KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hereford family legacies and champion genetics highlighted the record-setting Hereford Sale of Champions, which raised $100,000 for the 25th VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE). This year’s JNHE — The Grand Daddy of ‘Em All — will be July 6-12 in Grand Island, Neb. It is hosted by the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA).

The Sale of Champions features valuable genetics from previous JNHE winners. It also serves as a platform for JNHE members and their families to give back to the association.

"As an exhibitor, participant, breeder and spectator of all 25 JNHEs, it was a no-brainer when it came time to support an event that has impacted myself and my family so much," says sale consignor Randy Mullinix, Purple Reign Cattle, Toulon, Ill. “Amazing that a kid teaching a calf to lead, can lead to all the incredible opportunities that this great event has come to offer.”
Featured genetics in this year’s Sale of Champions included flushes and embryo lots out of the top five bred-and-owned females selected at the 2023 JNHE.

A flush out of GCC ML Cruella 800K topped the sale genetics at $21,250, going to Chad Hefty of Oklahoma City. The flush by the KLD RW Marksman D87 ET daughter was consigned by Ella Weldon Cattle Co., Piedmont, Okla. “Cruella” earned grand champion junior female honors at the 2023 North American International Livestock Exposition and was reserve grand champion during the 2023 American Royal junior show.

Among other top purchases, George Sprague, Eugene, Ore. Gave $25,000 for a lifetime membership to the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) Club. Sprague is a HYFA board member and longtime supporter of HFYA’s pillars of education, scholarship, leadership and research, and the junior membership as a whole.

With the purchase, Sprague joins the “Grand Drive to 25 Campaign” created to support this year’s JNHE and help sustain this flagship event for the next 25 years. JNHE thanks these Sale of Champions consignors and buyers.

Donors
Barber Ranch, Channing, Texas
C&L Hereford Ranch, Ixonia, Wis.
Deatsman Farms, Leesburg, Ind.
Ella Weldon Cattle Company, Piedmont, Okla.
Grass Pond Farm, Greendell, N.J.
Hawes Cattle Co, Athens, Texas
Hawk Livestock, Earlville, Ill.
Hudson and Grady Carter, Stratford, Okla.
Karen and Harrison Smith, Gatesville, Texas
Madilyn and Saylor Norvell, Tuttle, Okla.
MKS Ranch, Skiatok, Okla.
O'Leary Family, Brock, Texas
Purple Reign Cattle Company, Toulon, Ind.
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Trans Ova Genetics
Wildcat Cattle Company, Darlington, Wis.

Buyers
2M, Flemingsburg, Ky.
Abigail Vander Groef, Newton, N.J.
Andy Suchan, Gowrie, Iowa
Bar One Ranch, Eugene, Ore.
Brown Polled Herefords, Grand Rapids, Minn.
Chapman Land & Cattle, Nunnelly, Tenn.
Copeland & Sons, Nara Visa, N.M.
Dorrell Cattle Co, Highland, Kan.
Double L Cattle, Caldwell, Texas
Everhart Herefords, Waldron, Ind.
Gary Moore, Brenham, Texas
GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas
Gohr Cattle Company, Madras, Ore.
Grass Pond Farms, Greendell, N.J.
Grimmel Girls Show Cattle, Jarrettsville, Md.
Haleigh Ferguson, Windsor, Mo.
Hawes Cattle Co, Athens, Texas
Hopkins Ranch, Winchester, Tenn.
Hurricane Hefty Ranch, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Jake & Brandi Murphree, Hamilton, Texas
Marie Kokkeler, Junction City, Ore.
Maryland Junior Hereford Association
Mullett Livestock, Stillwater, Okla.
Otter Creek Polled Herefords, Dodgeville, Wis.
Shane Bedwell, Holt, Mo.
Sidwell Herefords, Carr, Colo.
Sierra Ranches, Modesto, Calif.
The Green Stuff, Amity, Mo.
The Minnesota Junior Hereford Breeders
TK Cattle, Burwell, Neb.
Tyler Rogers, Iowa City, Iowa
Watson Land & Cattle, Flemingsburg, Ky.

Thank you to the Hereford family for contributing to each of the various ways we support the youth of the Hereford breed through the foundation. To learn more about the Grand Drive to 25 or the historic 25th JNHE, please visit, hereford.org/youth/junior-national-hereford-expo/resources.

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The Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) was established in 1986 and is a not-for-profit
501(c)(3) corporation dedicated exclusively to scholarship and educational support of youth in the
business of raising Hereford cattle. The mission of the Hereford Youth Foundation of America is to
encourage, recognize and reward the development of life skills and values in the next generation of
leaders by providing education, scholarship and leadership opportunities for Hereford Youth.