Alley Cat goes for nearly $400K at Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo Jr. Sale of Champions
La Vernia resident Mattison Koepp, 16, brings her grand champion steer Alley Cat on to the auction stage for the Auction of Champions for the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo in the Wyatt Arena on Saturday, Feb. 8. 2025. Alley Cat was sold for $375,000 to Shane Vaden of Vaden’s Drywall, Plaster and Masonry.
Alley Cat, Beaver win grand champion, reserve champion in Fort Worth Stock Show’s big steer show
Alley Cat and Beaver will head to Saturday’s stock show Junior Sale of Champions, which last year raised $8.2 million for youth exhibitors.
2025 Fort Worth Stock Show Grand Champion steer sells for $375K
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo’s 2025 grand champion steer sold Saturday morning for $375,000. The grand champion steer, an American Cross named Alley Cat, sold to Vaden’s Acoustics and Drywall during the annual Junior Sale of Champions auction on Saturday.
2025 Fort Worth Junior Grand Champion Steer Award winner revealed: Meet 'Alley Cat'
The judges say this year’s competition was stiff. They looked for a combination of physical features, genetics and a “wow factor."
Alley Cat, Fort Worth Stock Show’s grand champion steer, sells for $375,000
Alley Cat’s win as grand champion steer at the Fort Worth Stock Show interrupted a years-long streak of victories by European crossbreds.
Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo crowns Junior Grand Champion Steer
About 4,000 steer are entered into the Jr. Steer Show at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, only one can be Grand Champion.
Fort Worth Stock Show Grand Champion Steer sells for $375,000 at auction
La Vernia resident Mattison Koepp's Grand Champion Steer, Alley Cat, sold for nearly $400,000 to Shane Vaden, the CEO of Vaden's Drywall, Plaster and Masonry at the Jr. Sale of Champions for the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo Saturday morning.
Central Texas teen with track record of success takes big prize at Friday’s steer show
The big winner was Mattison Koepp, 16, from La Vernia, with her steer Alley Cat, an American Crossbreed. Koepp was the ...
Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo grand champion steer 'Alley Cat' sells for $375K
The big winner was Mattison Koepp, 16, from La Vernia, with her steer Alley Cat, an American Crossbreed.