Getting busy with the beef

4-H market beef judging started at 9:30 this morning and the kids were busy primping their steers beforehand.

















Kyle Cornett, 10, of Boring was brushing the hair forward on his steer - kind of a bovine backcomb. He explained that sometimes it makes the animal look bigger and beefier. Pretty sophisticated considering this is Kyle's first year in 4-H.


















Jennifer Kitchen, 10, of Sandy is very focused as she combs her steer. This is her first year in 4-H and she is all business.


















Keira Rathjen, 14, is another first-year 4-H member from Sandy. Keira, in red, has somehow convinced her friend Akaela Wafford, 15, to give her a hand. Akaela, also from Sandy, has shown cattle in the past, but this year is showing sheep and goats.

Good times for everyone at the steer wash.