Champions Awarded in 10th Annual American Gelbvieh Foundation Scale and Rail Contest and Steer Challenge
The results are in, and champions have been awarded in the 2025 American Gelbvieh Foundation (AGF) Scale and Rail Contest and Steer Challenge. The contest harvested 87 head from nine participants, awarding $3,500 total in cash prizes and 22 banners sponsored by the AGF.
The steers had an excellent overall performance with an average daily gain of 3.94 pounds per head per day and a dry matter feed conversion of 6.2:1. The AGF extends a special thank you to Kinsley Feeders of Kinsley, Kansas, and Derek Martin, for hosting and supporting the contest.
The steers were harvested at National Beef in Dodge City, Kansas, and sold on the USPB grid. Thank you to Stuart Jarvis for donating the USPB delivery rights. The steers had an overall hot carcass weight of 1,018 pounds and an $89.83 net live premium per head.
The AGF continues to help advance the Gelbvieh breed through its support of research and development. For this reason, the AGF continues its Scale and Rail Contest and Steer Challenge. These two projects provide the information and funds necessary to generate data sets to advance Gelbvieh carcass merit. Together, these projects will solidify carcass merit within the Gelbvieh breed and place the cattle in a more competitive position in the beef industry through providing supplementary carcass data on Gelbvieh-influenced genetics. In addition to the data collected and the knowledge gained from these projects, the money raised will help to further develop more accurate tools for ranchers when selecting Gelbvieh and Balancer® genetics.
Scale & Rail Contest Results
The Scale and Rail Contest awards $1,500 in cash prizes and 16 banners to outstanding participants in both the Gelbvieh and Balancer divisions.
Champion Average Daily Gain Gelbvieh Steer
Champion Carcass Value Gelbvieh Steer
Tag: 093M
Average Daily Gain: 4.78 pounds
Carcass Value: $4,236
Quality Grade: USDA Choice
Yield Grade: 3
Owned By: Garrett Dunn
Sired By: GLM Hashtag# H11
Champion Average Daily Gain Balancer Steer
Champion Carcass Value Balancer Steer
Tag: 753
Average Daily Gain: 5.02 pounds
Carcass Value: $4,356
Quality Grade: USDA Prime
Yield Grade: 3
Owned By: Grund Beef Genetics
Sired By: GRU Just N Time 714J
Champion Pen of Gelbvieh Steers
Pen Value: $11,978
Pen Quality Grade: USDA Choice
Pen Yield Grade: 2
Owned By: Garrett Dunn
Sired By: GLM Hashtag# H11
Reserve Champion Pen of Gelbvieh Steers
Pen Value: $11,058
Pen Quality Grade: USDA Select
Pen Yield Grade: 3
Owned By: Flying H Genetics
Sired By: DCSF Post Rock Icon 136K1 ET
Champion Pen of Balancer Steers
Pen Value: $11,447
Pen Quality Grade: USDA Choice
Pen Yield Grade: 4
Owned By: Flying H Genetics
Sired By: FHG Flying H Mr 37D/G.Fund 287K
Reserve Champion Pen of Balancer Steers
Pen Value: $11,391
Pen Quality Grade: USDA Choice
Pen Yield Grade: 3
Owned By: Post Rock Cattle Company
Sired By: LRSF High Life H64
Steer Challenge Results
Participants of the 2025 Steer Challenge were awarded $2,000 in cash prizes and six banners. All five participants – Boehler Gelbviehs, Flying H Genetics, Post Rock Cattle Company, Warner Beef Genetics, and Wilkinson Gelbvieh Ranch – each donated $1,000 to the AGF.
Champion Average Daily Gain Steer
Champion Carcass Steer
Tag: 208M8
Average Daily Gain: 4.8 pounds
Carcass Value: $4,110
Quality Grade: USDA Choice
Yield Grade: 3
Owned By: Post Rock Cattle Company
Sired By: JRI Probity 254D28
Congratulations to all the 2025 Scale and Rail Contest and Steer Challenge champions, and thank you to everyone who participated in the contest. To view complete results and learn more about the contest, visit https://gelbvieh.org/foundation/projects.
The American Gelbvieh Association is a progressive beef cattle breed association representing 1,100 members and approximately 40,000 cows assessed annually in a performance-oriented total herd reporting system.
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