2025 National Junior Angus Showmanship Contest, held in conjunction with the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS)

Angus exhibitors competed at the 2025 National Junior Angus Showmanship Contest, held in conjunction with the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), June 30 in Tulsa, Okla. Cody and Shayne Lafrentz, both of Prague, Okla., judged the junior showmanship division; and Will and Lauren Coor, both of Greenfield, Ohio, judged the intermediate showmanship division.

Junior A Showmanship

These junior Angus members placed in the top 10 of the first ever junior A showmanship division at the 2025 National Junior Angus Association Showmanship Contest, sponsored by Purina and held in conjunction with the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), June 30 in Tulsa, Okla. Pictured from left are Cody and Shayne Lafrentz, judges; Ella Weldon, Piedmont, Okla., champion; Piper Cates, Modoc, Ind., reserve champion; Saylor Norvell, Amber, Okla., third place; Adalynn Blankenship, West Burlington, N.Y., fourth place; Molly McCurry, Hutchinson, Kan., fifth place; Kennedy Burns, Oxford, Iowa, sixth place; Clancy Stockdale, Hillsboro, Ind., seventh place; McKamie Jean, Emerson, Ark., eighth place; Mikayla Berg, Wellston, Okla., ninth place; Caddo Craft, Anadarko, Okla., tenth place; and Steve Myers, Purina representative, presenting. Photo by Next Level Images.

Junior B Showmanship

These junior Angus members placed in the top 10 of the first ever junior A showmanship division at the 2025 National Junior Angus Association Showmanship Contest, sponsored by Purina and held in conjunction with the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), June 30 in Tulsa, Okla. Pictured from left are Cody and Shayne Lafrentz, judges; Oaklyn Plamp, Mitchell, S.D., champion; Eli Atkisson, Stockton, Kan., reserve champion; Cealy Bedwell, Holt, Mo., third place; Jillian Moffitt, Colfax, Iowa, fourth place; Aubree McCurry, Hutchinson, Kan., fifth place; Jaci Whittmore, Berryville, Ark., sixth place; Blayklee Stelzer, Oologah, Okla., seventh place; Payten Abitz, Wheaton, Kan., eighth place; Braylen Schaeffer, Hagerstown, Ind., ninth place; Case Conley, Sulphur, Okla., tenth place; and Steve Myers, Purina representative, presenting. Photo by Next Level Images.

Intermediate A Showmanship

These junior Angus members placed in the top 10 of the first ever junior A showmanship division at the 2025 National Junior Angus Association Showmanship Contest, sponsored by Purina and held in conjunction with the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), June 30 in Tulsa, Okla. Pictured from left are Will and Lauren Coor, judges; Clancy Cunningham, Rose, Okla., champion; Hadley Hartman, Tecumseh, Neb., reserve champion; Kiera Bremer, Fullerton, Neb., third place; Rylee Stratton, Appomattox, Va., fourth place; Lane Toledo, Visalia, Calif., fifth place; Cinch Dowling, Fair Grove, Mo., sixth place; Carrter Eavers, Middlebrook, Va., seventh place; Ella Michael, Fishersville, Va., eighth place; William Miller, Gridley, Ill., ninth place; Zayda Hofing, Coatesville, Ind., tenth place; and Steve Myers, Purina representative, presenting. Photo by Next Level Images.