERBY CITY LONGHORNS OWNER: RICK BUCHANAN P H O N E : ( 5 0 2 ) 3 2 1-1 6 1 9 e m a i l : b u c h a n a n rl j r @ a o l . c o m

LAZY T-BONE CATTLE OWNER: J.A. THOMAS P H O N E : ( 2 0 9 ) 7 6 1-7 7 4 0 email: Jat1997@gmail.com

P L E A S A N T VA L L E Y PA S T U R E S OWNER: GREGG FENICLE & KELSEY STAAB PHONE: (717)682-4501 email: pleasantvalleypastures23@gmail.com

24/7 RANCH OWNER: TYLER & LESLIE LAWS PHONE: (423)823-0369 e m a i l : t yl a w s 2 0 0 9 @ g m a i l . c o m

M A YO R FA M I L Y L O N G H O R N S PHONE: (605)786-5808

ROCKIN’ V RANCH OWNERS: TINA & JEFF VIALARD P H O N E : ( 7 0 2 ) 4 6 1- 9 9 8 4 email: RVRLonghorns@gmail.com

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Executive Board & Directors

BRAD WESTMORELAND PRESIDENT www.gangof5longhorns.com 214 287-2303

LARRY SMITH

DIRECTOR AT LARGE #1 larrypsmith2@yahoo.com 254-396-9185

KEITH BERKLEY

VICE PRESIDENT kblb@frontiernet.net 304-725-4202

GARY LAKE DIRECTOR AT LARGE #2 gary@searleranch.com 719-314-8294

victoryranchlonghorns@gmail.com 208-428-2484

dosninosranch@gmail.com 210-413-2105

BRETT KOT REGION 10 brettkot@hotmail.com 1-306-861-1526

tcasey357@gmail.com 719-650-5234

MICHA HAMERSKY REGION 1 contact@texaslonghorn.at

CRAIG KROEKER REGION 6

SHADOW SEAMAN REGION 5

JEREMY JOHNSON REGION 8

TRAVIS J CASEY SECRETARY REGION 4

ckroeker5536@gmail.com 620-285-5536

MIKE TOMEY REGION 3 tomeyfarms@yahoo.com 812-583-4622

REGION 7 russ.thompson13@gmail.com 940-245-1411

joliver210@yahoo.com 972-268-0083

RUSSELL FREEMAN PAST PRESIDENT

russell@thefreemanranch.com 254-396-9185

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crosswrenchranch@msn.com 240-446-9950

RUSS THOMPSON

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