black hills stock show 2015

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BLACK HILLS

black Hills Stock Show & rodeo®January 25 - February 8, 2015See p. 101 for schedule,maps and vendor list.

Stock Show &Rodeo®

6th Annual Production SaleMarch 23, 2015 1:00pmat Belle Fourche Livestock Exchange

Iron Mountain Cattle Co. Belle Fourche, SDFor information contact Mike Davis 605-892-2039

[email protected] our web site www.ironmountaincattle.com for information on all sale bulls

SAV Pioneer 7301BW 2.1 WW 61 YW 109 MILK 30 $B 91.61

Hoover DamBW .1 WW 51 YW 96 MILK 30 $B 107.01

SAV Bismarck 5682BW .3 WW 58 YW 97 Milk 23 $B 74.89

Connealy Consensus 7229 BW 2.2 WW 63 YW 104 Milk 33 $B 129.37

SAV Final Answer 0035 BW -.9 WW 62 YW 103 MILK 23 $B 61.92

Connealy Confidence 0100 BW –2.9 WW 50 YW 90 MILK 31 $B 101.78

SAV Resource 1441BW 3.9 WW 76 YW 128 MILK 34 $B 104.88

Connealy Comrade 1385 BW –2.4 WW 60 YW 111 MILK 28 $B 106.89

SAV Potential 0205BW 2.1 WW 54 YW 109 MILK 36 $B 105.41

Selling 100 Yearling Angus Bulls Featuring 70 Calving ease bulls

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Featured Sires:Crook MT Windy 91 • Foos Right Time 135

Foos Windy 916 • Crook MT Really Windy 8834

Reg# 17906687Sire: Cook MT Really Windy 8834MGS: Foos Alliance 09-09

CED BW WW+11 -1.1 +45YW MILK+70 +22

LOT 1 Foos Really Windy 261

Bwt 74 - 205 WW/Raito 714/117

Reg# 17906676Sire: Foos Right Time 135MGS: Hero 6267 of RR 2418

CED BW WW+10 -.4 +44YW MILK+63 +24

LOT 10 Foos Right Time 952

Bwt 90 - 205 WW/Raito 650/106

Reg# 17906682Sire: Foos Right Time 135MGS: B Bar Rainman 985

CED BW WW+6 +1.2 +49YW MILK+72 +22

LOT 8 Foos Right Time 740

Reg# 17906663Sire: Foos Windy 916MGS: CAR Super X 223

CED BW WW+8 +.1 +43YW MILK+60 +21

LOT 41 Foos Windy 812

Bwt 81 - 205 WW/Raito 625/102

Bwt 95 - 205 WW/Raito 704/115

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Mrnak Hereford Ranch 48th Annual Production Sale

1:00 p.m. (MST) - Bowman Auction Market - Bowman, NDSELLING:

105 Performance Tested 2 Year Old Hereford Bulls300 Yearling Black Baldy Replacement Heifers

50 Bred Hereford Heifers

LOT 3171

LOT 382

LOT 3288

LOT 3136

LOT 3194

LOT 3191

BW: 3.4 - WW: 57 - YW: 101MM: 29 - M&G: 58

BW: 2.6 - WW: 56 - YW: 92MM: 29 - M&G: 58

BW: 5.0 - WW: 61 - YW: 113MM: 27 - M&G: 57

BW: 3.7 - WW: 45 - YW: 73MM: 32 - M&G: 55

BW: 4.4 - WW: 66 - YW: 95MM: 20 - M&G: 53

BW: 4.3 - WW: 68 - YW: 94MM: 27 - M&G: 61

View more information at • www.mrnakherefords.com

Wayne Mrnak • 701.523.6368 • Terry Mrnak • 701.523.6386Brent Mrnak • 701.206.0604 • Andy Mrnak • 701.206.1095

Mrnak Hereford Ranch: 14501 91st St. SW • Bowman, ND 58623

MH TRUST 3171 1ET

MH 9126J DOMINO 382 1ET

MH MONUMENT 3288

MH DAKOTA LAD 3136 1ET

MH RAMBO 3194

MH MONUMENT 3191

Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET

Sire: CL 1 DOMINO 9126J 1ET

Sire: MH MONUMENT 3147

Sire: MH DAKOTA LAD 6238 1ET

Sire: MH RAMBO 757 1ET

Sire: MH MONUMENT 567

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Woodhill Daybreak U280-X20AMGV 16706194

BW: -2.2 WW: +57 YW: +112 Milk: +24REA: +.69 Mb: +0.51

THORSTENSON GELBVIEH & ANGUS34th Annual Production Sale

Saturday, March 7, 2015 - At the RanchSelling 200 Gelbvieh, Angus & Balancer Bulls

Most are Feed Efficiency testedExciting progeny from these herdsires sell.

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WE HAVE THE NUMBERS…15 ACTIVE HERD BULLS AVG NUMBERSBREED AVG NUMBERS

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Thanks to all our customers in 2014!

Bulls like these sell!ECR AL REE HEIGHTS 3003 ET {DLF, HYF, IEF}Sold to Mrnak Herefords and Carswell-Nichols Herefords.

ECR HIGH CLASS 3009 {DLF, HYF, IEF}Sold in last years sale to Blume Herefords, Jimmy

Atlas, Keith Carmichael and Knippling Bros.

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ANNUALPRODUCTION SALE

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015

• 50 Horned and Polled Yearling Bulls• 50 Two-Year-Old Bulls • 10 Yearling Angus Bulls

• 100 Commercial Hereford Bred Heifers• 85 Black Baldy F1 Yearling Heifers

• 40 Registered Hereford Yearling Heifers• 6 Registered Bred Heifers

• 1 Active Donor

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NEW LISTING: Located northeast of Newell, SD this 320+/- acre parcel is close to town and near Hwy 212. It is comprised of 268 acre tillable, with 153 acres of irrigation water through the Belle Fourche irrigation district. The property has been in winter wheat production and is ready for your cropping program. Income on this property is just around the corner! Priced to sell at $576,000.

Haakon County Farmland, Philip SD: Located in eastern Haakon County is this 320+/- acre parcel of highly productive cropland. The property is comprised mostly of nearly level Ottumwa loam soils with easy access. Spring 2014 possession is still possible. Priced to sell at $640,000 Call Kendall at 605.222.6261.

Sweetman Ranch, Sioux Co. Harrison, NE (and Fall River Co. SD): Well-balanced ranch located along the SD/NE boarder. Comprised of 7,485+/- acres, consisting of approximately 1,400 acres in cultivation, 1,900 ac. tame pasture, 600ac. CRP with the balance in well sodded native pasture. Pipeline water, two sets of improvements, with 3+/- miles of creek bottom and 460 AUM’s grazing lease. This all contiguous ranch is loaded with production potential and priced to sell at $4,300,000. A REAL VALUE ON TODAYS MARKET!

Outstanding Business Opportunity in the Newell South Dakota Area Newell Service Center was created in 2011 and has grown its Market Share through great customer service along with the increase in North Dakota Oil Activity. Offering includes Steel Building with 2 Shop Bays, Bathroom, Office, Sales Lobby, Storage Rooms, 2 Bedroom Living Quarters, and Wash Bays. All tools, equipment, and computer systems pertinent to running the business are included in the sale. Regular course of business includes: Vehicle/Tractor Repair, Tire Sales/Service, Parts Sales, and 2 Carwash Bays. Tremendous access on a corner lot along Main Street just a few blocks from the junction of US Highways 212 and 79. Call Tyson at 605.206.0034 or JD at 605.347.1100

The HO Ranch irrigated farm located just west of Vale. SD, is one of the most well improved farm properties in the area. The property is comprised of 149.01 acres consisting of approx. 130 ac. irrigated, class I and II soils, custom built 4,352 sq. ft. home, 2008 two pre-engineered steel buildings (86x50 & 99x40), barn (136x42) and 2013 pivot irrigation system. The property is being offered either in its entirety priced at $1,050,000.

ORPurchase the 109 acres (98.6 irrigated acres) class I and II soils, 2013 pivot irrigation system, with loafing shed and free flowing spring fed tank. Piced at $450,000

JD Hewitt 605-347-1100Tyson Hewitt 605-206-0034Tanner Hewitt 605-490-7952

13167 Arapahoe, Dr. Piedmont, SD • 57769

605.791.2300 ph605.791.2312 fax

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Table of ContentsAbout the cover artist ................p. 10 Jason Rich

Agribusiness Personof the Year ........................................p. 16 Silvia Christen By Maria Tussing

Stockman of the Year ..................p. 20 Thompson Livestock By Maria Tussing

Hall of Fame Honoree .................p. 25 Ken Kirkeby By Maria Tussing

2014 Supreme Row Champions and Breed Champions ...............p. 27Meet the cattle exhibitors .........p. 34 Weber Land and Cattle Coudron Charolais Ernst Herefords Chestnut Angus By Heather Hamilton-Maude

Gold Rush Embryo Sale ..............p. 46 By Amanda Radke

AQHA Show ....................................p. 48 By Nicole Michaels

Cowhorse event offers twicethe points .........................................p. 52 By Nicole Michaels

Ranch Horse Competition puts spotlight on using horses .........p. 56 By Jan Swan Wood

Stallion Row ....................................p. 59By Nicole Michaels

Open 4D Jackpot barrel racea popular event .............................p. 60 By Jan Swan Wood

Black Hills Stock Show® stafflisting .................................................p. 63Equine equity – using horsesattract a crowd ...............................p. 64 By Carrie Stadheim

BHSS to host first Cattlemen’s Conference ......................................p. 70 By Heather Hamilton-Maude

For the kids ......................................p. 74 By Nicole Michaels

Boots and Beer Festival ..............p. 77 By Nicole Michaels

Cattlemen’s Family LegacyScholarship .....................................p. 82 By Amanda Radke

Black Hills Stock Show® Foundationscholarship recipients .................p. 84It’s a good trade ............................p. 87 By Nicole Michaels

Buffalo Producers’ Associationchanges with the times ..............p. 88 By Nicole Michaels

SToCk Show & Rodeo SChedule Page 101

BLACK HILLS STOCK SHOW & RODEO® 2015 • TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS • 9

About the Cover Artist

Jason Rich grew up on a small farm in southern Idaho riding, training and drawing horses.

Western roots and artistic passion influenced his decision to com-plete undergraduate and master’s degrees in art at Utah State Univer-sity and pursue art professionally.

For eighteen years Jason has es-tablished himself in the western art market in many prestigious shows

"Ladies First"

Jason Rich

and galleries—winning awards, accolades and feature exposure in esteemed publications for his dis-tinct depiction of western life. Rich rides alongside cowboys working the corrals or packing through the mountains then combines experi-ence, imagination and research to depict authenticity of the cowboy way.

Jason and his wife Kari have three children and live in the Cache

Valley area of northern Utah on a small horse ranch. They are ac-tive in the community and their faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and love to bike the open roads near their home.

Kari is a published author, a col-umnist for The Herald Journal, a blogger at kari-on.com, and a free-lance writer and graphic designer.

Jason Rich

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ReferenceSchedule ....................................................................................................101Trade Show Maps ..................................................................................108Vendor List, By Location .....................................................................110Vendor List, Alphabetically ...............................................................112Advertiser Index .................................................................................158

PRCA Rodeo Events ................................................................... p. 114

Bullfighters, Josh Rivinius and Colin LaMont .................. p. 122

Music production, Josh Hilton .............................................. p. 123

Broadcaster Justin McKee ....................................................... p. 124

Announcer Wayne Brooks ...................................................... p. 125

Rodeo Clown Justin Rumford ................................................ p. 126

Barrelman Keith Isley ................................................................ p. 128

Stock Contractors ....................................................................... p. 129

Sutton Rodeo WNFR stock list ............................................... p. 133

Sutton Rodeo history ................................................................ p. 135

Chance worth taking ................................................................ p. 137

Chuckulator: World champion bucking horse ............... p. 139

Wrangler Champions Challenge .......................................... p. 140

Girls in Spurs ................................................................................. p. 144

20X High School Showcase .................................................... p. 148

Sutton Rodeo History ............................................................... p. 154

KBHB Bucking horse and bull sale ....................................... p. 155

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An interest in policy and a back-ground in production agriculture brought Silvia Christen to where

she is now.

Today that’s behind the desk at the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, in her role as executive director, but tomorrow it may be talking with legislators, scheduling meetings with members or testifying on behalf of the SDSGA members in Pierre. For the last year a lot of her time was spent coordinating fun-draising efforts for the Ranchers Relief Fund

following the Atlas blizzard in October of 2013.

Christen grew up on a cow-calf operation in Missouri, and remembers how much time her dad had to spend away from the ranch, trying to influence the policies that would af-fect their livelihood. “I remember thinking I want to spend part of my life helping produc-ers with these issues because they are taking time away from their place. I feel like there’s a lot I can do to help represent production

agriculture in the discussions we have about policy,” she says.

While her job keeps her going down the road to meetings a lot, she says she loves the production part of agriculture. “I love be-ing out working. It’s one of the coolest jobs, working so close to nature and family, caring for animals and all that goes into that.” Her parents, brother and sisters, and nephews are all still in Missouri, but she gets home to see them and help out on the ranch as often as she can.

Silvia ChriStenExecutive Director, South Dakota Stockgrowers Association

agribusiness Person of the Year

By Maria Tussing

Silvia Christen and Willie Cowan as Willie presented a plaque

and appreciation to Silvia at the 2014 South Dakota Stockgrowers

Convention.


Though her job in South Dakota is more likely to have her walking the halls of the capital than working cows down an alleyway, she appreciates being able to help the people in agriculture. “The ranchers I work with

Sylvia appreciates the support the South Dakota Stockgrower’s Association board of directors provided for her efforts with the Rancher Relief Fund.

Sylvia with her parents, siblings and nephews in summer 2014.

are some of the most humble and hardest-working people I know. I enjoy helping them find their way through the political process. These people often feel left out of the political process. I like making a difference on some

of these fronts for people who are certainly smart enough, but crossing that hurdle of go-ing to Pierre or Washington, D.C.—I enjoy getting to help with that.”


The Rancher Relief Fund hosted community gatherings across

western South Dakota, including in Meade County.

In all of her political work she represents production agriculture and ranchers, which requires not only knowing where they stand on issues, but why they do. “The challenge is often that ag is not well-understood once you leave the rural areas. In Rapid City or Sioux Falls people often don’t understand or have much empathy for what goes on on ranches. There’s a gap between the ranch and the people who make decisions. That infor-mation gap is our biggest hurdle. We have to help them understand what our farmers and ranchers are doing out here and why we’re doing it.”

As she works through political processes and encounters both ignorance and disagree-ment, she relies on some of the best advice she’s received: “It’s important to listen to people that you don’t agree with. In politics it’s easy to draw sides, draw lines, decide who you’re going to agree with and not agree with. One of the best pieces of advice in this busi-ness is to listen and be willing to work with anyone who might help you move forward.”

Christen is being recognized as the Agri-business Person of the Year at this year’s an-nual Stockmen’s Banquet and Ball, for her work on the Rancher Relief Fund following the Atlas blizzard.

“I have an incredible bank of memories about the Atlas blizzard and the work that so many people did in the days and weeks and months following that. The biggest thing is just the people we met and encountered and experienced through the whole thing. The ranching community felt an incredible hopelessness. One of the biggest hurdles was

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to accept the help that came our way. I was amazed at the power of people to not only build the Rancher Relief Fund, but to come out and clean up and get together and host fundraisers, to work on whatever needed to be worked on. The power of people to over-come. They found hope again and rebuilt. A year later we can look back and say what a fantastic year we’ve had.”

The Rancher Relief Fund raised $5.6 mil-lion that was distributed to the ranchers who were affected by the Atlas blizzard in

South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming.

“I have to say it’s a little strange to me to be receiving this award because the work of the Rancher Relief Fund was so far beyond my individual work,” Christen says. “Really, I think it’s a testament to so many people. I’m humbled by this award, honored to receive this award. The ability of the ranching com-munity to recover is a lot bigger than any one individual.

“I have to acknowledge the support I got from the board members of the South Dakota

Stockgrowers Association to spend the effort and time on the Rancher Relief Fund, but certainly the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Asso-ciation and South Dakota Sheepgrowers are a part of this as well. Without the partnership we had there I don’t think we would have had near the response that we did.”

Congratulations to Bloomberg Cattle Company and the Hennessy Family on FHEN Halftime - Grand Champion SimAngus™ bull at the NAILE! He is sired by Brilliance. His dam is R&R Miss Cut Above, purchased by Fletcher Hennessy from R&R Cattle Company.

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In 1985 Ted Thompson bought 1,000 head of heifers in Modesto, California, loaded them on trucks and delivered

them to a ranch east of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Those heifers weighed 600 pounds and cost 48 cents a pound—$288 a piece.

Almost 50 years to the day earlier, Ted’s great-grandfather, Charles Thompson did the exact same thing, with nearly the same num-ber of heifers. But he loaded them on the rail and shipped them to Nebraska, then drove

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them north to South Dakota—just a few miles from where Ted’s cattle ended up.

Ted didn’t know about the parallels until af-ter he returned from his trip, and his grandfa-ther pointed it out. “He said, ‘They say history don’t repeat itself, but it sure does.”

That’s just one of the memories that sticks with Ted after 45 years of buying, selling and caring for cattle. His dad, Tommy Thompson, can add another 20 years to those memories, and they’re both still making more.

Ted, his son Coy, and Tommy all work to-gether as ranchers, cattle buyers and Superior Livestock representatives. Tommy has spent 60 years sitting in sale barns, raising his num-ber at the tap of the gavel, and he has the hear-ing to prove it. He defers media interviews to Ted, but he still goes to sales and fills the or-ders. “It’s a big team effort,” Ted says. “We’re really glad he’s there to help us.”

Tommy’s wife, Charlotte, helps with the bookkeeping.

Ted and his grandson, Rio, gather cows.

Tommy, Ted and Coy Thompson work together as part of Thompson Livestock.


The Thompson family has been in this business since 1884, when Tommy’s great-granddad started bringing cattle in from Wis-consin. History has been repeating itself ever since.

In addition to Coy, who is part of Thomp-son Livestock, Ted and his wife, Kathy, have

Back, left to right: Tara, Coy, Ted and Kathy Thompson, Kempton and Katie Olney, Kelly and Rod

Anders. Front, left to right: (Tara's children) Lily, Tava and Rio Sexton, Taken and Jonnie

Jo Anders (Kelly and Rod’s children).

three daughters, who help whenever they can. Their daughter Tara helps outside and in the office. Their daughter Kelly is married to Rod Anders, and they ranch near Elm Springs, South Dakota. She’s a sheep buyer and will oc-casionally buy cattle for the family business, and trains horses as well. Katie Thompson Olney is a lawyer and lives in Pierre with her

husband Kempton, but she helps when she gets a chance.

Ted’s brother, Colin Thompson gets the cattle from A to B. “He takes care of all of our trucking operations, which is a big, big job,” Ted said. He also fills in as a buyer when necessary.

Kathy and Ted Thompson


Three generations of the Thompson family get the job done.

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Ted started trading cattle at age 16, and has taken care of the cattle at the ranch since he was 14. He remembers 1973, when calves were really cheap, and 1979-80, when calves started out high, then got really cheap in the fall, then the buyout in the 1980s. He adds the Atlas blizzard of 2013 to the list of tough times in South Dakota’s cattle industry.

“We always seem to pull through those things and survive. That’s just agriculture. There’s good times and bad. Hopefully the good times outweigh the bad. That’s why you work hard and eventually you turn it around and come back out of them.”

He attributes the family’s success to just that—family. “You stick together as a family and you work hard. You always know there will be a brighter day tomorrow. You’ve got to look for the positive things in life and not look back at the negative. Get up every day and think today’s going to be the best day you’ve had in a long time.”

Ted credits—or blames—technology for many of the changes in the business. Not too long ago, a set of calves would have quite a few buyers, but today, thanks to the internet, there may be 600 buyers looking at a set of calves.

Technology has also made it more efficient to run more cattle. “The feeding industry has got into a lot bigger hands. We don’t have as many small farm feeders as we used to have.

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After 45 years of the highs and lows of the business, he says he wouldn’t change any of it. “I’ve had a good life, raised a good fam-ily, worked hard. Sometimes struggle is good for your family too. It can’t always go good. Some of the tough times are very good learn-ing experiences. Hopefully I can pass that on and the next generation can avoid some of the mistakes I’ve made. I wouldn’t change much. I’ve been very blessed.”

While four generations are active in the Thompson Livestock business today, seven generations have been in the business of buy-ing, selling and raising cattle in western South Dakota. It’s that heritage that will be honored during the annual Stockmen’s Banquet and Ball during the Black Hills Stock Show®, when Thompson Livestock will be presented with the Stockman of the Year award.

“It’s pretty humbling,” Ted says. “I thought there are sure a lot of people who are a lot more deserving than us. It’s quite an honor to be recognized, especially for my father for as many years as he’s put into this business. We’re pretty tickled for the recognition of what he’s done.”

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Being named to the Black Hills Stock Show® Hall of Fame is a true honor for him. “I was overwhelmed. I couldn’t believe it. I’ve been on the selection committee in past years and I feel very honored to be among the ones who have won it before,” Kirkeby said. At the stock show, Kirkeby says he enjoys the people, but also the horse and cattle sales. “And naturally, the rodeos. The old saying is that you can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy.”

Now a relator and real estate developer in Rapid City, Kirkeby honed his entrepreneur-ial skills buying and selling rabbits as a kid. When he grew up he bought an all-service gas station in Eagle Butte. He added tire sales, car sales and became the innovator of the top-to-bottom, side-to-side $2 car wash.

For selling the most tires West River one year, he won a trip to a fishing tournament in Minnesota, where he was partnered with Larry Lewis. After winning the fishing tour-nament thanks to their lead-weighted fish,

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Kirkeby sold his gas station, hooked up his mobile home to a trailer toter and became a Rapid City resident. After two attempts, he passed his real estate test and started selling houses.

In the early 1980s Kirkeby and some part-ners bought the Alex Johnson Hotel, intend-ing to remodel it into a premier hotel and night spot in Rapid City. While that endeavor ended up being more fun than fruitful, ac-cording to Kirkeby, some of his more recent, successful projects include bringing Cabela’s to town and developing Rushmore Crossing.

While making his way in the business world, Kirkeby has always made it a prior-ity to contribute to the community. He has served on various Central States Fair commit-tees, including rodeo and finance. As presi-dent of CSF, he helped get the events center built.

Kirkeby’s wife, Vicky, has also served as president of the CSF, and his son, Mark, is still on the board. Kirkeby has been president of both the Western South Dakota Buckaroos and the Custer Trail Riders for over 20 years, and has been on the board of the Black Hills Stock Show® Foundation and the Central States Fair Foundation. He has served as the president of Rapid City Economic Develop-ment and on the boards of the State of South Dakota Board of Realtors, U.S. Marshals Pos-se, Chamber Diplomats, Rapid City Defense Housing and many others.

Over the years he has been named South Dakota Realtor of the Year, recipient of the George Award, the Ep Howe Award, Dip-lomat of the Year for the Chamber of Com-merce, and top producer for Coldwell, Bank-er, Lewis, Kirkeby, Hall Real Estate.

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cattle exhibitorsBHSS Draws The Best In Every Breed

By Heather Hamilton-Maude

cattle producers from a variety of breeds, backgrounds and locations converge in Rapid

City each year for the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo®. Regardless of breed, producers who participate in the show say they appreciate the fact that it is attended by real cattlemen who are discerning bull and heifer customers, that the staff is welcoming, and that it has provided additional opportunities to them far beyond a handful of trips into a show and sale ring.


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Jesse Weber’s dad Joe got out of the commercial cattle business a year be-fore Jesse “drug him back in” when he

started purchasing Red Angus heifers as 4-H projects in 1997 at around age 10.

“From there we’ll say things escalated – we started showing at junior shows and at the Watertown Farm Show around the year 2000, then we started selling bulls. The first cow I ever purchased raised a heifer we named Dol-ly, and her first two calves both won the Na-tional Western Stock Show for us. That’s what put us on the map,” explained Jesse.

Those first two bulls, Doc Holiday and Dr. Phil, paved the path for a herd that has be-come known for both foundation females and exceptional bulls. Today, Jesse, his wife Mi-chelle and their young son Wacey run a herd of just over 100 cows. The couple hosted their fourth annual female sale after Thanksgiving, and will hold their second annual bull sale March 11 in Madison, South Dakota.

“We still show at NWSS, where we had the champion pen of bulls in 2014, as well as at the NAILE (North American International Livestock Exposition) in Louisville, Kentucky each year. We started showing at BHSS in

2006, and it is bar-none my favorite that we attend. The people that run it keep it so re-laxed, the facilities are great, and the amount of traffic we get from people interested in buying bulls makes it more than worth the trip. It’s an exceptional atmosphere to sell cattle in,” said Jesse.

Weber Land and Cattle won the BHSS Red Angus show and topped the sale on more than one occasion.

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Jesse and Michelle Weber continuously work to improve their herd, but Jesse said none of their success would be possible without the help and assistance of his parents, Joe and Jodi. “We’re all involved in this. My parents help us a lot labor-wise, mom and Michelle do a lot of website and marketing work, and my dad is my go-to person,” he said.

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“BHSS is a great atmosphere for selling cattle. I would never stop going because we’ve got-

ten along so well with our bulls. We always feel they bring what

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work, the fact that they give class winners lick tubs, and those reaching Supreme Row addi-tional lick tubs – that really makes it worth the stay,” he said.

Going forward, Jesse said he has no major changes planned for his operation or involve-ment at BHSS.

“We like where we’re at and plan to just keep progressing. We are focused on quality over quantity and can do that effectively with the numbers we currently run. Our motto is to raise awesome females with extra style and muscle that are in a functional package. Red Angus does that for us, and BHSS provides us the opportunity to have a great time doing business with good cattlemen,” he said.

In conclusion, Jesse said, “There is nowhere I would rather be than sitting right here with some good Red Angus cows, watching some serious growth and interest in the breed con-tinue to happen. I would also like to thank my parents, Joe and Jodie. Without them, this never would have happened, and they contin-ue to be a major reason we are successful. We do this out of the love of great cattle, and are thankful we can do that as a family.”


While on a family vacation to Florida in 1978, Kim Cou-dron’s parents, Wally and Al-

ice Coudron, met Wally’s brother along the way, attended a Charolais sale in Ocala, and partnered on a cow. She was aptly named “Florida” and effectively started the Coudron family’s career in the Charolais business.

“I grew up in it, showing in 4-H and Junior Nationals. Today we run about 40 head of purebred Charolais cows just 60 miles from the Twin Cities, and focus primarily on sell-ing show females to youth,” said Kim.

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The family began showing at BHSS in the late 1980s. It began as a trip for Kim and her dad, and has become a tradition on their show circuit in the years since.

“I like BHSS because it seems like people in South Dakota value Charolais bulls to put on their commercial cows. It attracts quite a crowd, which makes it a great marketing opportunity, plus we’ve found many of the people we meet there turn into repeat buyers,” said Kim.

Coudrons exhibited the champion Cha-rolais bulls in 1993 and 1994. From 2010 on

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“I worked in the meat industry to make ends meet during the years the cattle industry faced many challenges. Although we still face many obstacles as an industry, at least beef is strong in today’s market and looks to stay that way for several years,” said Marshall.

Located near Windsor, Colo., Ernst Her-efords runs 120 females on their home place and through a 2,400-acre lease located at 8,000 feet north of Fort Collins. They hope to continue adding to their herd numbers in response to the drought easing and son Kevin returning full-time to the operation.

“We have four children, and they all grew up working with our herd and attending mul-tiple shows, including every Junior National Hereford Show but one from 1990-2013. However, today we only take cattle to two shows: the Yards show at NWSS and BHSS because they give us good exposure to our customers,” said Marshall.

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quality cattle. Many of those customers have also become regulars at our annual bull sale and through our private treaty offerings. That makes it worth attending for us,” said Marshall.

Ernst Herefords often come directly from NWSS to BHSS, and seeing friends and cus-tomers in the cattle business made over the years at BHSS is among Marshall’s favorite as-pects of attending the show.

“We get to interact with cattlemen and women at BHSS that drive the industry. The folks coming there are looking to buy quality genetics – they know their livestock and the good ones that will work are always rewarded in the sale. It’s a really good place to show off your breeding program and interact with customers directly involved in the cattle busi-ness,” he said.

Regarding the future, Marshall looks for-ward to watching son Kevin becoming more involved in the operation, and continuing Ernst Herefords into the next generation.

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“I started out buying registered bred heif-ers from Cottonwood Angus farms when I was 15 years old. Then, when Sherri and I got married we each had a handful of regis-tered cows that totaled about 30 head. Today we farm and run about 235 registered Angus cows,” said Glenn Johnson.

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“Our motto is to make our customers more money through their use of our bulls and females. We have to raise the kind of cattle that improve your operation, and we have to do it better each year,” said Glenn Johnson.

Chestnut Angus currently sells between 35 and 40 females annually, as well as 70-75 bulls each February in their production sale. But, prior to reaching adequate numbers to host a sale, Glenn showed and sold at the Sioux Falls Farm Show, then BHSS.

“I got the point I thought I had enough quality animals following Sioux Falls that I thought we should do something else, so we decided to come to BHSS in 1997 or 1998. It has been really good to us ever since. We’ve had numerous champion bulls and heifers, as well as high selling bulls and females. This is the only show where I still sell cattle. It’s a good place to bring high end cattle, and to compare your cattle to those raised by oth-ers. Plus, it’s a fun atmosphere and a beauti-ful facility – not dirty, dusty or cold. We really enjoy it,” he said.

Beyond the livestock, Glenn said one of the highlights of his involvement has been the people he and Sherri and have met over the years.

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“Our goal for the future is to grow to 2,500-3,000 acres of farmland and 350-400 head of cows to make room for the boys, and their families when that time comes,” said Glenn.

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“We have a pretty strong offering this year with 30 quality lots on the sale,” said Kadee Hande, BHSS livestock coordinator. “We have lots from national champions, full siblings to top sires in multiple breeds, and great club-calf embryos for sale. One of the cool things about this sale is it attracts both commercial cattlemen and seedstock producers.”

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“We try to offer different packages that would appeal to cattlemens’ needs,” she said. “Embryo prices can range from $300 to $1,500, based on what’s hot from year to year. This is our fifth year offering the sale. When we started it in conjunction with the 50th

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It may not be the country’s biggest event, but Rapid City’s National Reined Cow Horse Association show is classy,

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Like a good cow horse, it really gets down and dirty to get the job done.

Running concurrently with the Zoetis Animal Health Winter Classic American Quarter Horse Association Horse Show, the BHSS Winter Spectacular gives competitors a chance to move forward competitively with-out extra saddle time.

Competitors earn points in both events in a single ride.

That’s easier on horses and competitors alike, says Deb Brown, president of the South Dakota RCHA.

“These are shows that can re-ally help you qualify for World’s,” Brown says. “You can get the points you need for AQUA and also the earnings in NRCHA.”

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Iowa’s Luke Jones, who travels year round, will bring several studs and mares he has been riding. “It’s a great place to show,” Jones says. “It’s well-run with lots of points and money to be won.”

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A lifetime rodeo competitor who came up through the ranks training and riding his own stock, Jones’ 2014 accomplishments include championships and reserve championships in NRCHA and SDRCHA events as well as AQUA.

Speaking from experience, Brown, a for-mer competitor, describes the arena as spa-cious, rates the ground good, and the cattle nice as well. That formula keeps top riders and horses coming back.

The event is an inspired choice made twelve years ago by the founders of the state’s reined cow horse association.

“It’s all because they said, ‘We can do this,’” Brown says. “The Reined Cow Horse Asso-ciation was not big back then. It was a bold move.”

Today’s show horses trace their roots back to the meticulous practices of the old Cali-fornia vaqueros, an elegant training tradition that performed well in a rough and tumble ranch setting.

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Selling will be 100 yearling Angus bulls and a select group of two year olds.

Sires included: Rito 6I6, Stenberg Coalition 509, Mytty In Focus, SAV Final Answer, Sinclair Net Present Value, Dunlouise Jipsey Earl, Papa Forte 1921,

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With seven divisions in the Ranch Horse Competition, there's a level for near-ly every horse and rider.

The Ranch Horse competition originally began in 1999 at the Central States Fair in August. It was so popular that it was then held in 2000 during the Black Hills Stock Show® and has grown steadily since then.

The competition showcases the ranch horse's ability to perform tasks, from opening gates and dragging a log, to cutting a cow, working it down the fence and in some divisions, roping it and logging off. The event is judged at each task with a time limit for each rider.

The Rancher and Ladies Rancher divisions include non-professional competitors that reside on a working ranch or are a full time employee on the horse owner's ranch. The two Rancher divisions also require that the horse be owned by the owner or rider for at least six months prior to the show.

The Open and Ladies Open divisions are open to anyone, plus those who are deemed a professional trainer can also enter. A professional is anyone who rides horses for other people for training purposes in other events.

The Youth Division is for any youth that is age 16 years or younger. Many of the youth are there with a parent or parents who are competing in the other divisions.

The Three-Year-Old Division is for any horse that is three years old in 2015, and is a true test of newly-learned skills for a young ranch horse.

The Novice Division is meant to encourage anyone that is new to this sort of competi-tion to come and compete and test their skills against the course and other riders.

This popularity isn't a surprise for event coordinator Jill Swanhorst, who says "It's just plain fun to do and there's a division for everyone. Whole families compete in it."

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"We had 153 entries in 2014 and I expect that many or more this year," says Swanhorst. "It's not only fun to compete in, it's fun to put on and I really enjoy it."

The Sunday, Feb. 1 show will include the Ladies Rancher, Ladies Open, Three Year Old and Youth divisions. On Monday, Feb. 2, participants can enter the Rancher and Open divisions. Both days start at 8 a.m. and will be over around 4 p.m.

With $5,000 in cash and prizes, there's plenty of incentive to test one's abilities against that of their fellow horsemen and women, plus it's a fun event to participate in. Admission is also free for the spectators, who can watch horses from colts to finished horses and maybe start dreaming about being a part of it next year.

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At a horse sale in 1963, a young woman with good instincts bid while her partner was out of the room, buying a filly that topped

the sale at $720. It was the first time Frances Loiseau had ever made a purchase without her husband helping her bid, but they had both admired the 2-year-old and James had stepped out when the striking horse came through the sale ring.

That filly became the dam to Frenchman’s Guy, $8 million sire of many great barrel and rodeo horses.

The family tradition of fine stock continues as their daughter Lis Hollmann exhibits at the Black Hills Stock Show® for the sixth year. Hollmann, of Frenchman’s Quarter Horses in Hot Springs, South Dakota, looks forward to the event, which she has done for about six years.

“The nice thing about Stallion Row,” she says, “is it puts (the stallions) in front of breeders, other owners, ranchers, cowboys and people who just come to see the stock show.”

Nineteen exhibitors will participate in the 2015 event in Rapid City that gives regional stallion owners the chance to showcase their breeding programs. The barn gets a boost this year from some new blood, says Jill Swanhorst, coordinator.

“We’ll have a lot of new bloodlines in the area,” Swan-horst says. “We have Montana, Wyoming, North Da-kota, Colorado, Nebraska and one Kansas.”

Represented are runners, barrel horses, rope horses, cow horses and cutters and foundation bred horses.

One stud is for sale this year, and at least three were at the AQHA World Championship Horse Show.

The stallion exhibit complements the Exiss/Sooner Horse Sale and some will book breedings out of the event.

Stallions will be shown in the ring before each sale, and commented on by a pedigree expert.

The horses are stalled in Rushmore Hall at the Civic Center the first weekend of the Stock Show, where they can be seen Friday, Jan. 30 and Saturday, Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Arena previews are held in the Crystax Bio-Barrel Arena at 1:20 pm.

Hollman will exhibit Jess Vegas, a palomino who combines racing blood with rodeo blood to sire some good-minded athletic colts that are easy to work with, she says. His dam goes back to the original mare, Casey’s Lady Love. His sire is a race horse that has sired earners of more than $44 million in winnings.

Frenchman’s Guy is now 27 and the leading sire at Myer’s Training Stables in St. Onge, South Dakota, owned and operated by Bill and Deb Myers.

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The Black Hills Stock Show® show-cases many horse events, but the fastest paced one is no doubt the

Open 4D Barrel Race.

The barrel race is a popular event with par-ticipants coming from all over the region to compete. States represented in the past in-clude North Dakota, South Dakota, Minneso-ta, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Montana and Iowa. In 2014, there were 137 entries. Organizer Wanda Brown says she usually gets 100-250 entries. One year there were 270. “If it's really cold or the roads are bad, there will be fewer," she said. She thinks the reason it's so popular is that it helps make a long trip worthwhile for a lot of folks. "They come to something else and like to bring their horses and run while here. It's kind of a family tradi-tion for many of them."

Mickey Kathrein, Dickinson, North Da-kota, who won the 2014 1D said, "I thought it was a very well run barrel race. It moves along quickly and the ground is really nice. It's nice to go to something in the winter that isn't an actual rodeo and get that first run of the year made." Mickey rodeos for Dickinson State University, competes in some pro rodeos in

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the Badlands Circuit, and goes to NDRA and SDRA- sanctioned rodeos. She adds, "Some people take younger horses to it to get them some seasoning. We'll haul as many horses as will fit in the trailer and split the cost of the trip. We usually come down a day early so we can go to the stock show. The rodeo's good and you see a lot of people there."

Hallie Kroeplin, Highmore, South Dakota won the 4D level last year. She usually travels to the Black Hills Stock Show® with her sister. "It's a lot of fun being indoor and it's a nice change. It's well run and has good ground. Usually I just go to 4-H rodeos so it's fun to run against the people at the jackpot and get to see them," she said. Hallie is a freshman in high school, so competing against all ages adds to the fun of the trip.

An important draw to the event is that the ground in the event center is good, which Brown explains "I always have Randall Chris-tianson work it and he does such a good job and spends a lot of time getting it right."

The barrel race is also well run and orga-nized and has a good reputation, which is very important to the barrel racers. "We have $500-$1,000 added purse each year, so it's sure worth hauling to," says Brown.


The exhibition runs will begin at 9 a.m. and the 4D Open and Youth Jackpots will follow the exhibitions and not before 12:30 p.m. The

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If you show up at 2 p.m., on Friday or Saturday, when the sales begin, you will

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A popular event every year at the Black Hills Stock Show®, the Exiss/Sooner Horse Sale typically draws a standing-room-only crowd, with the late-comers often looking over shoulders and around felt hats at the horses ridden or led into the sale ring.

It’s little wonder horse lovers enjoy the sale.

The top five horses in the Black Hills Stock Show® Exiss/Sooner Horse Sale averaged over $21,000 last year, and over $20,000 the year before.

Event organizer Jill Swanhorst said that the selection committee met shortly after the Nov. 14 consignment deadline to pick the 2015 sale lineup.

Consignors are required to submit videos of their horses, and going through them takes some time.

The videos help the committee determine whether the horse is something they “want to sell and can sell,” in the upcoming sale.

“This year we had 197 applicants,” Swan-horst said. That is down a little from the 200-250 consignments they generally receive.

The committee sets out to choose 150 hors-es for the sale but has exceeded that number at times. This year they cataloged 158.

“We’ve never gone under it. We just feel that we’ll take the number that we can get sold at a fair market value. We have to have confi-dence that we’ll get them sold.”

Swanhorst said it is “hard to say” what the secret committee is looking for but that they want to give buyers a good variety of options, from started to finished horses, broodmares, stallions and more. “We keep what we feel will make a balanced sale,” she said.

While there are generally some well-known bloodlines represented in the sale, Swanhorst said there are no pedigree requirements and

that ponies and grade horses often make the cut, along with papered horses.

Consignors and horses come in from sev-eral states. This year Swanhorst said horses will arrive from South Dakota, Washington, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Ne-braska, North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota and Iowa.

Often a consignor will put more than one horse in the sale.

Swanhorst said the committee tries not to overload the sale with horses from one par-ticular person, and she thinks four from one consignor is the most they’ve had in the past. “We don’t want to make it someone’s produc-tion sale.”

A handful of consignors will likely sell two or three horses this year, she said.

One of those sellers brought horses to the sale for at least 14 years steady.

Jim and Ethel Whitcher of Scenic, South Dakota, will bring two mares this year – a coming 2-year-old blue roan filly and a mare out of High Brow Cat.

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The Whitchers are not horse traders. The horses they sell in the sale are ranch-bred and trained at home by Jim.

“Everything we sell is out of our breeding program,” Ethel said.

They breed many of their mares to their stallion Peptos Blueprint, an own son of Pep-toboonsmal. Their filly is out of their stallion, and their mare is carrying one of his colts.

Taking top horses to the Black Hills Stock Show® sale year after year has helped build their program by creating notoriety for their horses. They don’t consign to any other sales because this sale provides enough advertising for them.

“It’s not like we take a horse that we don’t like, we take our top prospects,” she said. Those prospects catch they eye of many a sale-goer. They often get requests for breedings to their stallion and for Jim’s horse training ser-vices after folks see their Black Hills Stock Show® sale consignments.

“And it seems like it happens every year, we’ll sell some just because of the horse that we have at the BHSS.”

The Black Hills Stock Show® treats them well, Ethel said, probably due to a trust that has been established. “I think they know that what we bring in will be consistent with what we say. That’s what we’ve kind of built our deal on. They are not some trader horse that we are just going to turn a quick buck on.”

Ethel said many of their horses end up as performance horses, often in the cutting or reined cowhorse event but some are used for barrel racing, roping and ranch horses too. Their genetics should and usually do produce cowy mounts.

“We’re ranchers and Jim tries to get the best mares he can for the money. We’re not going to go squander the family farm to be in the horse business. We try to do things really logi-cally and produce the best horse possible for the money,” Ethel said. “I think our reputation for this has kind of grown.”

Jim puts a good foundation start on any-thing they sell broke. “They are as broke as can be for the age and they are able to go on to different things. That’s what we try to do, just market something out of our program that we’re really proud of.”

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Linda Paulson has taken part in the Black Hills Stock Show® horse sale for at least ten years.

The Fairfax, South Dakota, horse breeder usually takes two, but will offer three this year.

When she was getting started in the busi-ness she sometimes brought colts to the sale but more recently has consigned horses pre-pared by Paul Greimsman, a local trainer.

Two of Paulson’s horses are heading horses and one is being trained on the heeling end. All are ranch broke by Paulson before they be-gin their arena training.

While the horses she sold last year were home-raised, this year she will be offering horses she purchased from another breeder, she said.

She leans toward the cow bloodlines and has found success in the sale ring with them. Sons and daughters of Palo Duro Cat, an own son of High Brow Cat, are some of her favorites.

“I was in the cutting and I like the cutting horse bloodlines - something with a lot of cow that will work in the pasture,” she explains.

And the horses she brings often end up in the arena or on the ranch. “That guy that

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bought my mare last year, he kept her on the training program. His ten year old son is rop-ing on her.” Paulson said she’s found “great success” at the Black Hills Stock Show® sale and has sold horses into Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.

While flashy color or markings do help at-tract attention, a “good-looking, well-broke performance horse,” of any color will bring on the bids, she said.

Sometimes the buyer talks to her about her horse before the sale, but not always. “The gentleman that bought the mare last year just liked how she looked in the ring, he hadn’t even seen her before that. I’m amazed

Justin and Leslie Hill will sell Play All Your Cards along

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sometimes they haven’t even watched them in the preview,” she said. “If they do come and talk to me I’ll represent them the way they are.”

She expects the sale to go particularly well this year, partly because of the strong cattle market.

Plus the horses should be good. “They sort through them and get quality horses there and it will bring the buyers. They manage it well; Lynn Weishaar (auctioneer) and Johnny Johnson (pedigree caller) do an excellent job. So does Jill Swanhorst (event organizer).

“I love that sale,” Paulson said. “I look for-ward to that sale and try to make sure I have good horses for that one.”

Hauling from the warmer country of Pey-ton, Colorado, Justin and Leslie Hill con-signed the high seller to last year’s Black Hills Stock Show® horse sale.

“Our experience was great in spite of the cold,” Leslie joked.

The top seller was a 14-year-old Shining Spark mare pregnant with a WR This Cats Smart foal. They also sold her 2-year-old “baby,” also out of WR This Cats Smart. One

This Shiners Lena Doc daughter was consigned by Colorado’s Karey Franz.

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of their initial consignments wasn’t chosen by the committee to go through the sale.

The young horse had been started by Justin. The high selling mare had been shown in the snaffle bit futurity in Reno.

The Hills chose the Black Hills Stock Show® sale after seeing the quality of horses sold in previous years. “It seemed to us that it was a cowboy market and that people would appre-ciate good using horses.”

She said the sale has a good reputation and appeared to have “the type of buyers” they were looking for.

They weren’t acquainted with the mare’s buyer but have now gotten to know him. “He’s a wonderful man. I think they had seen her in the catalog.” The new owners reported to the Hills when the mare foaled. “She had a filly. Both mom and baby did well,” said Hill.

This year they will bring three horses to the sale - a 14-year-old stallion, a son of WR This Cats Smart with one year of riding and a com-ing 4-year-old out of their own stallion.

The younger horses will show in the pre-view, probably sorting or cutting a cow.

“The preview works well,” she said. “We love the experience of that.”

First-timer Karey Franz is looking forward to horse sale day at the Black Hills Stock Show®.

The Elbert, Colorado, horsewoman hopes her consignment will fetch $15,000.

“Mine is a show horse. I showed her at Reno. We won the novice non-pro. We won a saddle and $10,000. She’s really a good mare but that was my purpose was to sell her. That’s what I do, I get prospects going, show them at Reno and then resell them.”

The show and preview prior to the sale at-tracted Franz to the Black Hills Stock Show® horse sale.

“I like the fact that they have the show be-forehand so you can show your horse and then take it to the sale,” she said. “I was trying to find a sale where I could showcase her and then resell, so that is what I was able to do at the Black Hills Stock Show®.”

Franz’s horse is a daughter of Shiners Lena Doc, and a granddaughter of Kwackin, a well-known cutting mare.

“I don’t think it will be a problem, finding someone that will like her,” Franz said.


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The Boehringer Ingelheim Cattleman’s Conference is a new aspect of the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo®. It is designed as an opportunity for livestock pro-ducers to become informed on a variety of current topics affecting the livestock

industry.

“We’ve seen a big need for an educational aspect at BHSS for several years, and this con-ference is due in part to response to a previous survey where people asked for something educational with quality speakers on current topics. When Behringer Ingelheim came to the table with their commercial heifer development program and ideas for additional speakers it worked out great and we’ve been moving forward ever since,” explained BHSS Livestock Coordinator Kadee Hande.

A collective look at the livestock industry, relevant issues, and available speakers resulted in the one-day conference that is free to the public and includes lunch.

Kicking off the event at 10 a.m. will be an estate planning session, a topic Hande said has been presented in the past and always outgrows its room.

“Second will be a South Dakota legislature roundtable discussion providing an overview of bills brought before the legislature last year, or which are expected in the upcoming ses-sion that will potentially affect the livestock producer and/or the agriculture industry. We see a need to get such information into the producer’s hands in a timely manner to allow for discussion,” said Hande.

Following lunch, the afternoon session will shift to a production focus with replacement heifer development and vaccine consideration topics, both of which tie into Behringer Ingelheim’s heifer development work, preceding what Hande said is an incredibly timely closing speaker.

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“Dr. Kate Brooks, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be providing an economic outlook for the coming year. What makes this an exceptionally great session is that the USDA (United States Depart-ment of Agriculture) only releases their projection data once a year. For 2015, they are releasing that data on Jan. 30, meaning Dr. Brooks will be the first person to present their information to producers the very next day,” said Hande.

Looking to the future of this event, Hande said the conference is designed to grow as needed, and could easily become a two or three-day event over time.

“We’ve had people call in about attending, and people call in stating they would like to add to the program with their presentation. We see that combination of interest as a great opportunity,” she said.

For those wanting to attend this year’s conference, Hande asked them to email or call her office with any questions, or to simply let her know how many plan to attend.

“Another thing we are letting people know is the Hilton Garden Inn will be running shuttles from both the fairgrounds and the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center to the event. While it’s a little out of the way, a shut-tle means no one has to fight with parking,” she noted.

In closing, she said she hopes to see everyone at the event, and looks forward to hearing their response to the BHSS’s inaugural Cattlemen’s Conference.

Congresswoman Kristi Noem visits with a constituent.

For more information, please contact Kadee Hande at 605-355-3861 or [email protected] .

See schedule on p. 72.


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1:45 p.m. vACCInE COnSIDERATIOn fOR THE COW HERD, Dr. Travis Van Anne

2:45 p.m. BEEf CATTLE ECOnOmICS AnD OuTLOOK, Dr. Kate Brooks, university of

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bhSS Youth eventS

Adults don’t get to have all the fun at the Black Hills Stock Show®. There’s plenty for kids to do, too.

stick horse rodeoThe First Interstate Bank World’s Smallest Rodeo Sat., Jan. 31, 2015 is a great family event featuring little cowboys and cowgirls on stick horses.

Children ages 3-5 years of age will get on their boots and hats and head to the Crystalyx Sales Ring. A parade introduces the riders, with prizes awarded from First Interstate Bank for best dressed cowgirl and cowboy.

Children who participate in rodeo classes receive a certificate, a back number, and an official Black Hills Stock Show® Wild Stick Horse. Entrants are eligible for stick horse barrel racing, pole bending and a wild ride.

Entries are limited to 65 contestants. Junior Miss Rodeo Queens will assist with the 10 am event.

petting zooThe Barnyard Petting Zoo runs throughout the stock show, show-

casing livestock and what each animal means to South Dakota.

Exhibitors will be available to answer questions about their ani-mals including care, history, and relevance to modern agriculture.

The petting zoo is in Rushmore Plaza Civic Center and is free to the public. It is open daily 10am to 7pm.

Youth day saturdayYouth Day Saturday is a big draw. The county extension office pro-

duces the program at the Pennington 4-H Offices and Central States Fairgrounds.

“We had close to 375 kids last year,” says Tiffany Meyer, program advisor. “We are always growing so we hope to have even more this year. It’s a jam-packed day.”

Children ages eight to 18 to participate in a variety of classes from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 4-H members and non-members alike participate.

Activities range from a Beef Cook-Off, Livestock Judging, Live-stockology, Horse Quiz Bowl, Hippology, a dog show and Youth Pork Quality Assurance.

Programming is designed to advance youth in state fair and state congress competitions.

“A lot of these kids go on to state better prepared because of this event,” Meyer says. “It gives them the experience they need.”

Youth will travel to Rapid City from several states to participate.

Youth Day and the stick horse rodeo require preregistration. Go to http://www.blackhillsstockshow.com/events/2015/youth-day for details.

World’s Smallest Rodeo Stick horse racesJan. 31, 10 a.m.

Crystalyx Sale RingAges: 3-5

youth Day SaturdayJan. 31

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Petting ZooJan. 30 - Feb.710 a.m – 7 p.m.

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CED: +12 BW: +0.0 WW: +55 YW: +106 M: +32 Marb: +.46 RE: +.38 $B: +101.30

He was the second high selling bull of the 2012 Montana Performance Bull Coop sale. His Dam is a flush sister to Hoover Dam who is enrolled at ABS Global. Only

three other current sires or non-parent bulls can match his EPD profile for CED, BW, Performance, RADG, Scrotal and Carcass Traits. Average progeny pap was 42.5.

Powerful COMPLETE son with strong calving ease potential and an outstanding ABS Global Sire Alliance proof. Moderate, heavy muscled and attractive - a

favorite of all that have seen him. Ranks among the top 5 active sires for the ABS Global Sire Alliance Total Profit Index as well as the top 15% for reduced Feed

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Sale Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015 • At the ranch in Veteran, WY • Lunch: Noon • Sale Time: 1 p.m.

Basin Credence X951 Featuring sons of:

CED: +13 BW: -0.4 WW: +55 YW: +101M: +28 Marb: +.71 RE: +.65 $B +65.45

Selling 160 Yearling and Fall Bulls90 OF THE BULLS WERE PAP TESTED AFTER SPENDING THE SUMMER AT 8,000’

50 BULLS PAP TESTED 42 OR LESS

Our pick of the Upward sons at the Haynes Cattle Company bull sale in 2011. His son’s were very popular at last year’s sale, siring 2 of the top 3 high selling bulls. One of the most proven calving ease sons of Upward we have found combining +12 CED

and +0.0 BW EPDs. Moderate framed and packed full of red meat along with a $B: +101! He stamps his son’s with calving ease and growth in a stylish moderate framed

package. Owned with Pat Herring, Veteran, WY. Average progeny pap was 40.

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CED: +1 BW: +1.4 WW: +55 YW: +101 M: +36 Marb: +1.03 RE: +.94 $B: +130.8

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at the top of the breed in most key performance, carcass and convenience traits. His top 25 $B Index is balanced with strong maternal and fertility traits. Breed leader for

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Booth’s Cherry Creek Angus Annual Progress Through Performance Bull Sale

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Intake and Maternal Index. Balanced overall EPD profile ranking in the top 10% for CED and $B Index. Average progeny pap was 40.5.

Sale Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015

At the ranch in Veteran, WYLunch: Noon • Sale Time: 1 p.m.

Selling 160 Yearling and Fall Bulls90 OF THE BULLS WERE PAP TESTED AFTER

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“We are pulling out all the stops,” says or-ganizer Ty Littau. “The idea is to get every cowboy that ever thought about trying a craft beer to try one.”

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“It’s an art form,” says Littau. “I’ve asked all our exhibitors to bring an old standby and then something new.”

There is talk of featuring a specially made boot-shaped tasting glass, and the list of ven-dors is a good read: Crow Peak, Miner Brew-ing Company, Sick and Twisted. Firehouse, Bitter Esters, Wooden Legs. The Knuckle.

Brewers will be joined by dueling pianos, acoustic guitar, and concessions.

Food goes better with beer than wine, says Josh Fritz, co-owner of Crow Peak, South Da-kota’s largest brewery.

“The flavor profiles for beer are better,” Fritz says. “You can get everything from smoke to chocolate.”

Fritz, a former rancher, will be towing his makeshift four-tap beer wagon: It’s a boot-legged, 70s era single horse in red and silver.

The Crow Peak brand adds seasonal offer-ings to year-round brews like cream ale and porter. This year, they are experimenting with the fresh growth from spruce tips. Says Fritz: “That might be one we’ll bring that’s seasonal.”

Littau says this is an opportunity to sample and savvy something new. “It’s a chance to visit with the breweries and ask them about what they do. Why do you make beer? What are you trying to achieve with this?”

Craft beer can be effervescent, Littau says, or relatively flat. It might be pale or dark. Sea-sonal tastes, he says, tend to favor full bodied and malty blends in the colder months.

Fritz said stainless steel is the standard for aging craft beverage, although some micro-breweries experiment with whiskey and wine barrels. The brews take a few days to a few weeks to complete, and vary widely in alcohol content from 3.5 to 9.5 percent.

For reference, Budweiser is 5.0.

Littau is a development representative with the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. The event originated when he got feedback from breweries that things slowed for the in-dustry after tourist season.

Bring your palette, he says, and an open mind. “To ask for a Bud Light here would be like going to someone’s ranch home, sitting down at the dinner table, and asking, ‘Where are the chicken nuggets?’”

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North Dakota State University’s equestrian team finished its regular show season as the Zone 7 Region 3 reserve high-point team.“I am extremely pleased with the team’s performance this year,” says Tara Swanson, the team’s coach. “We had a fairly young and inexperienced team, but they showed remarkable growth throughout the course of the year.”Four members of the team partici-pated in the Zone 7 Region 3 semifi-nal competition March 29-30 at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. They competed in preliminary rounds March 29, and all four ad-vanced to the finals the following day.

NDSU team members and their placings at semifinals were: Hailey Aagard, a junior from Wadena, Minn. - first in beginner horsemanship Janna Rice, a junior from Mad-dock - third in advanced horseman-ship

Ashley Lindell, a senior from Solway, Minn. - seventh in open horse-manship, honorable mention in rein-ing Cami Slaubaugh, a junior from Wolford, Minn. - seventh in intermedi-ate horsemanshipRice and Aagard will advance to the Intercollegiate Horse Show Asso-ciation’s National Horse Show in early May in Harrisburg, Pa.The four team members earned their spots at the semifinals by plac-ing first or second at the Zone 7 Re-gion 3 regional championships held at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on March 2.

Teams are assigned randomly to one of the three semifinals. Each in-dividual class has 18 qualified riders.

“The semifinals riders fought hard to gain their spots in the placings against tough competition,” Swanson says. “These individuals showed poise,

determination and a tremendous amount of talent in their rides, and I couldn’t be more proud of them.” F –NDSU Ag Communications

NDSU Riders named reserve high-point team

Members of NDSU’s equestrian team display the ribbons they received at the Zone 7 Region 3 semifinal competition in Texas.

Pictured (from left) are team members Janna Rice, Cami Slaubaugh, Hailey Aagard and Ashley Lindell, and coach Tara Swanson.

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Finishing the season strong

The Colorado State University horse program will host a horse sale April 26. The sale will be at the B.W. Pickett Equine Center, in Fort Col-lins, Colo.Dear Friends:When this sale started nine years ago, none could have foreseen or pre-dicted where it stands today.The sale itself has grown in size and reputation, and we are proud of the marketplace position it holds.Change, of course, is inevitable.Regarding this sale, however, one constant remains: the paramount im-portance of the students’ participation and growth.

What really matters in this sale is not what the horses bring, but what the students learn.While everyone may talk of aver-ages and high-sellers, the real value is the hands-on education they receive.Student Experiences:•Those first few rides in a training class

•Observing young horses in a new environment

•Realizing the day-to-day work to prep 29 young sale horses

•Learning pedigree research methods•Writing substantive, top-notch cat-alog notes

•Marketing and promoting a horse industry event

•Interacting with consignors and buyersOur buyers understand this, our consignors support this, and our advi-sor committee takes pride in this.We constantly challenge ourselves to ensure their meaningful participation and they consistently rise to the test. Thus, our measures of success may be somewhat different from others who evaluate the results and progress of a horse sale.

Naturally, we want it to run smoothly, and for consignors to sell and buyers to obtain horses at good value.Still, the education of our students and their experiences are the real, long-term payoffs for buyers, consign-ors, the industry and the students.Thank you for your consistent and continued support of our students and our program.

Jerry B Black, DVM, Wagonhound Land & Livestock, Chair in Equine Sciences

Schedule:Saturday, April 19, 9 a.m. – Wagon-hound Land & Livestock Co. Student Competition

Friday, April 25, 5:30 p.m. – Purina Mills Consignors’ DinnerSaturday, April 26, 9 .a.m – Sale Horse Preview & 1 p.m. – Horse SaleLunch will be available and ca-tered by the CSU Meat Judging TeamView the 2014 Sale Catalog at http://webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu/equine/Web-LOR-Catalog-2014-www.pdf

If you are interested in a specific young horse that is being trained by a CSU student, please contact John Snyder at 970-491-8547 for more in-formation.

Ranching heritage challengeMany of our consigned horses are eligible, nominated or enrolled in the AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge program. To be eligible, horses must have been bred by an

AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder. If a horse is nominated or enrolled, at least some or all payments have been made into the program for that specific individual. Find more infor-mation about this great program on the AQHA’s website.

Accommodations:Host Hotel – Hilton Fort Collins “Choice Hotel for Colorado State University’s Friends and Families” 425 W. Prospect 970-482-2626 www.fortcollins.hilton.com

Catalog:The online version of the 2014 sale catalog is available now. If you would like to receive a hard copy, please call 970-491-8373.

Online bidding now available:Register to bid online through SWB Auction here: http: //csuequine.auctionserver.net/

Horse transportation:If you plan to purchase a horse and need transportation, please browse through our list of available equine transportation companies. F –Colorado State University

Legends of Ranching Performance horse sale to be April 26 in Fort Collins, Colo.

As spring rapidly approaches, Dustin Oedekoven, South Dakota state veterinarian, reminds horse owners to prevent the spread of equine herpesvirus (EHV).

EHV has historically been found in South Dakota, and is transmitted between horses in close contact. Three forms of the disease are recognized: respira-tory, reproductive and neurologic. The respiratory form is the most common, with symptoms of cough-ing, nasal discharge and a high fever. The reproduc-tive form causes abortion in mares.Horse owners are encouraged to continue con-sulting their veterinarians on ways to protect their animals. The virus has no effect on people or other livestock. Affected horses develop high fevers, lose coordination and may die. Once a horse is infected

with the neurologic form, treatment is limited, in-cluding supportive care, antiviral drugs and anti-in-flammatories.

Prevention of EHV begins with a solid biosecurity plan. Horse owners can minimize spread of EHV by implementing a 21-day isolation policy when adding new horses or returning horses to established herds. Buckets and other items used to feed and water horses or groups of horses should be cleaned and disinfected regularly. Horses with fever or recent known exposure should stay at home.Vaccines effective in preventing respiratory and reproductive EHV are widely available and should be administered as directed by the owner’s veteri-narian. Often this means at least twice every year, with horses that travel to events boostered as often

as every three months. Horse owners are encouraged to visit with their veterinarian to determine a vacci-nation program best suited to their individual needs.

Oedekoven strongly encourages organizers and planners of equine events to seek the advice of vet-erinary professionals for guidance on disease pre-vention. Horses that have been vaccinated less than seven days or more than 90 days prior to an event may be at higher risk for spreading EHV. In addition to consideration of standard health requirements, protocols should be developed prior to the event to address potential isolation and quarantine proce-dures in case of an outbreak. For more information, visit: http://aib.sd.gov/disea-secontrol.shtm#horses. F

–S.D. Animal Industry Board

Horse owners encouraged to prevent EHV infection

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Saturday, December 21, 2013 Volume 51 • Issue 51

2 Sections

The ranchers, feeders, auc-

tion barns and other small

businesses that comprise the

cattle industry not only feed

the world, they are the life-

blood of the communities that

make this great nation what

it is. You make deals on hand-

shakes and you stick to them.

No matter the consequences.

You build generations of fam-

ilies that know an honest

day’s work. When you dis-

cover a problem, you create a

solution, some way, somehow.

Neighbors are crucial in this

endeavor. Your livestock is not

only your annual source of

income but your daily source

of pride, frustration, humor,

education, creativity, beauty,

challenge and fascination.

You do what you love, and

your hope is to be given the

opportunity to do it again to-

morrow. The fact that you have al-

lowed Tri-State Livestock

News to be a part of this

ride, for the last 50 years, is

an honor and a privilege. We

hope for nothing more than

to be a good neighbor, con-

tinuing to provide the news

and information you need to

run a successful business. We

understand that you seek out

the weekly market reports

to compare crucial market

data in the paper each week...

so do we. According to Tri-State Live-

stock News’ founder Morris

Hallock, the paper was built

on the premise of delivering

timely market news to re-

gional cattle producers. Black

Hills, S.D., auction barns in

St. Onge, Sturgis and Belle

Fourche were the first to see

the value of sharing their cur-

rent market reports via the

Lynn Weishaar, world-renowned auctioneer and Reva, S.D., rancher is a wealth of knowledge on the region’s cattle markets. He has many times established

record prices for feeder cattle as well as the industry’s most elite purebred bulls and horses. Photo by Jill Hotchkiss, editor, Hereford America

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Conception to consumption: Beef trends over past half-century

Assigned the task of summarizing

beef breed trends in the Tri-State

Livestock News (TSLN) coverage area

over the past five decades, I pon-

dered the enormity of the subject.

Lacking an archive of back issues to

study, I roughed out a timeline start-

ing in 1963 and did a bit of online

research. Among

other things, I

learned that the

American Here-

ford Association,

the first breed

association of its

kind, was founded

in 1881, and that

the first purebred

Simmental calf was born in the U.S.

in 1968 – the result of artificial in-

semination.

Interesting as those facts may be,

I wasn’t finding a resource that ex-

plained the progression from what

once were predominantly Hereford

to the now ubiquitous Angus herds.

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Tri-State has become “what ranchers read” because we make it our business to

listen to producers and auction barns throughout the region. Your successes become our successes

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Windy Creek Cattle Co. Donates Heifer to Cattlemen’s Family legacy ScholarshipBy Amanda RadkePhotos courtesy Jody Hoiten

In a year when calf prices are off the charts, the donation of a heifer is no small gift.

For Windy Creek Cattle Company, owned by Jeremy and Bethany Lehrman of Spencer, South Dakota, donating a heifer to the Black Hills Stock Show® Cattlemen’s Family Legacy Scholarship program is a perfect way to sup-port area youth who are interested in the cattle business. The Lehrmans, who exhibit seedstock each year at BHSS, donated a Si-mAngus heifer.

The scholarship program is geared for youth ages 8-17. A cattle producer donates a heifer, passing on the ranching legacy. The recipient takes possession of the heifer at the conclusion of the 2015 BHSS and must return to show her at the Western Junior Livestock Show.

“I’m a strong believer in supporting youth,” said Lehrman, who has two children with wife Bethany, Cash (age 8) and Emerson (age 4). “When we look at the average age of the U.S. rancher (58 years old), we realize we have to find ways to get the next generation started in production agriculture. If we can help out in any way, then we are happy to do so. We hope this scholarship program helps youth get interested in the beef business, in showing cattle, and in the Simmental breed.”

This year’s recipient is Garrett Wessel, a 16-year old from Chamberlain, S.D. To qualify, Wessel had to show cattle in the 2014 West-ern Junior Livestock show. He also had to write a letter telling about his commitment to

agriculture, his future goals, and his ability to raise the heifer in a proper setting. He will be required to submit progress reports through-out the first year, and to show her at the West-ern Junior Livestock show.

The heifer isn’t a loan; Wessel will take ownership of the heifer free and clear. When Lehrman went out to choose which heifer to donate, he looked for one that would build a solid foundation for the youth rancher.

“We wanted to give the recipient one of our best from our replacement pen,” said Leh-rman. “We want this heifer to be something he can build his program around.”

WINC Start 471B, a half-blood Simmen-tal out of the popular sire, MR NLC Upgrade U8676 is the gift heifer. She’s black and polled with above average EPDs. She will be on dis-play for viewing throughout this year’s BHSS.

“I believe this program helps give kids the tools needed for their future,” said Wessel in his application. “Being given the opportunity

Cattlemen’s Family Legacy ScholarshipBethany, Emerson, Jeremy and Cash Lehrman of Windy Creek Cattle Co.


Jeremy Lehrman looks over the cattle at Windy Creek Cattle Co. with his son, Cash, age 8.


to help build in the genetics of a breeding pro-gram would be a dream come true to some-one like me.”

Lehrman offered some advice to Wessel upon receiving one of his heifers.

“Welcome to the Simmental breed,” he said. “We hope you can continue to grow and de-velop your breeding program. Don’t be afraid to bend the ear of others in the business. I at-tribute a lot of where I’m at today thanks to the advice of some of the foundation cattle-men in the Simmental breed – Scott and Dale Werning, Chris Effling, Steve Eichacker, and Steve Reimer. Their advice has been instru-mental in helping me make decisions in my program.”

Although Lehrman grew up on a commer-cial cattle operation, Windy Creek Cattle Co. was established in 2005, after Lehrman grad-uated with an animal science degree from South Dakota State University. He quickly grew his purebred business to 100 Simmental and SimAngus cows, and he plans to continue to grow his operation with the hopes of pass-ing it onto his children one day.

“In the long-term, I want to be able to hand this business down to my children some day,” he said. “I want to continue to see us grow and become a leader in the industry by providing high-quality genetics people can count on.”

Jeremy maintains a full-time job with Sedona Ag Services as a representative for Elanco Animal Health, while Bethany works as a chemistry professor at Dakota Wesleyan University. They market their bulls through BHSS, as well as the Profit Through Perfor-mance Bull Sale in partnership with Melroe Farms, which is scheduled for March 1, 2015 at Aberdeen Livestock.

For more information, check out www.windycreekcattlecompany.com. To learn more about the Cattlemen’s Family Legacy Scholarship, see www.blackhillsstockshow.com/events/2014/cattlemans-family-legacy-scholarship.

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ScholarshipRecipients

BRIANNA CLEMETSON

Brianna is the daughter of Kevin and Melissa Clemetson of Keystone, SD. She is a senior at Hill City High School and par-ticipates in band, high school rodeo, 4-H, volleyball and bas-ketball. She is also secretary of the Hill City National Honor Society. Brianna will be attending Chadron State College this fall and on completion of her degree plans to return home and pursue a career in Agricultural Education while operating her own ranch.

PEYTON DEJONG

Peyton attends Philip High School and is the daughter of Travis and Pamela DeJong of Philip, SD. While excelling at her studies she participates in 4-H, FFA, FCCLA, band, choir, vol-leyball and golf. Also, as a senior , she was chosen as Wendy’s Heisman Award-South Dakota State Finalist. Peyton will be at-tending SDSU this fall and plans to double major in Agricultural Education and Agricultural Communications while continuing to build and manage her own cattle herd.

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OLIVIA EDOFF

Olivia is the daughter of Scott and Veronica Edoff of Her-mosa, SD and she is a student at New Underwood High School. She participates in 4-H, rodeo, chorus, National Honor Society, Student Council and is a recipient of the 4-H Presidential Award and American Legion Award. She is very sought after by her peers for assistance both in school and community activities. Olivia intends to pursue a Law Degree while attending USD and as an attorney, protect the rights of ag families like hers.

MILES ENGLEBERT

Miles attends Edgemont High School and is the son of Ever-ett and Dawn Englebert of Edgemont, SD. He plans to attend Chadron State College and pursue a degree in Secondary Edu-cation with a goal of teaching history or science and coaching football. Miles has participated in 4-H, National Honor Society, rodeo, basketball, football and track. It is his goal to return to Edgemont as a teacher/coach, role model to the youth of the area and to the family ranch.

TESSA KOPREN

Tessa attends Bison High School and is the daughter of Ross and Beverly Kopren of Prairie City, SD. She will pursue her sec-ondary education at SDSU majoring in Agricultural Business and Leadership. Tessa has participated in FFA, 4-H, basketball, volleyball, rodeo, National Honors Society and Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America. Her career choice is pro-moting agriculture through an agricultural related organization.

SHAELYNNE HEITSCH

Shaelynne is the daughter of Thomas and Tracy Heitsch of Hermosa, SD and attends Rapid City Central High School. She plans to attend the University of Wyoming to obtain a Bach-elor of Science Degree in Nursing. Her career aspiration is to be a rural traveling Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in rural hospitals and clinic settings. Over and above her academic achievements Shaelynne has been involved in 4-H, rodeo, Na-tional Honor Society, track and field, Special Olympics volun-teer and Student Tutor for the Cobbler Mentor Program.


The best shopping for farm and ranch folks might come after Christmas.

The Black Hills Stock Show® Cinch Trade Show features 200 vendors at two locations with western wear, ranch equip-ment, and everything in between.

Starting Jan. 30 and going through Feb. 7, 2015, shop Rushmore Plaza Civic Cen-ter and the Central States Fairgrounds for some brands that may only come to town for this event.

Vendors open daily at 10 am.

Veteran vendor Mariane Sasak will cram a good-sized cargo trailer full of merchan-dise and take a day and a half to unpack. When it’s all put out for display, her mo-bile western ranchwear store will take up half of the Alpine Room or a 90x8 square foot sales space.

“This show, it does nothing but get bet-ter,” says Sasak, who skedaddles all the way from the Denver Stock Show with

her collection of dressy and daily duds demanded by what she calls “the modern rancher.”

Her business Steamboat Ranchwear out of Steamboat Springs, Colo., prides itself on personal service, choosing from a vari-ety of products. Need boots? They start at $130 and you can spend $600 if you must. Get out cheap with a $30 shirt or splurge at $150.

“We try to fit everybody,” Sasak says. “We are just like any other store, only we’re mobile.”

Sasak specializes in winter wear, so the Black Hills venue is a natural and she heads north when other vendors go to Texas. The Rapid City crowd, she says, fa-vors daily wear compared to the National Finals Rodeo in Vegas and Denver folks.

Sasak credits a strong cattle industry for strong sales, and hand picks every item as her own buyer. Dressed at home in camo leggings and a turtleneck and hanging out with her dogs, she jokes “you wouldn’t

It’s a Good Trade

know I had any fashion sense by the way I dress myself.”

Newcomer Doctor Scratch LLC, Cattle Dusters & Mineral Feeders hails from Watertown, South Dakota. The company changed hands in 2013. New owners Betsy and Tony Oleson will show off their pat-ented system to get mineral and external parasite treatment to cattle.

They’ve added a powder-coated finish to the product that they say naturally at-tracts cattle and helps them shed.

“They tend to look a little sharper with our system,” Betsy Oleson says. “The rub-ber fingers help them shed and keep them dusted ‘cause they’ve got something to scratch themselves on. You don’t have to train them to use it.”

The Olesons forged a strong partnership, Betsy having used the product herself for 10 years, and Tony being a machinist who can fabricate. They will have some units to sell at the show and also a list of dealers, and will be on hand to answer questions.

BHSS Trade Show Civic Center Jan. 30-Feb. 7 10 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. (closes at 6 p.m., Feb. 1)

The BHSS Trade Show is open Jan. 30 – Feb. 7, from 10 a.m.

until 7:30 p.m.

By Nicole Michaels


buFFalo Producers’ association Changes With the times By Nicole Michaels


It’s an old species – a massive, hardy herbivore native to the grasslands of the Great Plains - but innovation and

consumer interest make buffalo a contempo-rary product.

Top buffalo producers from the U.S. and Canada will gather at the Black Hills Stock Show® for an annual sale and winter confer-ence. Held by the Dakota Territory Buffalo Association, the Black Hills Buffalo Clas-sic Show and Sale is no lightweight when it comes to buffalo production.

South Dakota is the number one produc-tion state in the country, and not only will the sale bring in top quality animals, perfor-mance tested classes are a draw.

There’s been growth in the regional herds this past year, says Karen Conley, executive director of the 20-state organization that also serves two Canadian provinces.

“We’ve had great weather and a good hay crop,” Conley says. “Expansion is the buzz word in the industry.”

In a strong market, the event competes with private sales off the ranch, so keeps changing to encourage participation.

“The demand for meat is so high right now,” Conley says, “that ranchers can sell just as many off the ranch without the additional work of coming to a show and the stress on the animal. We keep changing to benefit our producers and to fill a niche.”

Last year, the show added live online bid-ding and expanded the sale catalog. They won’t know until January how many animals will be entered into the show and sale.

The group also hosts educational seminars, ranch tours and summer meetings, and in-volves itself in meat promotion, participating in trade shows.

Buffalo compares to grass fed beef, and the organization continues to gather data from a carcass class to help producers feed and

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market animals, considering itself a leader in both areas.

A lean meat with taste and texture to simi-lar beef, buffalo is lower in calories and higher in protein. It has rich flavor and is nutrient dense.

Bison are not graded by USDA, and inspec-tion is voluntary.

Producers say buffalo’s grazing habits make them easier on native grasses and water sources, and they are less labor-intensive than cows and are well-adapted to their terrain.

DTBA’s performance programs for bulls and heifers are in their seventh and third years, respectively. Bulls and heifers are kept for one year at a host ranch, worked, and shown at the stock show.

The top selling bull nationwide last year sold at this auction, going for $13,250 and was judged on five criteria. The sale remains competitive with larger sales in its numbers, Conley says.

Based in Rapid City, South Dakota, the association has 180-200 members, most of which are producers. It was formed in 1996 and this is in its 19th year at the stock show.

Traditional single animal show classes were in a decline nationwide, so the association no longer offers them. In addition to the perfor-mance tested classes, they will offer an open consignment auction for all classes of produc-tion animals.

Summing up the accomplishments of the association, Conley expects to remain competitive.

“Nobody else in the country is doing any-thing like this,” she says.


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Carlson Lady 361Carlson Active Duty 421Carlson South Dakota 439

Carlson Rapid Fire 4006Carlson Resource 435Carlson Capitalist 402

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NEW SKID LOADERSNEWHOLLAND

2-L220 CAB HEAT A/CL223 CAB HEAT A/CL225 CAB HEAT A/C

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USED TRACTORSNH T7050 CVT LOADER DUALS

NH TV6070 2500HRSLOADED

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MF 285 CAB A/CCASE 8920 LOADERCASE 1070 LOADER

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BALE PROCESSORHIGHLINE

651 HIGHLINE5-650 HIGHLINE5-650 HIGHLINE

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TRACTORS NEWKUBOTA

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USED HIGHLINE 650 W/CHOPPER

FARM AID FEED WAGONS680 RIGHT HAND430 RIGHT HAND

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J&M 750 GRAIN CARTJ&M 1336 GRAIN CART SCALE TARP

SIDE BY SIDESKUBOTA RTV1140

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NEW TRACTORSKUBOTA5- M135GX 4- M126GX4- M100GX

9960L6060 CAB

L4701B3200

NEW HOLLANDT8.330 DUALS FRONT AND REAR

T7.260 DUALS LOADEDT7.200 CVT LEASE RETURN

T7.210 POWER SHIFT COMING SOONT6.165 LEASE RETURN

5-T6.165 COMING SOON5-T6.175 COMING SOON

TS6.120 NICE TRACTOR LEASE RETURN2-T5.115 LEASE RETURN COMING IN

USED TRACTORSNHTV6070 1800HRS LOADEDNHTV145 LOADED 3470 HRS

NH TV145 MDS BUCKER GTAPPLEFORD 9030CASE 3294

JD 4430 LOADERLT75 AGCO MFD LOADER

CASE 1086IH 300 UTILITY

IH 986CASE 1370 DUALS NICE

NEW HAYTOOLSVERMEER

VERMEER SUPER M BALES IN STOCK AT ALL TIMESVERMEER R2800 RAKESVERMEER R2300 RAKES

NEW HOLLANDNH ROLLBELT 560 BALERS 20 IN STOCK

3-SP240 WINDROWERSSP200 WINDROWER

SP130 WINDROWER DRAPPER OPTOIN 3- 419 DISC HEADS

DB316 DISC MOWER RUBBER ROLLERS2- 25FT DOUBLE SWATH

DRAPPER HEADS

USED HAYTOOLSVERMEER 605SM CORN STALK

NET WRAP3- VERMEER R2800 RAKES

VERMEER R23A RAKEVERMEER R23 RAKE

SITREX 14 WHEEL RAKE SHARPSITERX 14 WHEEL RAKE

TONUTTI 14 WHEEL RAKEOVER 40 USED BALERS IN STOCK

2- 1475 18HS HYDRO SWINGS 1441 DISC BINE 1998

TRACTORS NEWKUBOTA

9-M135GX2-M110GX

M126X2-L46002-5740

2-M99602-L3600

BX2360 W/MOWER


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BW .2 • WW 54 • YW 85 • M 27 M&G 54 • REA +.35 • MARB .24

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ALSO SELLING!30 - Bred Registered

Hereford Heifers50 – Bred F1 BlackWhite Face Heifers

10 – Bred Angus Commercial Heifers

BW -1.2 • WW 61 • YW 98 • M 11 REA +.11 • MARB .16

BW 3.9 • WW 71 • YW 111 • M 37 REA +.18 • MARB .30

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Windy 078 combines phenotype with superior performance, fertility and a great disposition. He puts it all together in a moderate frame, muscular

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Mr Ribstone 10071 “Freckles” BW .2 • WW 54 • YW 85 • M 27

M&G 54 • REA +.35 • MARB .24KCCurve bender. 146 calves average birth ratio 98, nursing ratio 101. Leader in ten EPD traits, including marbling. Thick, deep, gentle, and pigmented with perfect feet. Heifers in production

have the best udders and teat quality we’ve raised.

Apex Windy 078BW 3.9 • WW 71 • YW 111 • M 37

REA +.18 • MARB .30Windy 078 combines phenotype with superior perfor-mance, fertility and a great disposition. He puts it all together in a moderate frame, muscular package with

an outcross pedigree.

VDAR Really Windy 4097BW -1.2 • WW 61 • YW 98 • M 11

REA +.11 • MARB .16Really Windy 4097 offers exceptional calving ease and an outcross pedigree. He has been used extensively on

commercial and purebred heifers with great results. The calves are born light, vigorous and unassisted.

CL 1 Domino 032XBW 3.1 • WW 59 • YW 85 • M 36

M&G 66 • REA .05 • MARB .29032X has been used successfully on more than 100 heifers at our ranch and at Feddes, plus he works

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Connealy Capitalist 0823DOB: 1/28/13 • BW: 86

Adj 205: 900 lb. • Adj 365 YW: 1454. EPDS: BW 1.9, WW 71, Milk 30,

YW 124, Scrotal 1.08

2015 BULL & FEMALE SALE2015 BULL & FEMALE SALE


Chestnut Angus FarmGlenn & Sherri Johnson Family2242 90th Ave., Pipestone, MN 56164507-368-9220 or 507-820-1502 CellEmail us at: [email protected]

Guest Simmental Breeder:Craig & Angie Raatz, 280 241st St., Jasper, MNPhone 507-348-3846 or 507-215-1952 Cell

Sale Managed By: Val & Lori Eberspacher507-532-6694 or 612-805-7405Kelly Schmidt 406-599-2395View online at www.ebersale.com

Chestnut Angus FarmPlease join us Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

1:00 PM at the Farm, Pipestone, Minnesota60 Angus Bulls • 10 Simmental & SimAngus™ Bulls • 15 Bred Heifers & 15 Bred Cows

17th Annual Production Sale

Chestnut PF First Round 234 Reg#17947363VA First Round x SAV Bismarck 5682

BW #87 • Adj WW #936 • BW +1.3 WW +63 YW +98 Milk +26

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Chestnut Substance 114 Reg#17947370Benfield Substance 8506 x VAR Rocky 80029


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Chestnut Final Product 84 Reg#17947371Connealy Final Product x Chestnut Power One 19


Chestnut First Round 204 Reg#17947368VA First Round x Plainview Sun Dance G39BW #88 • Adj WW #986 • BW +4.8 WW +68

YW +108 Milk +28

Chestnut First Round 244 Reg#17947361VA First Round x Pine Ridge Hammer S322BW #86 • Adj WW #891 • BW +4.1 WW +65

YW +102 Milk +22

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2015 Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo®JANuARY 24 – FEBRuARY 8, 2015 SaturDay, JaNuary 24, 20159 a.m. THAR’S RAnCH SORTInG, Kjerstad Event Center,

Fairgrounds

SundaY, januarY 25, 20157:30 a.m. ZOETIS WInTER CLASSIC AQHA SPECIAL EvEnT

RAnCH HORSE PLEASuRE, sponsored by Zoetis, Ray’s Western Wear, RM Tack & Twisted X Boots, G Bar G Saddlery, SD Chic Beads, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc, Hagen Glass, Jenner Equipment –Kjer-stad Event Center, Fairgrounds

2:30 p.m. ZOETIS TEAm ROPInG fuTuRITy, sponsored by Zoetis, AQHA, The American Quarter Horse Journal, Webster Enterprises, Jenner Equipment – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

3:30 p.m. ZOETIS CALf ROPInG fuTuRITy, sponsored by Zoetis, Jenner Equipment, Webster Enterprises – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

4:30 p.m. ZOETIS WInTER CLASSIC SPECIAL EvEnT AQHA SHOW (ROPInG EvEnTS), sponsored by Zoetis, Ray’s Western Wear, RM Tack & Twisted X Boots, G Bar G Saddlery, SD Chic Beads, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc, Hagen Glass, Jenner Equipment – Kjer-stad Event Center, Fairgrounds

8 p.m. ZOETIS TEAm ROPInG fuTuRITy fInALS, spon-sored by Zoetis, AQHA, The American Quarter Horse Journal, Webster Enterprises, Jenner Equipment – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

mondaY, januarY 26, 20157:30 a.m. ZOETIS WInTER CLASSIC AQHA HORSE SHOW,

sponsored by Zoetis, Ray’s Western Wear, RM Tack & Twisted X Boots, G Bar G Saddlery, SD Chic Beads, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc, Hagen Glass, Jenner Equipment – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

1 p.m. WInTER SPECTACuLAR nRCHA SHOW (Run COnCuRREnTLy WITH THE AQHA WORKInG COW HORSE CLASSES), sponsored by Quarter Horse News, Jenner Equipment – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

tueSdaY, januarY 27, 20158 a.m. ZOETIS WInTER CLASSIC AQHA HORSE SHOW,


WeDNeSDay, JaNuary 28, 20157:30 a.m. ZOETIS WInTER CLASSIC AQHA HORSE SHOW,


1 p.m. WInTER SPECTACuLAR nRCHA SHOW (Run COnCuRREnTLy WITH THE AQHA WORKInG COW HORSE CLASSES), sponsored by Quarter Horse News, Jenner Equipment – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

tHurSDay, JaN. 29, 20158 a.m. ZOETIS WInTER CLASSIC AQHA HORSE SHOW,


8 a.m. STALLIOn ROW CHECK-In, Rushmore Hall, Civic Center

11 a.m. HORSE SALE CHECK-In, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

5 p.m. HORSE SALE COnSIGnORS mEETInG, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

6 p.m. STALLIOn ROW COnSIGnORS mEETInG, Rushmore Hall, Civic Center

7 p.m. BHSS STRAy GATHERInG, sponsored by Zoetis, Pendleton - Music by Brandon Jones and The Thirsty Fish to follow – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

Schedule


ScheduleFridaY, januarY 30, 20158 a.m. ExISS/SOOnER BHSS HORSE SALE PREvIEW:

RAnCH HORSE SELECT COmPETITIOn, sponsored by Lynn Weishaar, John Johnson & Sale Preview – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

10 a.m. CInCH TRADE SHOW OPEnS, Closes at 7:30 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

10 a.m. InTERSTATE BAnK BARnyARD PETTInG ZOO, Rushmore Hall

10 a.m. BLACK HILLS STOCK SHOW® LEATHER SHOW, Theater Lobby

10 a.m. WESTERn ART SHOW, public viewing, sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, Black Hills Surgical Hospital – Theater Lobby

1:20 p.m. ExISS/SOOnER STALLIOn ROW PREvIEW, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

2 p.m. ExISS/SOOnER BHSS HORSE SALE, sponsored by Exiss/Sooner, Ravellette Publications, The Cattle Business Weekly, Larry Larson Photography, Scoggins Veterinary, Hutchson Western – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

7:30 p.m. PRCA xTREmE BuLLS, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

SaturdaY, januarY 31, 20158 a.m. ExISS/SOOnER BHSS HORSE SALE PREvIEW,

Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds8 a.m. 4-H yOuTH DAy ACTIvITIES, sponsored by First

Interstate Bank - Central States Fairgrounds9 a.m. RODnEy yOST HORSEmAnSHIP CLInIC,

independently produced – Civic Center Arena10 a.m. CInCH TRADE SHOW OPEnS, Closes at 7:30 p.m.

– Rushmore Plaza Civic Center10 a.m. fIRST InTERSTATE BAnK BARnyARD PETTInG

ZOO, Rushmore Hall10 a.m. BLACK HILLS STOCK SHOW® LEATHER SHOW,

Theater Lobby10 a.m. WESTERn ART SHOW, public viewing, sponsored

by The Central States Fair Foundation, Black Hills Surgical Hospital – Theater Lobby

10 a.m. fIRST InTERSTATE BAnK WORLD’S SmALLEST RODEO, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

Cattleman'S ConFerenCe10 a.m. BOEHRInGER InGELHEIm vETmEDICA CATTLEmAnS’ COnfEREnCE, Hilton Garden Inn

10 a.m. ESTATE PLAnnInG SEmInAR PRESEnTED By CASEy PETERSOn & ASSOCIATES

11 a.m. LEGISLATIvE WATCH: AG LEADER ROunDTABLE12 p.m. BOEHRInGER InGELHEIm vETmEDICA

CATTLEmAnS’ LunCH1 p.m. DEvELOPInG QuALITy REPLACEmEnT HEIfERS,

presented by Marty Sheppard, 4S Cattle Co1:45 p.m. vACCInE COnSIDERATIOnS fOR THE COW

HERD, presented by Dr. Travis VanAnne 2:45 p.m. BEEf CATTLE ECOnOmICS AnD OuTLOOK,

presented by Dr. Kate Brooks, university of Nebraska-Lincoln

1:20 p.m. ExISS/SOOnER STALLIOn ROW PREvIEW, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

1:30 p.m. PRCA RODEO, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

2 p.m. ExISS/SOOnER BHSS HORSE SALE, sponsored by Exiss/Sooner, Ravellette Publications, The Cattle Business Weekly, Larry Larson Photography, Scoggins Veterinary, Hutchson Western – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

5 p.m. STOCKmAn’S BAnQuET & BALL, sponsored by Budweiser, Galloway Bit & Spur, Best Western Ramkota Hotel, Security First Bank, BH Corp, Black Hills Power, KOTA – Ramkota Hotel

7:30 p.m. PRCA xTREmE BuLLS, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

SundaY, FebruarY 1, 20158 a.m. RAnCH HORSE COmPETITIOn, sponsored by

AQHA, The American Quarter Horse Journal, Conrad’s Big C Signs, Budweiser, Hutchison Western, Jenner Equipment, Triple R Tack, SD Chic Beads, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc, Sof Tubs – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

8 a.m. CATTLEmEn’S STEAK & EGG BREAKfAST, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Warm up Arena, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

9:30 a.m. HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE fAIR, independently produced – Civic Center Arena


10 a.m. CInCH TRADE SHOW OPEnS, Closes at 6 p.m. – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

10 a.m. fIRST InTERSTATE BAnK BARnyARD PETTInG ZOO, Rushmore Hall

10 a.m. BOEHRInGER InGELHEIm vETmEDICA COmmERCIAL HEIfER SHOW, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Tri-State Neighbor, Runnings Farm & Fleet, ORIgen, Farm Credit Services of America, New Direction Equipment – Warm up Arena, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

10 a.m. BLACK HILLS STOCK SHOW® LEATHER SHOW – THEATER LOBBy


11 a.m. BOEHRInGER InGELHEIm vETmEDICA COmmERCIAL HEIfER SALE, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Tri-State Neighbor, Runnings Farm & Fleet, ORIgen, Farm Credit Services of America, New Direction Equipment – Warm up Arena, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

1 p.m. SD HIGH SCHOOL 20x ExTREmE SHOWCASE, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

2 p.m. SOuTH DAKOTA AuCTIOnEERS ASSOCIATIOn BID CALLInG COnTEST, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

5 p.m. PRCA BARREL SLACK, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

mondaY, FebruarY 2, 20158 a.m. RAnCH HORSE COmPETITIOn, sponsored by

AQHA, The American Quarter Horse Journal, Conrad’s Big C Signs, Budweiser, Hutchison Western, Jenner Equipment, Triple R Tack, SD Chic Beads, Clark & Associates Land Brokers, Inc, Sof Tubs – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

9 a.m. AnGuS SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall



10 a.m. QuILT SHOW, sponsored by the Black Hills Quilters Guild – Theater Lobby


10 a.m. PRCA TImED EvEnT SLACK, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

1 p.m. AnGuS SALE, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

6 p.m. BLACK HILLS GOLD RuSH CATTLE GEnETICS SALE SOCIAL, Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Ballroom

7:30 p.m. BLACK HILLS GOLD RuSH CATTLE GEnETICS SALE, sponsored by Cattle Business Weekly, New Direction Equipment, ORIgen, Hutchison Western, Zoetis Animal Health, Central States Fair Foundation, Martin-Trudeau Insurance Agency, Polzin Embryo Center – Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Ballroom

7:30 p.m. PROfESSIOnAL ROuGHSTOCK SERIES WORLD fInALS, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

tueSdaY, FebruarY 3, 20158:30 a.m. TOuCHSTOnE EnERGy SAfETy SEmInAR,

independently produced – Civic Center Arena9 a.m. RAnCH RODEO QuALIfyInG ROunD, sponsored

by Rapid Chevrolet, Budweiser, Security First Bank, Cabela’s, Tri-State Livestock News, Farm Credit Services of America, Crown Royal, WOW, Dex Media, Super 8 Motel I-90, WW Livestock Systems, Blake’s Trailer Sales, Godfrey Brake, Jenner Equipment, CINCH, Zoetis, Black Hills Fox, Kat Country – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

10 a.m. CHAROLAIS SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall





10 a.m. TOuCHSTOnE EnERGy SAfETy SEmInAR, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

12 p.m. PRCA TImED EvEnT SLACK, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

1 p.m. CHAROLAIS SALE, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

5:30 p.m. RAnCH RODEO CALCuTTA, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

7:30 p.m. RAnCH RODEO fInALS, sponsored by Rapid Chevrolet, Budweiser, Security First Bank, Cabela’s,

Schedule


Schedule

Tri-State Livestock News, Farm Credit Services of America, Crown Royal, WOW, Dex Media, Super 8 Motel I-90, WW Livestock Systems, Blake’s Trailer Sales, Godfrey Brake, Jenner Equipment, CINCH, Zoetis, Black Hills Fox, Kat Country – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

7:30 p.m. PROfESSIOnAL ROuGHSTOCK SERIES, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

9:30 p.m. muSIC fOLLOWInG THE RAnCH RODEO, Kjerstad Event Center

WeDNeSDay, February 4, 20159 a.m. RODnEy yOST HORSEmAnSHIP CLInIC,

independently produced – Civic Center Arena10 a.m. HEREfORD SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds,

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall





1 p.m. HEREfORD SALE, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

4 p.m. GIRLS In SPuRS – LADIES nIGHT, independently produced – Rodeo Zone

7:30 p.m. PRCA WRAnGLER CHAmPIOnS CHALLEnGE, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

thurSdaY, FebruarY 5, 20158:30 a.m. RED AnGuS SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds,


10 a.m. GELBvIEH SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall




10 a.m. BHSS nATIOnAL SHEEP SHEARInG CHAmPIOnSHIPS, sponsored by KICK 104 – Warm-up Arena, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

10 a.m. SuTTOn RAnCH RODEO QuALIfyInG ROunD, Independently produced – Civic Center Arena

11 a.m. SHORTHORn SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

1 p.m. nORTH AmERICAn SHEEPDOG TRIAL PRELImInARIES, sponsored by Ace Hardware, Tri-State Neighbor, America’s Best Value Inn, Budweiser, Godfrey Brake Service, Hagen Glass, Gold Pages Publishing, Webster Enterprises - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

1 p.m. RED AnGuS SALE, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

2 p.m. GELBvIEH SALE, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

3 p.m. SHORTHORn SALE, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

7 p.m. THE muTTOn BuSTIn’ CHAmPIOnSHIPS, sponsored by Midcontinent Communications – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

7:30 p.m. nORTH AmERICAn SHEEPDOG TRIAL fInALS AnD nATIOnAL SHEEP SHEARInG CHAmPIOnSHIPS, sponsored by Ace Hardware, Tri-State Neighbor, America’s Best Value Inn, Budweiser, Godfrey Brake Service, Hagen Glass, Gold Pages Publishing, Webster Enterprises - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

7:30 p.m. PRCA RODEO/RAnCH RODEO fInALS, independently produced – Civic Center Arena


ScheduleFridaY, FebruarY 6, 20159 a.m. LImOuSIn SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds,


9 a.m. BHSS OPEn TEAm ROPInG, sponsored by Miller Lite, Security First Bank, Ray’s Western Wear – Kjerstad Event Center Fairgrounds




10 a.m. KBHB BuCKInG HORSE SALE, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

10:30 a.m. mAInE-AnjOu SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

1 p.m. LImOuSIn SALE, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

3 p.m. mAInE-AnjOu SALE, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

7 p.m. BHSS STAmPEDE fEATuRInG DuELInG PIAnOS, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

7:30 p.m. PRCA RODEO, independently produced – Civic Center Arena

9:30 p.m. BHSS STAmPEDE fEATuRInG CASEy DOnAHEW BAnD, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

SaturdaY, FebruarY 7, 20157 a.m. OLD TImERS BREAKfAST & AWARDS: AWARDS

AT 8Am, Fine Arts Building, Fairgrounds7 a.m. TEAm ROPInG REGISTRATIOn (EnTRIES CLOSE

8:30 A.m.), Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds8 a.m. SImmEnTAL SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds,


9 a.m. BHSS OPEn TEAm ROPInG, sponsored by Miller Lite, Security First Bank, Ray’s Western Wear – Kjerstad Event Center Fairgrounds

9 a.m. RODnEy yOST HORSEmAnSHIP CLInIC, independently produced – Civic Center Arena




10 a.m. HAy CAmP WOOD CARvERS DEmOnSTRATIOn, upper W. Concourse

10:30 a.m. CHI-InfLuEnCED SHOW, sponsored by Hubbard Feeds, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica – Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

1 p.m. SImmEnTAL, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

1:30 p.m. PRCA RODEO, independently produced – Civic Center

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3 p.m. CHI-InfLuEnCED SALE - CRySTALyx BIOBARREL SALE RInG, Rushmore Hall

3:30 p.m. WESTERn ART QuICK DRAW COnTEST, Theater Lobby

4 p.m. BOOTS & BEER fESTIvAL, SD Brewery Beer Tasting, with music by The Black Hills Wood Shredders – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds, event ends at 7 p.m.

4:30 p.m. WESTERn ART QuICK DRAW AuCTIOn vIEWInG AnD PEOPLE’S CHOICE vOTInG, Theater Lobby

5:30 p.m. WESTERn ART QuICK DRAW PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD, Theater Lobby

5:30 p.m. HuBBARD fEEDS SuPREmE ROW juDGInG & PEOPLE’S CHOICE, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

6 p.m. WESTERn ART QuICK DRAW AuCTIOn, Theater Lobby

7 p.m. HuBBARD fEEDS SuPREmE ROW PARADE, Drawing for Featherlite Trailer – Civic Center Arena

7 p.m. BOOTS & BEER fESTIvAL fEATuRInG DuELInG PIAnOS, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

7:30 p.m. PRCA RODEO, independently produced – Civic Center

9:30 p.m. BOOTS & BEER fESTIvAL fEATuRInG BRAnDOn jOnES AnD THE THIRSTy fISH, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

SuNDay, February 8, 2015All Events at the Fairgrounds

8 a.m. BLACK HILLS BuffALO CLASSIC SALE PREvIEW, sponsored by Dakota Territory Buffalo Association – Captain Glen Building, Fairgrounds

9 a.m. OPEn 4-D BARREL RACE, Exhibitions & Jackpot (will not start before 12:30 p.m. ), sponsored by Webster Enterprises, Today’s Horse – Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

10 a.m. BLACK HILLS BuffALO CLASSIC SALE, sponsored by Dakota Territory Buffalo Association – Captain Glen Building, Fairgrounds

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Vendor List - By LocationA 90-91-9.................... Webster EnterprisesA 93 ............................ Lester Buildings, LLCA 94 ....................Hibner Insurance AgencyA 95-96 ..... Warne Chemical & EquipmentA 97 .............................................KBHB RadioA 98-100 ..............Cammack Ranch SupplyA 101-102; .................... Jenner EquipmentA 103-104 ....................................Softub, Inc.A 105 .......................... Farm Credit ServicesA 106 ................................. Prairie IndustriesA 107-108 ....... Global Equipment Co., Inc.A 109 ...........................Moly ManufacturingA 110 ............................................ ABS GlobalA 111-112; O14 ..........................................................................For-Most Livestock Equip.A 113 ..................... R & S Building SystemsA 114 ..................................................... VitalixA 115 ........................... Taylor ConstructionA 116 ......................................... BZ WeldingA 117-118 ............. SD Stockgrowers/R CalfA 119; O 5 &15 ....................... Cow CountryA 120 ............................................Merial Ltd.A 121; O 9-10 .. Vern's Manufacturing, Inc.A 122 ................................................ BioZymeA 123-131; 133-141 ...............Exiss/SoonerA 132 ........................... Webster EnterprisesA 142 ............................... Clark & AssociatesA 143 .....................................................GenexA 144-145 ....................................... RunningsA 146 ................................. Furst McNess Co.A 147-149 ..................... Seymour Cow CareA 150 ........................... Ritchey Livestock IDA 151-152 .............. WW Livestock SystemsA 153 154 .................................Bridger SteelA 155-156; O 53 ....... Linn Post & Pipe, Inc.A 158-159 ......... Warren Window & SupplyA 160 ...................Reaves Building SystemsA 164 ..................................Anderson GroupA 165-166 ....................Blake's Trailer SalesA 167 ............................. Hutchison WesternA 171 ...................... Ravellette PublicationsA 172 ....................Select Sires MidAmericaA 173 ......................... Accelerated GeneticsA 174 ................... Tri-State Livestock NewsA 175; 1/2 of 176 ................... Powder RiverA 177; 1/2 of 176; 2OS ............................................................ New Direction EquipmentA 178; 191 ........................................................................ Sunderman Manuf/Box S FenceA 179 ............................................ Adams, ISC

A 180-181; 188-189 ............................................... Common Sense Manufacturing, Inc. A 182 ............................... Bieber Red AngusA 183 ...................................Wienk CharolaisA 184 ........................Boehringer IngelheimA 185 ...................................................ORIgenA 186 .. uSDA Natural Resources Conserv.A 187 .....................................Doctor ScratchA 190 ............................... SD Farmers unionA 192 .................................... Hubbard FeedsA 1001; ....................... Webster EnterprisesA 1002-1004 ......................Rapid ChevroletA/P 1 ....................................Lazy KT DesignsA/P 2 ................................. A & D EnterprisesA/P 3 .............Colton Levi Derr FoundationA/P 4 ................ Bristol's Hearing SolutionsA/P 5 ...................... Alternative Health CareA/P 6; 1/2 of 7 ............Lange's Ranch RugsA/P 8; 1/2 of 7 ........................ Cowgirl StyleAP 9 ...................................... Pampered ChefA/P 10 ..............................Cream of CountryA/P 11-13 .........................Cow Creek CedarA/P 14; 23 .............. Lindskov Fur & LeatherA/P 15/16; 1/2 of 17................. Le Mar ToysAP 1/2 17; 18 .................. Designs by SusanA/P 19-21; 25-28; 22 ...................................................Steamboat Springs Western WearA/P 24 ................................. Silpada DesignsB 1 & 2 ................................. G Bar G SaddlesB 3 ....................... Cowboy Company SongsB 4-6 ..................................................Pink 629B 7 ..........................Star of the West Hat Co.B 8-9-10-11-11A-12-13 ...............................................Event Center Ray's Western WearB 14-15.............................. Maynard BucklesB 16.............................. Webster EnterprisesB 17-18................................ SD Farm BureauB 19-20...............Exclusive Home ProductsB 21; 22; 22A ................. RM Tack & ApparelB 23..........................................Tracy's StudioB 24................................... Watkins ProductsB 25-26....................Grimm's Pump ServiceB 27.................................D & M DistributingB 28............................... Galloway Bit & SpurB 29-30.........................Dakota Log Accents B 31.......................... Jorgensen Log HomesB 32-33.......................................Hagen GlassB 34-35.............Superior Sleep ExperienceB 36-37.................................................. AQHAB 38-39............................ Gently Loved FursB 40............................................ Rapid DieselB 41-42........................ Webster Enterprises

B 43-44......Midwest Window Brokers, Inc.B 45................................High Plains JournalB 46-47.....................Tribe America LeatherB 48-50; 59-61 .............. Slick Rock DesignsB 51-53.............................. Boot Baby RanchB 54.................................. Flagpole CountryB 55 ......................................... Bray SaddleryB 56.............................. Webster EnterprisesB 57-58..............................Touchstone ElectB 62.............................................Moda-StoneB 63..................................................... CabelasB 64-66.................. Hills Western OutfittersB 67-72; 79-82; B 21-22-22A ................................................................ RM Tack & ApparelB 73......................................... SD Chic BeadsB 74.......................................... Collins SidingB 75.......................................... Today's HorseB 76; 89 ...........Complete Family OrthoticsB 77.......................... Outback Survival GearB 78.................... Midwest Outdoor ResortsB 83-84..................... Morton Buildings Inc.B 85.............. Black Hills Health & WellnessB 86..................................... A & A EngravingB 87..................................Tri State NeighborB 88........ Producers Livestock Mktg. Assn.C 1 ...................................... Custer State ParkC 2 .......................................................CowbosC 3 ............................universal Semen SalesC 4 ............................ Hewitt Land CompanyC 5 .................. Bigger Gun Sporting GoodsC 6 .................................. Arena West TrailersC 7 ................... Farmers National CompanyC 8 .................................... Dakota PropertiesC 9-10 ........................................Schaeffer OilC 11-12 ...............Western Horse CompanyC 13 ......................................... Dakota TravelC 14 ....................................... Leichty HomesC 15 .........................Chadron State CollegeC 16 ...................................... Cleary BuildingC 17 ......................... Farm Bureau FinancialC 21-22 ....................... Webster EnterprisesC 23 ......................................SD Weed & PestC 24 ............................... Semper Fi AviationC 25 .............................................. Sam's ClubC 26 ............................................SuncatchersD 1 .......................................... Water MooverD 2-4 ......................................................Flora'sD 5 ............................................ Renapur uSAD 6 .................................. Jewels of the West D 7 ........................................SD Elk BreedersD 9 ........................ SDSu - Extension OfficeE 1-3; 44-45 ..................... Wild Rags by Lois

Booth ................................. Company


E 4-7 .............................. Sleep Pros TherapyE 8 .................................... Cowgirls AttitudeE 9 ......................Mud Puddle Moon StudioE 10-11 .......................... Exquisite LifestylesE 12-13 ............. Someone's In The KitchenE 14 ....................Sondance Design LeatherE 15-16 .............................. Dally up DesignsE 17 ........................... One Blessed MommieE 18-19 .........................................Jade GypsyE 20 ..................................................... NorwexE 21-23; 26-27 .................................Pink 629E 24 .................................. Nectar of the VineE 25 ..........................................Lizzie & GraceE 28 ....................................... Western CharmE 29 ..............................Dadas Western BabyE 30 ....... Pennington County RepublicansE 31 .......................Traeger Pellet Grills, LLCE 32-33 ................. Line Camp Saddle ShopE 34 ........................................ Click Heat, Inc.E 35 .......................................... Cutco CutleryE 36-37 ........................ Webster EnterprisesE 38-40 ....................Little Bit of EverythingE 41 ............................ Rushmore Mtn. TaffyE 42 .................................... Cut by Light, LLCE 43 ............................. Wright Vision CenterF 1 .........................................Bur-Mars ShoesF 3 .........................Central City RemodelersF 4 ................................................. Nite ShineF 5-6 .................................................PittsticksF 7 .......................................... Andy's JewelryF 8 ................................... Billys Soaps & SpaF 9 .......................................................RostechF 10-11 .................................. Cadillac RanchF 12 ...........................The Wildwood GalleryF 13 ................................................ Thrive LifeF 14 ...................................Heartland MarketF 15 .......................................Emu Lady (The)F 16 ........... Modern Woodmen of AmericaF 17 ............................... Cedar Feathers, Inc.F 18 .......................SD Trappers AssociationF 19-20 .....................................L & L DesignsF 21 ......................................................NeriumF 23 ..............................Darlene Berger GiftsF 24 ............................ Ranch Horseshoe ArtF 25 ............................................ Origami OwlF 26-27 ................... Horseshoeflags-n-BeerF 28-29 .......................Salvation Army (The)F 30 ......................................... Little LuxuriesF 31-33 .......................RC Regional HospitalF 34-35 .......................... Dave's Coffee CakeF 36 .............................. Webster EnterprisesG 1-3 ................................Go Spur 1 Apparel

G 4 ...............................Olde Westport SpiceG 5-15; 26-28; 33-35 ..................... Teskey'sG 16-17 ........... Ponderosa Screen PrintingG 18; 22; 18A .........Rustic Wood CreationsG 19-21; G1-3 ................Go Spur 1 ApparelG 23-24 ........................ Everything WesternG 25 ................................................ Do TERRAG 29 ........................................... Kaye's KraftsG 30 .. Lilla Rose Independent ConsultantG 31 .................................................. KC VideoG 32 ........................ Northern Lights SafetyH 1, 1A, 2 .................... Webster EnterprisesH 3 ....................... Fifth Avenue CollectionsH 4 ...............................................L.A. ProjectsH 5 ...................................... Scentsy CandlesH 6 .................................The Handbag StoreH 7-8 ....................................... D J's BoutiqueH 9-11 ................................ Purse Man (The)H 12 ............................................... Exit RealtyH 13-14 ........................................ Seeley, Inc.H 15-16 .................Red Barn WoodworkingH 17-18-18A ............Dally O Western WearH 19 ................ Behind the Times FurnitureH 20-21 ..........R. Clausen Enterprises, LLC.H 22-23 ................ Roger Wagoner DesignsH 24 .................................................TDX TechH 25 ...........................The Journey MuseumH 26 ...................................... Sandy PetersenH 27-30 ............................................. All of usH 31 ..................................................In ThingsH 32 ....Northern Hills Hearing Aid CenterH 33-34 ........................................ Lokken Co.H 35-36 ................................. Covey of QuailH 37 ........................................ Tandy LeatherH 38 .....................................Cowboy's TouchH 39 .........Shakes Alive / Tuning ElementsH 40- 43 ...............................Oak ReflectionsLower Rushmore ... Don Bruner Sales, LLCTheatre Lobby ............ Images West StudioTheatre Lobby ............John Lopez BronzesTheatre Lobby ..................... Kathy Sigle ArtTheatre Lobby ........... Linda Meyer PotteryTheatre Lobby .............. Marion Toillion ArtTheatre Lobby Mark Levsen WoodcarvingTheatre Lobby ................. Out of No WhereTheatre Lobby ..................... Richard TuckerTheatre Lobby ......... Turning Leaf DesignsEvent Center .................Blakes Trailer SalesEvent Center ..................Go Spur 1 ApparelEvent Center ......................... Hitch & BuggyEvent Center ................ Hutchison WesternEvent Center ................. Jenner Equipment

Event Center ........ Rhonda Evans MassageEvent Center ............................ Rodeo RiggsEvent Center ........... Scoot Em & Shoot EmEvent Center .............................Triple R TackEvent Center 14x50 ...Ray's Western Wear

ALPHABETICAL vEnDOR LIST On PAGES 112/113

Rodeo Zone ..................Blakes Trailer SalesRodeo Zone ................. Dakota West BooksRodeo Zone ........................................ DodgeRodeo Zone ........ Energy Panel StructuresRodeo Zone .........Exquisite Lifestyles, LLCRodeo Zone .Fast Cover Fabric StructuresRodeo Zone .................... FMG Feed & SeedRodeo Zone .........HiQual Livestock Equip.Rodeo Zone ........................ Jack's CampersRodeo Zone .................................. MavericksRodeo Zone .... Ranchers Livestock Equip.Rodeo Zone ............................................ RDORodeo Zone ........................ Rodeo Rigs LLCRodeo Zone ......................................................................... SDSu Rodeo & Steer for StateRodeo Zone ......................... Superior SleepRodeo Zone ........................... Sutton RodeoRodeo Zone ...................... Titan MachineryRodeo Zone .......................... Walker MowerRodeo Zone .......................... Werk Weld IncRodeo Zone ............................... Boar WheelRodeo Zone ........ Branding Stove CandlesRodeo Zone ..................................Eco WorksRodeo Zone ............. Western Dakota TechRodeo Zone ............................... Verde VinesRoom 102 ............................All That GlittersRoom 102 .........................................Pink 629Room 102 ..........................Turquoise RanchSouth Concourse............Butler MachinerySouth Concourse.......... Carl's Trailer SalesSouth Concourse................................... RDO South Concourse........................ SD LotterySouth Lobby ....... Knotty Pine EmbroiderySouth Lobby ................................ Nite ShineSouth Lobby ............... Rancher Tack ShackSouth Lobby ............................ Rodeo NewsSouth Lobby ....................Rodeo TreasurersSouth Lobby ............................................................................ Sutton Rodeo MerchandiseSE Concourse ............ Knaefler EnterprisesSE Concourse ... SD Beef Industry CouncilSE Concourse ............................Time RentalSE Concourse ...................................................................Western SD Community Actionupper NE Concourse ........................... Level


Vendor List - AlphabeticallyCompany .................................Booth

A & A Engraving .....................................B 86 A & D Enterprises .................................A/P 2ABS Global ............................................ A 110Accelerated Genetics ......................... A 173Adams, ISC ............................................ A 179All of us ............................................. H 27-30All That Glitters ............................Room 102Alternative Health Care ......................A/P 5Anderson Group .................................. A 164Andy's Jewelry .......................................... F 7 AQHA ..................................................B 36-37 Arena West Trailers ..................................C 6Behind the Times Furniture ................ H 19Bieber Red Angus ............................... A 182Bigger Gun Sporting Goods ..................C 5Billys Soaps & Spa .................................... F 8 BioZyme ................................................ A 122Black Hills Health & Wellness ..............B 85 Blakes Trailer Sales .................Event CenterBlakes Trailer Sales .................. Rodeo ZoneBlake's Trailer Sales .....................A 165-166 Boar Wheel ............................... Rodeo ZoneBoehringer Ingelheim ........................ A 184Boot Baby Ranch ..............................B 51-53Branding Stove Candles ........ Rodeo ZoneBray Saddlery ..........................................B 55 Bridger Steel ................................ A 153 154Bristol's Hearing Solutions ................A/P 4Bur-Mars Shoes ......................................... F 1Butler Machinery............South ConcourseBZ Welding ........................................... A 116 Cabelas .....................................................B 63Cadillac Ranch ..................................F 10-11 Cammack Ranch Supply ............ A 98 - 100Carl's Trailer Sales ..........South ConcourseCedar Feathers, Inc. ...............................F 17Central City Remodelers ........................ F 3Chadron State College ......................... C 15Clark & Associates ............................... A 142Cleary Building ...................................... C 16Click Heat, Inc. ........................................E 34Collins Siding ..........................................B 74Colton Levi Derr Foundation .............A/P 3Common Sense Manufacturing, Inc .................................................A 180-181; 188-189Complete Family Orthotics ........ B 76 & 89Covey of Quail ................................. H 35-36Cow Country .....................A 119 / O 5 & 15 Cow Creek Cedar ......................... A/P 11-13Cowbos .......................................................C 2

Cowboy Company Songs ....................... B 3Cowboy's Touch .................................... H 38Cowgirl Style ......................... A/P 8-1/2 of 7 Cowgirls Attitude ..................................... E 8 Cream of Country.............................. A/P 10Custer State Park ......................................C 1Cut by Light, LLC ....................................E 42Cutco Cutlery ..........................................E 35D & M Distributing .................................B 27D J's Boutique .......................................H 7-8 Dadas Western Baby ..............................E 29Dakota Log Accents ......................B 29-30Dakota Properties ....................................C 8Dakota Travel ......................................... C 13Dakota West Books ................. Rodeo ZoneDally O Western Wear............ H 17-18-18ADally up Designs ..............................E 15-16Darlene Berger Gifts ..............................F 23Dave's Coffee Cake ..........................F 34-35Designs by Susan ............... AP 1/2 17 & 18Do TERRA ................................................ G 25Doctor Scratch ..................................... A 187Dodge ........................................ Rodeo ZoneDon Bruner Sales, LLC ... Lower RushmoreEco Works .................................. Rodeo ZoneEmu Lady (The) .......................................F 15Energy Panel Structures ........ Rodeo ZoneEverything Western ........................ G 23-24Exclusive Home Products ...............B 19-20 Exiss/Sooner .........A 123 - 131 & 133 - 141Exit Realty ............................................... H 12Exquisite Lifestyles ..........................E 10-11Exquisite Lifestyles, LLC ......... Rodeo ZoneFarm Bureau Financial ......................... C 17Farm Credit Services .......................... A 105Farmers National Company ...................C 7Fast Cover Fabric Structures . Rodeo ZoneFifth Avenue Collections ....................... H 3Flagpole Country ..................................B 54Flora's ......................................................D 2-4FMG Feed & Seed .................... Rodeo ZoneFor-Most Livestock Equipment ................................................................. A 111-112; O14Furst McNess Co. ................................. A 146 G Bar G Saddles ................................. B 1 & 2Galloway Bit & Spur ...............................B 28Genex ..................................................... A 143Gently Loved Furs ............................B 38-39Global Equipment Co., Inc. .......A 107-108Go Spur 1 Apparel ...............................G 1-3Go Spur 1 Apparel ............... G 19-21; G1-3Go Spur 1 Apparel .................Event Center

Grimm's Pump Service....................B 25-26Hagen Glass .......................................B 32-33Heartland Market ...................................F 14Hewitt Land Company ............................C 4Hibner Insurance Agency ................... A 94 High Plains Journal ................................B 45Hills Western Outfitters ..................B 64-66HiQual Livestock Equipment Rodeo ZoneHitch & Buggy .........................Event CenterHorseshoeflags-n-Beer ...................F 26-27Hubbard Feeds .................................... A 192Hutchison Western ............................. A 167Hutchison Western ................Event CenterImages West Studio ............Theatre LobbyIn Things.................................................. H 31Jack's Campers ........................ Rodeo ZoneJade Gypsy.........................................E 18-19Jenner Equipment .....................A 101-102; Jenner Equipment .................Event CenterJewels of the West ................................. D 6John Lopez Bronzes............Theatre LobbyJorgensen Log Homes ..........................B 31Kathy Sigle Art .....................Theatre LobbyKaye's Krafts ........................................... G 29KBHB Radio ............................................. A 97KC Video .................................................. G 31 Knaefler Enterprises ............ SE ConcourseKnotty Pine Embroidery .......South LobbyL & L Designs .....................................F 19-20L.A. Projects .............................................. H 4Lange's Ranch Rugs ............. A/P 6-1/2 of 7Lazy KT Designs....................................A/P 1Le Mar Toys ............. A/P 15/16 & 1/2 of 17Leichty Homes ....................................... C 14Lester Buildings, LLC ............................ A 93Level ........................... upper NE ConcourseLilla Rose Independent Consultant .. G 30Linda Meyer Pottery ...........Theatre LobbyLindskov Fur & Leather ........... A/P 14 & 23Line Camp Saddle Shop .................E 32-33Linn Post & Pipe, Inc. ..... A 155-156 / O 53Little Bit of Everything ....................E 38-40Little Luxuries .........................................F 30Lizzie & Grace ..........................................E 25Lokken Co. ........................................ H 33-34Marion Toillion Art ..............Theatre LobbyMark Levsen Woodcarving Theatre LobbyMavericks .................................. Rodeo ZoneMaynard Buckles ..............................B 14-15Merial Ltd. ............................................. A 120 Midwest Outdoor Resorts ....................B 78 Midwest Window Brokers, Inc. ......B 43-44


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nine day rodeo event in Rapid City, January 30 through February 7 in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center’s Barnett Arena.



World Champions, Badlands Circuit Champions, col-lege champions and high school champions all are coming to compete in South Dakota’s biggest nine

day rodeo event in Rapid City, January 30 through February 7 in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center’s Barnett Arena.

The 38th annual event will showcase some of the nation’s strongest competitors as they compete for World Standings and over $330,000 in cash & prizes. The schedule includes PRCA elite events; (2) PRCA Xtreme Bull Tours, (5) PRCA Rodeos, (2) Professional Roughstock Series, Sutton Ranch Rodeo, SD High School 20X Extreme Show-case, PRCA Timed Event Slack, KBHB Bucking Horse Sale and the PRCA Wrangler’s Champion Challenge, one of ten exclusive rodeos in a team series featuring the top competitors in the world that will be televised on CBS Sports Network.

Since 1978, the Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo® has been renowned as one of the country’s leading platforms for men and women to test their skill, training, and dedication. The Black Hills Stock Show Ro-deo®, nominated 16 times for the “PRCA Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year," has won this prestigious award twice. It also won the Badlands Circuit “2013 Rodeo of the Year.” This is a reflection of the top quality competitors and rodeo personnel that work this event. PRCA’s 2014 Announcer of the Year, Wayne Brooks and Justin McKee, “Voice of the PBR,” will be calling the rodeo action. They will be joined by WNFR barrel men, Keith Isley, the most awarded Barrelman in PRCA history and Justin Rumford, the 2014 Clown of the Year.

Every day in the Barnett Arena, there will be world class competi-tors, starting Friday with Xtreme Bulls and Saturday’s PRCA Rodeo and Xtreme Bulls. Sunday will see the future stars in the 20X High School Showcase followed by PRCA Barrel Racing slack. Monday and Tuesday has PRCA Timed Event Slack during the day and at night features the Professional Rough Stock Series 2014 World Fi-nals. The event will feature the twelve of the top athletes in the world in the three most exciting and dangerous disciplines of rodeo, Bare-back, Saddle Bronc, and Bull Riding. This Series is televised on RFD TV.

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Wednesday night is a “Mini-NFR” with PR-CA’s eleven team, Wrangler Champion Chal-lenge event. The top seven competitors in each event from the 2014 world standings were drafted to participate in the $80,000 event. Four of the remaining teams are two from the leaders in the 2015 world standings and two from the 2015 Wrangler Million Dollar Tour standings. All 88 team members will be sign-ing autographs in the Barnett Arena following the event!

Thursday kicks off the remaining four PRCA Rodeo performances, along with the KBHB Bucking Horse Sale Friday, Feb. 6. Top bucking stock will compete with new and upcoming riders for top dollar sales. There is something for everyone with the free to the public Touchtone Energy Safety Seminars, a college fair for rodeo students and Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinics, one of the state’s top horse trainers.

You’ll also want to watch the four-legged competitors at this year’s event. Sutton Ro-deo was awarded all three categories of Bad-lands Circuit Livestock of the Year; Bareback, Crystalyx, Saddle Bronc, Chuckulator (2012 Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year and the NFR. Chuckulator also won Bareback and Saddle Bronc of the Badland Circuit Finals in 2011, the first horse to win both awards in the same year) and Bull of the Year, Johnny Ringo. 2014 WNFR stock, Real McCoy, Time Rental, Campfire and Cactus Juice will be entered along with stock from eight top PRCA stock contractors.

The 2015 PRCA Rodeos and Xtreme Bull Tour promises to showcase the same spirit of competition, hard work, and perseverance the event is known for. We look forward to the at-tendance of all competitors, and once again enjoying the company of friends from across the region.

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SADDLE WOES: The Off-Side Cinch Strap

BY HEATHER HAMILTON-MAUDE FOR TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS

One late July or August day years ago, my brother and I were sent an hour south of our place to get the bulls out of our yearling heifers. As in years previous, we were prepared with our geldings, enough semi-heavy duty panels to convert the two-pen corral into something you could load a bull out of, and the necessary trailer to haul the whole works home.

We arrived, set up, cinched up and headed to the spring-fed creek in the middle of the 600-acre pasture of rolling hills, bad cross fences and exceptional grass we rented. As we eased into a slow, ground-covering trot, visiting away about which water hole the bunch was most like-ly at, I looked over and noticed something odd. My brother and his saddle were be-ginning to slip.

I began to say, “Kyle, your saddle is slipping…,” when halfway through the thought and a fraction of the way through the words everything gave way and he un-ceremoniously slammed into the ground. We would later learn his off-side cinch strap had rotted through, quite sudden-ly, from my vantage point. This caused an immediate reaction in his horse, Otis, who had no idea what the heck was going,

This is one of the blog posts from our newly launched working horse blog, Cavvy Savvy. You can find it at www.cavvysavvy.com. Follow the Cavvy Savvy on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cavvysavvy.

Read more stories like this on our new blog, Cavvy Savvy. This blog is designed to offer horse owners, professionals, and trainers a common channel to celebrate performance and working horses and their ownership from beginning to end, while focusing on the journey of good horsemanship and industry news.

We hope that you settle in and enjoy our writers and the stories they share. The best part is – it’s a blog! So we want to hear your stories and experiences. The daily ins and outs of what it takes to keep equine athletes at their best, to keep ranch horses working and sound, maybe the last memory of a good one that is no longer, to seeking support or answers for heatlh/soundness issues – all of it! It’s your usin’ horse blog, your stories, your news ... You’ll also see coverage of what’s new in the industry; tack, equine health care, training, and so much more. So – welcome! And feel free to give us your feedback – we’d love to hear it!

Cavvy Savvy is the place to talk horses, and we are happy to have you along for the ride. We look forward to sharing and learning with you at CavvySavvy.com and follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/cavvysavvy

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SADDLE WOES: The Off-Side Cinch Strap

BY HEATHER HAMILTON-MAUDE FOR TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS

One late July or August day years ago, my brother and I were sent an hour south of our place to get the bulls out of our yearling heifers. As in years previous, we were prepared with our geldings, enough semi-heavy duty panels to convert the two-pen corral into something you could load a bull out of, and the necessary trailer to haul the whole works home.

We arrived, set up, cinched up and headed to the spring-fed creek in the middle of the 600-acre pasture of rolling hills, bad cross fences and exceptional grass we rented. As we eased into a slow, ground-covering trot, visiting away about which water hole the bunch was most like-ly at, I looked over and noticed something odd. My brother and his saddle were be-ginning to slip.

I began to say, “Kyle, your saddle is slipping…,” when halfway through the thought and a fraction of the way through the words everything gave way and he un-ceremoniously slammed into the ground. We would later learn his off-side cinch strap had rotted through, quite sudden-ly, from my vantage point. This caused an immediate reaction in his horse, Otis, who had no idea what the heck was going,

but who has always had a strong flight ver-sus fight mentality – if you can hang on he will take you to safety with him, if you can-not, that is a personal problem for you.

I also knew that of our two horses, his was hands-down the faster, and my heart leaped into my throat at the thought of him being dragged and me not being able to do a thing about it, as, simultane-ously, the situation gained momentum with impressive speed.

His horse burst into a run in a na-no-second, and thankfully a dazed and mad Kyle stayed behind on the ground to watch as his gelding did a beautiful arc-ing circle back toward the barn, which we were only a couple hundred yards away from. It was an impressive sight consider-ing he was nearly breaking a land speed record, with a saddle hanging from the back cinch between his back legs. Pieces of tack rained behind him, and as each landed in the grass my brother’s color went up another notch.

I wisely left my ticked off brother and went to remove what I expected to be only a back cinch from his horse – you learn when to offer assistance to the hu-

man or the animal after a few of these experiences.

After gathering up his horse and completing the unplanned unsaddling process, I began to wonder how long it would take me to get three bulls sorted out and into the less-than-ideal corral by myself. I turned with the two horses to see much of the problem solved for me. There was my brother, walking in the arc-ing circle his horse had made, picking up pieces of his tack. In a curious, bellering, slobbering and dust-infused circle around him were our yearling heifers, acting as yearlings do. While this did nothing for his mood, I immediately saw the humor in the situation, and the three bulls they had graciously brought right to the corral for us.

It only took a few minutes to corral and pull bulls that year, causing much teasing regarding my brother’s unique way of improving our average time for the task. The saddle required quite a bit more time to repair, only to be sent back to the saddle maker 364 days later for a complete rebuild following another bull incident…

This is one of the blog posts from our newly launched working horse blog, Cavvy Savvy. You can find it at www.cavvysavvy.com. Follow the Cavvy Savvy on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cavvysavvy.

Read more stories like this on our new blog, Cavvy Savvy. This blog is designed to offer horse owners, professionals, and trainers a common channel to celebrate performance and working horses and their ownership from beginning to end, while focusing on the journey of good horsemanship and industry news.

We hope that you settle in and enjoy our writers and the stories they share. The best part is – it’s a blog! So we want to hear your stories and experiences. The daily ins and outs of what it takes to keep equine athletes at their best, to keep ranch horses working and sound, maybe the last memory of a good one that is no longer, to seeking support or answers for heatlh/soundness issues – all of it! It’s your usin’ horse blog, your stories, your news ... You’ll also see coverage of what’s new in the industry; tack, equine health care, training, and so much more. So – welcome! And feel free to give us your feedback – we’d love to hear it!

Cavvy Savvy is the place to talk horses, and we are happy to have you along for the ride. We look forward to sharing and learning with you at CavvySavvy.com and follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/cavvysavvy

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Keith isley www.keithisley.com Barrelman & 2013 Comedy Act of the Year (6X) Jan 30-Feb 2

Wayne brookswww.waynebrooks.netPRCA Announcer of the Year 2013, 2010, 2005 Feb 4-Feb 7

Justin mcKeewww.rodeoattitude.com/justinmckeeAnnouncer Jan 30-Feb 1

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Justin rumfordwww.justinrumford.comBarrelman/Comedy Feb 4-Feb 7

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38th Annual Bull Sale • Monday, February 16, 2015

160 yearling bulls & 25 aged bulls • 50 Registered & Commercial HeifersSelling from the Koupal’s herd a pick of the 2014 yearling heifers

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20sons sell!

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13sons sell!

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Josh Rivinius from Elgin, North Dakota, began his rodeo career at an early age, from riding calves and steers, to steer wrestling and bareback riding through high school. He soon found fighting bulls was his specialty. In 1997 he attended Sankey Rodeo School where he developed his skills.

Colin was born in 1983 and raised on a family ranch near Glenham, S.D. At age 17, Colin joined the South Dakota Army Nation-al Guard. He served for 8 years and is an Op-eration Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom veteran.

During his time in the Guards, Colin at-tended South Dakota State University where he received his bachelor’s degree in Range

Josh RiviniusBullfighter

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He provides one major job - cowboy pro-tection. Rivinius says victory is achieved ev-ery time cowboys and bullfighters leave the arena unharmed.

Some of his achievements follow: 10x Bad-lands Circuit Finals Bullfighter, Black Hills

Stock Show®, National Western Stock Show, 2x Tour Finale, Ram National Circuit Finals, College National Finals.

When not running around bulls, Rivinius spends his time at home managing a com-mercial cow operation.

Science. While at South Dakota State Uni-versity, he met his wife Whitney. Together, Colin and Whitney, with their daughter Lan-dree, currently ranch near Lodgepole, South Dakota.

The ranch life has given Colin the natu-ral ability to read and understand animals. This ability and experience has carried over into the rodeo arena, where Colin has been

fighting bulls since 2004 and professionally since 2006.

Colin appreciated the opportunity to pro-tect the bull riders at 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Badlands Circuit Finals. He doesn’t take his job to protect cowboys lightly, and he finds it an honor to be chosen by the bull rid-ers to protect them.

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Josh Hilton hails from a small town in southwest Iowa known as Sidney. Growing up a cowboy in a town known as “Rodeo Town USA” it is easy to see where his passion for the sport comes from. Josh learned early on that his roping talent wasn’t going to cut it in the big leagues so he started looking into other avenues to remain in the business. Hav-ing always had a knack for entertaining, what better field to look into than production?

His first opportunity came as a part of the production team at the Tour Finale in Omaha,

and from there, he took part in the Finale in Dallas, Texas. Those experiences really put the taste in his mouth for production.

In 2005, Josh got a call that changed his life – Mike Cervi offered him a production job with the Cervi Championship Rodeo Co. Josh jumped on the chance and started out work-ing their smaller rodeos. During this time he was lucky enough to observe the best rodeo productions at work many times. He learned what it should look and sound like.

Josh’s natural ability to entertain continued to grow and he got his big break when the Na-tional Western in Denver called him to head up their rodeo production. “That was my big break. It just took off from there,” he recalls. Since then Josh has been blessed to be a part of some of America and Canada’s biggest and best rodeos. He looks forward to every rodeo as a chance to do his best work and make each rodeo a better production for the paying customer.

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Justin McKeeBROADCASTER

Justin McKee’s enthusiasm is hard to miss.

Whether he is talking rodeo, ranching or speaking at a Cowboy church his energy is contagious yet genuine and his presentation is meaningful. His practical wisdom comes from years of hard work, biblical values and watching and learning from some of the most successful and well-known people in the western lifestyle.

McKee’s voice is synonymous with tele-vised bull riding. He is probably best known as "the Voice of the PBR," where he worked as host and/or colorman on several television networks including: NBC, CBS, Foxsports, Versus and RFD-TV. He is host of the Pro Roughstock Series on RFD-TV. Justin has also voiced National Ads for: B&W Hitches, Ford Trucks, the City of Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Hotel, Priefert manufacturing, the PBR and PFI Western Store.

Justin also has announced some of the big-gest PRCA rodeos in the country including Cheyenne Frontier Days, Pendleton Round-Up, Calgary Stampede and the Ellensburg Ro-deo. The ranch-raised cowboy not only talks about rodeo, he is still very active as a com-petitor. He finished in the top 35 of the PRCA World Standings of Steer Roping in 2005 and 2011 after entering just a few rodeos.

One of his latest projects included Justin as co-host of "Inside the Wrangler National Fi-nals Rodeo" on Great American Country net-work (GAC) this past December in Las Vegas. Guests on the show included superstars from both Rodeo and Country Music. In 2013 Jus-tin hosted a weekly series on RFD-TV called "The Road to the American" which led up to the richest one-day rodeo ever at Cowboy Stadium.

Justin's career behind the microphone started when he was just seven years old - sell-ing baby goats at his parents’ livestock auc-tion. His senior year of high school Justin's FFA chapter put on a high school rodeo and since he was the chapter president he got the call to announce. Little did he know that he would become one of the best-known voices of the sport.

Justin also pastors Cowboy Capital Fel-lowship and along with his wife Jeannie and 14-year-old daughter Kassidy, own a cow calf operation with herds in Kansas, Oklahoma and East Texas. They also raise and train bar-rel horses at their home in the beautiful Blue-stem ranch country in Northeast Oklahoma. He also works as an endorsee for Wrangler, Priefert, Cactus Ropes and Silver Lining Herbs.


As a PRCA announcer, Wayne Brooks brings a fresh enthusiasm to the sport enjoyed by thousands across the nation. Like many announcers, his rodeo career began in the arena as a contestant. While competing in the rough stock events, he gained an insight into the sport that he presents to the audience to help them feel a part of each performance. His broadcasting background has proven invalu-able in rodeo promotion and sponsor recog-nition. Combining these experiences, Wayne creates an announcing style that is both in-formative and entertaining. Whether it’s wild and western or polished and professional, it’s excitement at its best!

A PRCA member since 1994, Wayne had the honor of being chosen as the 2005, 2010, 2013 and 2014 PRCA Announcer of the Year, with six additional nominations in this category. Wayne was selected as one of the announcers at the Wrangler National Fi-nals in 2005, 2013 and 2014 after making his NFSR debut in 2000 with the legendary Clem

McSpadden. He has announced the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo in Pocatello, Idaho, three times and the Pace Picante Pro-Rodeo Chute-Out five times. Wayne has been the voice at the Canadian Finals Rodeo for the past six years, as well as the Indian Nation-als Finals five times. His resume also includes finals in the Mountain States, Turquoise, Co-lumbia River, and Wilderness Circuits. He announces other such respected rodeos as the Calgary Stampede, Reno Rodeo, Pendleton Roundup, California Rodeo Salinas, Rodeo Austin, Red Bluff Roundup, and the Clovis Rodeo.

Though he was born in Prescott, Arizona, he was reared on the ranchlands of Wyoming and Colorado. He believes it was this raising that instilled in him the importance of pre-serving the heritage of the West. He contin-ues to give credence to the mystique of being Western at each performance he announces. He believes “being involved in rodeo has pro-vided me the opportunity to do what I enjoy.

It’s the people that make a difference-and ro-deo has the best”.

When he’s not announcing rodeos, Wayne serves as a commercial voice talent. He and his wife, Melanie, have two daughters, Taylor and Sheridan, and a son, Ace. Although they travel across the United States and Canada, they make their home in Lampasas, Texas.

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Rodeo FeaturesThe only difference between Justin Rumford

and a stand-up comedian is that he’s doing his job from the middle of a rodeo arena instead of a stage with a spotlight. Rumford, who lives in Ponca City, Okla., is a rodeo clown at events from coast to coast. His job during the rodeo is twofold. He provides the laughs and banters with the announcer. Then when the bull rid-ing starts, so does the dangerous part of his job. Rumford is a barrelman, the cowboy who works the barrel, providing an oasis of safety for bullfighters and bull riders, if an angry bull decides to chase them.

Rumford grew up in a rodeo family and competed in junior high, high school and col-lege rodeo.

He was a full time steer wrestler but then blew out his knee. While he recovered, he worked as an assistant rodeo coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford.

After his knee healed, he helped with the Cody (Wyo.) Night Rodeo for three seasons, then began as a livestock truck driver for stock contractor, Bennie Beutler of Beutler and Son Rodeo.

He never considered being a full time ro-deo clown, but after a few tries as clown, he changed his mind. “I worked the Pretty Prairie, Kansas, bull riding, and they gave me $1,000. And I thought, why the heck am I working so hard for $800 a week when I can make $1,000 a weekend? So I jumped ship for that.”

And lucky for rodeo fans, Rumford is still clowning, and winning honors at it. In 2012, 2013 and again in 2014 he was honored as the PRCA’s Clown of the Year. The award is voted on by his peers and rodeo committees, and Justin is humbled to get it. “I don’t know if I deserve it, but I’m fortunate to accept it. It’s unbelievable.” In September of 2013, he and his wife Ashley became the parents of triplets, daughters Livi and Lola, and a son, Bandy. The babies were already at their first rodeo in Austin, Texas in March, and Justin can’t wait to take them on the road with him. “I have a 44 foot trailer,” he said, “and I can bring the whole family with me."

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When Keith Isley steps into the arena as the barrel man at the Black Hills Stock Show & Ro-

deo®, he will have an extra spring in his step.

The ever-energetic entertainer has been widely recognized as one of the greatest en-tertainers in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He joined the PRCA in 1995 and just had five rodeos booked.

His status in the association grew in 1999 when he received the Specialty Act of the Year award. That remains the highlight of his ca-reer. He has earned more awards, but he said it would be hard to top.

He also recalls the honors he received in December 2009, 2010 and 2011. The PRCA recognized the sport’s top personnel and rodeo committees at their annual awards banquet.

Isley left the banquet those years as the most decorated winner of the night with three

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buckles. He has earned Clown of the year five consecutive times, Coors Man in the can three, and Comedy Act of the Year four.

He was nominated again for these awards in 2012 and 2013, and won 2013 PRCA Com-edy Act of the Year.

The native of North Carolina is quick to give credit to the rodeo committees that hire him and while he may not be a natural born entertainer he has embraced the challenge and developed routines that leave audiences wanting more.

“I was really shy and the audiences were in-timidating,” he said. “I finally got comfortable with face paint and baggy pants. They put a shield between me and the audience. I started telling jokes and when the audience reacted, I enjoyed that,” he said.

His career in the rodeo arena started as a competitor. He competed in bareback riding and bull riding as a teenager in junior rodeos.

A couple years later bullfighting caught his eye. At that time, bullfighters were expected to do comedy as well.

Isley found his niche and now entertains rodeo crowds across the country as the barrel man and with his specialty acts. His ability to train animals is well known. He has learned to work the crowd and spends every second in the rodeo arena doing his best to make sure that every audience member has a good time.

“After being in this business for over 30 years, I still get nervous he said. “Then when you see the people react to the things you do, it’s very rewarding.”

He will be gauging the reactions of the fans in the Rapid City Civic Center during the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® and doing his best to show them why he is one of the most decorated entertainers in the PRCA.

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Sutton Rodeos Inc.Jim Sutton - Onida, SD

Bucking Stock of the Year: SB-Deep Water, 1979; BB-Tombstone, 1985; SB-Chuckulator, 2012

Jim’s father, James H. Sutton-a Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame member-produced his first rodeo on the home ranch in 1926. Sutton Rodeos was formed in the late 1960’s and

rodeo Stock ContraCtorS

with 80 years of rodeo experience, the Sut-ton tradition continues, raising 90% of their horse breeding stock. Jim started the Wran-gler Bullfights in 1981 in Rapid City, SD and produced the NFR openings in 1995 and 1996. Steve (son of Jim), is co-owner and NFR pickup man in three decades (1978, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1995). Jim’s wife Julie is in charge of publicity, advance pro-motion. Steve’s wife, Kim times, does pub-licity and marketing. Their daughter, Amy, started timing PRCA rodeos in 2006 and

assists with marketing. Her husband Ste-ven is a PRCA flank man and assists with livestock and rodeo production. Their son, Brent, started his PRCA career as a pickup man in 2004 and contestant in 2007 and competes in college rodeos for SDSU. Oth-er son, Brice, became a PRCA pickup man and contestant in 2010. Both assist Sutton Rodeo with livestock and rodeo produc-tion. With the exception of one year, they have had stock selected to every NFR since 1959.



Burch Rodeo CompanyChad Burch - Rozet, WY

Bucking Stock of the Year: SB-Blood Brother, 2008, runner up, 2002-03; Lunatic From Hell-Top 3, 2014

Max Burch has bred bucking horses for more than 20 years that cowboys describe as “rank” or “eliminators”. Burch purchased Midwest Rodeo Company from Steve Sut-ton in 1999, and now Max’s son, Chad, runs the company. Burch Rodeo sent three bareback horses, four saddle bronc and two bucking bulls to the 2011 Wrangler NFR.

Burns Rodeo CompanySummit - Laramie, WY

Bucking Stock of the Year: BR-Mr. T, 1986, BR-Blender Head-Top 3, 2004: CrossThe Line, 2014

Pete Burn’s stock is kept at the High Plains arena, six miles from Laramie and at Burn’s own ranch some 23 miles from Laramie. Located in Wyoming’s southeastern sec-tion, the various portions of the ranch top 8,500 ft in elevation. Burn’s son Hal, began his own bucking stock breeding program a few years ago. They are bucking various young horses they raised and now have bull calves sired by NFR bulls Mardi Gras and Mr. T. Burn’s has had stock selected for the Wrangler NFR every year since 1983.

Powder RiverHank, Lori & John Franzen - Riverton, WY

Bucking Stock of the Year: Hall of Fame Bareback Horse Khadafy Skoal, 1990, 1995-96; saddle bronc Miss Congeniality, 2005, 2007, top 3 2008; reserve champion bareback Skoal’s Frontier, 1991.

Hank Franzen, a gold card member, be-gan in the PRCA stock contracting business in 1986 after spending all his life in rodeo arenas. He and his wife, Lori, started the company on their own. In those 25 years, they have earned 148 “top stock” awards, including Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo and circuit awards. Their children, Jill and John, are a huge part of their fam-ily entertainment productions. Hank also serves as stock contractor representative for

Sutton Rodeo stock was honored with the 2014 Badlands Circuit Bareback, Saddle Bronc and Bull of the Year. Pictured l-r: Brice Sutton, Steven, Amy, Shaden Muller, Julie, Jim, Kim, Steve, Brent Sutton, Jason Jensen, Max Weppler, Minot Y’s Men Rodeo committee.

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the RNCFR. Powder River sent three bare-back horses, four saddle broncs and four bucking bulls to the 2011 Wrangler NFR, where Smooth Groove was among the top five bucking bulls.

Brookman-Hyland Rodeo CompanyDave Wieferich - Sidney, MT

In 2006, Cathy and Dave Wieferich and their three children, LaTasha, Tesa and Tate, took over the rodeo business from the late ProRodeo Hall of Fame stock con-tractor Marvin Brookman, Cathy’s great-grandfather. While continuing to focus on Marvin’s famous breeding program, the Wieferiches have added sound, produc-tion and rodeo entertainment to the sport and added Joe Hyland as a partner. They produce 10 rodeos across the northwestern United States and subcontract for many events all over the U.S. They had one sad-dle broncs and two bucking bulls selected to the 2011 WNFR.

New Frontier RodeoJimmy Crowther - Powell, WY

Jimmy Crowther bought Rumford Ro-deo in 2009. Rumford Rodeo was a three-generation stock breeding and contracting family business, producing 10-15 PRCA-sanctioned events annually and taking part in high school and college rodeos. The company also has produced Wild West shows and rodeos in Finland, France, Ven-ezuela, Oman and most recently Spain.

Bar C5 RodeoVern McDonald - Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada

Situated on the edge of the Boreal forest of northern Alberta, the Bar C5 Ranch was founded in 2008 by Vern McDonald of Lac La Biche. With over 80 top quality mares and five stallions with superior blood-lines, The Ranch is producing world-class

bucking stock. Bar C5 is proud to be apart of the training of potential cowboys from colleges across Alberta, such as Olds Col-lege and Vermillion College. The Ranch do-nates its horses, time and trucking to these colleges to help young and upcoming cow-boys excel in bronc riding.

Painted PonyShaun Graham - Lake Luzerne, NY

After six years in amateur rodeo, Shawn Graham got his PRCA stock contrac-tor card in 2006, shortly after purchasing 56-year-old Painted Pony Championship Rodeo from Jack McCue. Painted Pony took a bareback horse to the Wrangler NFR in 2013 – five years after they became the first New York stock contractor to take a bucking horse to Las Vegas for the big event – and a saddle bronc was also selected but unable to attend.

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Bar T RodeoJeff Flitton - Chester, Utah

Bucking Stock of the Year: Alley Cat, tie, 1977, also top-three bareback horse at NFR 1976, 1982, and top bareback horse of the Wilderness Circuit, 1976-77, 1981-83.

Bar T Rodeo has been a family-run opera-tion for more than 60 years. In 1997, Swanny Kerby, who started the business, was in-ducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. His son, saddle bronc rider and pickup man Bud Kerby, and Bud’s wife Evelyn built up Bar T Rodeo’s breeding program and helped pro-duce the first-ever Olympic exhibition rodeo in Farmington, Utah, in 2002. In 2012, Ev-elyn sold the business to their daughter and son-in-law Wendie and Jeff Flitton, their son Cody and daughter Kellie Addington and her husband Sam, who operate it with another Kerby daughter, Lori Pierce, and her husband, Martin. Bar T Rodeo won the Remuda Award in 2005 and 2011 for providing the best, most consistent pens of bucking horses to PRCA rodeos.

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suTTon rodeo2014 WNFR Stock List

Bareback: Crystalyx, 303: He is an eleven year old black stud horse, second time selec-tion to the NFR. His sire, Justin Boots, dam Easy Cut, and dam’s sire, Mr. T, were all were selected to the NFR. He has been selected five times as the Bareback Horse of the Year in the Badland’s Circuit and 3 times Horse of the Finals. Steve Sutton says the horse has a dual personality. “He’s kind of two horses. If a

cowboy can get by the first four seconds, he’s nice to ride the last four seconds.”

Saddle Bronc: Chuckulator, 420: The nine year old bay stocking legged stud horse has put together an impressive career in a short amount of time. He was named “2012 PRCA Saddle Bronc of the Year & 2012 PRCA Sad-dle Bronc of the Finals”. He has been selected

to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2010, 2011, 2013 & 2014, being voted as a Top Ten Saddle Bronc at the NFR in 2010 & 2011. He won Bareback and Saddle Bronc of the Badland Circuit Finals in 2011, the first horse to win both awards in the same year. He also won Badland Circuit Saddle Bronc Horse of the year again in 2012, 2013 & 2014. “He’s cowboy friendly,” Steve Sutton says. “Cow-boys like him. He has an attitude and is hy-per and athletic. He’ll buck you off if you stub your toe, or let you win first place.” His Sire Justin Boots, Dam Midnight Star and Dam’s Sire Mr. T all were all selected to compete in the National Finals Rodeo.

Bareback: Time Rental, 507: An eight year old mare, born to the famous NFR stud, Jus-tin Boots and NFR dam Time Rental. It’s her second trip to the NFR, but 2013 she came in the saddle bronc riding. She was voted 2013 Saddle Bronc Horse of the Badland Circuit Finals. “She is very cowboy friendly and they win a lot of money on her,” Steve Sutton said. “She’s had an exceptional year in the bareback and the saddle bronc riding.

Saddle Bronc: Campfire, 246: A twelve year old NFR mare sired by Dakota Bob, a Burch Rodeo Stud. This will be her fifth trip to the NFR. She has been selected to the Bad-lands Circuit Finals the past five years. She has been featured in the eliminator pen at the NFR, bucking off four of the top contestants.

Saddle Bronc: Real McCoy, 837: A six year old mare, this was her first NFR. She won two rounds at the 2014 Ram National circuit finals.

Bareback: Cactus Juice, 88: A six year old mare, bred to Chuckulator, at her first NFR. Great short round horse and was the 2014 Badlands Circuit Finals Horse of the Year.

Bulls: Johnny Ringo, 902: He was selected Bull of the Finals at the 2013 Badland’s Circuit Finals. And 2014 Badland Circuit Bull of the Year. The white, five year old “didn’t get rode much this summer. He’s cowboy friendly, a spinner.” His buck off rate is 95 percent.

Angus & Hereford BullsSelling at Private Treaty

Prices starting at $3,000These bulls are developed with the cattlemen in mind. They are in their

everyday working clothes and not pushed for exceptional gains. They will be sound on their feet and legs and be able to travel in rough pastures to get the

cows bred. Buy with confidence from a family operation, that understands the commercial cattleman. Bulls will be semen tested and guaranteed for first breeding season. Half down now with the balance due upon delivery.

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HILLS VIEW RANCHREGISTERED ANGUS AND HEREFORD

HV Monument 401

Born 1/3/14 • Sired by Soo Line Motive 2008SELLING AS LOT 42 at Black Hills Stock Show


Selling 150 Yearling bulls 45 Coming Two’s (March and April born calves)

We will offer the pick of the 2014 heifer crop.

Thursday, February 26, 20151:00 CST

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Raven Gold Rush 144Sire Connealy Gold Rush 026E

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Raven Gold Rush 354Sire Connealy Gold Rush 026E

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354 is going to be a sale favorite for his shear power in his muscle type, eye appeal and docility. His dam is a nice ud-

dered Pioneer heifer that did an excellent job on her first calf.

Raven Superior 2034Sire Sitz Superior 10971 • MGS CRA Bextor • B.

Date: 2/12/14 • BW 81 • 205 Wgt : 828/110Dam’s NR 3/107

CED BW WW M YW IMF REA $B+2 +2.6 +63 +28 +109 +.40 +.56 $85.88

This Gold Rush son is one of the thickest bulls that we have ever raised. His brother is Raven Powerball 53 that was a sale highlight last year that sold to Sitz Angus in MT. A true stand-

out out of a great cow family.

Raven Ten X 604Sire AAR Ten X 7008 SA • MGS BC Matrix 4132

B. Date: 1/26/14• BW 79 • 205 Wgt : 881/117Dam’s NR 3/116 Pathfinder

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Dam of 604

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604 has been a standout since birth. His dam is a second generation pathfinder that we are flushing now. She is out of the Blackbird 315 cow that has been so

great for us. He will be a sale favorite!!!!

2034 is out of our new sire Sitz Superior that probably has our most consistent sire group. He will be a rancher

type bull along with his brothers, easy keeping with mus-cle and eye appeal along with excellent feet.


The history of Sutton Rodeo Com-pany parallels the growth and de-velopment of rodeo for nearly the

entire 20th century and beyond.

In 1926, the Edwin Sutton family began producing their own rodeos on the home ranch in Sully County. Originally the rodeo was just a pleasant pastime when a group of people got together on a Sunday. However, Edwin saw a possibility for profit and joined with George Fairbank to begin a touring ro-deo. The Depression shut down the produc-tions and they did not begin again until the mid-40s.

James H. Sutton, Sr. took Sutton rodeo to the next stage in the 1950s when he entered into a partnership with Erv Korkow. As one of the first members of the RCA, Sutton/Korkow stock performed at the first National Finals Rodeo at Dallas, Texas in 1959. The Company won Bull of the Year with “Baldy” in 1961 and had Reserve Champion horses “Snake River” in 1962 and “Yellow Jacket” in 1964. James was the first Stock Contractor to be inducted in the PRCA Hall of Champions in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1982.

In 1968, James Sutton, Jr. became a part-ner with his dad forming Sutton Rodeo Company and the tradition continued. Sut-ton Rodeo had two top horses in the nation, “Deep Water” in 1979 and “Big Bud” in 1985. Jim, along with wife Julie, took the company to the next level with a focus on production and innovation. Jim started producing the PRCA rodeo at the BHSS in 1978, a rodeo nominated 15 times for PRCA "Indoor Rodeo of the Year" winning this award in 2002 and 2003. Jim originated the Wrangler Bullfights and the Bailey Bail-Off. He is famous for his

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pageantry and colorful rodeo openings, in-cluding the openings at the NFR in 1995-96. Jim has been nominated four times as “Stock Contractor of the Year”. Jim’s wife Julie, an experienced rodeo secretary and timer, is in charge of publicity and advance promotion.

Jim’s son, Steve, is co-owner of Sutton Ro-deo and NFR pickup man in three decades (1978, 1981, 1986, 1993 & 1995). As the fourth generation of Sutton Rodeo Company, Steve has been a PRCA member since 1976, and became a Stock Contractor in 1982. He takes great pride in the history of Sutton Ro-deo, striving to breed top quality bucking stock and produce top notch rodeos. Steve

particularly enjoys producing college, high school and 4-H rodeos. In 2010 Steve was in-ducted into the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center as “Present Cowboy Great”. Wife Kim assists the rodeo company in the areas of timing, public-ity and marketing.

Steve and Kim’s children, the fifth genera-tion of Sutton Rodeo, while reaping the ben-efit of over 80 years of experience are hard at work, looking at ways to continue the legacy and add their own improvements to the com-pany. Their daughter, Amy, started timing PRCA rodeos in 2006 and helps with Sutton Rodeos Inc. marketing, her husband Steven Muller helps with the rodeo production. Son,

Brent, started his career as a pickup man in 2004 and became a PRCA contestant in 2007. Son, Brice, joined the PRCA ranks in 2010. All have pursued college degrees in Animal Science and/or Business and intend to use these degrees to continue the tradition of rais-ing 90 percent of their breeding stock. Grand-son Shaden James, son of Amy and Steven starts the sixth generation!

Sutton Rodeo stock has been selected to perform at 51 of the 53 National Finals Ro-deos. Through six generations Sutton Rodeo has had the pleasure of producing rodeos at every level – 4-H, high school, college, Indian National Finals, SDRA & PRCA.


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Steve Sutton is a gambling man. But he’s playing no ordinary game of chance. Sutton’s using mares as chips

and superstar studs as his ace in the hole.

There isn’t much to lose, the South Dakota stock contractor figures. A little time, effort and money could be up in smoke if his ex-periment fails. On the other hand, a windfall could be in the cards.

Patience is in order first. He and five other stock contractors won’t know if their wager will pay off for about five years.

“Nope, there are no guarantees,” Sutton said. “It’s a risk, and I’ve had people tell me I was crazy. But the bucking horse world needs a boost, and I’m hoping this deal can help.”

Earlier this year, Sutton, who co-owns On-ida, S.D.-based Sutton Rodeos Inc., with his father, Jim, launched the Breeding to Buck Program of 2012.

“I watched the bull world change from 20 years ago by trading semen. I couldn’t talk anybody in the horse world into doing that,” Sutton said. “Now, we’re in the same situation with bucking horses – there’s a shortage of good ones.”

The population of bucking horses has been in a crisis mode before. After World War II ended and rodeo resurged in popularity, stock contractors scrambled to meet demand, as more wide-open spaces became fenced, and fewer wild horses roamed the land.

Stock contractors like Sutton’s grandfather James, a ProRodeo Hall of Famer, figured out how to breed horses to buck, and the process became an industry standard.

Today, demand for rank bucking horses is once again outpacing supply, according to stock contractors.

“It’s been the case for a while, and over-all, there are more good bucking horses now than there were in the ’70s and ’80s, due to breeding, but we definitely need more,” said Ike Sankey, a Joliet, Mont., cowboy and the PRCA’s Stock Contractor of the Year in 1999.

Sutton’s concept is simple. He rallied five competing stock contractors, including San-key, to agree to share bloodlines of their champion bucking horses. Each brought 10 mares and one high-caliber stud to Sutton’s ranch. All of the studs had been selected for

the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at some point.

From May 1 to July 1, Sutton babysat as the horses went to pasture. Sutton’s property is large enough that each band of mares – ranging from seven to 13 in number – had a separate pasture bordered by two fences, so the stallions couldn’t fight. Stock contrac-tors paired at least one of their mares – some bred before, others maiden – with each stud. The cross-breeding arrangement was all horse trade – no fees changed hands, with the ex-ception of a feed payment to Sutton of $3 per day, per horse.

Some 15 stock contractors showed inter-est, Sutton said. But some snubbed the pro-gram from the get-go; others folded at the last minute.

Kirsten Vold, who runs Harry Vold Rodeo Co., which her father started in 1954, thought about joining but decided not to – not be-cause she thinks it’s a bad idea but because the setup wasn’t right for her.

Sutton asked Vold to pony up Painted Val-ley, the PRCA’s 2010 Saddle Bronc of the Year

Chance Worth taking Sutton, contractors come together in crossbreeding effortBy Debbie Kelley/ProRodeo Sports News



and the top saddle bronc at the 2009 NFR. Vold declined.

“I’m glad more rodeo companies are work-ing together to try to improve the genetics of our sport, and I appreciate the opportunity,” she said. “But I currently get $2,500 per mare for a breeding with (Painted Valley’s) semen, and I want to keep the value of the product. My lack of involvement is not due to me not supporting the project but of protecting my commodity.”

While stock contractors sometimes arrange individual stud trades with a fellow contractor

to diversify bloodlines, they are generally pro-tective of their stock. That, Vold said, has been a mistake.

“What everyone’s figuring out is we all suc-ceed if we all share and cross bloodlines,” she said. “What Steve is doing is groundbreaking, the start of something new. It’s an easy way to breed a lot of different studs at one time.”

Breeding the same stud year after year re-sults in good mixes with some mares but not others, Vold said, which can reduce the chances of ending up with a stellar bucking horse.

Sankey agrees it’s a challenge for breeders to introduce new genetics to their stock and said he was excited to give Sutton’s program a try, bringing two world-champion mares and others who have been good producers.

“The ideal situation would be to end up with 10 colts that were all world champions. That’s not a realistic goal, but who knows?” he said.

A proven bucking horse that’s good enough to be selected for the NFR can fetch around $40,000, Sutton said, adding that the rare top bucking broncs have sold for $100,000 to $200,000.

Sutton did not test the mares in this year’s program to see if they’re pregnant. Foaling should occur in mid-April. The offspring won’t be bucked until they’re about five years old, which is when they’ll demonstrate their prowess.

No one seems worried about creating buck-ing horses that are just too rank for cowboys to ride.

“One thing time has proven: the better the horses are, the better the contestants are,” Sankey said. “I think raising bucking horses is going to spread out to more than just a select group of stock contractors. I think you’ll find investors starting to get into breeding because a horse can perform at his peak from five years old until 14 or 15. A bull has maybe two to three years, and he’s peaked.”

Sutton wants to make the crossbreeding program an annual event and has dreams of expanding to a larger-scale operation. He also has visions of being able to announce success in five years.

“I hope we’ll celebrate at the NFR the great thing that was started here,” he said.

JAMES SUTTON SR. MEMORIAL BRONzE

The award of this sculpture made by Spearfish artist, Tony Chytka is given to the top Saddle Bronc rider of the PRCA Rodeo event. The award can only be won one time and to win you must have either been born or live in the state of SD.

The 14 inch sculpture is a study of a larger piece commissioned by James Sutton, Jr. The sculpture and the award were developed to honor James Sutton Sr. who died in January, 1991, and to the many outstanding saddle bronc riders South Dakota has and continues to produce.

The larger piece, a half life-sized bronze statue, was unveiled at the 1992 Black Hills stock Show Rodeo®. The sculpture depicts long-time friend of James Sutton, and former world champion saddle bronc rider John Mc-Beth riding “Half Velvet”, a horse that was an NFR competitor numerous times. The horse bucked under several names; Indian Sign, Coors Lite, Half Velvet and then One-Eyed Skoal. He was considered a real money horse because he always bucked the way cowboys like ’em.

The first recipients were the three top SD riders in 1992, three brothers from Ree Heights, SD. Robert, Dan and Billy Etbauer received the award for their performance in 1992 and for their overall contributions to the sport of rodeo. Past recipients include: 2002 Jesse Bail, 2003 Jeffrey Willert, 2005 Jake Costello, 2007 JJ Elshere, 2009 Ty Kennedy, 2012 Cole Elshere, and Jeremy Meeks in 2012.


Chuckulator world Champion bucking Horse

When the 2012 PRCA Top Buck-ing Stock was announced, rewarding the best bull and

bucking horses for the 2012 season, Chucku-lator of Sutton Rodeo Company in Onida, SD was named “2012 Saddle Bronc of the Year”. He went on to win 2012 Saddle Bronc of the NFR, a rare double win for NFR livestock.

The 8-year-old Chuckulator has put togeth-er an impressive resume in a short amount of time. The colorful bay stocking legged stud horse is hyper and athletic. He won Bareback and Saddle Bronc of the Badland Circuit Fi-nals in 2011, the first horse to win both awards in the same year. He also won Badland Circuit

Saddle Bronc Horse of the year in 2012 & 2013. He has been selected to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 being voted as a Top Ten Saddle Bronc at the NFR in 2010 & 2011 before winning it in 2012.

“He’s not even reached his prime and he made the top 10 vote the in his first two years at the NFR,” stock contractor Steve Sutton said. “He’s just kept getting better all the time, and then this year we ventured out to a few more places that had short gos and he drew good cowboys and they all did well on him.”

Chuckulator is a product of Sutton Rodeos “Born to Buck” program in which they raise 98 percent of the bucking horses they use. His sire Justin Boots, dam Midnight Star and dam’s sire Mr. T all were all selected to com-pete in the National Finals Rodeo.

Other Sutton Rodeo stock honored by the PRCA includes 1961 Bull of the NFR in Dal-las, Baldy owned by Korkow/Sutton & Re-serve Bareback of the NFR, Snake River both owned by Sutton; 1964 Reserve Bareback of the NFR Yellow Jacket in Los Angeles; 1979 Saddle Bronc of the Year, Deep Water; 1985 Bareback Horse of the Year, Tombstone.

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Sponsored by Justin Boots, the Wran-gler Champions Challenge has been buzzed about for months, and with

good cause. The series marks an ultra-com-petitive, made for TV battle that will bring rodeo’s elite into the limelight, as well as the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center’s Barnett Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 4. As the entire competi-tion has been created around the top-ranked men, women, and livestock in the PRCA, spectators should anticipate not only the best of the best, but the chance to meet the nation’s finest competitors in person.

The concept is based on teams. The top seven contestants in each event out of the 2014 WNFR rodeo on Decem-ber 13 were the only athletes selected to participate, turning the Challenge into a true showcase of talent. On Sunday, December 14 event sponsors gathered to draft their teams. The series will fea-ture 11 contestants per event. Seven competing for sponsor teams, two based on 2015 World Standings and two based on 2015 Million Dollar Tour Standings.

Known as the Banquet Rough Riders, the Coors Rodeo team is exemplifying what it means to be top competition on a national stage that will now be viewed in roughly 60 million homes. Coors Barrel Racer Fallon Taylor is excited to take part in a new kind of challenge. “Most of the time I focus on my own event; I like the pressure of being a vital part of my team,” she says. “I can’t let a calf roper or a bull rider down. It unites seven events together. It’s exciting, because we don’t all work together like that typically.”

Indeed, each contestant will work to sup-port their team, whether they compete in bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull

riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, team roping, or barrel racing. The competition is less about the individual and more about the collective whole. It’s also about putting the nation’s top competitors in front of a captive audience. Every rodeo and contestant will be televised on the CBS Sports Network, with each sponsor gearing up to make superstars out of their athletes. Whereas typical rodeo features a revolving array of contestants, the

Champions Challenge will allow viewers to get to know each competitor as the show-down progresses.

Coors Steer Wrestler Matt Reeves an-ticipates an incredible opportunity for fans. “There’s only 10 guys in each event, and they’re some of the top ten cowboys in the world. They’re one day rodeos and then we’ll do public appearances, so if you want to talk to a cowboy and see them you’ll be able to do that. It gives us a chance to interact with fans, and we have great fans that we hear from. It also gives them a chance to learn more about us.”

Like her teammate, Taylor also feels strong-ly about what the Challenge means to both fans and to herself. “I’m most excited about the people at home that don’t get to go to the rodeo in their city that will get to see and fol-low us on TV,” she explains. “They’ll be able to follow us all throughout the year instead of just at the national finals.” Participating in the Challenge is an dream come true for the young rider who began her career at age

7. “I came from a non-rodeo family. I started watching rodeo on TV, and knew I wanted to be a part of it. Being included in the Champions Challenge is a dream for me. Plus, it’s an empow-ering thing to watch a woman ride a horse at a high rate of speed. Rodeo is the original X Games. It’s always fun. And barrel racers definitely bring the glitz and glamour to the sport – we bring the ‘pretty’ in.”

The 2015 Wrangler Champions Challenge will not only bring the pretty, but the nation’s leading com-petition to the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center with an unforgettable lineup. Follow the Coors Rodeo team on CBS

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This money will be donated by Farm Credit Services of America to the South Dakota High School Rodeo Association to be used by the National Team mem-bers for travel expenses at the 2015 National High School Rodeo Finals. "The Farm Credit Services 20X Extreme Challenge is a very generous contribution to South Dakota's best Rodeo Athletes, and it will add additional excitement to the already thrilling Rodeo" according to Ann Sundermann, Executive Secretary of SDHSRA.

After reviewing the records from the past five years of 20X Extreme Rodeo performances, the time or marking that has been set would have been reached in each event 50 percent of the time. Below are the markings that would need to be met or exceeded for the SDHSRA to obtain the funds.

FCSa challenge score requirement:Bareback Riding ..................................................................72

Breakaway Roping ............................................................3.5

Calf Roping .......................................................................11.5

Goat Tying ............................................................................7.4

Saddle Bronc ........................................................................73

Team Roping .......................................................................9.5

Steer Wrestling ...................................................................5.3

Barrel Racing ....................................................................13.2

Pole Bending ....................................................................20.3

Bull Riding .............................................................................78

201520X Extreme

RodeoContestant List

NW = NORTHWEST REGIONER = EAST REGIONSR = SOuTHWEST REGIONRR = RIVER REGION

BAREBACK

Anthony Gourneau, EAJerald Habeck, NWDylan Riggins, RR

SADDLE BROnC

Taylor Tupper, NWWyatt Schuelke, NWReed Arneson, NWBrandon Moody, RRLathen Stevens, SWRhett Fanning, SW


BuLL RIDInG

Chance Olson, NWJake Foster, NWJett Peterson, NWTeigan Gray, NWJake Frazier, RRCasey Heninger, RROlathe Schmidt, RRJD Phelps, SWCollin Hunt, SWTristan Madsen, SW

STEER WRESTLInG

Cameron Fanning, EAShane Boysen, EAWyatt Fulton, EATrig Olson, NWJacob Kammerer, RRCarson Good, RRBrendon Porch, RRHerbie O'Daniel, SWGrady Egly, SW

TIE DOWn ROPInG

Brock Belkham, EACole Schneider, EAKole Latham, EAWylee Nelson, NWClyer Dowling, NWTyen Palmer, NWReid Rutten, RRJared Fulton, RRLucas Kessler, RR



Lathan Lauing, SWJames Kirwan, SWCarson Johnston, SW

TEAm ROPInG

headerJeremiah Johnson, EAEthan Parr, EATate Thompson, EABrent Woodward, NWColby Hetzel, NWJon Peterson, NWReece Wientjes, RRSierra Young, RRWiley Heath, RRCamden Sawvell, SWCass Lytle, SWCourtney Peters, SW

heelerScott Halverson, EAJR Dees, EABraden Pirrung, EASam Huffman, NWCarter Kudlock, NWTucker Chytka, NWNolan Richie, RREthan Fernau, RRZane Zilverberg, RRRiley Fortune, SWRylee Schreiber, SWZoey Osmotherly, SW

BREAKAWAy ROPInG

Jacey Hupp, EASheyanne Brodkorb, EAKarly Niemann, EABrooke Howell, NWJayci Lamphere, NWTanielle Arneson, NWCedar Jandreau, RRTaylor Bothwell, RRSloan Anderson, RRMykelsi Schnose, SWSavana Johnston, SWAshlee Kritenbrink, SW

GOAT TyInG

Kaycee Monnens, EAKeelan Bialas, EATaya Heisinger, EABrianna Williams, NWTayle Brink, NWAlix Thorstenson, NWAnnie Fulton, RRTanegai Zilverberg, RRRacquel Wientjes, RRKaylee Clark, SWKarissa Rayhill, SWCarlee Johnston, SW



POLE BEnDInG

Maddie Schaack, EAPayton Donnelly, EAKassidy Boyd, EAJana Hunt, NWJoeni Lueders, NWKeanna Ward, NWJordan Bickel, RRKelsey Lensegrav, RRAshley Theobald, RRRachael McCoy, SWRiley Ann Smith, SWArielle Clifford, SW

BARREL RACInG

Shelby Vinson, EABrandi Wolles, EASiarra Johnson, EARickie Engesser, NWJordan Hanson, NWDylan Lemmon, NWMadison Rau, RRMakayla Kroeplin, RRLaura O'Leary, RRAlyssa Lockhart, SWJosie Blasius, SWMattee Pauley, SW



PRCA Xtreme Bull Tour Rapid City, SD Jan 30-31PRCA Rodeo Rapid City, SD Jan 31, Feb 5-7PRCA Wrangler Champion Challenge Rapid City, SD Feb 4North Dakota Winter Show Valley City, ND March 7-8SDSU Jackrabbit Stampede College Rodeo Brookings, SD Apr 10-11High School Regional Rodeo Finals Huron, SD June 5-7High School Regional Rodeo Finals Watertown, SD June 12-14PRCA Crystal Springs Ranch Rodeo Clear Lake, SD June 25-27PRCA Mobridge Sitting Bull Stampede Mobridge, SD July 2-4PRCA Corn Palace Stampede Mitchell, SD July 16-19PRCA Days of ‘76 Rodeo Deadwood, SD July 21-25PRCA Sully County Fair & Rodeo Onida, SD August 14-15PRCA Defeat of Jesse James Days Northfield, MN Sept. 11-12PRCA Badlands Circuit Finals Minot, ND October 8-11PRCA First Chance Bonanza Rodeo Brookings, SD November 6-7Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Las Vegas, NV December 3-12

2015 Schedule

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Watch Them Buck and Buy One

2015 KBHB Bucking Horse and Bull SaleFeb. 6, 10 a.m. • Rapid City Civic Center

The 30th Annual KBHB Bucking Horse and Bull Sale features 40 head of Sutton Rodeo Ranch Raised Bucking Horses including the coming 5-year-old colt crop raised by Sutton Rodeos. These colts are sired by studs Gunsmoke and Showtime, both sons of Justin Boots; Dakota Time & Dakota Bob. The

mares of these colts have produced top quality bucking stock.

With the bucking horse futurities that are

going on, these colts are the right age, said

Steve Sutton. The futurities in Faith and Las

Vegas both had colts in the top final five that

were purchased at this sale.

Bucking stock will be at the Rushmore Pla-

za Civic Center Thursday afternoon, so that

you can view them prior to the sale. This is

one of the premier sales in the nation and has

continued to get better every year. This offer-

ing looks to be one of the best ones yet.

Bareback & Saddle Bronc contestants enter

Feb. 6 at 8:30 a.m. at the Barnett Arena. There

will be added prize money in the two rough

stock events. Animals will be bucked on the

day of the sale. This is a great opportunity to

view new and upcoming bucking stock and

riders.

For sale information regarding load out, phone bids, temporary boarding of animals, contact Steve Sutton at 605-381-0270 or Sut-ton Rodeo Office 605-258-2863. See a complete sale listing and sale schedule at www.suttonro-deo.com closer to sale day.

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Rodney Yost is a fourth generation South Dakota rancher who has been involved with the ranching and horse cus-toms his entire life. He's been horseback since he was a

baby in diapers on his family's ranch, started training ponies at the age of 10, and trained his first horse at the age of 13. Since then, he has become one of the top horse trainers and clinicians in South Dakota and throughout the Midwest.

Over the past few years, Rodney has in-structed many horsemanship clinics and demonstrations for all ages and riding levels. His unique training style and sense of humor have made him a sought after horsemanship clinician throughout the United States and Canada. He is the first and only 4-time cham-pion of the Crosswinds Ranch Colt Training Challenge that is held at Michigan State Uni-versity every spring, and has won multiple

Ranch Horse Colt Futurity competitions. He has become known for creating a relationship with his horses to produce extremely supple, well-mannered, and responsive horses that are capable of many disciplines.

Growing up in the heart of cattle-country in South Dakota, Rodney developed a love for the land and livestock at an early age. Over the years, this partnership with the ranching

lifestyle has blossomed into a progressive mindset regarding his family-owned and op-erated Broadaxe Ranch, along with its com-mercial cattle herd, and American Quarter Horse breeding and training program.

Breeding and training their own horses for ranch use started out as a necessity of the Broadaxe Ranch operation. Rodney Yost Horsemanship developed most naturally through many years of on-the-job learning and real life experiences of utilizing horses for everyday ranch work. For a horseman or horsewoman of any level to have the oppor-tunity of an enjoyable and successful experi-ence while horseback, Rodney believes it is clearly essential to have the correct tools and philosophy to enable all riders the ability to develop a horse that can pull the throttle back to sit, relax, and go slowly at times, while like-wise having the ability to step down on the gas pedal when needed in the heat of the action.

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rodneY YoSt horSemanShiP CliniC & demonStrationSJan. 31, Feb. 4 & Feb. 7

9 a.m. all three days.

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Barnett ArenaAward winning horse trainer Rod-ney Yost works with a number of horses at different riding levels to show his process of creating a horse that respects the rider, while creat-ing an unparalleled partnership.

He covers these subjects: your horse on the ground to gain control of his body and respect; soften-ing and flexing from the ground and saddle; body control from the ground and saddle; rider safety from the ground and saddle, ad-vanced horsemanship maneuvers while riding, a bareback/bridle-less riding demonstration. Partici-pants can feel free to ask Rodney questions and communicate with him throughout the demonstra-tion to ensure you obtain the most knowledge through the experience.

Horses that have the training, foundation, and ability to make that distinction easily rise to the top and become the cream of the crop in all disciplines.

Rodney Yost Horsemanship Demonstra-tions and Ride-Along Clinics aim to dem-onstrate, teach, and enable everyone to have a variation of hypothetical tools, a common-sense training mindset, combined with the most elite training techniques. Along with Rodney's personal learning experiences over the years, Rodney Yost Horsemanship works tirelessly to give all individuals insight regard-ing the natural instinct, thinking process, and behavior of a horse in an effort to "help the horse to teach itself."

Rodney Yost Horsemanship Demonstra-tions will be held at the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® this year on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 9 a.m. and Sat-urday, Feb. 7 at 9 a.m. at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in the Barnett Arena.

For more information on how to sched-ule a Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic or

Demonstration in your area, please contact Rodney Yost at 605-680-0004, go to www.broadaxeranch.com to check out his fam-ily's Broadaxe Ranch website, or search for "Broadaxe Ranch" or "Rodney Yost" on Face-book.

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