Lil Red and Charlie Smith of Fairfax, Missouri, were awarded Grand Champion Overall Percentage Heifer at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. Charlie also took home 4th place overall in the Senior Showmanship contest of that show. The two were also named Champions of the Bred and Owned Show and Charlie was chosen as top showman of that show. Charlie and Lil Red also earned the title Champion FFA Percentage Red Angus Female. (Ginny Smith photo)

Keely Bredensteiner, far right, of Tarkio competed in the Missouri State Fair Cattle Show. She showed the Reserve Champion 4-H and Open Class Foundation Simmental Cow/Calf Pair and earned 4th in Class with her 4-H and Open Class March Born Simmental Heifer. Also pictured are Shane Bredensteiner, left, and Quin Staten, second from right. (Tarkio and FFA Ag Department Facebook photo)

Kamryn Brown of Tarkio competed in the Missouri State Fair Swine Show and Cattle Show. She earned the following recognition: 2nd in the FFA Class and 5th in the Open Class with her Foundation Simmental Heifer, 2nd in the FFA Class with her Berkshire Gilt, 2nd in the FFA class and 3rd in the Open Class with her Hereford Gilt, and 6th in the FFA Class and Open Class with her Spot Gilt. (Tarkio and FFA Ag Department Facebook photo)

Quin Staten of Tarkio competed in the Missouri State Fair Swine Show. He earned 3rd in class in the FFA competition, 5th in the Open Poland Gilt Class, and 5th in the FFA and Open Spot Gilt Class. (Tarkio and FFA Ag Department Facebook photo)

Rory Lambertsen of Tarkio competed in the Missouri State Fair Swine Show with her Poland Gilt Zoe, who won 2nd in class in the Open Poland Gilt Class. This was Rory’s first time competing in the State Fair, where she also took part in the Peewee Showmanship competition. (Tarkio and FFA Ag Department Facebook photo)

Jaylee Wood’s Duroc took first in class in the 4-H Duroc Show in the Missouri State Fair Swine Show. Jaylee is from rural Tarkio, Missouri, and a student at Rock Port R-II. (Jayme Wood photo)

Harper Wood of rural Tarkio, Missouri, and a student at Rock Port R-II showed in the 4-H and Open Duroc Show at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. (Jayme Wood photo)

Braylyn Wood of rural Tarkio, Missouri, and a student at Rock Port R-II showed in the 4-H and Open Duroc Show in the Missouri State Fair Swine Show. (Photo submitted by Jeremy Palmer)

Nash Schomburg showed his steer Max in the Missouri State Fair Cattle Show in Sedalia. He placed 3rd in his class. (Afton Schomburg photo)

Emma Teten of Rock Port, Missouri, showed her pigs in the Missouri State Fair Swine Show in Sedalia. Her Berkshire got 6th place and her spot got 8th place. (Dixie Teten photo)

Bentley Teten of Rock Port, Missouri, and his swine participated in the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. Bentley’s Berkshire got 4th place and his spot earned 7th. (Dixie Teten photo)

Oscar Palmer of Rock Port, Missouri, and his two Poland Gilts made their debut at the Missouri State Fair Swine Show Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Oscar showed Doty, a January Poland, who placed 7th in the open class and Kit, a February Poland, who placed 4th in the open class. Oscar, age six, loved spending his summer with the pigs and showing them at his first State Fair. He will be a first grader this year. (Abby Palmer photo)

Kinleigh Daugherty of Rock Port, Missouri, showed her spot gilt, Sprinkle, on August 11-13, 2024, at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. Kinleigh participated in the following shows:  showmanship, FFA class, and the open class. (LoryAnne Daughterty photo)