Hot and dry days made the end of summer bleak in South Carolina. The hay crop was poor. The pastures are burning up. Cattle are selling lower due to the lack of good grazing. We long for a share of those rains that other parts of the country, like Texas and the Midwest, have been flooded by.
Winners from the Summer Angus Shows
Yet we have much for which to be thankful. Our South Carolina Angus youth have outshone themselves. At the National Junior Angus Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, our South Carolina Junior Angus Association won the STATE HERDSMANSHIP AWARD for 15 head and less.
Also while there, Ann Blumer, the South Carolina Junior Angus president, was the first from South Carolina to be elected as a director on the National Junior Angus Board. Ann was one of six elected to represent the Angus youth from all over the United States. Ann will be expected to help with events and shows during her two-year term. She will have to find a way to fit all these Angus events into her already busy schedule while still going to class and playing soccer at Millsaps in Jackson, Mississippi.
An excerpt from the Angus Journal news release about the National Junior Angus Association election follows:
“National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) members from across the United States met at their annual meeting, held during the 2007 National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), July 1-7 in Tulsa, Okla.
Voting delegates elected six directors to serve a two-year term on the NJAA board of directors. Officers beginning their second year on the board were announced during the awards ceremony on July 6.
“Candidates from nine states ran for the six open positions on the board. Delegates cast their ballots for six candidates after each submitted an application, gave a presentation, answered impromptu questions and completed round-table interviews. A brief biography of the newly elected directors follows.
Ann Blumer is the daughter of Adam and Nancy Blumer, Chesnee, S.C. She attends Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., where she majors in business administration and is a member of the soccer team. Ann has been active in junior Angus programs, serving on the South Carolina Junior Angus Association board and attending LEAD (Leaders Engaged in Angus Development) Conferences.”
The LEAD conference was held in Perry, Ga. this August 3-4. Ann Blumer was able to attend to learn leadership skills for the Angus industry that will benefit her the rest of her life in whatever profession she chooses.
Teddi and Breann Steadman won many honors with their Angus at some of the big Angus shows this summer. The Steadman girls won division champions and even a grand champion at the Eastern Regional in Harrisburg, Pa.. Before that they won champions, i.e. owned intermediate champion female, owned reserve summer heifer calf champion and early summer heifer calf champion, at the 2007 National Atlantic Preview Junior Angus Show in Timmonium, Md.
SC Junior Beef Round Up Report
During the Beef Round Up on August 4-5 our Angus juniors continue to win honors. After they had taken the Junior Cattlemen’s test on that Saturday morning, they had to be ready for showmanship in the afternoon. Some of our SC juniors won awards and scholarships with their contest results. Drake Yon won a scholarship and was the intermediate sales talk winner. Samuel Hall and Sally Yon won savings bonds in the scholarship competition. Sally Yon was the runner-up in the senior sales talk. Many of our juniors made the finals in their showmanship divisions.
On Sunday the Beef Round Up brought more successes to our SC Juniors.
40 exhibitors from South Carolina and our surrounding states showed 58 Angus heifers. Our SC juniors won the following with their Angus. You might say, “The Yons have it.”
Sally Yon won grand champion with Yon Witch T39, a Sept. '06 Future Direction daughter that was also the calf champion. Corbin Yon showed the reserve champion, the senior yearling entry, which was the senior division champion, by Hyline Right Time 338.
The Yon's entries were also the bred and owned winners. The junior division champion was Sally Yon's January '06 entry, Yon Witch S392. Chisholm Clark won the intermediate champion with his August '06, Rito 6I6 daughter. The reserve division champions were shown by Sydney Cox (Calf), Austin Groce (Intermediate), John Petty (Junior) and Destiny McCauley(Senior). Other class winners from South Carolina included Jenna McCollough, Katie Pruitt, Patrick McGill and Cory Watt. Sadly, Savannah Groce was unable to show on Sunday due to a kidney stone attack.
The complete results are listed below:
21st Annual SC Jr. Beef Round Up Angus Show Results
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Jr. Calf – March 2007
1st place – Jenna McCullough
Jr Calf – Jan - Feb 2007
1st place – Katie Pruitt
2nd – Matt Vaughn
3rd – Garrett Metz
4th – Memori Eavenson
Late Sr. Calf – Nov - Dec 2006
1st - Sydney Cox *
2nd - Patrick McGill
3rd - Chisholm Clark
4th - Cory Watt
5th - Corbin Yon
6th - Taylor Moore
7th - Kaitlan Canady
8th - Jennifer White
Early Sr. Calf - Oct 2006
1st - Patrick McGill
2nd - Destiny McCauley
3rd - Jordan Carter
4th - Daniel White
5th - Chris McGill
6th - Candace Barnes
7th - Curtis Kitchens
8th - Deion Foster
9th - Mary Hall
Early Sr. Calf Sept 2006
1st - Sally Yon **
2nd - Rusty Hunnicutt
3rd - Chisholm Clark
4th - Chisholm Clark
5th - Katie Pruitt
6th - Shelbi Tucker
7th - Jennifer Clark
8th - Cody Kellett
Calf Champion – Sally Yon – Yon Witch T – 39 **
Reserve Calf Champion - Sydney Cox – Cox’s Zara Midland C-704 *
Late Summer Yearling – July – August 2006
1st - Chisholm Clark **
2nd - Joey McGill
Early Summer Yearling – May - June 2006
1st - Austin Groce *
Intermediate Champion - Chisholm Clark GAR 6I6 Rito 175
Reserve Champion - Austin Groce Gambles Ever Lady 5026
Late Jr. Yearling – March - April 2006
1st- - Cory Watt
2nd - Drake Yon
3rd - Carly Watt
4th - Garrett Metz
5th - Savannah Groce
6th - Ashley Hawkins
7th - Samuel Hall
Early Jr. Yearling – Jan - Feb 2006
1st - Sally Yon **
2nd - John Petty *
3rd - Austin Groce
4th - Lauren McGill
5th - Savannah Groce
6th - Curtis Kitchens
Junior Champion – Sally Yon - Yon Witch S 392 **
Reserve Jr. Champion – John Petty - BluQ Lass S 755*
Senior Yearling – Nov - Dec 2005
1st - Destiny McCauley*
2nd - Will Cabe
3rd - Destiny McCauley
4th - Katie Pruitt
5th - Chisholm Clark
6th - Mary Hall
7th - Justin Price
Senior Yearling – Sept & Oct 2005
1st - Corbin Yon**
2nd - Sally Yon
3rd - Joseph Groce
4th - Shaney Spires
5th - Ashley Hawkins
Senior Champion – Corbin Yon – Yon Hazel S 99
Reserve Sr. Champion – Destiny McCauley – BCF 004 Ms Wix R 203
Grand Champion Angus – Sally Yon – Yon Witch T39
Reserve Grand Champion – Corbin Yon – Yon Hazel S 99
BRED and OWNED Class
1st – Sally Yon – Yon Witch T 39
2nd- Corbin Yon - Yon Hazel S 99
3rd – Cory Watt - CWF Elba 095 S 110
4th - Sally Yon – Yon Hazel S42
5th – Drake Yon - Yon Burgess S484
**champion
*reserve champion
Looking Forward to Fall Events
In the fall the days will cool and the fairs will begin. A few farm children will be helping their families get ready for a sale. The Yons will be one of those preparing for their Yon Family Farm sale on November 3. November 12-13 is the Angus Show at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky. Also hold the date of November 30 and December 1 for the Ag Expo at Clemson’s T. Ed Garrison Arena.
Before you know it the weather will have broken, the rains will come (we hope) and school will have begun. In South Carolina the legislature made a law that schools cannot begin until after the middle of August. The purpose is not so that the farm children can help get the crops gathered but to help increase the number of workers and customers in August for the tourist business. By the way, the coastal businesses don’t mind the hot, dry days. It provides more beach time for the tourists.
Thank you to Lydia Yon, Dr. John Irvin and the American Angus Association for helping with this article. If you have news for SCAA, please sent it to Windy Bartee, 1717 St. Paul Church Rd., Clover, SC 29710, 803-222-7533. Dues for the SCAA are $20 for one year. Members will be listed in the new directory.
