Cattle Producers of Washington is an independent entity that focuses on the success of the cow-calf producer. As an organization for grass-roots ranchers, it is the goal of our organization to ensure the success of the American
cow-calf producer.


Cattle bred, born and raised in
Washington State
Cattle Producers of Washington
Photos of CPoW
2010 Annual Meeting - Moses Lake, WA
Wade King - President & USDA Director Dan Newhouse standing
Quincy Farmer Consumer Days - Wade King
Greeters at 2008 Annual Meeting
Teresa King, Julie Dashiell, Kit Maris & Vicki McPeak
Wade King presents Rep. Judy Warnick 13th Dist. with Legislator of the Year Award from CPoW
Wade King, Bill West & Rep. Janea Holmquist 13th Dist. on Dinner Train 2008
NOT JUST ANY BEEF - USA RAISED BEEF, ASK FOR IT!
Sign on Hwy 17 in Grant County
Attorney, Fred Kelly Grant from Stewards of the Range speaking at 2008 Annual Meeting regarding Coordination
2009 Annual Meeting at Spokane Valley
(l-r) L.D. Green, Willard Wolf, Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, Rep. David Taylor, Jeff Dawson seated
2009 Annual Meeting
CPoW President - Wade King
& Attorney General Rob McKenna
2009 Annual Meeting
Director of USDA - Dan Newhouse, CPoW President - Wade King, CPoW Director - Scott Vejraska
Sponsor Alltech's Rep. Tess White discussing nutrition with CPoW Director, L.D. Green
Wade King & Nate Hair at the Capitol
in Olympia, WA 12-3-09 for Assembly Days
Part of the CPoW group at the Capitol in Olympia 1-20-10
(l-r) Dick Moore, Todd Kelsey, Wade King, Nate Hair,
Scott Vejraska, Willard Wolf, Jim Wentland, Ed Gross
& Tanna Skidmore (Not pictured) Cody Schoesler, L.D. Green, Dave Dashiell, Monte McPeak, Craig Madsen, Cindy Marshall, Tiffany Marshall, Kelsey Kingsolver
and Bob Schoessler (aka-Ted Kennedy)
Part of the CPoW group in Olympia 1-20-10 (l-r) Monte McPeak, Jim Wentland, Rep. Janea Holmquist - 13th Dist, Cody Schoesler, Todd Kelsey & Dave Dashiell
Making a new friend at the Capitol!
(l-r) Scott Vejraska, Ben Fisher & Nate Hair
CPoW co-sponsored The Sunny Okanogan Angus Livestock Judging Contest held in Okanogan on March 10, 2010.  The kids judged 6 classes consisting of 1 class of Market Steers, 2 classes of Heifers, 2 classes yearling bulls and 1 class of two year old bulls.  The top 5 individuals received 1 year Youth memberships to CPOW.  The top 3 individuals also received a CPOW sweatshirt.  After the contest lunch was provided by Sunny Okanogan Angus Ranch.
Team Results:
1st place Tonasket FFA; 2nd place Okanogan FFA; 3rd place Yelm FFA; 4th place Wenatchee FFA
Individual Results:
1st Grant Kramer; 2nd Courtney Klumpp; 3rd Karlie Henneman; 4th (tie) Shelby Olma and Dillon Zemtseff; 6th (tie) Megan Deschwes and Gary Sperle; 8th Kendra Foth; 9th Jennelle McCormick; 10th Dustin Hennings
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CPoW co-sponsored the JR Ranch Livestock Judging Contest on March 19, 2010 in Othello. 
We had 5 teams with about 40 kids.  Other teams present were Stanwood and Granger.

CPoW sweatshirts and memberships were awarded to the first five placings.

Individual Awards:
1st place   William Keifer - Pullman, WA  
2nd place  Kelby Wegner - Medical Lake, WA
3rd place  Laura Robertson - Medical Lake, WA
4th place  Brandon Nichols - Stanwood, WA
5th place  John Benner - Asotin, WA
Teams were awarded $100, $75 and $50 donated by JR Ranch as well as a plaque.

Team Awards:
1st   Medical Lake
2nd  Pullman
3rd   Asotin
CPoW co-sponsored the Emtman's Triple E Angus Youth Livestock Judging Contest at Stockland Livestock Exchange in Davenport on March 26, 2010.  The top 3 teams received a plaque to take back to their school and the top 5 individuals received a CPoW membership and CPoW sweatshirt.  Teams attending were Chewelah, Quincy, Medical Lake, Lacrosse, and Reardan.

Teams:  1st Medical Lake
             2nd Reardan
             3rd Quincy

Individuals:   1st Sandi Williams, Medical Lake
                   2nd John Kelly, Medical Lake
                   3rd Riley Shines, Medical Lake
                   4th Kelsey Moos, Reardan
                   5th Jake Barth, Quincy
CPoW & The Sunny Okanogan Angus Livestock Judging Contest
CPoW & JR Ranch Livestock Judging Contest
CPoW & Emtman's Triple E Angus Livestock Judging Contest
Nate Hair, CPoW Youth Director
presents Gaynor Edwards,
Executive Director of Ag In the Classroom with a $500 check from CPoW. 

The funds were raised from sales
of CPoW sweatshirts.
August 20, 2010 - Beef Promotion at Yoke's in Spokane Valley
Cattle Producers of Washington
CPoW barbequing steaks for Grant County Farm Bureau's ag tour for Pacific Northwest University students
Wade King, Emmett Soden, L.D. Green & Jeff Sackmann
CPoW barbequing "USA Beef" for
Grant County Farm Bureau's Ag Tour
for Pacific Northwest University medical students
(l-r) Wade King, Emmett Soden, Jeff Sackmann
& L.D. Green
2010 Trail Rider Awarded to Ginger Schoesler of Ritzville, WA
Some CPoW Directors and spouses: (l-r) L.D. & Gwen Green, Julie Dashiell, Willard & Patti Wolf, Ed Gross, Debi & Ted Wishon, Marge & Bob Schoessler, Scott Vejraska
Ted Wishon taking bids. Willard Wolf auctioneering
2011 Incoming President Craig Vejraska &
Outgoing President Wade King
CPoW in Olympia January 19, 2011
CPoW Beef Judging Contest at JR Ranch in Othello, WA
Cattle Producers of Washington (CPoW) and JR Ranch sponsored a youth beef judging contest on March 17th, 2011 at the JR Ranch in Othello, WA.  There were six schools attending with approximately 45 youth competing for the title.  The attendance was low due to the state mandated testing for all freshman and sophomores on that day.  JR Ranch provided the cattle, hosted the event and fed everyone lunch.  CPoW provided the Montana Silver belt buckle for the high point individual, plaques to the second and third place individual winners and plaques for the top three teams to take home to their schools.  Congratulations!

FFA Team Results:

1st Place - Asotin FFA
2nd Place - Medical Lake FFA
3rd Place - Pomeroy FFA

Individual Results:

1st Place - Cody Johnsen, Asotin
2nd Place - Sammi Willams, Medical Lake
3rd Place - Chase Teigen, Asotin

Cattle Producers of Washington sponsored a youth judging contest March 9th, 2011 in Okanogan, WA while Sunny Okanogan Angus Ranch provided the cattle and lunch.  There were 95 youth competing for a custom made silver belt buckle for individual first place and plaques for the top teams.

FFA Team results:

1st Tonasket
2nd Yelm
3rd Kahlotus
4th Okanogan Jr.
5th Okanogan Sr
6th Chelan
7th Bridgeport
8th Almira/Coulee-Hartline
9th Royal City

Individual results:

1st Jim Townsend-Okanogan
2nd Tanner Varrelman-Bridgeport
3rd Katie Emerson-Almira/Coulee-Hartline
4th Cody McCleary-Almira/Coulee-Hartline
5th Taylor Ayers-Tonasket
6th Brianna Howell-Tonasket
7th Bree Jennings-Kahlotus
8th  Page Henry-Yelm
9th  Trent Turner-Tonasket
10th Megan Deschenes-Yelm

CPoW Beef Judging Contest at Sunny Okanogan Angus Ranch
Individual winners pictured