90th XIT Rodeo & Reunion in the books

BY BILL KELLY
Dalhart Texan

The 90th Annual XIT Rodeo & Reunion ended Saturday night, August 8 with the final night of the rodeo and the dance afterwards. With the third round of rodeo events complete, the results of the PRCA rodeo are available. (The results of non-PRCA events, barrel racing, breakaway roping and ranch bronc roping, were not listed on the PRCA website.)

Before the main rodeo, a separate team roping event was held on Sunday August 2.

Josey Dunavan crowned 2026 XIT Rodeo Queen

BY BILL KELLY
Dalhart Texan

Josey Dunavan, a 15-year-old from Clayton, New Mexico, was crowned the 2026 XIT Rodeo Queen a little after 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 8 in the arena, about an hour before the start of the final night of the XIT rodeo.

Josey will spend the next year representing XIT along with the XIT directors at different events around Texas and in other parts of the country.

Josey was thrilled to win the crown. “I was real excited,” she said. “I’ve wanted this, so it’s really exciting.”

AgriLife Extension economist: Cattle prices haven’t hit the ceiling yet

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas AgriLife

Cattle prices still have room to go up, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

With smaller supplies of cattle on hand and good demand for beef continuing, prices could hold and go higher yet, said David Anderson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension livestock marketing economist and professor, Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics, who spoke at the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course.