Champions Named at American Royal Gelbvieh and Balancer® Show

The Gelbvieh and Balancer® Show at the 2018 American Royal took place on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the American Royal Complex in Kansas City, Missouri. Jerry Grund, Wallace, Kansas, evaluated the Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle.

The grand champion Gelbvieh female was HIGH Ms Emma 9E100 ET. She is the daughter of JRI Pop A Top 197T83. Owned by Jacie Carroll, Raymore, Missouri, this heifer first claimed the senior heifer calf division.

Coming out of the junior yearling heifer division is the reserve grand champion Gelbvieh female. DCSF Pettit’s Laura 42E2 is the daughter of DCSF Post Rock Power Built 37B8 and owned by Blair Vohs, Bucyrus, Kan.

The grand champion Gelbvieh bull was owned by Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Indiana. GGGE 3G Fort Apache 835F is the son of GGGE 3G Zip Line 266Z and first claimed the junior bull division.

The reserve grand champion Gelbvieh bull was IFG Ivers Hannibal F14, owned by Colton Ivers, Austin, Minnesota. First claiming reserve in the junior bull division, Ivers Hannibal is the son of JRI General Patton 213B97 ET.

In the Balancer show, grand champion Balancer female was owned by Brylee Thiel, Kaw City, Oklahoma. MDR Elly Zendt 702E ET is the daughter of Dameron First Class 896 and first won the junior yearling heifer division.

The reserve grand champion Balancer female was GGGE 3G Faintly Saintly ET 852F was owned by Reid Overmiller, Smith Center, Kansas, and Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Indiana. She is the daughter of GGGE 3G Centurion E527C and first claimed the spring heifer calf division.

The grand champion Balancer bull was owned by Triple K Gelbvieh, Basehor, Kansas. KKKG Triple K Easy Haul 313E is the son of AHL Long Haul 5035C. He first claimed the junior bull calf division.

The reserve grand champion Balancer bull was MDR First Step 7549E, owned by Dobson Ranch, Kaw City, Oklahoma. He is the son of JRI Next Step 285X72and was out of the junior bull calf division.