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Next: about 9 to 24 Jan 2027

National Western Stock Show

Sixteen January days of cattle judging, sales and rodeo in Denver, held since 1906 and one of the oldest stock shows in the West.

Horse Drawn Carriage at the 2023 National Western Stock Show
Photo: Pdubs.94, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cattle at National Western Stock Show

The National Western Stock Show has been held in Denver every January since 1906. It is above all a breeding-stock show: ranchers bring their bulls and heifers to be judged, sold and seen, and the pens of the Yards fill with bulls of dozens of breeds. Junior exhibitors show their own animals, and the catalogue sales set prices that the ranching world follows. Around the cattle there are rodeos, horse shows, a stock dog trial and a western trade fair. The show opens with a parade of longhorn cattle through downtown Denver, and the city's restaurants put on their steak menus for the fortnight.

The breeds

HerefordA breed shown at Denver since the first shows.American AngusThe black beef breed with the largest bull pens at the Yards.SimmentalA red and white breed popular with western ranchers.CharolaisA large white French breed shown and sold at Denver.Texas LonghornThe breed of the opening parade through the city.
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Written by the EveryCow desk with AI assistance. Background: "National Western Stock Show" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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