News Release
February  25, 2008

Championships, money up for grabs at 2008 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 15-16 in Riverton.

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

Anyone 9 and older can compete. The show is open to the public.  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 Northwest Area 4-H/youth educator in Riverton. “More than likely you will see future county and state winners at this show. The show provides an opportunity to work with your cattle, to show off some of your cattle’s genetics and to have a good time in meeting other youths from other states.”

Each day, the grand champion steer will be awarded $1,000, the reserve champion steer $250, the grand champion heifer $500 and the reserve champion heifer $100.  There will also be added money awarded to the Fremont County show participants.

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

Each year, Wells Fargo Bank awards a $1,000 scholarship 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, Haun at (307) 856-4030, Mike Fabrizius at (307) 857-3081, or Jerry Weliever at (307) 856-0541.

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Phone: (307) 766-6342
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