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Intermountain Livestock Judging
Explanation
Each year youth work hard to raise a market animal, and enter it in the fair. They have waited all year to show this animal, and learn how to improve. It is important to provide youth livestock shows with qualified judges; however the list of knowledgeable individuals qualified is undersized. This in turn makes it difficult to hire proficient judges. To make the list more extensive, University of Idaho Extension educators teamed with extension personnel from Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. This was the birth of the Intermountain Livestock Judges training, which provides current meat animal industry guidelines. It also provides up to date evaluation methods, including the importance of being a positive influence, implementing carcass characteristics, and how to identify structural differences in livestock. Since the program began, individuals that are willing to judge youth shows, have been added to the list of qualified judges. Participants have judged 76 county fairs, 36 state shows, and 8 national shows in 14 different states!
Contest Results
Select a year for results from that years contest
- 2015 IMJT Class List
- 2015 IMJT Total Scores
- High Adult Overall
- High Beef - Senior
- High Beef - Adults
- High Beef - Juniors
- High Goats - Adults
- High Goats - Juniors
- High Goats - Seniors
- High Junior Overall
- High Senior Overall
- High Sheep - Adults
- High Sheep - Juniors
- High Sheep - Seniors
- High Swine - Adults
- High Swine - Juniors
- High Swine - Seniors
Previous Presenters
2017
- Chip Kemp
- Clay Carlson
- Sarah Baker
2016
- Ryan Rathmann
- Caleb Boardman
- Sarah Baker
2015
- Clint Rusk, PhD
- Travis Hoffman
- Sarah Baker
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2014
- Brett Kaysen
- Chip Kemp
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2013
- Brett Kaysen
- Rick Klampe
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2012
- Randy Shipley
- Paul Kuber
Panel Experts
Ryan Rathmann
Texas Tech University
Ryan grew up in 4-H and FFA on his family’s cow-calf oper-ation in Bastrop, TX. Ryan received his B.S. and M.S. from Texas A&M University in Animal Science and Beef Cattle Reproduction in 2002 and 2005, respectively. He pursued his Ph.D. in Ruminant Nutrition at Texas Tech University completing his degree in December of 2008.
Ryan is currently an Associate Professor in the Depart-ment of Animal and Food Sciences at Texas Tech University and teaches a variety of courses. He serves as the faculty coordinator of the Livestock Judging Team, Meat Animal Evaluation Team, and the Beef Center. Ryan has coached eight National Champion Collegiate Livestock Judging Teams, three at Texas A&M from 2002 to 2004, and five at Texas Tech from 2007 to 2009 and again in 2011 and 2015. Ryan is recognized as the all-time winningest livestock judging coach in the 100 year history of the prestigious International Livestock Judging Contest and his 2008 Tex-as Tech team holds the all-time record score. Under Ryan's guidance, 22 undergraduate students have been recognized as members of the All-American Livestock Judging Team. In addition, Ryan has coached five National Champion Meat Animal Evaluation Teams at Texas Tech from 2007 through 2010 and again in 2013. Ryan has judged local, state, or national junior and open cattle shows in 30 different states and Canada including every major show in Texas, the National Western, and the North American International Livestock Exposition.
Caleb Boardman
University of Wyoming
Caleb Boardman grew up in Frannie, WY on a commercial Sim-Angus operation. He attended and judged livestock at Coffeyville Community College where he was named a Junior College All-American. Caleb transferred to Texas A&M University where he judged on the 2011 reserve national champion team while receiving his B.S. in Agribusiness. He then served as a graduate coach at Texas A&M, including coaching the 2013 national champion team, while earning an M.S. in ruminant nutrition. Caleb recently accepted the coaching job at the University of Wyoming and lives in Laramie with his wife Kylie.
Sarah Baker
University of Idaho
Sarah D. Baker serves as an Associate Extension Professor with the University of Idaho Extension, where she provides programming focusing on livestock, range management and 4-H. Sarah is a 6th generation rancher from central Idaho, and holds a Masters Degree in Meat Science from the University of Idaho. During her time at UI, Sarah worked as Student Assistant Manager at the University Meat Laboratory, Vandal Brand Meats, and completed a Meat Science Research Assistantship.
Members
University of Idaho
Steve Harrison
(208) 547-3205
steveh@uidaho.edu
Scott Nash
snash@uidaho.edu
Joel Packham
jpackham@uidaho.edu
Rauhn Panting
rpanting@uidaho.edu
Steve Harrison
(208) 547-3205
steveh@uidaho.edu
Scott Nash
snash@uidaho.edu
Joel Packham
jpackham@uidaho.edu
Rauhn Panting
rpanting@uidaho.edu
Utah State University
Josh Dallin
(435) 797-8442
joshua.dallin@usu.edu
Katelyn Bell
(801) 615-0205
katelyn.bell@usu.edu
University of Wyoming
Dawn Sanchez
(307) 783-0570
dasanchez@uintacounty.com
Marty Gifford
307-352-6775
mgiffor2@uwyo.edu
Montana State University
Marc King
(406) 932-5146
mking@montana.edu
Josh Dallin
(435) 797-8442
joshua.dallin@usu.edu
Katelyn Bell
(801) 615-0205
katelyn.bell@usu.edu
University of Wyoming
Dawn Sanchez
(307) 783-0570
dasanchez@uintacounty.com
Marty Gifford
307-352-6775
mgiffor2@uwyo.edu
Montana State University
Marc King
(406) 932-5146
mking@montana.edu
Sponsors
A Special Thanks to the following for their support:
Spanish Fork City
Circle V Meats
Southeast Idaho Ultrasound
USU Extension—Utah County