Logan County Fair 2022

Page 190 2022 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 male market animal that has been neutered so that it may not reproduce. It’s sole purpose in life is to become steaks and hamburgers, and do well in the Logan County Fair 4-H Steer Show, of course. Thus the oxymoron. The little lady showing this steer could not have been more than 10 or 11 and probably weighed less than 75 pounds. That 1,100 pound bull was tossing her around like a rag doll. Even when the helpers in the ring had their hands on him he was being contrary and whipping his head trying to get free. None the less, he was a good steer and went on to win a reserve champion in his breed class. Other steers in the show were also a bit stubborn, but the young men and women handled them and kept them in line long enough to collect a number of blue ribbons as rewards for all their hard work. Like the swine judging on Wednesday, the steers are judged by breed categories and then weight sub-categories of light, medium and heavy. In the Black Angus breed there were entries in the second two sub-classes but there were no light Black Angus steers shown. Phillip Osborn had steers in both the medium and heavy and competed against Kennadie Finchum in the medium weight. As the only entry in the heavy, Osborn took the first place position there, and also edged out Finchum in the medium weight class. Consequently, Osborn competed against himself for the Black Angus Champion and of course, he won. In the Herford class the situation was flipped, no heavy animals were shown, only light and medium. Porter Schwantz was the sole showman in the ring in the light class. In the medium class, Phillip Osborn returned and provided competition for Wyatt Leinenbach. For this breed the Champion went to Porter Schwantz with Leinenbach taking Reserve. In the Shorthorn breed there was only one animal shown. Grayson Foran took top shorthorn with an animal he had entered in the heavy weight class. Thursday, AUGUST 4, 2022 STORY and PHOTOS by Nila Smith Continued p