Tucker Bayless, 2, presses is nose to a window as he watches Bronk Emby fit a sheep during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
A group with Coyote Ridge Ranch, near Greeley, spread the bedding in a pen for a calf that will be shown, during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Steam billows from the nose of cattle in the stockyards during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
A group with Coyote Ridge Ranch, near Greeley, spread the bedding in a pen for a calf that will be shown, during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Steam evaporates off one of the Gelbvieh Cattle being washed by Shadryon Blanca, with Dale Cattle Company out of St. Francis, Kansas, during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Adyson Spelts, 17, of Fort Morgan, Colo., sits with her Catch-a-Calf named Mater after placing sixth in showmanship and class during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Thus Itliong, 5, pens up a couple of toy horses in a play area during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Steam evaporates off one of the Gelbvieh Cattle being washed by Shadryon Blanca, with Dale Cattle Company out of St. Francis, Kansas, during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Luke Arnold, form Hudson, Colo., fits his daughter’s registered Miniature Hereford, Lucille, in the Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Livestock Center during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Karina Koelbel, 2, wears a pair of light-up sparkle boots during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
A group walks under the railroad tracks back to the main campus during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
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Tucker Bayless, 2, presses is nose to a window as he watches Bronk Emby fit a sheep during the first day of the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the National Western Complex in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
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First day of the 2026 National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026.
