2025 Judges -
SATURDAY CATTLE & GOATS/SUNDAY HOGS & SHEEP- Kase LeRow, Lubbock, TX
SATURDAY HOGS & SHEEP/ SUNDAY CATTLE & GOATS- Cole Murphy, Houstonia, MO
SATURDAY CATTLE & GOATS/SUNDAY HOGS & SHEEP- Kase LeRow, Lubbock, TX
SATURDAY HOGS & SHEEP/ SUNDAY CATTLE & GOATS- Cole Murphy, Houstonia, MO

ANNOUNCING 2025 Judges
We are excited to have two outstanding livestock evaluators join us at the SC Showdown
Kase LeRow is from Lubbock, TX with a background in showing and raising livestock.
Kase judged at Blinn College before transferring to Texas Tech University, where he completed his undergraduate degree in Animal Science while competing on the judging team.
Currently, he is the assistant coach at Tech while he works on his graduate degree in Ruminant Nutrition.
We are excited to have two outstanding livestock evaluators join us at the SC Showdown
Kase LeRow is from Lubbock, TX with a background in showing and raising livestock.
Kase judged at Blinn College before transferring to Texas Tech University, where he completed his undergraduate degree in Animal Science while competing on the judging team.
Currently, he is the assistant coach at Tech while he works on his graduate degree in Ruminant Nutrition.

Cole Murphy lives in Houstonia, MO where he and his family own and operate Murphy Cattle Co., a 250 head cow-calf operation.
Cole attended Lake Land College in Mattoon, IL as a member of the livestock judging team where he was fortunate enough to be the High Individual at the American Royal, National Western, and Dixie National while being named an All-American. He is currently attending Kansas State University where he was a member of the 2024 National Champion livestock judging team.
He will graduate in May with a bachelors in Animal Science and a minor in Ag Sales. This summer he will travel with the National Swine Registry where he will serve as their Field Staff Intern.
Cole attended Lake Land College in Mattoon, IL as a member of the livestock judging team where he was fortunate enough to be the High Individual at the American Royal, National Western, and Dixie National while being named an All-American. He is currently attending Kansas State University where he was a member of the 2024 National Champion livestock judging team.
He will graduate in May with a bachelors in Animal Science and a minor in Ag Sales. This summer he will travel with the National Swine Registry where he will serve as their Field Staff Intern.