The purpose of purebreds is to supply superior germplasm to the commercial segment of the industry and therefore enable them to produce a superior animal with a logical crossbreeding program. Chester Whites are a must for their maternal and muscle quality attributes. Randy has been recognized in many areas for his purebred productivity. All photos are of pigs bred and raised by Randy Schmidt.
Notable Breeding Stock Bios
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Cronus - 2022 NBS Champion Chester White Boar
•Top selling and best WDA (1.78) over all breeds
•392#
•1.05 BF
•10.4 loin -
2023 NBS Truckload
•Longest and best Minolta score and pH over all truckloads
•2nd best Quality score overall
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2022 NBS Truckload
•Champion Purebred and Reserve Grand Champion had best pH and quality scores over all truckloads
•2 longest, 3rd largest loins
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2024 NBS Truckload
•3rd place carcass truckload overall
•They avg. 6.15 pH. To the best of our knowledge, no truckload has had a avg. pH of higher then 6.00 in history of contest
•3rd largest loins despite one of the lightest loads
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Sequel - Class Winner 2024 NBS
•Outstanding scan data
•Sold to North Iowa Boar Semen
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3rd Place Boar at 2022 Summer Spotlight
•383#
•0.90 BF
•9.5 loin
•1.71 WDA -
2023 NBS Reserve Champion
•2023 NBS Reserve Champion Chester White Boar
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2024 Summer Spotlight
•4th pace boar
•Sold to repeat customer
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24-2 Top Seller
•Top selling Chester White boar at 2021 National Barrow Show
•411# 1.90 WDA 0.94 BF 9.2 loin
•One of the best overall scan data of all breeds
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RS1 Live Wire 62-3
•National Barrow Show® Chester White Hog College Boar (2011)
•Top selling boar over all breeds ($10,000.00)
•2013 Chester White Super Sire Progeny Test with 2nd best soundness score over all breeds
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RS1 Parnell 91-2
•Top selling Chester White boar at 2012 World Pork Expo® ($6,000.00)
•At 380 pounds scanned 0.90 BF, 10.2 Loin, 1.78 WDA
•Mother raised 9 litters with 142 day farrowing interval
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RS3 Henry 121-2
•Placed 2nd behind Champion at 2014 World Pork Expo®.
•At 325 pounds scanned 0.81 BF, 9.4 Loin, 1.59 Weight/day of age
•Sold to a long-time Chester White breeder
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Purebred Chester Truckload
•At ‘The National’ 2020
•Best pH score over all truckloads
•2nd best carcass length overall
•5th largest loins overall
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2018 NBS - Truckload
• Truckload at 2018 National Barrow Show
• 3rd place carcass overall 2nd place Heavyweight Purebred - live
• 2nd best carcass length and 4th largest loineyes overall out of 20 loads
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2016 World Pork Expo
•3rd Place behind Champion & Reserve
•Sold to Roger Bauer Family - He said one of the best boards he's ever owned
•87-1 Live Wire x Mr. Chester
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2016 Hog College Boar
•Top selling Chester White boar
•32-3 Semi x Henry the 8th (sold to Dustin Bauer)
•8 generations of sows at the bottom of his pedigree average 11.5 litters/sow with a farrowing interval of 144 to 155 days.
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2018 NBS
•2018 National Barrow Show
•1st in Class I
•34-2 by Fireworks x Live Wire
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2019 Iowa State Fair
•Reserve Champion Gilt
•24-9 by RS7 Dan 66-1
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2019 NBS
•2019 - 2nd in class behind Champion
•Full brother to 2017 NBS Champion
•48-3 by Fireworks x Medic
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2017 NBS
•Champion Boar
•Top selling Chester boar to Alan Voigts
•35-1 by Fireworks x Medic
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2018 World Pork Expo
•3rd in Class III
•108-3 by Fireworks x Mr. Chester
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2017 Iowa State Fair
•Grand Champion Gilt
•33-9 by Fireworks
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2017 World Pork Expo
•4th Class III
•Highest WDA Chester White at show and best scan data
•71-2 RS Medic x Live Wire
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2013 Iowa State Fair
•Champion Gilt
•Sold to Brice Conover
•30-10 by Henry the 8th
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2013 Iowa State Fair
•Champion Boar
•"Thunder" sold to Brice Conover
•9-2 by Live Wire
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2014 Fall Classic
•4th Place boar
•79-2 by Mr. Chester
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2015 NBS
•1st place Class II - 2015 National Barrow Show
•Sold to Todd Hanson
•Todd said, "Best boar I've owned in 25 years."
•9-1 Live Wire x Kandyman
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2012 Iowa State Fair
•Champion Gilt
•5-6 by Kandyman
Notable Breeding Stock Awards
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Master Purebred Seedstock Producer
2016 World Pork Expo® - National Association of Swine Records
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Chester White Transfer Leader
11 of past 14 years (The other 3 years coming in second) This is a measure of total annual breed sales
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Top 5 Chester White Recordings
Top 5 in Recordings - 16 of the past 17 years
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Chester White Hog College Boar
National Barrow Show - 2016, 2011, 2008, 2004
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Chester White Distinguished Service Award
2006 World Pork Expo - Chester White Records Association
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Top Selling Boar
National Barrow Show 2011 - Top Selling over all breeds
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Chester White Super Sire Awards
National Barrow Show Progeny Test - More winners than anyone else
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Chester White Porque Awards
National Barrow Show Progeny Test - More winners than anyone else
Notable Youth Show Awards
No matter the industry having young people getting involved and continuing in the business is critical to that industry to continue and progress. We believe in 4-H and FFA youth projects.
We promote our young exhibitors to weigh-in and participate in the derby part of the show. It rewards real-life production for profitability. The goal would be to get their pigs to grow fast and stay lean and be muscular.
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Reserve Champion
2021 Iowa Co. Fair On-Hoof
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Reserve Champion
2021 Iowa Co. Fair Derby Barrow
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Champion
2021 Clark Co. (MO) Fair - Rate-of-Gain
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Reserve Champion
2021 Clark Co. (MO) Fair - Rate-of-Gain
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Champion
2021 Clark Co. (MO) Fair - Indexing Derby Pig
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Reserve Chamion
2021 Clark Co. (MO) Fair - Indexing Derby Pig
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6 of Top 9 + 9 of Top 16
2021 Clark Co. (MO) Fair - Indexing Derby Pigs were all littermates out of our Duroc/Chester gilt
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Grand Champion
2019 Tama Co. Fair - Market Pig
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Reserve Champion
2019 Bremer Co. Fair - Rate-of-Gain
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6 of Top 7
2019 Benton Co. Fair - Indexing Derby Pigs
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Top 5
2019 Benton Co. Fair - Top 5 Average Daily Gain
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Reserve Champion
2019 Iowa Co. Fair - Indexing Derby Pig
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Top 3
2019 Bremer Co. Fair - Indexing Derby Pigs
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3rd Place
2019 Iowa Co. Fair - Gilt Carcass
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3rd, 5th, 7th High
2019 Iowa Co. Fair - Indexing Derby Pigs
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3rd Highest
Iowa Co. Fair - Rate-of-Gain
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Grand Champion
2018 Iowa Co. Fair - Rate-of-Gain
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Grand Champion
2018 Iowa Co. Fair - Derby-on-Hoof
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Grand Champion
2018 Iowa Co. Fair - Indexing Derby Pig
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Grand Champion
2017 National Barrow Show - Chester White Board
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Grand Champion
2017 Iowa Co. Fair - Indexing Pig
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Grand Champion
2017 Benton Co. Fair - Indexing Derby Pig
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Grand Champion
2017 Taylor Co. (WI) Fair - Carcass Hog
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Grand Champion
2017 Iowa State Fair - Chester White Gilt
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Grand Champion
2017 Iowa State Fair - Chester White Derby Pig
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Grand Champion
2017 Iowa State Fair - Derby Pen of 4
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Reserve Champion
2018 Iowa Co. Fair - Indexing Derby Pig
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Grand Champion
2017 Iowa Co. Fair - Rate-of-Gain
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Grand Champion
2017 Benton Co. Fair - Rate-of-Gain
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Reserve Champion
2017 Benton Co. Fair - Indexing Pig
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Reserve Champion
2017 Iowa Co. Fair - Derby On-Hoof
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Reserve Champion
2017 Benton Co. Fair - Rate-of-Gain
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Reserve Champion
2017 Iowa Co. Fair - Rate-of-Gain
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6 of Top 7
2017 Benton Co. Fair - Indexing Derby Pigs
Custom Meat / Locker Hogs
Partnership with Farm Story Meats
Several niche markets have recommended our breeding stock to their producers. In all phases of production, our pigs are not fed feed grade antibiotics that need a Veterinarian Feed Directive (VFD). A producer selling butchers with our genetics in them was told by his butcher that they had the best meat quality of any he has butchered in 15 years of business. He even had a pork chop voted as Los Angeles' best pork chop. Many that have purchased our locker hogs have said it was the best pork they have ever eaten.
Friends and family have raved about how great Schmidt Swine premium meat tastes, but don't just take their word for it, trust the people that work with meat every day. Employees at the Keota Locker have specifically requested Randy Schmidt pork to feed to their families. In one of the most densly populated swine areas of the country (southeast Iowa) our meat is preferred over all others. Make your order today and find out for yourself! For wholes and halves contact Randy directly. For cut by cut shipped directory to your door visit Randy's son's business, "Farm Story Meats" at farmstorymeats.com.