Kansas State Meat Judging Team

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS goes out to the K-State Meat Animal Evaluation Team, who claimed NATIONAL CHAMPION honors today by winning the National Meat Animal Evaluation Contest hosted at the University of Wyoming. The team outpaced all of the competition, winning by an impressive 300-point margin. The team won the Meats, Breeding, Market, Beef Evaluation, and Swine Evaluation divisions. This is the 4th straight year and 7th in the past 8 that K-State has earned this honor. Congratulations to the team!

Congratulations to the 2024 K-State Meat Judging Team, who following review of the contest results, were officially named as co-CHAMPIONS of the Southwestern Meat Judging Contest held this past weekend in Ft. Worth, TX. The team had an excellent day, posting an impressive 4231 overall team score. The team's performance was anchored by a 20 point division win in beef grading. The team finished:

High Team Beef Grading
High Team Total Beef
3rd High Team Beef Judging
3rd High Team Pork Judging
4th High Team Reasons

Congratulations to the team!

A big congratulations goes out to the 2023 K-State Meat Judging Team as they finished up their fantastic year! This team had an excellent year winning the National Western, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Barrow Show, and Eastern National Contests. They were the high team in 18 different divisions throughout the year, had multiple students claim high individual honors, individuals win categories, and all of them place in the top 10. This year was one of the highest scoring and most competitive years in meat judging history and this team certainly did their part to help make that true!

Some of the highlights from the year include:
- Retired the trophy for the Eastern National as as result of their win coupled with wins from the 2022 and 2019 teams
- 3 overall team scores over a 4200
- 2 perfect 400s in specs in the spring season (only team ever to accomplish)
- 2nd highest pork judging score of all-time
- 3rd highest beef judging score of all-time
- 4th highest yield grading score of all-time
- 7th high reasons score of all-time

This team had a wonderful year and our program is incredibly proud of them and everything they accomplished. We can't wait to see what is next for each of them! Congratulations to the students and coaches on the great year!

Only about 1 week left before our ribeye raffle! Make sure you get your tickets now! Please let one of the team members or coaches know if you would like to purchase tickets.

It is that time of year again when the K-State Meat Judging Team is selling ribeye raffle tickets to help support the team's travel expenses. This is the major fundraiser for the team to help cover all of the costs associated with travel to their 8 national contests. Tickets are $10 each and the raffle will occur in early December. Ribeyes can be cut to the winners' specifications. Please contact one of the team members or coaches to purchase!

A big congratulations goes out to the 4H Meat Judging Team representing Kansas as they claimed the 2023 National Championship earlier today! This is back-to-back Championships for Kansas and is only the second time in the history of the contest a team from Kansas has claimed this title. We are extremely proud of this excellent group of students from across the state and their coaches. Congratulations!

Congratulations to the 2023 K-State Meat Judging Team for winning the Eastern National! This team joins the 2019 and 2022 teams as the only K-State teams to win this contest, and officially retires the challenge trophy for the Eastern! Way to go!

Champion Team Overall
High Team Reasons
High Team Pork Judging
High Team Total Beef
2nd Beef Grading
2nd Beef Judging

Congratulations to the team!

Congratulations to the 2023 K-State Meat Judging Team who kicked off their fall season by claiming top honors in both the Undergraduate and Graduate divisions this weekend at the National Barrow Show contest hosted by Hormel Foods. The team had an outstanding day, winning multiple divisions both as a team and individuals.

Congratulations to the team!

Congratulations to the K-State 2023 Reserve National Champion Meat Science Quiz Bowl Team! The team competed against 34 teams consisting of 20 universities which is the largest competition in the event's 21 year history! This event is hosted annually at the Reciprocal Meat Conference and challenges students in their knowledge of all aspects of Meat Science.

This is the best finish in the history of the event for K-State. Congratulations to the students and their coach!

Congratulations to the K-State 2023 National Champion Meat Animal Evaluation Team! The team finished the 3-day contest posting an impressive 275 point margin of victory. The team finished:

High Team Overall
High Team Market Division
High Team Breeding Division
High Team Communications
High Team Beef Judging
High Team Lamb Judging
High Team Pork Judging

The team also had 6 of the top 10 individuals overall, including the top 4 individuals in the contest.

This marks the 3rd straight year K-State has won this contest and 6th time in the last 7 years.

Congratulations to the team!

Congratulations to the 2023 Kansas State Meat Judging Team on winning Champion Team at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo!

Champion Team Overall
High Team in Specifications (perfect score of 400)
High Team in Lamb Judging
2nd Beef Grading
3rd Beef Judging
3rd Reasons

Congratulations to the team on a great Spring season!

Good luck to these students today as they compete at the AMSA South Plains Meat Judging Contest!

Congratulations to the 2023 National Western in Honor of R. Paul Clayton champion team! The group had a fantastic day to start their year and this year's competition season. Team results:

Champion Team Overall
High Team in Specifications
High Team in Lamb Judging
2nd Reasons
3rd Beef Grading
4th Beef Judging
4th Placings

Congratulations to the team on the great win! This is the third time K-State has won the this contest since 2018.

Good luck to this year's team as they start their season today competing at the National Western

Congratulations to the 2022 K-State Meat Judging Team on their record setting year! This team embodied excellence all year and had some of the highest scores in the 96-year history of meat judging.

All-time Meat Judging Records:
- Only team ever to have 4 scores above 4200
- All-time record reasons score
- 5th, 10th, 15th, 18th highest overall team scores
- 1st, 8th, 9th highest team reasons scores
- 4th, 8th highest beef judging scores
- 3rd, 9th highest total beef scores
- 5th highest pork judging score
- Perfect 400 in specs at first contest

K-State Meat Judging Records:
- Most wins ever by K-State Team (5)
- Most divisions won (34)
- 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th highest overall team scores
- 1st, 5th highest reasons scores
- 1st, 2nd total beef scores
- 2nd, 3rd beef judging scores
- 2nd highest pork judging score
- 2nd, 5th highest yield grading scores
- 3rd highest lamb judging score
- 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th highest total individual scores

The team finished as the Champion Team at the Southwestern, South Plains, Eastern National, Iowa State, and National Barrow Show contests, the Reserve Champion Team at American Royal and International and finished the year as Reserve National Champions. Additionally, the team had 3 students named to the prestigious Meat Judging All-American Teams.

Congratulations to the team on their outstanding year!

Good luck to the 2022 meat judging team as they compete at the International tomorrow!

The Kansas State Meat Judging Team is again selling raffle tickets for ribeye rolls to help support the team's travel expenses this next year. The raffle will be the first week of December. Winners will have the ability to have the ribeyes custom cut and packaged. This is the major fundraiser for the team and is the primary source of all travel funds used throughout the year.

A special thank you goes out to Cargill for their donation of the product to make this possible!

Please contact a member or coach of the team if you are interested!

A special congratulations goes out to the Kansas 4H Meat Judging All-Star Team, who won the National Championship this past week at the American Royal. This is the first time Kansas has won this title! A lot of hard work from all of the students and coaches went into this. Way to go and congratulations!

Congratulations to the 2022 Eastern National Champion Team. K-State had an incredible day, winning with an impressive 4230 overall team score, setting the all-time K-State record. Additionally, the team finished with the top 3 individuals in the contest. Complete results:

Champion Team Overall
1st Reasons
1st Placings
1st Specifications
1st Beef Judging
1st Lamb Judging
1st Pork Judging
1st Total Beef
2nd Beef Grading

Congratulations to the team!

Congratulations to the K-State Meat Judging Team who kicked off their fall season with a win at the National Barrow Show Contest sponsored by Hormel Foods! Team results were:

Champion Team Overall
High Team Specifications
High Team Fresh Meat Judging
High Team Questions
3rd in Placings
4th in Processed Meat Judging

Congratulations to the team and good luck through the rest of the season!