Grand champion steers dazzle at Brown Palace ahead of National Western auction

By Alexander Kirk

The National Western Stock Show's grand champion steer and reserve champion steer marched into The Brown Palace hotel on Friday for afternoon tea.

The 79th annual tradition brought the ribbon-winning steers down a red carpet and into the legendary Denver hotel's atrium lobby.

Hotel guests and ticketed attendees watched the steers' entrance from eight floors of balconies, while crowds stood outside in a line for their turn to get a photo of the champions.

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