A judge at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale marks a Columbia ram as the Reserve Champion, as handler Alison Knutson steadies the animal Tuesday afternoon in the Sheep Pavilion on the Missouri State Fairgrounds. The prizing winning ram is owned by Duane Bauck, of Dew Drop Farms in New York Mills, Minnesota. The sale and show opened Monday and will be hosted through Saturday.
Conner Richardson, 12, and his grandfather Fred Richardson both get a little shut-eye before showing the family’s White Dorper sheep Tuesday afternoon at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale on the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Conner, his grandfather, father Freddie Richardson, mother Jill Richardson and grandmother Wanda Richardson, all from Circle R Farming in Rosedale, Virginia, drove 14 hours to attend the sale.
Bodie Niemeier, 1, looks amazed Tuesday afternoon as a Midwest Stud Ram Sale judge looks over a Montadale ram being steadied by Julie Gatson. Bodie was in the show ring with his father Steve Niemeier, right, of Baugh & Dunn Montadales, of Middleton. Baugh & Dunn is owned and operated by 26 family members who have been breeding Montadales for five generations.
Participants in the Midwest Stud Ram Sale line up their Montadale rams in the show ring Tuesday afternoon inside the Sheep Pavilion on the Missouri State Fairgrounds.
Spring lambs, White Dorpers from Deer Run Ranch in Mountain Grove, rest snugly in colorful vests which keep them clean during the Midwest Stud Ram Sale Tuesday on the Missouri State Fairgrounds.
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A judge at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale marks a Columbia ram as the Reserve Champion, as handler Alison Knutson steadies the animal Tuesday afternoon in the Sheep Pavilion on the Missouri State Fairgrounds. The prizing winning ram is owned by Duane Bauck, of Dew Drop Farms in New York Mills, Minnesota. The sale and show opened Monday and will be hosted through Saturday.
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Conner Richardson, 12, and his grandfather Fred Richardson both get a little shut-eye before showing the family’s White Dorper sheep Tuesday afternoon at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale on the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Conner, his grandfather, father Freddie Richardson, mother Jill Richardson and grandmother Wanda Richardson, all from Circle R Farming in Rosedale, Virginia, drove 14 hours to attend the sale.
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Bodie Niemeier, 1, looks amazed Tuesday afternoon as a Midwest Stud Ram Sale judge looks over a Montadale ram being steadied by Julie Gatson. Bodie was in the show ring with his father Steve Niemeier, right, of Baugh & Dunn Montadales, of Middleton. Baugh & Dunn is owned and operated by 26 family members who have been breeding Montadales for five generations.
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Participants in the Midwest Stud Ram Sale line up their Montadale rams in the show ring Tuesday afternoon inside the Sheep Pavilion on the Missouri State Fairgrounds.
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Spring lambs, White Dorpers from Deer Run Ranch in Mountain Grove, rest snugly in colorful vests which keep them clean during the Midwest Stud Ram Sale Tuesday on the Missouri State Fairgrounds.
