Hutchinson Community College-Livestock Judging

02/25/2025

Hutchinson Community College would like to invite you to the 2025 Blue Dragon Classic, held Monday April 7th in Lyons, KS at the Celebration Centre & Bar K Bar Arena. Youth (4-H and FFA) rules are posted here. Please reach out if you’re a college team looking for those specific rules.

Entry deadline for youth is April 1st, and the link to register is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRoKYK7SKqrT_Xpcrx-HD_XLRN-bcvteHO_2Ho4XZelfN1LA/viewform

Please reach out to Kane Austin with any questions, and we hope to see you all again this year.

02/17/2025

Results from the last two weekends of contests for the Blue Dragons. The team headed south to the Dixie National and got a break from the frigid air.

Sophomore Team

3rd Reasons
4th Overall

Madie Alldredge
10th Steer Division
11th Overall

Travis Oliver
8th Brahman Division
15th Overall

Freshmen Team
6th Overall

Assistant coach Kami Martin loaded the freshmen up and braved the elements this past weekend at the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic, where the team found much success.

3rd High Team Overall
6th High Team Reasons

Paisley Voboril
2nd High Individual Overall
4th High Individual Placings
6th High Individual Reasons

Cash Voegele
4th High Individual Reasons
Tied-1st Feedlot Division

Several more contests to attend and to host this spring. We appreciate everyone’s support of the team through meals or hosting workouts for us.

01/29/2025

Catching up on January results; the team is off and running in what will be a very busy spring semester. Thank you to all who have supported us with workouts and meals so far.

Sioux Falls
Sophomores
Reserve Champion Team
High Team Cattle
High Team Swine
2nd High Team Reasons

Individuals
Grace Pool
2nd Overall
2nd Cattle

Madie Alldredge
3rd Overall
3rd Reasons
3rd Cattle
4th Swine

Taya Chelmo
4th Overall
1st Cattle
4th Reasons

Eli Rich
5th Swine

Freshmen
3rd High Team
2nd High Team Swine

National Western Stock Show
Eli Rich - High Individual Overall Sheep & Goats

Team 7th Overall Swine

12/14/2024

12/13/2024

Results from the Kansas Beef Expo judging contest today will be streamed via Facebook Live starting at 6 pm today.

12/12/2024

Thank you to all the buyers, bidders, and sponsors of items for the 2024 online sale. We have great support all because of your generosity. The sales management class did a fantastic job of organizing the sale this fall semester.

Please contact Kane Austin or a member of the class to get your purchases shipped, delivered, or for other arrangements to be made.

12/06/2024

Connection week is approaching fast. Check out the links for all the events coming up!

Online sale Tuesday December 10: https://www.sconlinesales.com/Bids/AuctionsListing/39794

Kansas Beef Expo youth judging contest Friday December 13: https://forms.gle/my9jFCEbCtjrgMtKA

HCC Alumni Banquet Saturday December 14: https://forms.gle/GMKavkE5PrJzNTt49

11/20/2024

Calling all past and present HCC livestock judging members! Join us on December 14th for the 2024 Hutchinson Community College Livestock Judging Alumni Banquet!

Click the Link to RSVP by December 7th:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6LBgP0354-Jb_7hof6kWgR-qtAVP9-Xcq-IZMW1PRzZBYJg/viewform?usp=sf_link

11/08/2024

The Kansas Beef Expo livestock judging contest is back for 2024. Contest will be Friday Dec. 13th at the state fairgrounds in Hutchinson. Check out the information below and follow the link to get signed up. Please contact Kane Austin for more information.

https://forms.gle/my9jFCEbCtjrgMtKA

10/28/2024

Bringing back Connection Week for 2024. Check out the flyer for specifics. Entry links for the judging contest and the alumni banquet coming soon. The online auction will be listed on SC in the coming weeks! Linking the past with the present to strengthen our future!

10/25/2024

Second high team overall swine division at the American Royal.

Our sophomore team had a great week of preparation and made it through their first national contest of the fall. Lots of season left to keep up the great work.

10/13/2024

A little behind on posting results from several contests. However, we’ve hit the ground running this fall. Thank you to everyone for the support and to those who have provided workouts and hospitality over the last few months!

Canton Galva Eagle Classic:

Overall Individuals:
1st Taya Chelmo
2nd Grace Pool
4th Cash Voegele
7th Megan Mansfield
8th Chancey Hauck
9th Travis Oliver

Cattle:
1st Taya Chelmo, 4th Isom Marston, 6th Eric Smith, 7th Chancey Hauck, 8th Cash Voegele

Sheep/Goats:
1st Taya Chelmo, 3rd Madie Alldredge, 4th Grace Pool, 5th Cash Voegele, 7th Megan Mansfield, 8th Travis Oliver, 10th Chancey Hauck

Swine:
1st Grace Pool, 3rd Megan Mansfield, 6th Cash Voegele, 8th Courtney Stansbury, 10th Jacobie Geiger

Reasons:
1st Taya Chelmo, 3rd Cash Voegele, 4th Grace Pool, 6th Madie Alldredge, 7th Chancey Hauck, 8th Megan Mansfield, 9th Travis Oliver, 10th Eli Rich

PROF LIDVALL MEMORIAL

Freshmen:

Jacobie Geiger:
High Individual
2nd Cattle
6th Reasons
2nd Sheep/Goats
7th Swine

Eric Smith
3rd Overall
7th Cattle
1st Sheep/Goats
8th Swine

Paisley Voboril
4th Overall
5th Cattle
High Individual Reasons
10th Sheep/Goats
5th Swine

C**ton Roepke
7th Overall
4th Cattle
11th Reasons
11th Swine

Cash Voegele
8th Cattle
5th Reasons
10th Swine

Megan Mansfield
4th Reasons
12th Swine

Isom Marston
10th Reasons

Breck Smith
13th Swine

Sophomore:
3rd Overall Team
3rd Team Cattle
3rd Team Reasons
3rd Team Sheep/Goats
3rd Swine

Taya Chelmo
8th Overall
6th Sheep/Goats
9th Swine

Grace Pool
11th Overall
8th Cattle
10th Reasons

Eli Rich
3rd Reasons
9th Sheep/Goats
10th Swine

Madie Alldredge
3rd Cattle

FLINT HILLS

Freshmen:
5th Team Sheep & Goats

Eric Smith
4th Overall
10th Swine

Sophomore:
4th Overall Team
4th Team Cattle
3rd Team Swine
4th Team Sheep & Goats

Eli Rich
2nd Cattle

Madie Alldredge
7th Cattle

AKSARBEN

Freshmen:
4th Overall Team
3rd Team Cattle
4th Team Reaons
3rd Team Sheep/Goats
4th Team Swine

Jacobie Geiger
3rd Overall
7th Reasons
4th Cattle
11th Swine

Paisley Voboril
2nd Cattle

Cash Voegele
10th Swine

TULSA STATE FAIR

Freshmen

Cash Voegele
11th Overall
5th Sheep/Goats

Sophomore:

Travis Oliver
11th Overall
7th Sheep/Goats

04/25/2024

The Hutchinson Community College meat animal evaluation team brought home a national championship from the All East meat animal contest hosted by Mississippi State University last week. This was the inaugural event for junior colleges to compete in this type of contest in a competitive setting and we are thankful to the organizers of the All East contest for stepping up and finally including junior colleges. Not only were the Blue Dragons the high-ranking junior college team, but they outscored every university team in the overall contest, including two out of three of the separate days. Eight freshmen students in the Ag108 course have been preparing since the spring semester began in January to attend this contest, in addition to three sophomore students on the livestock judging team that took the class last year. This is an all-encompassing event that took three days to compete in. Thursday was market animal evaluation (live calls), Friday breeding animal selection with questions on each class, and Saturday a 12 and 8 judging contest. In addition to their win at All East, our students were the high placing junior college team by nearly 300 points at the North Central Meat Animal Evaluation Contest back in March hosted by the University of Illinois, and ranked ahead of all universities there as well in the breeding animal selection contest. The Hutchinson Community College meat animal evaluation team is coached by Kane Austin and assisted by Kami McComb and Will Banks.

In the photo:
Front row (L to R):
Grace Pool, Norwich, KS; Courtney Stansbury, Little River, KS; C**t Blacklock, Dundurn, SK, Canada; Codee Kopelchuk, Canora, SK, Canada; Taya Chelmo, Kimball, SD.
Back row (L to R):
Will Banks, Assistant Coach; Braeden Grasser, Little River, KS; Madie Alldredge, Blountsville, AL; Travis Oliver, Garden City, KS; Jamie Geyer, Lisbon, ND; Eli Rich, Moss, TN; Chancey Hauck, Rush Center, KS; Kami McComb, Assistant Coach; Kane Austin, Coach.

Thank you to all of the producers and individuals that have supported us and helped us prepare to achieve this goal over the last several months.

McCurry Angus Ranch
Schrader Ranch
Dieball Cattle
JB Livestock
Goering Show Cattle
Wal-Mar Charolais
Hobbs Show Lambs
M4 Livestock
Pratt Feeders
Knight Feedlot
HCC Livestock
Sunflower Genetics
Bartholomew Farm
Section 21 Illinois FFA
Kabat Farms
Homann Livestock
Schaal Club Lambs
Kansas State University Meats Lab
Saum Show Stock
Town Creek Farm Brangus
Steve Austin Family (meal)
Van Alldredge Family (meal)

Results of the contest are listed below. Placing beside the name of the student is given in relation to everyone in the entire contest within each separate division, with rank amongst junior college contestants only given in parenthesis.

3-Day Overall Combined Contest Results
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
Grace Pool 3rd (2)
Taya Chelmo 5th (3)
Codee Kopelchuk 7th (4)
C**t Blacklock 10th (5)
Team 1st (1)

Livestock Judging Day
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 4th (2)
Codee Kopelchuk 6th (3)
Taya Chelmo (4)
Grace Pool (5)
Team 1st (1)

Breeding Animal Selection Day
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
Taya Chelmo 2nd (2)
Grace Pool 4th (3)
Codee Kopelchuk 5th (4)
Eli Rich 6th (5)
C**t Blacklock 9th (6)
Team 1st (1)

Market Animal Evaluation Day
Courtney Stansbury 11th (1)
Grace Pool (2)
Jamie Geyer (3)
Taya Chelmo (4)
Chancey Hauck (5)
Team 5th (1)

Other Evaluation Day Highlights

Cattle
Taya Chelmo (1)
Courtney Stansbury (2)
Jamie Geyer (3)
Grace Pool (4)
Eli Rich (5)
Team 3rd (1)

Swine
Chancey Hauck 7th (1)
Courtney Stansbury (2)
Grace Pool (3)
Codee Kopelchuk (4)
Madie Alldredge (5)
Team 6th (1)

Sheep
Jamie Geyer 11th (1)
Taya Chelmo (2)
Chancey Hauck (3)
Grace Pool (4)
Courtney Stansbury (5)
Team 5th (1)

Other Selection Day Highlights

Cattle
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 3rd (2)
Taya Chelmo 7th (3)
Grace Pool 10th (4)
Codee Kopelchuk (5)
Team 1st (1)

Swine
Codee Kopelchuk 1st (1)
Jamie Geyer 2nd (2)
Taya Chelmo 3rd (3)
Chancey Hauck 5th (4)
C**t Blacklock 7th (5)
Madie Alldredge 8th (6)
Team 1st (1)

Sheep
Grace Pool 2nd (1)
Eli Rich 3rd (2)
Jamie Geyer 4th (3)
Taya Chelmo 6th (4)
Codee Kopelchuk (5)
Team 1st (1)

Other Judging Day Highlights

Cattle
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 2nd (2)
Grace Pool 7th (3)
Codee Kopelchuk (4)
Madie Alldredge (5)
Team 1st (1)

Swine
Codee Kopelchuk 3rd (1)
Jamie Geyer 4th (2)
C**t Blacklock (3)
Travis Oliver (4)
Taya Chelmo (5)
Team 1st (1)

Sheep/Goats
Jamie Geyer 2nd (1)
Grace Pool 3rd (2)
C**t Blacklock (3)
Codee Kopelchuk (4)
Eli Rich (5)
Team 1st (1)

Oral Reasons
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 3rd (2)
Codee Kopelchuk 4th (3)
Grace Pool (4)
Eli Rich (5)
Team 1st (1)

Other Combined Highlights

Cattle
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
C**t Blacklock 8th (2)
Taya Chelmo (3)
Grace Pool (4)
Courtney Stansbury (5)
Team 2nd (1)

Swine
Codee Kopelchuk 1st (1)
Chancey Hauck 7th (2)
Jamie Geyer 8th (3)
C**t Blacklock (4)
Courtney Stansbury (5)
Team 1st (1)

Sheep/Goats
Jamie Geyer 1st (1)
Grace Pool 2nd (2)
Taya Chelmo 4th (3)
Eli Rich (4)
Codee Kopelchuk (5)
Team 1st (1)

03/28/2024

The 2024 Blue Dragon Classic will be held on Monday April 8th in Lyons, KS at the Celebration Centre & Bar K Bar Arena. Please follow the link to get registered by April 1st.

https://forms.gle/FtzXaA15igz88zrZ9

For more information, please contact Kane Austin at 618-231-3592.