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

[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.

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