"Bud" Tops Iowa State Fair Super Bull Competition

"Bud" Tops Iowa State Fair Super Bull Competition

DES MOINES — “Bud,” the 3,110a-pound Angus bull owned by Mark Till and John and Bridget Costello of Maquoketa, outweighed the competition to win the Super Bull Contest judged Thursday, August 7, at the 2025 Iowa State Fair.

Albert Earns 4th Place for Dreher Angus Farm at Iowa State Fair Super Bull Competition

(Audubon County) — Dreher Angus Farm has a knack for raising giants. Randy and Crystal Dreher, of Audubon County, representing six generations in the seedstock industry, earned fourth place in the 2025 Iowa State Fair Super Bull Competition. Their bull, Albert, was born in 2019 on the family farm and served a variety of purposes before training began for the 2024 competition, where he placed third. This year, Albert returned to the ring and weig…

“Bud” claims the crown of Super Bull at the 2025 Iowa State Fair | Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network

The champion of the 2025 Iowa State Fair Big Bull competition is “Bud,” a 3,110-pound Angus bull owned by Mark Till of Maquoketa. Till acquired the 7-year-old bull as a five-year-old from John and Bridget Costello of Delmar. Mark Till tells the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network that the trip from Maquoketa to the Iowa State Fairgrounds was eventful for Bud. https://d30hko96l9xirl.cloudfront.net/Iowamediafolder/2025/08/Bud1.mp3 Till says that he alw