Round 1 of the 2023 NFR team roping will kick off with the strongest and smallest of the three pens of steers provided by Hill Rodeo Cattle.

These are the notes from Contractor Bobby Joe Hill on the NFR team roping steers:

Round 1

Luke Brown and Hunter Koch: 16

Medium plus

Jake Clay and Tyler Worley: 38

Medium

Marcus Theriot and Cole Curry: 47

Medium plus

Clay Smith and Paden Bray: 13

Strong, high-headed.

Clint Summers and Jake Long: 24

Medium

Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins: 36

Strong

Tanner Tomlinson and Patrick Smith: 7

Strong

Erich Rogers and Paul Eaves: 8

Medium-plus

Rhen Richard and Jeremy Buhler: 31

Medium

Coleman Proctor and Logan Medlin: 32

Strong and straight

Dustin Egusquiza and Levi Lord: 43

Strong, steps to the right

Nelson Wyatt and Jonathan Torres: 57

Good.

Derrick Begay and Colter Todd: 4

Medium-plus

Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira: 41

Strong, kind of wild on the end of it. This was the extra because one was sore.

Tyler Wade and Wesley Thorp: 3

Strong and straight