Paul Schwantz, Beef Carcass winner
U of I judge Katelyn Hamlow
Taylor Ferrill, Pork Carcass winner

Schwantz and Ferrill take top honors at Junior Carcass Show

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[August 12, 2014]  ATLANTA - The Logan County Junior Carcass show was held on Wednesday August 6 at the Atlanta Locker in Atlanta.

There were 13 qualified entries in the Pork Carcass with Taylor Ferrill of Oreana taking first place. Taylors hog had a hot carcass weight of 185 pounds, and a loin eye area of 9.3. The hog dressed out as 58.21 percent fat free lean.

Second place went to Brooke Harnacke of New Holland, and third place went to Meg Meeker of Emden. See the chart below for results of all 13 slaughters.

In the Beef Carcass competition Paul Schwantz of Lincoln took first place with Porter Schwantz taking second and Luke McLaughlin taking third.

Paul’s carcass ranked first among 10 qualifying entries. His animal dressed out with a 741 pound carcass hot carcass weight with a rib-eye area of 14.3. The rack was graded as a USDA Ch+ quality grade and USDA yield grade of 2.4. The percent retail yield from round, loin, rib, and chuck came to 51.4. See the chart below for the results of all 10 slaughters.

The event was judged by University of Illinois judge Katelyn Hamlow.

The Logan County Junior Carcass superintendent David Opperman would like to thank all the sponsors who made this show possible.

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Those sponsors are:
Big R of Lincoln – Tom Werherall
Rick and Deb Freed of Lincoln
Herrin Fertilizer of Mount Pulaski – Tom Harms
Graue Inc. of Lincoln – Chris Graue
Rohlfs Implement of Hartsburg – Les Rohlfs
LG Seeds of Lincoln – Gary Atterberry
Performance Vinyl Graphics of Mount Pulaski
Central Illinois Ag of Atlanta – Steve Schmidt
Atlanta Locker of Atlanta
Schwantz Farms of Lincoln
Cross Bros. Inc. of Mount Pulaski – Tom Cross
Tabor Feed Mill of Waynesville – Dave Wilson

[Information provided by DAVID OPPERMAN]
2014 Junior Pork Carcass Results            
Name Hot Carcass weight Length Last Rib Backfat 10th Rib fat depth Loin eye area Color Marbling Firmness Percent Fat-free lean Carcass Placing
Taylor Ferrill 185 31.20 0.90 0.50 9.30 3.00 2.00 2.00 58.21 1
Brooke Harnacke 192 32.10 0.70 0.50 9.50 3.00 1.00 3.00 57.79 2
Meg Meeker 205 31.90 0.65 0.50 9.40 3.00 1.00 3.00 57.08 3
Emily Petterson 206 30.60 0.95 0.50 8.80 3.00 1.00 2.00 57.02 4
Austin Goodman 212 32.60 0.65 0.60 8.60 3.00 1.00 3.00 55.69 5
Aden Wurth 207 32.90 0.75 0.65 8.20 2.00 1.00 2.00 55.39 6
Randy Grohman 226 33.70 0.90 0.60 9.40 3.00 3.00 3.00 55.12 7
Taylor Ferrill 209 31.20 0.90 0.70 9.20 3.00 1.00 3.00 54.78 8
Randy Grohman 215 33.70 1.00 0.70 8.70 4.00 3.00 3.00 54.55 9
Katelyn Steffens 179 30.70 0.80 0.90 7.70 3.00 1.00 3.00 53.22 10
Alex Coers 218 32.60 1.10 0.90 8.60 3.00 1.00 2.00 52.43 11
Emma Ritterbush 208 32.30 1.05 0.95 7.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 50.74 12
Merritt Steffens 173 30.50 0.80 1.05 6.20 3.00 2.00 3.00 48.94 13

 

2014 Junior Beef Carcass Results            
Name Hot Carcass Weight Fat Thickness Ribeye Area Percent KHP Fat Marbling USDA Quality Grade USDA Yield Grade % Retail Yield fron Round, Loin, Rib and Chuck Carcass Placing
Paul Schwantz 741 3.3 14.3 2.0 md-10 ch+ 2.4 51.4 1
Porter Schwantz 757 3.2 14.1 1.5 sm-50 ch- 2.4 51.4 2
Luke McLalughlin 865 3.1 14.2 1.5 mr-0 cho 2.7 50.7 3
Peyton Schwantz 827 3.2 13.4 2.0 sm-20 ch- 3.0 50.0 4
Austin Goodman 825 3.4 13.4 2.0 mr-20 cho 3.2 49.6 5
Emma Ritterbush 751 3.4 11.7 2.0 sm-10 ch- 3.4 49.1 6
Emma Ritterbush 827 3.6 12.1 1.5 sm-80 ch- 3.7 48.4 7
Lauren Burris 877 3.7 13.7 2.5 sm-40 ch- 3.7 48.4 8
Randy Grohman 747 3.8 11.1 1.5 sm-30 ch- 3.9 48.0 9
Randy Grohman 799 3.8 11.6 1.5 sl-80 se+ 3.7 48.0 10

 

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