JWCC Announces Winners of Livestock Judging Contest

John Wood Community College recently held its 17th annual Ag Alumni Association Livestock Judging Invitational with a virtual event held over three weeks this past September. The event was sponsored by ADM Animal Nutrition and Moorman’s ShowTec and presented by JWCC Agriculture Alumni Association and Livestock Evaluation Club. Four hundred ninety-three students from Illinois, Missouri and California high schools, FFA and 4-H clubs participated.

Schools included: AC Central, Brown County, Carrollton, Clinton, Farmington, Franklin, Griggsville-Perry, Illini West,, Macomb, Payson-Seymour, Pleasant Hill, Quincy, Southeastern, Taylorville, Triopia, Unity, Warsaw, West Central, West Prairie and Winchester, Jerseyville, Paris, Full Armor Christian Academy, in Illinois, and Scotland Co. and Troy in Missouri. Students from Adams County Beefers 4H Club, MJW 4-H Morgan Club, Clark County 4-H, of Illinois participated.

Livestock judging competitions help students learn to make decisions, strengthen and improve power of observation and apply scientific principles of animal growth and development. Evaluations included various species of cattle, pigs and sheep.

Winners in the Varsity Division:
Overall Teams
1^st NCWHS FFA–Normal Community West High School

2^nd Christian County 4-H
3^rd Brown County FFA

Individual Overall Winners
1^st Bailey Wadlow, Jerseyville 4-H
2^nd Carter Hoge, Macomb FFA
3^rd Chloe Boitnott, NCWHS FFA

Beef Team
1^st NCWHS FFA
2^nd Griggsville-Perry
3^rd Paris

Swine Team
1^st  Christian County 4-H
2^nd NCWHS FFA
3^rd Liberty

Goat/Sheep Team
1^st Normal West FFA Chapter
2^nd Bushnell-Prairie City
3^rd West Central FFA

Beef Individual
1^st Chloe Boitnott, NCWHS FFA
2^nd Carter Hoge, Macomb FFA
3^rd Bailey Wadlow, Jerseyville FFA

Swine Individual
1^st Ty Knodle, Christian County 4-H
2^nd Bailey Wadlow, Jerseyville FFA
3^rd Mara Ippensen, Liberty

Goat/Sheep Individual
1^st Bailey Wadlow, Jerseyville FFA
2^nd Carter Hoge, Macomb FFA
3^rd Morgan Blessing, Memphis FFA

Cattle for evaluation were provided by Buea Shaffer of Mendon, Mike Tenhouse of Coatsburg, and the Illini Elite Simmental Sale Consignors; sheep were provided by DeHann Livestock of Taylor Mo.; goats were provided by Darr Farms of Fairmount, Ill.; swine were provided by Jack DeOrnallas and Dillon White of Jacksonville.