A contestant gets ready to show her chicken.
A boy leads his cow to be weighed in.
Meghan McClelland receives congratulations after a win.
Penelope Soto grooms her cow.
Trace Hunt and Barrett Hunt exercise their goats.
Forrest Conley and Abram Conley show off their market rabbits.
A contestant practices with her pig.
Competitors get ready for the poultry judging.
The judge examines the poultry entries.
Contestants bring their sheep into the ring for judging.
PHOTO BY MICHAEL CARIAGA
Ambassadors: Luke Mosser, Nolan Moore, Tyler Eiben, Nicandro Quintanilla, Holt Jones, Ernest Brown, Chazin Herzog.
Despite the winter storm, the 80th Annual Hays County Youth Livestock Show proceeded as planned, wrapping up on Saturday morning with the annual auction. However, the auction was relocated to the pig barn, which was heated, and participants were instructed not to bring their animals to the auction due to the weather.
This year there were a total of 367 exhibitors from Buda 4-H, Dripping Springs 4-H, Kyle 4-H, Hays 4-H Shooting Sports, West San Marcos 4-H, Wimberley 4-H, Dripping Springs FFA, Hays FFA, Johnson FFA, Lehman FFA, San Marcos FFA & Wimberley FFA. There were 1608 entries in the categories of Ag Mechanics, Cattle, Goats, Home Skills, Horse Show, Lambs, Poultry, Rabbits and Swine.
The official photographer for the event was Branded B Media, and all their photos, from candids to posed shots of winners, are available for free download at https://brandedbmedia.shootproof.com.
The livestream crew was Fbg.Live. To find the livestream links, visitors can go to their website at https://www.stock-show.live/ and select archived events. All the shows and the auction will be there.
Below are the winners from Wimberley:
Hays County Livestock Show 2026 Wimberley 4-H
Breeding Heifers Grand Champion Heifer Heifer Calves up to 12 months old Shelby Cox
Market Steer Senior Cattle Showmanship, Champion ABC Market Steer / Show Class 2 Shelby Cox
Market Goats Reserve Champion Division 1 Market Goats / Division 1 – Show Class 1 Barrett Hunt
Market Goats Champion Division 1 Market Goats / Division 1 – Show Class 3 Lillian Sandoval
Arts, Crafts & Clothing Intermediate Reserve Champion Arts, Crafts and Clothing Ceramics Reagan Anderson
Arts, Crafts & Clothing Junior Grand Champion Arts, Crafts & Clothing Quilts Gwendalyn Eckert
Arts, Crafts & Clothing Junior Reserve Champion Arts, Crafts & Clothing Miscellaneous Kai Kochmanski
Arts, Crafts & Clothing Senior Reserve Champion Arts, Crafts and Clothing Quilts Clara Leinneweber
Arts, Crafts & Clothing Clover Reserve Champion Arts, Crafts & Clothing Home Accessories or Decorations Lorelei Schlomer
Arts, Crafts & Clothing Clover Grand Champion Arts, Crafts & Clothing Recycled Items Laurel Templeton
Baked Foods Junior Grand Champion Foods Yeast Breads Kai Kochmanski
Baked Foods Senior Reserve Champion Foods Yeast Breads Eleanor Warner
Horticulture Intermediate Grand Champion Photography Silk Floral Arrangements Reagan Anderson
Horticulture Junior Grand Champion Horticulture Dish Gardens/Terrariums Kai Kochmanski
Horticulture Junior Reserve Champion Horticulture Dish Gardens/Terrariums William Zelhart
Photography Intermediate Reserve Champion Photography Photo – People Charli Cobb
Photography Junior Reserve Champion Photography Photo – Animals Callum Robbins
Photography Clover Grand Champion Photography Photo – Landscapes Haysleigh Wright
Market Poultry Reserve Champion Turkey Turkey Hen – Show Class 1 Forrest Conley
Market Poultry Grand Champion Turkey Turkey Tom Cody Phillips
Market Poultry Intermediate Poultry Showmanship Broilers-Cockerels – Show Class 1 Olivia Schlomer
Market Poultry Grand Champion Broiler Broilers-Cockerels – Show Class 1 Beau Toifl
Market Swine Senior Swine Showmanship, Reserve Champion Dark Cross Dark Crossbred – Show Class 2 Megan Swientek
Market Swine Clover Swine Showmanship, Reserve Champion Yorkshire Yorkshire – Show Class 2 Haysleigh Wright
Wimberley FFA
Market Swine Reserve Champion Light Cross Light Crossbred – Show Class 2 Kennedy Cudney
Market Swine Reserve Champion Light OPB Light OPB – Show Class 1 Leyton Robertson
Below are the winners from Drippings Springs:
Dripping Springs FFA
Dylan Lee, Market Steer, Reserve Champion ABC
Kellen Embrey , Market Goats, Champion Division 3
Kellen Embrey, Market Goats, Grand Champion Market Goat, Champion Division 2
Addison DeMarco, Market Lamb, Champion Fine Wool Cross
Kellen Embrey , Market Lamb, Grand Champion Market Lamb, Champion Medium Wool
Meghan McClelland, Market Lamb, Reserve Champion Fine Wool Cross
Meghan McClelland, Market Lamb, Reserve Champion Fine Wool
Dripping Springs 4-H Club
Calvin Kinley, Market Steer, Champion AOB- Black
Millie Powers, Market Steer, Reserve Champion Market Steer, Reserve Champion AOB- Colored
Barrett Collins, Market Goats, Reserve Champion Division 3
Violette Orsak, Home Skills, Baked Foods, Junior Reserve Champion Foods
Britton Shumway, Home Skills, Baked Foods, Clover Reserve Champion Foods
Tyler Tatsch, Home Skills, Baked Foods, Intermediate Reserve Champion Foods
Fisher Morgan, Home Skills, Horticulture, Clover Grand Champion Horticulture
Spence Morgan, Home Skills, Horticulture, Clover Reserve Champion Horticulture
Penelope Orsak, Home Skills, Horticulture, Senior Reserve Champion Horticulture
Truett Herzog, Home Skills, Photography, Intermediate Grand Champion Photography
Violette Orsak, Home Skills, Photography, Junior Grand Champion Photography
Cole Gibson, Market Poultry, Reserve Champion Broiler
Wyatt Kapacziewski, Breeding Rabbits, Grand Champion Breeding Rabbit
Lawson Henry, Market Rabbit, Reserve Champion Market Rabbit
Quincy Raines , Market Lamb, Reserve Champion Market Lamb, Intermediate Lamb Showmanship, Reserve Champion Medium Wool
Clayton Doyle, Market Swine, Champion Light OPB
Laramie Doyle, Market Swine, Champion Yorkshire
Josie Fowlkes, Market Swine, Champion Duroc
Ancil Kuykendall, Market Swine, Reserve Champion Market Swine, Champion Light Cross
Full results will be published in an upcoming insert.
