Three of the department's competitive teams kicked off the new year in Colorado at the historic National Western Stock Show. Results from NWSS and additional contests are below.

To learn more about the department's 10 competitive teams, click here.

Livestock Judging Team

The Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team competed at two contests on January 11 and 12 during the National Western Stock Show in Denver. Earlier in January, the team also competed at the OKC Cattlemen's Congress in Oklahoma.

NWSS Hill Contest

Team:

  • 2nd overall
  • 2nd hogs
  • 3rd sheep/goats
  • 3rd reasons
  • 4th cattle

Individual:

  • Gunner Coburn - 3rd overall, 3rd reasons, 7th hogs, 9th sheep/goats
  • Weston McElroy - 1st sheep/goats
  • Tate Hogan - 1st goats
  • Blake Peterson - 4th cattle, 5th cattle reasons
  • Cooper Thompson - 5th hogs

NWSS Carload Contest

Team:

  • 2nd overall

Individual:

  • Karson Patton - 1st overall
  • Kendahl Nix - 8th overall
  • Hunter Knudson - 12th overall

OKC Cattlemen’s Congress

Team:

  • 3rd overall
  • 1st sheep/goats
  • 3rd reasons
  • 4th cattle
  • 5th hogs

Individual:

  • Gunner Coburn - 3rd overall, 5th reasons, 7th cattle 8th sheep/goats,
  • Tate Hogan - 10th overall, 3rd sheep/goats, 3rd hogs
  • Blake Peterson - 11th overall, 4th cattle, 9th reasons
  • Cooper Thompson - 5th sheep/goats

Meat Judging Team

The Texas A&M Meat Judging Team were named the champion team at the National Western Stock Show on January 15.

NWSS

Team Results:

  • High Individual Overall
  • 1st Reasons
  • 1st Grading
  • 1st Beef
  • 1st Total Beef
  • 1st Placing
  • 1st Lambs
  • 2nd Specs
  • Tied for 2nd Pork

The team also had 4 individuals in the Top 10 and 5 in the Top 10 alternates.

Team members:

  • Avery Flanagan - HIGH INDIVIDUAL Overall! 1st Lamb, 1st Reasons, 1st Placings, 5th Beef
  • Dillon Prokop - 2nd HIGH INDIVIDUAL Overall! 2nd Reasons, 4th Grading, 4th Beef, 3rd Placings
  • Nathan Kerth - 8th HIGH INDIVIDUAL Overall! 1st Beef, tied for 5th Reasons
  • Kyla Beck - 9th HIGH INDIVIDUAL Overall! 4th Lamb, 5th Placings

Alternate contest:

  • Tate Lane 4th
  • Maddie Unruh 5th
  • Madeline Luedke 6th
  • Tanner Owen 7th
  • Shelby Pieniazek 9th

Other team members include Landon Southern, Karson Kurtz, Connor Pence, Maggie DeLaCerda, Logann Weidenfeller, Trey Hoffmann, & Gavin Kubala. The team is coached by Lauren Lee, Jennifer Wyle, and Gage Walsh.

The FTAMJT '24 will practice one week in Rosenthal before heading to the Texas Panhandle to practice for the Southwestern Contest in Fort Worth.

Wool Judging Team

The Texas A&M Wool Judging Team was named the 2024 National Western Stock Show Champion Collegiate Wool Judging Team on January 11. The team also competed earlier in January at the Wyoming 7220 Collegiate Wool Judging Contest.

The team is coached by Shane Flanagan and assistant coaches Jaxson Zimmerman and Carson Carter. Outgoing coaches Carson Millican and Miles Mathis also assisted.

NWSS Contest

Team results:

  • 1st High Overall
  • 3rd High Overall

Placing

  • 1st Mia Moderski
  • 3rd Savay Sexton
  • 5th Owen Sanders

Grading

  • 1st Savay Sexton
  • 3rd Sam Seidenberger

Reasons

  • 1st Mia Moderski
  • 2nd Savay Sexton

High Individual Overall

  • 1st Savay Sexton
  • 2nd Sam Seidenberger
  • 4th Owen Sanders
  • 5th Mia Moderski
  • 10th Brayden Bennett

Handspinning Division

  • 1st Tres Spencer
  • 5th Ben Benjamin Flanagan
  • 9th Mia Moderski

Value Determination Division

  • 1st Sam Seidenberger
  • 4th Corbin Garner

Alternative Contest

  • 1st David Kendrick
  • 2nd Katrina Johnson
  • 3rd Ben Flanagan
  • 4th Tres Spencer
  • 5th Corbin Garner

Wyoming 7220 Collegiate Wool Judging Contest

The wool judging team won high team and third high team overall in Wyoming.

High Team Placing

  • 1st Mia Moderski
  • 2nd Jamison Capps
  • 4th Coy Jacob’s
  • 5th Sam Seidenberger
  • 6th Jenna Dow
  • 7th Brayden Bennett
  • 8th Owen Sanders

High Team Reasons

  • 1st Jenna Dow
  • 2nd David Kendrick
  • 4th Corbin Garner
  • 6th Koda Davis
  • 7th Molly Friess
  • 8th Braden Bennett
  • 9th Savay Sexton

2nd high team grading

  • 3rd Coy Jacobs
  • 6th Jamison Capps
  • 7th Owen Sanders
  • 8th Brayden Bennett
  • 9th Savay Sexton

First and Third High Team Overall

  • 1st Jamison Capps
  • 2nd Brayden Bennett
  • 3rd Owen Sanders
  • 6th Mia Moderski
  • 7th Coy Jacob’s
  • 8th Jenna Dow
  • 9th Sam Seidenberger
  • 12th Savay Sexton
  • 13th David Kendrick
  • 14th Molly Friess