Champions Chosen At 2025 KJLS

Oct 07, 2025

The 93^rd annual Kansas Junior Livestock Show (KJLS) was held in Hutchinson October 3-5. Grand champions were named in both market and breeding divisions across all four species throughout the weekend.

Dax Seibert from Pawnee County led his 1,449 lb. crossbred steer to grand champion honors, while Emma Karst of Russell County owned the reserve champion steer, a crossbred weighing 1,468 lb.

In the breeding heifer show, a Limousin heifer exhibited by Molly McCurry of Reno County took top honors. Reserve supreme went to the AOB heifer shown by Harper Conine from Scott County. The supreme heifer in the bred-and-owned division was a Hereford owned by Brayson Mayo of Scott County. Brecken Bergkamp from Reno County led the reserve supreme bred-and-owned, a Charolais.

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