Beef Pen Show/Cowboy Christmas Trade Show was a massive success

Southern Alberta Newspapers Photo by Ryan Dahlman. TRADE SHOW: Irvine Beef Club had multiple teams in the Team Grooming Event.

Southern Alberta Newspapers

The 26th Annual Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Beef Pen Show sure knew how to bring them into the corrals.

Both Pen Show and the adjacent Cowboy Christmas Trade Show each had a full slate of exhibitors and competitors for the Dec. 20-21 event at the Cypress Centre Fieldhouse. 

The evening of Dec. 20 was especially popular as the Breed Association Steak Sampling with seven different breed associations offered a taste of their associations’ breeds’ steaks. 

The Christmas Trade Show under the leadership of the Exhibition’s Doreen Gunderson, enjoyed a full slate of vendors and a lot of traffic both days with everything from art, jewelry, blankets, knitting, clothing and food — all with a country or cowboy theme. 

Following are the results from the Beef Pen Show. There were exhibitors from across all over Alberta and Saskatchewan.

4-H Heifer Show

• Bred Heifers Show

1 Brooklynn Konynenbelt, Claresholm, AB

2 Paytin Hagel, Beiseker, AB

• Open Heifer Show

1 Scarlett Pittman, Granum, AB

2 Paige Vandervalk, Nobleford, AB

• 4-H Steer Show

Show Results (2024)

• 4-H Project Steer

1 Jordy Doenz, Warner, AB

2 Brooklynn Konynenbelt, Claresholm, AB

• 4-H Team Grooming

Beef Show Results (2024)

Commercial Pens

Show Results (2024)

Pen of 3 Commercial Bred Heifers

1 Black Angus Cross

2 Rylan Schneider, Irvine, AB

3 F1 Herford Cross Charolais

4 Will Banford, Eastend, SK

Purebred Breeder

Show Results (2024)

• Pen of 3 Purebred Heifers

Born January 1st, 2024 to December 31st, 2024

1 Darcy Olesky, Craigmyle, AB

2 Sarah Delorme, Robsart, SK

• Pen of 3 Purebred Bulls

Born January 1st, 2024 to December 31st, 2024

1 Callie Hertz, Fir Mountain, SK

• Pen of 3 Commercial Open Heifers (Purebred Breeder Division)

1 Louise Niwa, Acadia Valley, AB

2 Wade & Jolene Watson, Cypress County