Stuart, Nebraska – The Sandhills Cattle Association's annual Educational, Performance & Carcass Contest has reached its 40th year! With this impressive milestone, we are announcing an exciting new element to the contest! Producers can now donate a calf to the Association's new 'Steers for Students' program and support the Association and their local schools at the same time! 

The 'Steers for Students' program is a new educational piece geared for the youth of the Sandhills. The donated calves will be penned with the retained ownership calves for the during of the Educational, Performance, and Carcass Contest. Their donors will still receive the calf's data during and after the contest. However, at time of harvest, the 'Steers for Students' program calves will be sent to Husker Meats LLC of Ainsworth, Nebraska instead of being shipped to the larger plants like the retained ownership calves. Jim Pinney of Husker Meats and a…