We had thirty-four Murray County 4-H’ers exhibit livestock in the beef, swine, sheep, goat, rabbit, and poultry shows at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair 4-H Livestock Encampment.
Two thousand eight hundred and twenty-three 4-H youth members throughout the state of Minnesota exhibited livestock at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair this past weekend. Murray County 4-H had the following number of exhibitors represented in their respective species; fourteen beef, nine swine, four poultry, three sheep, two goat, and two rabbit. We also had various volunteers and staff members present during the duration of the livestock encampment.
Here are official results for Murray County: Beef: Danica Prins: Overall Grand Champion Market Beef (Champion Division III Crossbred Market Steer) Jorja Holm: 3rd Overall Market Beef (Champion Chianina Steer) & Champion Market Beef Intermediate Showman Madilyn Kramer: Reserve Champion Market Heifer, Purple Ribbon Daniel Larson: Registered Shorthorn Plus Steer, 4th in class Brady Ford: Registered Black Angus Jr. Yearling, 4th in class Levi Kopperud: Registered Shorthorn Summer Yearling, 4th in class Sophia Nelson: Commercial Fall Calf, 4th in class Ethan Nelson: Commercial Summer Yearling, 4th in class Wesley Hause: Commercial Jr. Yearling, 5th in class Garret Reith: Commercial Jr. Yearling, 5th in class Alyssa Boerboom: Registered Black Angus Jr. Yearling, 6th in class Cyril Zenk: Commercial Summer Yearling, 6th in class Olivia Kathman: Commercial Summer Yearling, 7th in class Tyler Reith: Registered Black Angus Jr. Yearling, 8th in class Swine Royalle Siedschlag: 4th Overall Breeding Gilt (Reserve Champion Crossbred Breeding Gilt) and 3rd place Gilt Showman - Senior Division Taylor Larson: 8th Overall Breeding Gilt and 3rd place Gilt Showman - Advanced Division Cameron Prins: Reserve Champion All Other Breeds Registered Barrow, Purple Ribbon Auction Participant, Interview Finalist Dylan Kramer: Crossbred Market Barrow, 1st in class, Purple Ribbon Auction Participant Natalie Einck: Market Gilt, 2nd in class, Purple Ribbon Auction Participant Carter Prins: Crossbred Market Barrow, 2nd in class, Purple Ribbon Tori Reynolds: Crossbred Market Barrow, 2nd in class, Purple Ribbon Jackson Kramer: Market Gilt, 7th in class Leah Steinman - Jans: Market Gilt, Green Ribbon Sheep Kyra Baumgartner: Champion Registered Suffolk Ewe Lamb, Purple Ribbon, 3rd place Lamb Lead Intermediate Medallion Winner & 2nd place with Fleece (Meat Breed) Eli Baumgartner: Registered Suffolk February Ewe Lamb, 3rd in class Mariah Hoekman: Market Lamb, Green Ribbon Goat Tyler Kruse: Senior Meat Breeding Doe Kid, Green Ribbon Krystyna Betz: Meat Market Goat, Green Ribbon Rabbit Edwin Nepp: Pen of Three Fryers, Blue Ribbon Fred Plaetz: Champagne d’Argent - Jr Doe, 2nd in class, Blue Ribbon Poultry Owen Wittrock: Brown Egg Layers, Purple Ribbon Cooper Scripture: White Egg Layers, Blue Ribbon Maryann Pagel: Brown Egg Layers, Blue Ribbon Oliver Pagel: Brown Egg Layers, Blue Ribbon Champion Meats Team Poultry (all youth listed above were our team members) The State 4-H General Livestock Judging Contest was held on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Murray County 4-H had one senior team and one junior participate at this event. The senior team members consisted of; Daniel Larson, Taylor Larson, Tori Reynolds, and Royalle Siedschlag. Our three junior team members were; Eli Baumgartner, Garret Reith, and Tyler Reith. The contest had one hundred and six participants with ten teams in the junior division and sixteen teams in the senior division. Here are the official results for Murray County: Junior Team: 10th Place Team Tyler Reith – 10th place individual in Swine Eli Baumgartner – 9th place individual in Swine Senior Team: 8th Place Team Taylor Larson – High Individual in Sheep/ Goat, 9th in Beef, 5th in Swine, and 3rd Overall Senior Individual We are incredibly proud of all our 4-H youth members that went down and competed at the Minnesota State Fair 4-H Livestock Encampment! They represented Murray County 4-H and the community well! We also wanted to give a big thank you to our chaperones, parents, and volunteers! Your support for our youth and program is greatly appreciated! We are looking forward to seeing results from the rest of the encampments during the Minnesota State Fair. Stay tuned!
