Topline 4-H Multi Show & Sale 2024

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Thank you to every one of our sponsors and supporters of this year!

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Schedule of events for the day Doors open at 9am Show starts at 10am Beef on a bun at 4pm Sale at 5:30

12 Market Steers & 9 Market Lambs!

By supporting our club, you are supporting the future generations of producers and leaders. Our club strives to give youth the oppurtunities to learn, grow, succeed and help others. We are focused on building community spirit and learning to strive to always do better and never settle for less.

Dinner provided & Sponsored by: Don’t forget about the raffle!

This year we will be raffling off a 1/4 beef, a whole pig, and a lamb! The draw will be held after the sale on june 1st. Don’t miss your chance to win some delicious local meat!

Message from our market beef leader: Welcome to our 1st Topline 4-H Multi Club Show & Sale!

4-H is growing and it is exciting to see more clubs start up across communities.

More clubs means more projects, more community service, more opportunities for youth. Our founding families span from Drayton Valley, across Thorsby & Calmar, out to Armena. It’s been exciting to see these members come together, share ideas and learn to do by doing together.

These members are keen; it’s clear to see the hours they have put in feeding, leading and dialing these steers in just right. The Show & Sale is a celebration of their achievements. We look forward to you joining us June 1st. We have a fantastic set of steers for sale our members would love to show you in person. If you have any questions about purchasing a 4-H animal personally or for a business, please reach out to myself or one of our leaders!

Vicky Horn

Message from our sheep leader: This is Bret’s first year as our Market Lamb Leader and is also the assistant Beef leader. Bret is a third generation 4H member and a second generation 4H leader. He has raised and shown sheep for most of his life. He and his wife Kendra raise Maine Anjou and Shorthorn Cattle near Drayton Valley.

Message from our president:

Bret Hansen

This year was definetly a learning curve for everyone. I thought starting a new club would be easy, but it is far from that. I am super proud of how far me and the other members have came this year. Also we conquered a new species. I had no idea what I was doing but we had amazing people to help us learn (Props to Bret for everything sheep related). The quality in this club from people to livestock is outstanding. By supporting us, you are supporting the future leaders of this world.

Shelby Horn

Contact : 780-668-8425 (Vicky Horn) 780-514-4373 (Bret Hansen) for more information

Carsen Belair

Junior Age: 10

Lamb Project Name: BAAn jovi Breed: Suffolk X Hello, my name is Carsen Belair. I am in Gr 5 at Thorsby Elementary School. I am also the current treasurer for the Topline 4-H Multi Club. This year I chose to do a market lamb project because I was interested to learn about a new animal. My favourite hobbies are dirt biking, playing basketball and this year I’m also playing rugby. I joined 4-H to gain some more knowledge about raising farm animals. This will be my first show and sale and I am very excited to be a part of it.

Kayden Belair

Intermediate Age: 12

Lamb Project Name: DesBAAcito Breed: Suffolk X Hi my name is Kayden Belair, I am in Grade seven at Thorsby Junior Senior High School. I love spending time with my 4-H project and taking care of him. Some of the things you can find me doing other than 4-H is freestyle skiing and tending to my flock of chickens. I have been in the Edmonton Freestyle Ski Club for four years. At our farm I do have a flock of sixteen chickens, and they are also a great learning animal. It has been so fun teaching them how to ride a dirtbike and horses! As only being a fourth year member in 4-H, there are many “likes” and “want to try” parts of 4-H. One of the things that I really like about 4-H is the amount of people and knowledge that you get to meet and learn. The summer camps are some of my favourites, and the people you meet there are ones that you will never forget. Some of the things in future years that I would like to try are different projects such as a chicken project. I think it would be so fun to start them as young birds and raise them. I am so excited to meet more people in 4-H and I hope you have a great rest of your day!

Bella Fehlauer

Intermediate Age: 13 Steer Project name: Lightning McQueen Breed: Simmental/Hereford

Lamb Project Name: Mater Breed: Suffolk

Outside of 4-H I enjoy riding horses, barrel racing and gymkhana. I also enjoy showing and grooming cattle in and out of 4-H shows.

My favorite part of 4-H is when we all get together with our animals and work together as a group.

Ruby Fehlauer

Intermediate Age: 14 Steer Project name: Torpedo Breed: Simmental/Hereford

Lamb Project Name: Cotton BAAll Breed: Suffolk/Cheviot I enjoy gymkhana and barrel racing and pushing myself to beat my fastest time. I also enjoy clipping, fitting and showing cattle in and out of 4-H. My favorite part of 4-H is to be able to lead and help out other members in areas I am passionate about.

Gage Hansen

Junior Age: 10 Steer Project name: Creamsickle Breed: Simmental/Shorthorn

Lamb Project Name: Screaming Jimmy Breed: Dorset 4H is is getting to see my friends and working with our calves. My favourite thing to do is go to the Kirk Stierwalt clinic and learning to clip my animals. My other interests include welding with my dad and riding my horse Reno.

Hunter Harris

Senior Age: 16 Steer Project name: Remington Breed: Shorthorn/Maine

Lamb Project Name: Smokey Breed: Rideau Arcott/Suffolk Hi, I’m Hunter Harris, I’m 16 years old and this my 4th year in 4H. I chose a Maine Anjou/ Shorthorn steer that I named Remington for my market beef project. I chose him for his depth of body, muscle definition, powerful hindquarters, and for how much he stood out from the rest of the steers his age. Him and I have had a great time figuring each other out over the course of the year and he has turned out exceptionally. He has been eating 30lbs a day of barley and supplements, free-choice hay and mineral since November.

He’ll look good in the show ring and in your freezer.

This is my first year trying out the market lamb program that our club has to offer, and I’m very excited to see the results. I chose the name Smokey, and I chose him for his body size, disposition, and his growth rates compared to the other lambs of similar age from the flock he came from. Learning the sheep side of 4H has been very interesting, and I’m excited to see how he performs come show day. I have been feeding him freechoice hay and lamb starter/grower.

We’re excited to see you on show day, and hope that you stop by our stall for a ‘meat’ and greet. If you have any questions please call my dad, Justin at 780-898-2955 to reach me.

Oliver Harris

Intermediate Age: 14 Steer Project name: Winchester Breed: Shorthorn/Maine

Lamb Project Name: Buck Breed: Rideau Arcott/Suffolk

Hi my name is Oliver this is my steer Winchester. He is a shorthorn / maine. I chose him because he was a bigger calf when he was younger and I also wanted to try a white steer and he was very friendly. In my spare time I enjoy hunting, working with cows. My favourite part of 4H is helping younger members.

Looking forward to seeing you at the show and sale .This is my first year with a lamb. His name is Buck. I have enjoyed learning about sheep. Winchester or Buck would make a good addition to your freezer or farm any questions please call Justin (my dad) at 780-898-2955 to reach me.

Brantley Horn

Junior Age: 11 Steer Project name: Lucky Charms Breed: Speckle Park

Lamb Project Name: Schlond poofa Breed: Dorset My name is Brantley. I am 11 years old. I love doing things such as hockey, dirtbiking, and cattle showing. This year I got into rugby, It is actually really fun. For 4h I have a lamb project and a steer project. My sheep this year is very fat. My steer is friendly. I try to work with him as much as I can. In hockey we won playoffs and almost made it to provicials but we had a close game with the team who won provincials. I hope to see you at the sale.

Shelby Horn

Intermediate Age: 14 Steer Project name: Mr. Boombastic Breed: Simmental X

Lamb Project Name: Q-Tip Breed: Dorset Hi! my name is Shelby Horn. I am 14 years old and am currently in grade 9 at Thorsby Junior Senior High. I developed a passion for cattle when I was young and have never stopped. I got certified in AI and hope to be a cow vet/geneticist when I’m older. I show cattle all across the countryside and have been developing my herd into high quality females. This year I started playing rugby and I also do lots of gymkhana with my horse and we are getting going on barrel racing. I love 4-H because it gives me so many oppurtunities and I get to hang out with really fun people. This year is really fun because I got to try out a sheep project. Plus my steer is incredible.

If you don’t believe me, you need to come see him for yourself! You want a steer that looks good on the outside and inside? This is your guy!

Braxton Row

Intermediate Age: 10

Steer Project Name: Red Velvet Breed: Simmental/Angus Nice to meet you and welcome to my page! This is my first year in 4-H and it has been a lot of fun. I am proud to be a 4-H member like my Mom and Uncle Scott.

When I am not working with my cattle or learning about mechanics or farming from my Pépère, I can be found hitting home runs on the baseball field or driving anything with a motor - preferably something that is John Deere green or that goes fast.

My favourite part of 4-H is making new friends who have the same interests as me and learning how to show cattle.

Jacob Schlegel

Junior Age: 12

Steer Project Name: Diesel Breed: Original Braunvieh My name is Jacob Schlegel, I’m 12 years old and am in grade 7 at Calmar Secondary School. I enjoy working in the field haying and love working with cows. I like working with my grandparents and family on the farm, gardening and helping my mom with the chickens. I love fishing in the summer and sledding in the winter. I dislike my moms geese. I’m enjoying my first year in this club and the new friends I have made. This is my first year raising a Market Steer and am really happy with how Diesel has come along so far! He’s a really good boy! My goal for next year is to raise a heifer project and maybe another Market steer.

I want to thank my parents, grandparents, and club for all of the support and help they have given me. Here’s to a fun Show and Sale

Jessica Schlegel

Junior Age: 10

Steer Project Name: Cookie Breed: Original Braunvieh My name is Jessica Schlegel, I’m 10 years old and am in grade 5 at New Humble Community School. This is my first year raising a market beef project and my first show and sale! I enjoy riding horses, cuddling my kittens and helping out on the farm. My 4H goal for this year is to get more confident working with cows. I hope to continue with a beef project or two next year. I am very excited for summer break, swimming and paddle boarding!

Ava Wolfe

Intermediate Age: 14

Steer Project Name: Peralta Breed: Red Angus When I’m not with my 4h projects you can find me with my horse. Together we show in Hunter/Jumper classes.

My favourite part of 4h is training my projects, each animal is unique so training is never one size fits all. I love to experiment with different training techniques. My steer Peralta definitley lives up to his name, since the TV character on Brooklyn 99’, Jake Peralta is sassy and a silly individual.

Santiago is my first heifer project and I am so proud of my progress with her. Be sure to look out for us in the show

Livia Wolfe

Junior Age: 12

Steer Project Name: Casper Breed: Charlois I love horses, cows, and I love 4h for working with my cows.

Casper loves his food and my favourite thing about him is that he lives up to his name, casper the friendly ghost. My heifer Dolly is my spicey little devil, but shes still my good girl.

Our Cleavers!

This year we have a total of six cleavers and five with mini-lamb projects. They have been working their butts off making sure that these lambs are well taken care of!

Message from our cleaver leader:

My name is Erin Belair and I get the wonderful opportunity to be this club’s Cleaver leader. This is my second year as a Cleaver leader and our family’s 4th year involved in 4-H. My favourite part of 4-H is listening to all of the cleaver’s stories. In many ways they have taught me more than I have taught them. They should all be very proud of their accomplishments this year.

Thank you to everyone that has supported this club in our first year. We look forward to thanking you in person at our show and sale.

Erin Belair

Lawson Belair

Age: 6

Project name: Baandit

My name is Lawson Belair. I am 6 and in gr 1 at Thorsby Elementary School. I like to ski, dirt bike and help dad on the farm. My favourite part of 4-H is taking care of my lamb. In the future I’d like to try mutton busting.

Rylin Belair

Age: 8

Project name: Baa-Whizzers

My name is Rylin Belair. I am 8 years old and in Gr 3 at Thorsby Elementary School. My favourite things are gymnastics, painting, skiing, and working with my lamb. My favourite part of 4-H is meeting new friends and seeing all the animals in the show ring.

Abigail Schlegel

Age: 6

My name is Abigail Schlegel, I am 7 years old and am in grade 2 at New Humble Community School. I like reading, math, playing with my friends and going to gym class at school. I like being outside with all of my animals at home. I have a bunny named BooBoo, I like helping my older brother and sister with their calves, and playing with our pony Mini. I really like camping with my family in the summertime and swimming! I really like Cleavers because I get to help with all of the animals and get to go to all of the fun activities with the big kids and their project animals. I like 4H because I get to meet new friends.

Kelsey Hansen

Age: 8

Project name: Cotton-Tail

My favourite part of 4H is making friends and being a cleaver. I like to ride my horse and cuddle my pony. Next year will be my first official year as a 4H member and I have my steer picked out and his name is Maui.

Ryatt Langille

Age: 6

Project name: Tristin Number 2 I named my lamb after my big brother Tristin.

Just like my big brother Tristin, my lamb Tristin and I have a unique relationship. We are either playing like the best of friends or we’re My favourite part of 4H is playing with friends and eating snacks. I like to be really active all the time and I am always on the move. I’ve been saving up all my money to buy a bigger quad. I love to quad, dirt bike and ride my peddle bike around the yard. I am also a junior lifeguard competitor a nd like doing gymkhana. And when I get bored and I don’t have anything to do I go into my sheep pen and pet them.

Crickett Wrubleski Age: 7 Project name: Knucklehead

My favorite part of 4-H is the delicious snacks, having great friends and my lamb.

Cleaver Club Lambs This year we have 3 special club lambs that will be auctioned off at the sale. Our first club lamb was cared for by Crickett Wrubleski and on sale day its proceeds will be going to help Sullivan Knull with his medical expenses. Our second lamb was cared for by Lawson Belair and those proceeds will be going towards the Stollery Children’s Hospital. Our third club lamb was cared by Ryatt Langille and the proceeds from this lamb will be going back to the club.

Thanks to all our cleavers for their hard work!

Carcass Program Did you know?

Last year there was 105 steers in the Carcass Competition. 59% Graded AA, 26% AAA and 1% Prime.

The proof is there. Purchasing 4-H Beef not only supports future beef leaders but also put quality beef in your freezer!

Keep an eye out for Lamb Carcass Competiors in the future!

This year we have one member, Gage Hansen, competing in the 4-H Alberta Steer Carcass Competition with his steer Luigi. This is a provincial wide competition where their steers are judged live and on the rail, Members select their steers, same as their live market beef project, and bring them to weigh in. DNA samples are pulled and submitted to the Provincial Committee and anaylsed for genomic indicators. The members then take their steers home to feed and work with them the same as their show steer. For final evaluation, the steers are judged for docility and cleanliness.

They are harvested on the same date at specific abbatiors where a grader evaluates the carcass for weight, colour, yield, and grade. All competitors get together after the carcasses are graded for a learning day at Olds College.

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Again, a huge thank you to our sponsors!

Join us live on sale day!

Remember: Show starts at 10 FREE Beef on a bun at 4pm Sale starts at 5 This is our first ever show and sale, and just by showing up it would mean the world to us!

You don’t want to miss us!

Saturday June 1st Thorsby Haymaker Centre