Progress Through Performance (PTP)

The Ring of Champions program recognizes those cattle that have been the highest achievers of ribbons and banners at the ASA’s Major PTP Shows, which include the American Royal, Kansas City, MO;

North American International Livestock Exposition, Louisville KY; Cattlemen's Congress, Oklahoma City, OK; National Western Stock Show, Denver, CO; and Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, Fort Worth, TX

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2021-2022 Major PTP Show season show schedules.

American Royal

Junior Show - Friday, October 22

Open Show - Sunday, October 24

NAILE

Junior Show - November 13 & 14

Fullblood Simmental Shows - November 15

Open Show - November 17

Cattlemen's Congress

Junior Show - January 9 (includes Simbrah & Fullblood)

Pen Show - January 10

Open Show, Simbrah & Fullblood - January 10

Open Show, Simmental & Percentage Simmental - January 11

Schedule

National Western

Pen Show, Females - January 15

Pen Show, Bulls - January 16

Junior Show - January 18

Open Show - January 19

Schedule

Fort Worth Stock Show

Arrival: 8 a.m., Wed., Jan. 26 – 6 p.m., Thurs., Jan. 27

Show: 10 a.m., Sun., Jan. 30 – Watt Arena

Release: 5 p.m., Sun., Jan. 30

Award Divisions:

Qualifications:

Exhibitor must be an active member in good standing with the American Simmental Association
Purebred Simmental: 7/8 Simmental and up
Percentage Simmental: at least 1/2 Simmental, but less than 7/8 Simmental
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 at a minimum complete an ultra-low density DNA test before awards are given.

Awarding of Points

Individual Classes:

Number in Class	Placing in Class
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1-5	2	1	0	0	0
6-10	4	3	2	1	0
11+	5	4	3	2	1

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Champions:
All division and reserve champions shall receive at least as many points as any individual in their division. If necessary, points will be added to the total points a champion won in the individual class to give this subtotal.

For example: if a division winner came from a class of three head awarded two points, but another class winner in the same division came from a class of nine head — the greater class points would be received by the division winner — which, in this example, would be four. In addition, the champions of each division will receive points above and beyond those already described on the following basis: