The annual Flint Hills Beef Fest Feedlot and Carcass Awards Banquet was hosted Jan. 23, 2010 at the Granada Theatre in Emporia. The cattle were fed for 124 days at Ingalls Feed Yard, Ingalls, Kan.
This event wraps up the 2009 Flint Hills Beef Fest.
Top winners follow.
Feedlot Contest
| Steer Divison |
Heifer Division |
1st place pen owned by Kevin Collins and
Howard Wittker, Strong City |
1st place pen owned by Heine Farms, Alma |
Steers
| Prize Money |
Pen |
Owner |
Average Gain |
| $700 |
Pen 21 |
Kevin Collins and Howard Wittker |
5.256 lb. |
| $450 |
Pen 7 |
Darbyshire ETC |
4.885 lb. |
| $300 |
Pen 17 |
J Bar Angus |
4.845 lb. |
| $150 |
Pen 2 |
Leffler Farms |
4.755 lb. |
| $125 |
Pen 20 |
Wittker Farms |
4.729 lb. |
Heifers
| Prize Money |
Pen |
Owner |
Average Gain |
| $700 |
Pen 46 |
Heine Farms |
5.2503 lb. |
| $450 |
Pen 50 |
Spring Creek Ranch |
4.7198 lb. |
| $300 |
Pen 45 |
Anderson Ranch |
4.7192 lb. |
| $150 |
Pen 41 |
Leffler Farms |
4.6950 lb. |
| $125 |
Pen 63 |
Woodbury-Lusk |
4.6372 lb. |
Carcass Contest
| Steer Division |
Heifer Division |
| 1st place pen owned by Kent Schade, Olpe |
1st place pen owned by Linsey Farms, Lebo |
Steers
| Prize Money |
Pen |
Owner |
| $700 |
Pen 27 |
Kent Schade |
| $450 |
Pen 3 |
Leffler Farms |
| $300 |
Pen 13 |
Spring Creek Ranch |
| $150 |
Pen 14 |
Linsey Farms |
| $125 |
Pen 24 |
Voboril Family Beef/Mid Continent Farms |
Heifers
| Prize |
Pen |
Owner |
| $700 |
Pen 46 |
Heine Farms |
| $450 |
Pen 50 |
Spring Creek Ranch |
| $300 |
Pen 45 |
Anderson Ranch |
| $150 |
Pen 41 |
Leffler Farms |
| $125 |
Pen 63 |
Woodbury-Lusk |
Parry Briggs, Reading, won the 2009 Cattle Marketing Contest.