2025-26 Ring of Champions Standings
Available after 2025 American Royal
Ring of Champions Rules and Qualifications
Events
- Animals will earn Ring of Champions points at only the National PTP Open Shows: American Royal, North American International Livestock Expo, Cattlemen's Congress, National Western Stock Show, Fort Worth Stock Show, and Dixie National Livestock Show.
- The official National PTP Open Show season spans approximately five months, beginning with American Royal and concluding with Dixie National Livestock Show in the following calendar year.
Qualifications
- Each animal must meet the breed registration requirements for the division in which it is shown.
- Exhibitors must be active adult or junior members in good standing with the American Simmental Association.
- Animals and their exhibitors must abide by the rules of the show(s) in which they participate.
- All ASA Ring of Champions award winners must be genotyped before awards are presented.
Award Divisions
- The top three Heifers and Bulls of the Year, plus ties if they exist, will be awarded in the following divisions:
- Purebred Simmental
- Percentage Simmental
- Simbrah
- Percentage Simbrah
- Fullblood Simmental - If fewer than three animals in a division earn points at multiple events, no winners will be recognized.
- If fewer than three shows recognize a breed division, that division will be excluded from the final results.
Awarding of Points
Individual Classes