Livestock Judges
Following is a list of livestock judges.
Each judge's name is linked to his or her e-mail address.
See the "More..." link under Judging Experience for additional judging and contact information.
Note: Inclusion in this list is not necessarily an endorsement by UF.
Name | Location | Judging Experience |
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Rick Aherns | Brooksville, Florida |
Have been judging youth livestock shows for over 15 years. More... (137KB pdf) |
Larry Barthle | San Antonio, Florida |
Third generation cattle breeder involved in an extensive, More... (101KB pdf) |
Brett Brandner | De Leon Springs, Florida |
Brett grew up in Allentown, PA on a horse and hay farm. He competed at rodeos, More... (176KB pdf) |
Greg Carlton | Ft. Myers, Florida |
Greg grew up in the cattle business. As a graduate student, I was manager of the University of Florida's Purebred Brahman Herd, More... (163KB pdf) |
C. Chad Carr | Micanopy, Florida |
Chad grew up in Bethpage, Tennessee, 30 miles north of Nashville, on a diversified livestock operation, More... (110KB pdf) |
Charles (Chuck) Combs | Zephyrhills, Florida |
Chuck grew up showing and raising registered and commercial cattle. He has also participated in exhibiting market hogs, More... (35KB pdf) |
H. Fred Dietrich, III | Orlando, Florida |
Fred first started judging cattle in 4-H, 1956 and later in FFA (Future Farmers of America) in 1960. More... (82KB pdf) |
Ed Dillard | Dade, Florida |
Raised on a diversified family livestock and crop farm in Alabama. Teacher of agriculture for 34 years, More... (136KB pdf) |
L. Dean Hendrick | Mayo, Florida |
Dean was raised on a cattle farm and row crop location: we back grounded cattle, silage production, More... (109KB pdf) |
Patrick J. Hogue | Okeechobee, Florida |
Patrick grew up on poultry and cattle operation. Showed sheep and market steers through high school. More... (123KB pdf) |
Ed Jennings | Gainesville, Florida |
Ed is willing to judge market, breeding, and showmanship classes for cattle as well as market classes for swine. More... (54KB pdf) |
Breanna Lawyer | Gainesville, Florida |
Breanna grew up on a row crop and hog farm in Shirley, IN where I also raise show pigs alongside my family operation.. More... (123KB pdf) |
Chy LeClair | DeLand, Florida |
Chy LeClair is willing to judge market, as well as, breeding classes for swine, cattle, sheep and meat goats. More... (199KB pdf) |
Dallas Locke | Lakeland, Florida |
Dallas grew up showing and raising registered Angus cattle which I market and exhibit nationwide. More... (90KB pdf) |
Rod McDowell | Frostproof, Florida |
A 3rd generation cattleman, Rod grew up in Frostproof, FL, where he exhibited market and purebred cattle locally, regionally, and nationally from the ages of 13-22. More... (96KB .pdf) |
Clint McWaters | Sebring, Florida | My passion for evaluation livestock and teaching youth is why I like the judging arena. More... (228KB pdf) |
Richard H. Meadows | Columbia, Alabama |
Partner in family farm, Meadows Creek Farm - a pure bred and commercial cattle operation. More... (119KB pdf) |
Michael (Mike) Milicevic | Lake Placid, F lorida |
I grew up in the cattle business. I was raised on a ranch and showed cattle across the Southeast. More... (119KB pdf) |
Mark Allen Newsome | Riverview, Florida |
Mark grew up raising, showing and exporting Brahma cattle. I also exhibited cross bred market steers, More... (123KB pdf) |
Cornel Peacock | Newton, Alabama |
Cornel grew up raising Santa Gertrudis cattle and have shown market hogs and steers at county and state levels. More... (134KB pdf) |
Deron M. Rehberg | Cairo, Georgia |
Deron grew up showing steers, heifers, and market hogs on the county, district, and state level. More... (108KB pdf) |
Robert S. Sand, Jr. | Alachua, Florida |
Robert grew up raising and showing beef cattle. I have raised Angus, Hereford, Limousin, More... (122KB pdf) |
Cindy Sanders | Micanopy, Florida |
Cindy grew up on a cow/calf operation. I am a sixth generation Floridian with a background in citrus and cattle, More... (124KB pdf) |
Ed Sapp | Madison, Florida |
Ed grew up on a diversified farm in Madison County. He exhibited swine in 4-H. He has been an agriculture teacher for the last 25 years in his home town. More... (135KB pdf) |
James F. Selph | Arcadia, Florida |
From 1979 to present James has served as County Extension Director, DeSoto County, More... (322KB pdf) |
Don A. Strickland | Sarasota, Florida |
Don has been a 4-H leader for over 30 years in Sarasota County and has been the Lovestock Judging Coach for the last 25 years. More... (6KB pdf) |
Tim Varnedore | Hazlehurst, Georgia |
Tim grew up on a diversified livestock and row crop farm in Bacon County located in Southeast Georgia where we maintained a herd of commercial cattle, More... (150KB pdf) |
Jeff Vermillion | Citra, Florida |
Jeff judges Market Steers, Feeder Steers and Breeding Shows and Market Steers and Heifers Showmanship and Grooming, More... (89KB pdf) |
James B. Wheeler | Plant City, Florida |
James grew up showing and raising registered Santa Gertrudis and commercial cattle and have shown market hogs, More... (135KB pdf) |
Justin Yancy | Sparr, Florida |
James grew up in Willis, TX with a background in diversified livestock, primarily breeding commercial and purebred beef cattle, More... |