2021-2022
The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) Beef Exhibitor Show Total (BEST) Program kicked off it’s new season with this year’s theme “How the BEST was won,” alongside sponsoring partners: Ag-Pro & John Deere, Bane-Welker Equipment, Bob Evans Farms, Diamond T Land & Cattle Co., D&E Electric, M.H. EBY Inc., Farm Credit Mid-America, Weaver Leather Livestock, The Folks Printing, Dickson Cattle Co., Jones Show Cattle and RD Jones Excavating. BEST is a youth development program of OCA that recognizes Ohio’s junior beef exhibitors for participation and placings through a series of sanctioned cattle shows that include showmanship competitions, educational contests, leadership opportunities and community service. Juniors earn points for participation in each sanctioned show which they are rewarded for at the end-of-season banquet. 18 | Ohio Cattleman | Winter Issue 2022
The schedule for this year’s season is as follows: • • • • • • • •
AGR Holiday Classic, Circleville – Dec. 10-12 Scarlet & Gray Midwest Showdown, Columbus – Jan. 7-9 The Weekend Spectacular, Marion – Jan. 21-23 Clark County Cattle Battle, Springfield – Jan. 28-30 DTS Cupid Classic, Circleville – Feb. 11-13 Holmes County Preview, Millersburg – March 4-6 Ohio Beef Expo, Columbus – March 18-20 BEST Banquet, Columbus – May 7
BEST Program Requirements
Participants 8-years-old as of Jan. 1, 2022, but no older than 21 years as of age as of Jan. 1, 2022, are eligible
to accumulate OCA BEST points. Exhibitors must be Ohio residents with the exception of Buckeye Breeders Series (BBS) eligible cattle. Those exhibiting BBS cattle are eligible to accumulate BEST points regardless of state of residency. Juniors or the junior’s family must be a current member of OCA. The OCA membership must be in the name of the BEST participant’s immediate family. OCA family memberships are $75 and will operate on a 12-month basis. Exhibitors showing cattle at a BEST sanctioned show, but not participating in the BEST program, must also have an OCA membership. A nomination fee is also required for each animal a junior enters in the BEST program. The one-time $60 nomination fee allows the animal to accumulate points at any OCA BEST sanctioned show. The nomination fee
