The annual National Western Stock Show held in Denver, Colorado, will not be held in 2021, the stock show association announced today. The 115th running of the major livestock show has been postponed until Jan. 8-23, 2022. “The COVID-19 pandemic does not allow for the stock show to host the annual event and comply with […] Read more
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Alberta bred bull wins big in Denver
A Canadian bred Simmental bull was named reserve grand champion at the National Western Stock Show held Jan. 22 in Denver, Colorado. The bull was bred by John and Tammy Dolliver’s JT Livestock of Stettler, Alta., and the family knew from the time it was a calf that they had a potential winner on their […] Read more
Youngster wins big in show
DENVER, Colo. — When nine-year-old Hadley Hartman entered the show ring with ponytail swinging and a big smile, few probably realized this little girl was leading out champions. Showing against dozens of adults at the National Western Stock Show’s Red Angus event in Denver, Colorado, Jan. 13, Hadley’s three entries were named grand champion and […] Read more
National treasure makes inroads
The American Wagyu Association has a long range plan to advance the Japanese breed and its heavily marbled beef
DENVER, Colo. — The smell of beef cooking on a grill wafting across the National Western Stock Show grounds lured hundreds of the curious to the Wagyu tent. About 600 plates of beef sliders, brisket and tri tip were offered free of charge to a long line of people wanting a taste. For many, it […] Read more
Miniature Zebus turn heads at cattle show
Colorado couple show the exotic breed, take them to petting zoos and use them as therapy animals in nursing homes
DENVER, Colo. — When visitors pass through the barns at the National Western Stock Show, many skid to a halt when they pass the miniature Zebu section. They stop, stare and then whip out their phones to get a photo of the little horned cattle that stare back passively from big brown eyes with fluttering […] Read more
Saskatchewan bison operation wins big in Denver show
Regular trips to the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, have paid off for Wolverine Bison Company. After years of entering the livestock super show held every January, bison from the Humboldt, Sask., ranch won grand champion and reserve bull. Wolverine Bison was also named producer of the year. During the sale the grand […] Read more
Impulse buy pays off for Alberta producer
The spur-of-the-moment purchase of a Hereford heifer calf three years ago has earned dividends for Harvie Ranching
DENVER, Colo. — For some people, an impulse purchase is a bag of chips at the grocery checkout. Jill Harvie’s impulse buy was a Hereford heifer calf that has exceeded expectations. She bought Next Gen Riesling 295 ET at the Mile High Hereford sale held during the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, in […] Read more
Alberta producers see Denver as chance for promotion
The Daines-O’Neill family attended the National Western Stock Show more to promote their stock than to win ribbons
DENVER, Colo. — Being at the National Western Stock Show was like a working vacation for the owners of Daines Cattle and O’Neill Livestock as the crew and six Charolais bulls basked in the Colorado sunshine. The Innisfail, Alta., based ranch is a family operation, and members have attended the Denver event before with good […] Read more
Next generation ready for the world
Twenty-year-old Tyra Fox has become the public face of Justamere Ranch and is determined to keep the name alive
DENVER, Colo. — Evidence of Tyra Fox’s purebred cattle career shows up in a picture from Farmfair International in Edmonton, where her father, Jonathan Fox, is seen giving the two-year-old a cuddle behind the family’s champion bull. A fifth generation member of the Justamere Ranch family, the 20-year-old is now the official exhibitor for the […] Read more
Sask. Angus producer shows well in Denver
Ward Cockburn says attending the National Western Stock Show is about promotion more than winning ribbons
DENVER, Colo. — Pretty show heifers come and go, but that broody heifer in the pen may be the mother of the next grand champion. That is the opinion of Ward Cockburn, who showed his Red Angus females and a bull at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, Jan. 14. Entering the prestigious […] Read more
