Group of people standing with cows at the Premier National Junior Show, holding banners and awards, in front of an American flag backdrop.
Standing with the three Supremes of the Premier National Junior Show are breed judges and exhibitors (l-r) Abe Light of Argyle, N.Y.; Derek Lease of Union Bridge, Md.; Shaun Merrill of Seneca Falls, N.Y.; Kyra Lamb with her Supreme Cow and grand champion Jersey; Landrey Fraley with her Supreme Bred-and-Owned (and grand champion) Guernsey; Gavin Bewley with his Supreme Heifer, the Jersey show junior champion; Nate Oleniacz of New Oxford, Pa.; Chris Reichard of New Paris, Pa.; and Jenna Lenhart of Thurmont, Md. Photo by Sherry Bunting

By SHERRY BUNTING

Special for Farmshine

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Kyra Lamb, 11, of Oakfield, N.Y. led her Jersey grand champion aged cow Kevetta Colton Delilah to Supreme honors at the Premier National Junior Show on Monday, Sept. 14. The competition was held during All-American Dairy Show week at the Farm Show Complex.

Delilah’s breeding goes back to fifth-dam Veronica, charting a trail of banners from grand champion of the International Jersey Junior Show at World Dairy Expo last October and grand and supreme of the North American International Livestock Expo last November, to grand junior and open at the New York Spring Show in March – all on the same lactation.

Noting she has been milking well over a year, PNJS Jersey Show Judge Nate Oleniacz praised Delilah’s mammary system when selecting her earlier in the day for senior and grand champion, observing the balance and symmetry to the floor of her mammary system, bloom of fore and rear udder, and correctness of teat placement.

Kyra and her brother Griffin, 10, own Delilah and between them, they showed two Jerseys, and a Holstein and Red & White calf during the PNJS. Their parents Jonathan and Alicia Lamb, along with cousins, aunts, uncles and the Oakfield Corners team brought a total string of 26 cattle, mainly Holsteins and Red & Whites to the All-American this year, likely a record large string for the show, or close to it.

Earning the Supreme Bred-and-Owned prize was Landree Fraley, 21, of Muncy, Pennsylvania with her Guernsey grand champion Twin County Tina Turner. The 3-year-old goes back three generations of home breeding and was previously grand champion of the Junior show and honorable mention in open competition at the 2026 Guernsey Gold Showcase.

Among the top heifers in each breed, Gavin Bewley of Susquehanna, Pennsylvania earned Supreme with his junior champion Jersey, Budjon-Vail Video TSwift-ET.

Vying for the honor were junior champion Ayrshire fall calf Lincolnshire Montana, exhibited by Joshua Place of Canisteo, N.Y.; Brown Swiss fall calf Blessing Garbro WC Vida ETV, shown by Cooper Merrill of Seneca Falls, N.Y.; Guernsey fall calf Gladheart Regal Hills Pexi-ETV, exhibited by Eva Dehoff and Landen Copenhaver of Lebanon, Pa.; Holstein fall yearling Appalachian An Amaretto-ET, also shown by Copenhaver; Milking Shorthorn winter calf Lazy M JK Lars Luau ET, shown by Landon Neely of Utica, Pa.; and Red & White winter calf Cabaret Hvzda Mistletoe-Red, exhibited by Jillian Anderson of Centre Hall, Pa.

Group of young people posing with award-winning dairy cows at a livestock show, with an American flag in the background and colorful flowers in the foreground.
Breed grand champions lined up at the Premier National Junior Show on Monday, Sept. 14. Left to right are Kyra Lamb of Oakfield, N.Y. with her Jersey also named Supreme grand champion cow, Kevetta Colton Delilah; Lydia Kennedy of Cooperstown, Pa. with her Milking Shorthorn R-Generation Comanche Louisiana; Gavin Bewley of Susquehanna, Pa. with his Holstein Elm Bend Goose Bump; Keelan Pavelski of Jermyn, Pa. with her Brown Swiss Bo Shona Doboy Hermione; Tyler Soden of Susquehanna, Pa. with his Red & White Nisly-Gen Rager Donut-Red; Levi Wilcox of Freedom, N.Y., with his Ayrshire Hall’s V-Lane Spectacle-ET; and Landree Fraley of Muncy, Pa. with her Guernsey Twin County Tina Turner. Photo by Sherry Bunting
A group of young women in matching black jackets standing proudly with their dairy cows at the Premier National Junior Show, with an American flag and vibrant flowers in the background.
Earning the honors for Supreme bred-and-owned cow of the Premier National Junior Show on Sept. 14th was Landree Fraley of Muncy, Pa. with her Guernsey Twin County Tina Turner (right). Vying for the honor were the best bred-and-owned cows of the other six breeds (l-r) Brinkley Burdette of Mercersburg, Pa. with her Jersey Yortons Maestro Danica; Karlie Supplee of Chambersburg, Pa. with her Ayrshire Shultz RU OK-ET; Emma Heagy at the halter of Holstein Peace and Stone DYN Just Do It, bred-and-owned by Ella Hlavaty of Lititz, Pa.; Keelan Pavelski of Jermyn, Pa. with her Brown Swiss Bo Shona Doboy Hermione; Madison Soden of Susquehanna, Pa. with her Red & White Sweet Peas Jo Aubrey-Red-ET; and Lydia Kennedy of Cooperstown, Pa. with her Milking Shorthorn R-Generation Comanche Louisiana. Photo by Sherry Bunting
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