Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo Premier Edition 2017

JA N UARY 2 7 - F EBRUA RY 5, 2017

BLACK HILLS

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8th Annual Production Sale

March 27, 2017 1:00pm

at Belle Fourche Livestock Auction Selling 110 Yearling Angus Bulls

SAV Final Answer 0035

Featuring 70 Calving ease bulls

SAV Resource 1441

BW-1.1 WW+57 YW+96 MILK+23 $B 51.72

BW+3.6 WW+70 YW+132 MILK+23 $B 173.72

Connealy Confidence 0100

Connealy Comrade 1385

BW-3.2 WW+45 YW+83 MILK+18 $B 66.91

SAV Ten Speed 3022

BW+0.7 WW+69 YW+131 MILK+28 $B 182.72

BW-4.0 WW+48 YW+95 MILK+36 $B 113.64

SAV RENOWN 3439

BW+2.5 WW+76 YW+121 MILK+30 $B 149.71

Connealy Consensus 7229 BW+1.7 WW+57 YW+96 Milk+25 $B 95.71

RB Tour of Duty 177

BW+2.4 WW+67 YW+122 Milk+33 $B 162.66

Hoover Dam

BW-.4 WW+47 YW+90 MILK+26 $B 133.83

Iron Mountain Cattle Co. Belle Fourche, SD For information contact Mike Davis 605-892-2039 (C) 605-569-1277 Ironmountain@hughes.net Check our web site www.ironmountaincattle.com for information on all sale bulls

Foos 185 Hero 226

Foos 185 Hero 06

Lot 1

Lot 2

2/5/16 sired by Crook Mt. Hero 185 BW 85 lb • 205 wt 716 lb • WR 110

2/12/16 Sired by Crook Mt. Hero 185 BW 88 lb • 205 wt 672 • WR 103

Foos Automatic 626

Foos Tracker 748

Lot 7

Lot 42

2/10/16 Sired by Cole Creek 1100 Automatic BW 81 lb • 205 wt 679 lb • WR 104

2/6/16 Sired by CAR Tracker 426 BW 92 lb • 205 wt 662 lb • WR 101

Sires Represented include: Cole Creek 1100 Automatic • Fairview Rainmaker 2361 Foos Complete 360 • Crook Mt. Hero 185

605-257-2391 • 605-645-9569 • 12346 US Hwy 212, Nisland, SD 57762

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Mrnak Hereford Ranch 50th Annual Production Sale

Sunday, February 12, 2017 1:00 p.m. (MST) - Bowman Auction Market - Bowman, ND

SELLING: • 100 Performance Tested 2 Year Old Hereford Bulls • 300 Yearling Black Baldy Replacement Heifers • 35 Black Bred Heifers - Bred to Mrnak Hereford Bulls LOT 5159

LOT 518

LOT 527

MH 2239 ADVANCE 5159

MH GREAT DIVIDE 518 1ET

MH HOMEGROWN 527 1ET

BW: 5.4 - WW: 65 - YW: 117 MM: 30 - M&G: 63

BW: 4.1 - WW: 54 - YW: 83 MM: 25 - M&G: 51

BW: 4.6 - WW: 60 - YW: 104 MM: 30 - M&G: 60

Sire: H5 9075 ADVANCE 2239

Sire: WCC/CC 1009 GREAT DIVIDE 102

LOT 530

MH KMK GREAT DIVIDE 530 1ET

Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMEGROWN 8Y ET

LOT 531

MH HOMEGROWN 531 1ET

Sire: WCC/CC 1009 GREAT DIVIDE 102

Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMEGROWN 8Y ET

BW: 5.3 - WW: 59 - YW: 99 MM: 22 - M&G: 52

BW: 4.3 - WW: 61 - YW: 105 MM: 30 - M&G: 60

Wayne Mrnak • 701.523.6368 • Terry Mrnak • 701.523.6386 Brent Mrnak • 701.206.0604 • Andy Mrnak • 701.206.1095 Mrnak Hereford Ranch: 14501 91st St. SW • Bowman, ND 58623

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BW WW BW YW WW Milk YW RE Milk MB RE 40+ years -0.1 of standing -0.1 77 -0.1 111 77 34 111 0.75 34 0.23 0.75 77 -0.1 111 77 34 1110.75 34 0.23 0.75

behind our genetics!

HYBRID VIGOR Gelbvieh cross genetics add pounds to your bottom line.

Vaughn & Wendy • 605/649-6262 Brian & DeDee • 605/649-9927

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2016 TOP SELLER

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FEATURED SIRES bryant Schauer Doug & Amie Schauer (605) 739-5621 (605) 967-2611 Faith, South Dakota

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Annual Production Sale February 13, 2017

at the ranch, Ree Heights, South Dakota Selling 2-year-old and yearling bulls • open and bred females Hereford & Angus Genetics

UPS Undisputed ET :: Reg #P43430925

SHF Wonder M326 W18 ET x 3027’s Dam

CL 1 Domino 2109Z :: Reg #43268088

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Keith Fawcett & Family 605-870-0161• 605-943-5664

SAV Resource 1441 :: Reg #17016597

Rito 707 of Ideal 3407 7075 x SAV Blackcap May 4136

Robert Fawcett

CED

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135

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Daniel Fawcett & Family 605-870-6172

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12.30

166.52

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Email danfawcett869@hotmail.com to request a sale catalog

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hay production and 400 ac. enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program with the balance in well sodded native pasture. Pipeline water, two sets of improvements, with 3± miles of creek bottom and 460 AUMs grazing lease. This all contiguous ranch is loaded with production potential and priced to sell. A REAL VALUE ON TODAY’S MARKET!

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Moreau River Ranch- Mud Butte, SD The Moreau River Ranch is a rare find in Western South Dakota, boasting over 3.5 miles of the Moreau River which offers live water and natural protection throughout the ranch. The River Break Hills are loaded with Native Grasses and occasional sage brush providing the perfect blend for range calving a set of cows or enjoying your own private hunting ground.

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McKnight Angus Ranch – Bison, Perkins County, SD The McKnight Angus Ranch has established itself as one of the foremost recognized Angus operations in the northern plains. - 3,000+/- tillable acres, 5 homes, state of the art working facility, sale barn, extensive additional improvements, 8 wells and numerous rural water taps. Total acres- 7,308 (6,428 deeded) Price: $8,400,000.

Sully County Feeders- Onida, SD 160 acres, 3,800 head permitted; fully functional with 4,000 feet of concrete bunks and apron, cement working alleys, shops, sheds, processing barn and 3500 sq. ft. residence., Priced at $1,600,000

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Johnson Place Firesteel, SD; 320 acres Fantastic Corson County grass with home, shop, barn, and continuous corrals.

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Silver Spur HOF Bob Mills

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Agribusiness Person of the Year Bob Anderson

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AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Competition

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Stockman of the Year Dave Lindbloom

110

Black Hills Buffalo Auction

116

Clowing Around John Harrison

124

Rodeo Personnel

132

James Sutton Sr. Memorial Bronze

134

Sutton Rodeo Schedule

136

Justin Sports Medicine

138

Scholarship Recipients

48

Cattleman’s Family Legacy - Elwood

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2016 Breed Champions

60

Rodeo Rapid City Events

74

BHSS™ History

80

Sutton Rodeo 40th Anniversary

Youth Day

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Vendor List CINCH TRADESHOW

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Vendor List RODEO RAPID CITY

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13

MONDAY, JANUARY 23

3:00 pm Black Hills Stock Show速 Press Social and Ribbon Cutting

7:30am McKie Ford Winter Classic AQHA Horse Show - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

12:00pm NRCHA All-Around Show & Winter Spectacular NRCHA Show (run concurrently with the AQHA

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

4:00pm World Series of Team Roping

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

Working Cow Horse Classes) - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24

8:00am World Series of Team Roping

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

8:00am McKie Ford Winter Classic AQHA Horse Show

(Halter, Cutting, Roping) Amateur & Youth Classes sponsored by Hubbard Feeds - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

SUNDAY, JANUARY 15

8:00am World Series of Team Roping

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

8:00am Best of the West Roping Futurity, Calf Roping and Team Roping classes

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18

7:30am South Dakota Cutting Horse Association Show - New Event - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19

(to run concurrent with AQHA Classes) - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25

7:30am South Dakota Cutting Horse Association Show

7:30am McKie Ford Winter Classic AQHA Horse Show, Reining & Working Cow Horse

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20

11:00pm Winter Spectacular NRCHA Show

- New Event - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

7:30am South Dakota Cutting Horse Association Show - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21

(run concurrently with the AQHA Reining Working Cow Horse Classes) - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26

12:00pm NRCHA All-Around Show (herdwork) - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

8:00am McKie Ford Winter Classic AQHA Horse Show, Halter & Roping Classes

- Kjerstad Enter Center, Fairgrounds

11:00am SDQHA Horse Sale Check-In, Closes at 5:oopm

12:00pm McKie Ford Winter Classic AQHA, Cutting & Open Ranch Riding Classes, sponsored by McKie Ford

5:15pm SDQHA Horse Sale Consignor Meeting

7:30am AQHA Winter Classic, Halter Class

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

5:15pm Hutchison Western Stallion Row Consignor Meeting

8:30am McKie Ford Winter Classic AQHA Show - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

Black Hills Stock Show速 NRCHA All-Around Show, Steer Stopping

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

4:30pm McKie Ford Winter Classic AQHA Show, roping classes - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 4:30pm Best of the West Roping Futurity, Calf Roping and Team Roping classes (to run concurrent with AQHA Classes) - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

- Kjerstad Event Center Warm-Up, Fairgrounds

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22

4:30pm

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

- Rushmore Hall, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27

8:00am BLACK HILLS STOCK SHOW速 Horse Sale Preview: Ranch Horse Select Competition - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

10:00am Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 40th Anniversary Party & Social, Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, - Rushmore Hall

10:00am CINCH Trade Show & Rodeo Zone Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30pm - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

10:00am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo - Rushmore Hall

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 - continued

10:00am BankWest Western Art Show, public viewing - Theater Lobby

11:00am Back Stage with a Rodeo Clown, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Trade show 1:00pm Back Stage with a Rodeo Clown, produced by Sutton Rodeo-Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

1:20pm Hutchison Western Stallion Row Preview

-Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

2:00pm SDQHA 2-Day Horse Sale

11:00am Back Stage with a Rodeo Clown, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

1:00pm Back Stage with a Rodeo Clown, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

1:00pm Miss Black Hills Stock Show® Speeches & Modeling - room 206 1:20pm Hutchison Western Stallion Row Preview

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

1:30pm PRCA Rodeo/Military Appreciation Performance, produced by Sutton Rodeo- Barnett Arena

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 5:00pm Triple R Tack Dummy Roping, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow 5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

2:00pm SDQHA 2-Day Horse Sale

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 7:30pm PRCA Xtreme Bulls, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena

5:00pm Triple R Tack Dummy Roping, produced by

7:00pm BLACK HILLS STOCK SHOW® Stray Gathering

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

2:00pm Miss Black Hills Stock Show® Horsemanship - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

4:30pm Rodeo Autograph Session, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

9:30pm Stray Gathering Dance: Brandon Jones and the Thirsty Fish - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

6:00pm Stockman’s Banquet & Ball

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28

7:30pm PRCA Xtreme Bulls, produced by Sutton Rodeo

8:00am SDQHA BLACK HILLS STOCK SHOW® Horse Sale Preview - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds 8:00am 4-H Youth Day Activities

- Ramkota Hotel

- Barnett Arena

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29

- Central States Fairgrounds

8:00am Black Hills Stock Show® AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Competition, sponsored by SDQHA

- Theater

9:00am Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Commercial Heifer Weigh-In

9:00am Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic,

(closed to public) - Room 206

9:00am Cowboy Church featuring Suzie McIntire and Mark Eaton - Theater, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 9:30am High School Rodeo College Fair,

10:00am CINCH Trade Show & Rodeo Zone Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30pm

10:00am CINCH Trade Show & Rodeo Zone Trade Show Opens, Closes at 6:00pm

10:00am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo

10:00am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo

10:00am BankWest Western Art Show, public viewing

10:00am BankWest Western Art Show, public viewing

10:00am First Interstate Bank World’s Smallest Rodeo

10:00am Boehringer Ingelheim Cattlemen’s Steak & Egg Breakfast - Bridger Steel Pavilion, Fairgrounds 11:00am Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Commercial Heifer Show - Bridger Steel Pavilion, Fairgrounds 12:00pm Beefy Chili Cook-Off Tasting, produced by

8:00am Western Heritage/Black Hills Stock Show® Foundation Auction Viewing (8am-10am) 8:00am Jr Queens Autograph Session, Queen’s Corral 8:00am Miss Black Hills Stock Show® interview Produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center - Rushmore Hall -Theater Lobby

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

10:00am Western Heritage/Black Hills Stock Show® Foundation Auction - Theater 10:30am 2017 Farm and Ranch Tax Seminar, presented by Casey Peterson and Associates - Room 205

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds - Bridger Steel Pavilion, Fairgrounds

produced by Sutton Rodeo- Barnett Arena - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center - Rushmore Hall - Theater Lobby

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

1:00pm 20X High School Showcase Rodeo,

produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena

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10:00am Quilt Show, sponsored by the Black Hills Quilters Guild - Room 205, 206, 207

2:00pm South Dakota Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Contest

10:00am BankWest Western Art Show, public viewing,

-Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation, BankWest -Theater Lobby

10:00am PRCA Barrel Racing Slack

produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena

MONDAY, JANUARY 30

8:00am Black Hills Stock Show® AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Competition, sponsored by SDQHA - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

9:00am Angus Show

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

10:00am CINCH Trade Show & Rodeo Zone Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30pm - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

1:00pm Charolais Sale

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

1:00pm PRCA Timed Event Slack (tie down, steer wrestling, team roping), produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena

2:30PM - BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA CATTLEMAN’S CONFERENCE

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

- Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn 2:45pm Express FP as part of a complete vaccination Protocol - Dr. Travis Van Anne 3:30pm Understanding the value of MLV vaccines at the Ranch - Dr. Trent Fox 4:30pm Understanding the value of Vaccines in the feedyard - Dr. Trent Fox 5:00pm Market Outlook, Expected female and calf values - John Nlivka, Sterling Marketing

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

4:30pm Rodeo Autograph Session, produced by Sutton

Produced by Sutton Rodeo - Cowboy Bar 5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings, produced by Sutton Rodeo

10:00am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo - Rushmore Hall

10:00am Quilt Show - Room 205, 206, 207 10:00am BankWest Western Art Show, public viewing - Theater Lobby

10:00am Sutton Ranch Rodeo, Preliminary Round, Produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena

1:00pm Angus Sale

4:30pm Rodeo Autograph Session, produced by

Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

5:00pm Sutton Ranch Rodeo Calcutta

6:00pm Black Hills Gold Rush Cattle Genetics Sale Social - Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Ballroom

- Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

7:30pm Black Hills Stock Show® Official Ranch Rodeo Calcutta

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

-Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Ballroom

7:30pm Black Hills Stock Show® Official Ranch Rodeo Finals

Produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena

9:30pm Ranch Rodeo Dance with Layla & 2120

7:00pm Black Hills Gold Rush Cattle Genetics Sale

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

7:30pm Sutton Ranch Rodeo Finals

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1

10:00am Black Hills Stock Show® Official Ranch Rodeo Qualifying Round

8:00am Broncs for Breakfast (event ticket includes

10:00am Charolais Show

9:00am Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic

10:00am CINCH Trade Show & Rodeo Zone Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30pm

10:00am Hereford Show

breakfast) - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

-Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

-Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena - Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

-Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

10:00am Broncs for Breakfast Calcutta

- Rushmore Hall

10:00am CINCH Trade Show & Rodeo Zone Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30pm

10:00am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

- Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 - continued

3:00pm Shorthorn Sale

- Rushmore Hall 10:00am Quilt Show - Room 205, 206, 207

4:30pm Rodeo Autograph Session, produced by Sutton

10:00am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

10:00am BankWest Western Art Show, public viewing

5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings, produced by Sutton Rodeo

10:30am Broncs for Breakfast Bronc Ride Competition

6:45pm Touchstone Energy Safety Seminar

1:00pm Hereford Sale

7:00pm Mutton Bustin’ Championships

1:00pm North American Trick Riding competition produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena

7:30pm North American Sheepdog Trial Finals, National Sheep Shearing Championships with New Sheep Tee-Pee Event

- Rodeo Zone Trade Show

7:30pm PRCA Rodeo/Free Style Bullfight/Trick Riding Champion, produced by Sutton Rodeo

-Theater Lobby

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

1:00pm Hired - Career Fair - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 3:00pm Wrangler Champions Challenge Autograph Session, produced by Sutton Rodeo 3:30pm Girls in Spurs “Ladies Night”, produced by

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Trade Show 5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

7:30pm PRCA Wrangler Champion’s Challenge

produced by Sutton Rodeo, Barnett Arena

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2

- Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

- Barnett Arena

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3

8:00am Limousin Show

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

9:00pm KBHB Bucking Horse Sale, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena

8:00am Red Angus Show

10:00am CINCH Trade Show & Rodeo Zone Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30pm

9:00am Mounted Shooting, produced by Sutton Rodeo

10:00am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo

10:00am Gelbvieh Show

10:00am BankWest Western Art Show, public viewing,

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall - Barnett Arena

-Rushmore Plaza Civic Center - Rushmore Hall

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

sponsored by The Central States Fair Foundation - Theater Lobby

10:00am CINCH Trade Show & Rodeo Zone Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30pm

10:30am Maine-Anjou Show

10:00am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo

11:00am Back Stage with a Rodeo Clown, produced by

10:00am BankWest Western Art Show, public viewing

1:00pm Back Stage with a Rodeo Clown, produced by

10:00am National Sheep Shearing Championships

1:00pm Limousin Sale

11:00am Shorthorn Show

1:00pm Mounted Shooting, produced by Sutton Rodeo

11:00am North American Sheepdog Trial Prelims

2:00pm Maine-Anjou Sale

1:00pm Red Angus Sale

4:30pm Rodeo Autograph Session, produced by

1:00pm North American Trick Riding competition produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena

5:00pm Triple R Tack Dummy Roping, produced by

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

5:00pm Central States Fair Past Directors Social

-Rushmore Plaza Civic Center - Rushmore Hall - Theater Lobby

- Warm-Up Arena, Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds - Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

2:00pm Gelbvieh Sale

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall - Barnett Arena

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

- Theater Lobby

5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

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5:30pm BankWest Western Art Quick Draw Contest - Theater Lobby

6:30pm BankWest Quick Draw Auction Viewing and People’s Choice Voting - Theater Lobby 7:00pm Stock Show Stampede, featuring Chancey Williams & the Younger Brothers - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

7:30pm PRCA Rodeo/Free Style Bullfight/Wild Horse Race/ Mounted Shooting Shoot off

1:30pm PRCA Rodeo/Freestyle Bullfight/Bull Teeter Totter, produced by Sutton Rodeo- Barnett Arena 2:00pm SDSU Alumni Social (closes at 5pm) - Ice Arena Club Level

3:00pm Chi-Influenced Sale

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

3:30pm BankWest Western Art Quick Draw Contest - Theater Lobby

4:00am Seminar: Horse Chiropractic with Patricia Holl - Room 205

9:30pm Stock Show Stampede, featuring Diamond Rio

4:30pm BankWest Quick Draw Auction Viewing and People’s Choice Voting - Theater Lobby 4:30pm Rodeo Autograph Session, produced by

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4

5:00pm Triple R Tack Dummy Roping, produced by

produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

7:00am Team Roping Registration, entries close 8:00am

Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

-Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

5:30pm Daily Prize Drawings, produced by Sutton Rodeo

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

8:30am Black Hills Stock Show® Pioneer Breakfast

5:30pm Bank West Western Art Quick Draw People’s Choice Award - Theater Lobby 5:30pm Hubbard Feeds Supreme Row Judging and People’s Choice

9:00am Black Hills Stock Show® Pioneer Awards Program - Fine Arts Building, Fairgrounds 9:00am Rodney Yost Horsemanship Clinic,

6:00pm Western Art Quick Draw Auction - Theater Lobby 7:00pm Boots & Beer Festival, SD Brewery Beer Tasting, with music by Heath Johnson

10:00am CINCH Trade Show & Rodeo Zone Trade Show Opens, Closes at 7:30pm

7:30pm PRCA Rodeo/Freestyle Bullfight Finals,

10:00am First Interstate Bank Barnyard Petting Zoo

8:30pm Hubbard Feeds Supreme Row Parade, Drawing for Featherlite Trailer (During PRCA Rodeo)

8:00am Simmental Show

8:00am Jackpot Team Roping

- Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds -Fine Arts Building, Fairgrounds

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

produced by Sutton Rodeo - Barnett Arena - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center - Rushmore Hall

10:00am BankWest Western Art Show, public viewing - Theater Lobby

10:00am Hay Camp Wood Carvers Demonstration - Upper W. Concourse

10:00am Seminar: Horse Chiropractic with Patricia Holl - Room 205

- Kjerstad Event Center Arena, Fairgrounds produced by Sutton Rodeo- Barnett Arena - Civic Center Barnett Arena

9:00pm Boots & Beer Festival, Chancey Williams & the Younger Brothers with Brandon Jones & the Thirsty Fish - Kjerstad Event Center Arena, Fairgrounds

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5

10:30am Chi-Influenced Show

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall 11:00am Back Stage with a Rodeo Clown, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow 1:00pm Back Stage with a Rodeo Clown, produced by Sutton Rodeo - Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

1:00pm Simmental Sale

- Crystalyx BioBarrel Sale Ring, Rushmore Hall

1:00pm Seminar: Horse Chiropractic with Patricia Holl - Room 205

- Rodeo Zone Tradeshow

- All Events at the Fairgrounds

8:00am Black Hills Buffalo Classic Sale Preview - Bridger Steel Pavilion, Fairgrounds

9:00am Twisted Sisters Open 4-D Barrel Race, Exhibitions & Jackpot (will not start before 12:30pm) - Kjerstad Event Center, Fairgrounds

9:00am Cowboy Church featuring Suzie McIntire and Mark Eaton - Theater, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

10:00am Black Hills Buffalo Classic Sale

- Bridger Steel Pavilion, Fairgrounds

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Sale Date:

arlson

Saturday, Februar y 25th, 2017

Angus Ranch

1pm MST At the Ranch Mott, ND Live Bidding will be Selling: available on sale day on 65 Yearling bulls - 5 two

Herd Sires:

SAV Resource 1441, SAV 707 Rito 9969, Carlson Right Effect 203, SAV International 2020, SAV year old bulls - 8 Red angus Seedstock 4838, red Lazy mc legend 413b

Yearlings - 30 bred heifers

Carlson Resource 6016

Carlson Resource 6094

Reg:18611957 DOB: 1/20/2016

Carlson Ravalli 6029

Reg: 18611906 DOB: 3/10/2016

CED

+1

BW

+1.7

Reg: 18605829 DOB: 1/25/2016

WW +62 YW

+109

Milk

+28

B.W.

79

205wt 818

Sire: SAV Resource 1441

MGS: SAV Pioneer 7301

Phenotypically stunning Resource son that expresses as much thickness, rib and breed character as any Resource son to date. His Pioneer dam is perfect uddered and records a weaning ratio of 104.

Carlson Stevensville 6007 Reg: 18594880 DOB: 1/20/2016

Reg: 18611842 DOB: 3/1/2016

CED -3

Sire: SAV 707 Rito 9969 MGS: SAV Final Answer 0035 Powerfully built 9969 son with as much muscle shape and volume of any bull to sell in the 2017 sale season. His heavy milking moderate framed full sisters are rising to the top of the herd.

CED BW WW YW Milk B.W. 205wt

-7 +4.1 +57 +102 +27 83 912

Carlson Resource 6038 Reg: 18612040 DOB: 1/25/2016

CED -3 BW

+3.6

CED +2 BW

+4.1

+.7

WW +63

WW +74

WW +61

YW +103

YW +110

YW

Milk +30

Milk +27

Milk +27

B.W. 74

B.W. 90

B.W. 71

205wt 902

205wt 938

Sire: SAV International 2020 MGS: SAV Final Answer 0035

Personal favorite and a performance powerhouse with explosive muscle shape and dimension that earned a 205 day weight of 938 for a weaning ratio of 122.

Carlson Seed Master 6087

CED +2 BW

205wt 806

Carlson Right Effect 6049 Reg: 18609586 DOB: 2/5/2016

Carlson Ellis 6011

Reg: 18594885 DOB: 1/20/2016

CED +9 BW

+1.9

+111

Sire: SAV Resource 1441 MGS: Sitz Upward 307R Wide topped, Resource son, that is very correct with extra bone. His dam is one of the top producing Upward daughters on the ranch.

Sire: SAV Resource 1441 MGS: EXAR Bountiful 1038B

Phenotypically in a class of his own, Carlson Stevensville 6007 is big topped with extra length of body. His Dam records a weaning ratio of 109.

Sire: SAV Seedstock 4838 MGS: SAV Final Answer 0035

+1 +2.9 +66 +115 +30 83 836

Carlson Resource 6081 BW

Reg: 18594911 DOB: 3/8/2016

Sire: SAV Resource 1441 MGS: Sitz Upward 307R Big time herd bull prospect by SAV Resource 1441. His capacious Upward dam records a weaning ratio of 4 @ 109.

CED BW WW YW Milk B.W. 205wt

+1.4

CED

-3

BW

+3.6

WW

+63

WW +59

WW +59

YW +101

YW

+94

YW

+103

Milk +31

Milk +24

Milk

+30

B.W. 79

B.W. 82

B.W.

70

205wt 768

205wt 856

205wt 828

Well balanced calving ease bull by the first calf crop of the $235,000 SAV Seedstock. His dam is the cornerstone donor at Carlson Angus. 13 maternal siblings will sell.

Sire: Carlson Right Effect 203 MGS: Bon View New Design 878 Superior calving ease bull by Carlson Right Effect. His dam is a perfect uddered, easy fleshing 878 daughter.

Jon and Melissa Carlson: 701-690-7190 carlsoncattle@outlook.com Jim and Sallee Carlson scarlson@ndsupernet.com 68th St. SW Mott, ND 58646 at the Ranch 3 1/2 Miles North of Mott for more information Visit our website: www.carlsonangus.com

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Sire: SAV International 2020 MGS: SAV Final Answer 0035

Heavy muscled, International son with exceptional length and substance. 7 flush brothers will highlight the 2017 Carlson Production sale. Flush sister sold for $10,000 at the 2015 National Western Foundation Female Sale .

The Sale Book can BE viewed online at carlsonangus.livestockdirect.net

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Damascus drop point knife by Whit W. Olson.

24th ANNUAL

STOCKMAN’S AUCTION

T

he 24th annual Stockman’s Auction will be conducted during the BHSS™ Stockman’s Banquet and Ball on Saturday, , Jan. 29 at the Ramkota Best Western. Amidst the gala, glamour, fine food and camaraderie we offer a very select group of items representing a broad range of artistic disciplines, plus annual commemorative items supporting our western heritage and way of life.

New Items on the table this year include a Damascus drop point knife with a 40-plait braided rawhide handle from Whit W. Olson, artwork

by Kathy Sigle, horsehair pottery from Turning Leaf Design, plus a Tom Balding commemorative bit. Also sharing the limelight will be another BC Carmichael saddle, a bred Hereford heifer, an STS men’s leather vest, and ladies’ Roger

Wagoner jewelry, plus another Copley acoustic guitar signed by George Strait. In addition to these very select items, the commemorative firearm for 2017 is an 1873 Cattleman’s .45 caliber with 7 1/2” barrel revolver (Uberti replica) with 24c gold enhanced engraving accompanied by a belted holster, plus ammunition.

Also included on the sale listing are a Chytka bronze, Ed Lawrence spurs and handcrafted saddle bags, plus The Deadwood Mountain Grand is again on board. Many additional distinctive and classic items will complete the sale listing.

Pictures, donors and descriptions of as many items as possible will be available for viewing at www.bhssf.com/Stockman’sAuction in the near future.

All proceeds from the Auction benefit the BHSSF Scholarship Fund.

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Tom Balding commemorative bit

Copley acoustic guitar signed by George Strait.

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Bob Mills at Bailey Buress branding a couple months after his stem cell transplant.

COURTESY PHOTO.

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Silver Spur

HALL OF FAME

BY SAVANNA SIMMONS

B

ob Mills, of Gordon, Nebraska, was sure the Black Hills Stock Show® had run out of people eligible for the Silver Spur Hall of Fame when they told him he is earning the honor. He is, in fact, being inducted this year.

s l l i M Bob

“It’s a huge honor. I couldn’t believe it. It’s amazing,” Mills said. “I guess I didn’t ever think of it as work, because I’ve enjoyed [volunteering]. It was a shock and I very much appreciate it.”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF BOB MILLS

A native of Gordon, Mills and his family lived for some time in Arizona, before returning home again.

“We actually lived down in Phoenix, Arizona, and would come back [to Gordon] for three months out of the year,” he said.

“When I was 10 and my dad died, we moved back permanently, which we were going to anyhow. I was born and raised in Gordon on my grandpa’s place, northeast of Gordon.”

Mills and Tina have been married since 1983 and they had their only child, Bailie, in 1989.

“Tina and I actually grew up a couple miles apart. She didn’t much care for me growing up. My cousin kind of got us together one time and I guess that was it,” he said. “When

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Mills has worked as a supervisor for the State of Nebraska Highway Department since 1991, and before that he worked for a veterinarian.

“I went to school for a year, then came back and worked for Eldon Krebs, then worked for my uncle, and worked for a vet and day worked,” he said. “Then the opening opened up with the state. Tina said there’s an opening, and I said, ‘Shoot, I don’t want to do that.’ She went down, got the application, filled it out and took it back. I did go for my own interview, I was an hour late because I was still working for the vet and we were out doing a cesarean or something.

I got the job and not quite two years later, I was supervisor, so it’s been pretty good.”

Mills is a two-time cancer survivor.

“The first year I had cancer was 1999. It came back in 2013. I had a stem cell transplant right after the stock show in 2013,” he said. He says that he thinks he has won the battle against cancer.

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I just mentioned, and Eldon Krebs.

With my grandpa, he had taught me, if you’re going to do it, do it right or don’t do it at all.

The other big one that I’ve always tried to live by, do it right and you’ve got to work at it.

You don’t just get ahead by doing it, just goes hand in hand.”

Shorthorns and Angus were full, and they’d rotate in and out,” he said. “Back then, that was their form of advertising and how they met people, so going to state fairs was more critical. We didn’t have quite the networking they have now. I can remember coming up here. I was probably 6 or 7 when we’d come up and dad would show Shorthorns up here.”

Wintery weather fills Mills’ memories of days spent at BHSS™.

“I’ve been coming up to BHSS™ for a lot of After Mills’ father years. The main thing I passed away, other men remember, it was cold,” in his life took him to he said of the days BHSS™ and CSF. when it still took place at the Central States “I suppose the first Fairgrounds. “For some time I actually went on Top: Entry way to Mills Cattle Company, Gordon, Nebraska. reason I want to say, was the road with somebody Bottom: Sheridan County Fair and Rodeo in Gordon, Nebraska. there a wash rack in the Bailie, 18 months old, was on Ole Ranger. else, I was 14 and that barn? I remember going COURTESY PHOTOS. was here to CSF with a across to the other one guy by the name of Sam when it was cold out. Maybe we just snuck over someMoore. Coming through the gates here at Central States place we weren’t supposed to go instead of going outside.”

Fair, I was a little 14-year-old snot-nosed kid and I was sitting in the middle of three us in the front of a single Mills remembers when BHSS™ moved to the cab pickup. We’d pull up to the gate and the guy that was Civic Center. running the gate visited with Sam for quite a while and “I don’t think a lot of people realize how nice that is. I Sam visited with him. As we pulled away, Sam looked over at me, he said, “I guarantee ya, he’s probably got know not everybody stays at the Holiday Inn, but to have one job here, you treat him with respect, he’ll treat you a facility that’s there and being able to stay right close by, especially if you’re up for all week, it just simplifies things with respect.’ That meant a lot to me.” a lot,” he said. “The people that put it on, y’all are very “We showed Herefords,” Mills said. “I suppose my good to us. A lot of people that are first-time being there grandpa, my uncle, Sam, and my mom were probably and I guess I’ve said it all along, it’s just the atmosphere, the ones that were pretty much the ones who taught me it’s laid back, nobody gets too wound up about things. I what I know. You know over the years, I’ve had the op- always tell people, it’s our vacation before we go home portunity to work with some good people, like the ones and start calving.”

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As a producer, BHSS™ offers opportunities for seedstock and commercial producers.

Nebraska State Fair: Chip Huckfeldt, Bob Mills (beef superintendant), Lana Hubbard, Del Huckfeldt, State Fair judge, Casey Huckfeldt.

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“It’s kind of a two-fold deal. There’s a chance to meet possible customers and see old customers. There are some people you see once a year and have a chance to visit with,” Mills said. “Any cattle show is that way too.

There’s a chance to see what genetics are working and what might work for your program. At BHSS™, there’s a lot of herd prospects there, not just for the commercial man, but for the commercial man and purebred breeder that they’ll take home and use as a herd sire. That says quite a bit for BHSS™. There’s sure enough quality. The Supreme Bull deal’s a magnificent program.”

Mills has served on the BHSS™ Livestock Committee, for about 15 years, give or take. “The biggest accomplishments from the livestock committee perspective is probably the futurity, tying CSF and BHSS™.

The Gold Rush Futurity, the heifer deal, has been a real good program as far as trying to get the kids more involved with the cattle that are sold,” he said. “I think quality has gotten a lot better over the years. I think bringing the good ones has, over time, sorted itself out; it doesn’t take long for people to realize, if you don’t bring something good, you’re going to have a hard time moving them and making the connections you need to make. I think too, the Supreme Bull deal has always been there, but I think that has gotten more of something that the consignors are really shooting for, which has upped the quality of the whole deal. They know what kind of caliber to bring and it’s just not the first one through the gate.”

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Bob Mills can be counted on for a helping hand and a sense of humor.

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Mills and his wife Tina raise Shorthorns and Simmentals, and a few club calves.

“We’re trying to get a good commercial herd built up and gearing maybe more toward the replacement heifer deal, and not so much the club calf deal,” he said. “We still have some good show prospects.”

Bailie, Mills’ daughter, followed in her dad’s footsteps, even winning the Central States Fair Open Youth Beef Show Taylor Thomas Memorial, Overall Showman award so many times that a rule was established limiting competitors to one winning entry.

“Bailie started as soon as you could start in 4-H with stocker feeders and sheep. After that she had a barn full,” Mills said.

Mills values the opportunity for youth to show cattle for the good qualities it builds.

“We were up here at Western Junior Livestock Show and Bailie was 14. The old boy who used to have the

Sullivan trailer and was from Colorado, Bailie went over and was visiting with him for quite a while,” Mills said.

“I went over and talked to him later and he said, ‘Now how old is she?’ I said 14, he said ‘No, can’t be.’ I think the kids that get involved in it, they learn responsibility, they get out, they meet other people. Whether it’s showing, judging contest, all that stuff, they have the opportunity to mingle with people of their own likes and others. We’d be at state fairs, where you get a lot of city traffic and they would ask them questions and she’d visit with them.

That’s a big plus, that just helps them go on as they do other things. They get used to people and that type of thing, and the responsibility and learning, thats a huge part of it.”

Mills has been involved in other organizations, including being the Livestock Superintendent at Nebraska State Fair, on the Sheridan County Fair Board for 23 years, and serving a couple terms of 4-H Extension Council, he said.

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Bob Anderson’s ranch is northeast of Bear Butte, near Sturgis, South Dakota.

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e has dedicated his life’s work to helping livestock producers get the most for their cattle. For his work as a field man for more than 30 years and volunteering spare time at the Black Hills Stock Show® and Central States Fair, Bob Anderson is being honored as BHSS™ Agribusinessman of the Year.

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Anderson officially retired from his sale barn fieldman position, yet has found himself with the job yet again.

“I started in 1988, at Belle Fourche [Livestock Auction] as a fieldman and been a fieldman ever since. I retired when I turned 65, and there’s a guy that runs the Philip sale barn. He called me up and said, ‘I want to talk to you,’ and I thought, ‘Oh, boy.’” Anderson was offered a job at Philip Livestock Auction, to which he replied, “‘No,’ I said, ‘I got some things I want to do before I get so old I can’t, and I’m going to plan on it.’ He said, ‘Go ahead and do it, we’ll work around it, plumb fine.’” Anderson was once again a field man.

Anderson was born and raised on a ranch on the Belle Fourche River northeast of Sturgis. “I spent the first 37 years of my life there, raised my kids and the whole bit on the ranch.”

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Bob Jordan’s production horse sale at the Central States Fairgrounds.

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Family disputes ended Anderson’s family ranch, he said, and he had four mouths to feed at the time. He filled the need for a job by working for Tri-State Livestock News from 1981 to 1983.

“I went to TSLN, and spent three years there. That opened a lot of doors to a lot of things,” he said. “Morris Hallock was a man that didn’t know the first thing about a cow and would be the first to admit he didn’t, but he taught me a lot about talking to people, getting along with people, and sales. That kind of stuff was tremendous.”

“At that time we had moved to town and I had my cattle all out on shares. I was in sales and advertising, and I used to do all that by hand. You had a page and you filled it. You had to build your own ads in those days,” he said. “You went to the bull sales and if a breeder spends so much money, then they got a full page sale report, and you took all them pictures. Then you had to build them picture pages with a story on how the sale went. Once in a while you’d get camera ready ads.”

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“We were heading into Dodge City to look at bulls, Milo was driving and he said you’ve got to surround yourself with good people. Good people will make you

field. Anderson spent many years working for Belle Fourche Livestock Auction, and when his current employer, the owner of Philip Livestock Auction, bought it, it was like returning home.

or break you,” Anderson said. An editor at TSLN during Anderson’s stint is one example of this.

“I had an editor there by the name of Bob Lee and he had worked as press secretary for Governor Foss. He taught me a lot about how to do it and what to do. He said, ‘Get you a book, you go to a guy’s place and you go to his sales. You write down his name, his wife’s name, and if he’s got seven kids you be sure you write down get all the kids’ names. Keep that book.’ He said, ‘The next time you think you’re going to run into him or think you’re going to see him or call him about advertising, you say, how’s Marietta or whatever her name is and go from there.’”

“When I went back to Belle, here they all come: customers from Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, through Belle Fourche. And so I got a jillion good buddies and old buddies I sold cattle for for years, and you pick these up again,” he said. “I never put in a year like I have this last fall. There are so many cattle moving all over.

We’ve taken two days off since the first of August that we didn’t go somewhere to look at cattle. We Bob Anderson’s daughter, Gail Johnson, Black Hills Angus Queen, with Dennis Klocker, former herdsman was rolling all the time.” for the 76 Angus Ranch. COURTESY PHOTO. As a field man, Anderson covAnderson covered four states ers an expansive area, usually during his time as an ad salesman. three to four states, sometimes in one day.

“You meet a lot of people. I really got in contact with a lot “I left home one morning at 5:30 in the morning this of different people, auctioneers, breeders in the purebred end of it,” he said. “The only reason I left Tri-State was I had four fall and started out up by Buffalo, got cattle there; went to kids and I was gone so much; I wasn’t home. It was not really Bowman, North Dakota, got cattle there; turned around and scooted over into Montana and got cattle there; and for a family man. It made it tough.” down into Wyoming and was home at 10:30 that night,” he Working for TSLN offered Anderson opportunities to take said. “You don’t do that every day, but I enjoy what I do. memorable photos.

You know the people that you work with, it’s a lot of really “I took a picture of a Gelbvieh bull for Dave Lensegrav. I’m tremendous people.” up at Dave’s sale, out taking pictures of bulls before the sale that are going to be high sellers or thinking they will be, and here comes Dave. He said, ‘That red bull, did you get a good picture of him?’” Anderson said. “We stepped in the pen and here are about four or five bulls in the pen and he sorts him off, put the others ones back behind us, and that bull kind of walked over there, and he just went, ‘Hiyaaaa,’ and the bull just squared up and looked, and I just took the picture. The Gelbvieh breed used that picture for a long time. He was a good bull, and it was a picture that really worked.”

Video auctions have brought major changes to the cattle market, but the new technology hasn’t affected Anderson much.

Once Anderson shifted his work from advertising to a field man for area livestock sale barns, he stayed in that

Anderson’s advice for the next generation is to be adaptable in this technology-based world, but the basics still apply.

“The video deal came in, and it’s there to stay, and it’s not a bad deal. The video is fine and there’s people it works for and there’s people it won’t work for,” he said. “I don’t do the video deal, I’ve just stayed plumb away from it, they got other guys that can do that. I get away from that. Basically it’s still pretty much the way it’s always been.”

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“I guess probably stick with not so much tradition as being able to use all the things that are available to you today: the facts, the figures.

It’s a lot different than when I was growing up.

People have got to be into computers. The information is available to you, use it. That’s the big thing I really do believe,” he said. “It still takes somebody, there’s an eye for cattle. Some people got an eye, some people don’t. You’d really be amazed at people that really got an eye for cattle. The purebred breeders, I learned a lot from them over the years. Length is one of the hardest things to breed into cattle and the hardest to hold. I learned that from Pat Goggins; I never forgot that.”

The caliber of cattle Anderson is selling has improved during his more than thirty-years in the field.

“The quality has gotten better; it really has really, really improved. The younger generations are maybe more prone to doing a better job of selection,” he said. “There are so many more things involved anymore in the purebred industry, they got so much more to work with.

It used to be, years ago, it was birth-weight and weaning-weight and bingo, on up, you went to buy a bull and that was it. Man, they’ve got everything in the world on a bull now. It’s made buying a lot more bullet-proof, you might say.”

A story about Anderson and his dad exemplify the black-and-white method of buying cattle from days of old.

“I can remember my dad sent me to Belle Fourche to the sale and he couldn’t go. I was a freshman in high school, and I took the day off school and went to Belle Fourche. He said, ‘You buy calves. They gotta weigh 400 pounds.

I don’t want anything under 400 and I don’t want anything much over. Don’t you dare give anything more than $85 a head for them,’” Anderson said. “And I’m scared to death. I ain’t never done this before, I’ve been with him a lot buying cattle. I went and got it done.

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Top: Four generations of the Andersons. COURTESY PHOTO. Bottom: Bob Anderson elk hunting. COURTESY PHOTO.

really worth it all and you have more of that than you do bad.”

Gauging the reaction of his customers, he is able see who is more financially-invested within a couple.

“You’ve got people setting there and you watch your customers and there will be a guy and his wife and you can tell if the wife does the bookkeeping. One of them does, Bob Anderson with his wife and four children. COURTESY PHOTO. either the man or the woman, and if the woman runs the books, she’s setting there looking at you like, ‘Can’t you get any more he looked at them and said ‘Yeah,’ he said, ‘They’ll work.’ He never said ‘good job,’ nothing. He said, ‘They’ll work,’ so I out of these cattle?’ and he’s kind of ho-hum,” he said.

“It might be the other way around. The guys’ setting was home free.” there and she’s just crocheting.”

Anderson fell upon the position of one of the founders of They’ve known each other for much longer, however, the Black Hills Angus Association Anderson and wife Mary Lynn have been married 11 years.

“We had a group of Angus breeders and they called me “When I was married [to my first wife] and on the ranch, up and said, ‘We’re going to form BHAA and you come. We we were neighbors to Mary Lynn and her husband. She had want you at the meeting,’” he said. “I’m the only commercial man there. They said, ‘Well, we want you on the board.’ I four boys, and I had three boys and a girl. Mary Lynn would said, ‘Yeah, I suppose you do because I’m the only commer- haul the kids to judging schools and we just neighbored back cial man here and you think you got to have a commercial and forth the whole time,” Anderson said. “I was too busy to man on there,’ and that’s how that all started. I spent a long even think about having a wife, or thought I was anyway, then her husband passed away. We were good friends; we worked time doing that. In fact, my daughter was BHAA queen.” cattle and everything together. One time, she said to me, ‘Boy, Working within the same career for three decades re- I hate going to funerals alone,’ and I said, ‘So do I.’ I don’t requires passion. member how it started, but we just kind of started going out Anderson said his favorite part of the job is “when you and that was the way it was going to be. Got married and it’s have a good market and you can sell stock and you know been great. She’s a godsend. She knows the business and loves the people are making money. I’ll give you an example. it. She goes with me all the time. She goes to just about every When I was in Belle Fourche for years, you get in a tough sale. It’s good to have someone along.” market, and you start out in the morning thinking you have a yard full of cattle and you’ve got a few buyers, and you’re thinking how are we ever going to sell these cattle?

It always worked. When it’s a good market and you’ve got a good product to sell, that’s really fun to me. That’s

Continuing a career after retiring from it once is evidence of passion.

“I wouldn’t trade what I’ve done,” Anderson said. “It’s quite a thing to do what I’ve done and travel. It’s not for everyone.”

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Dave Lindbloom on Doc at a cutting in Nebraska.

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apid City, South Dakota, rancher Dave Lindbloom has been on the Black Hills Stock Show® Committee who chose Stockman of the Year. This year, the table has turned and he has earned the honor.

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Dave’s family has been tied in with Hart Ranch, south of Rapid City, since he moved there with his parents in 1961. Dave, his father Dan, and his son Brad still run cattle on Hart Ranch ground.

“The history of Hart Ranch for the last 55 years is the same as our history now. The Lindbloom family is tied in tightly,” he said.

“The history of Hart Ranch goes back 100 and some years...John Hart was a freighter and a big cattleman in western South Dakota. That was one of the properties he ended up with and that’s ultimately where he lived. John Hart operated down there until 1930s and from ’30s to early ’40s, he’d moved into retirement in Rapid City and they leased it out.”

The Birdsal family bought Hart Ranch in the 1940s, then shortly after, sold it to Western Cattle Company, a division of Norris Grain Company.

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“Western Cattle Company was big; they probably at one time had more than 350,000 deeded acres in South Dakota on various ranches, and they had another ranch in Montana that was 260,000 almost exclusively deeded,” Dave said.

“What’s important there is dad’s story with Western Cattle Company and Hart Ranch. He went to work for Western Cattle Company in the late ’50s and was on several ranches but eventually ended up on Hart Ranch in ’61, and that was the best ranch of everything Western Cattle Company had, and he was foreman of that, then evolved into the manager for four of the final five South Dakota ranches.”

In 1984, Hart Ranch was sold to Deneke brothers. Dave’s father helped them get established, but didn’t work for them long. He shifted into leasing ground and running cattle.

“The Denekes are a very good family and very good friends, but the trail riding and riding arena just was a business plan that couldn’t work down there, so dad got out of that and we’ve been running cows ever since,” he said. “They needed someone to come up and look after our cows. That’s where Starla and I decided to leave the construction deal and come back up here and we’ve been here ever since.”

When Western Cattle Company sold their last cattle in the late 1970s, Dan took advantage of the available pastures.

Top: Dave Lindbloom, brothers Greg and Owen and sister Mary.

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Bottom: Preconditioning calves. Dave Lindbloom’s dad and daughter Kate are in the foreground. COURTESY PHOTOS.

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“They sold out their last cattle in ’75 or ’76. At that time, dad started buying cattle from them and still managing the ranch for them and taking in pasture cattle. Eventually very

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soon in the late ’70s, he had all the cattle there on Hart Ranch,” he said. “When Denekes come in and bought that, he just kept leasing from them. Then as he retired, we’ve been building our numbers and taking over from him.”

During his time working for Western Cattle Company, Dan experimented with various cattle breeds, including niche markets. In the end they settled upon Angus and Charolais.

The Lindblooms have sold their calves to the same buyer for approximately two decades, though this doesn’t mean they haven’t faced their share of struggles.

“The biggest obstacle is staying low-cost. In the ’80s, driving the people to not weather that storm was high interest rates. Here, it’s runaway price of grass in western South Dakota,” he said. “People pay way too much to buy grass or lease ground. We need to turn that back and get ahold of that cost. In my operation, everything else is quite manageable. Any extra feed I buy or any of the inputs I put

“There have been Charolais cattle on that ranch almost as long as I can remember. When dad was with the Cattle Company, they were very inquisitive on what would work so they were willing to spend money to try different things,” he said. “One time, we had a three-breed rotation.

When dad was running it, we had Hereford, Angus, and Charolais.

They tried all the exotic breeds that have come along, even Brown 11th Swiss. Brown Swiss on Charolais Annual cows were quite a cross. It was inFriday, April 7, 2017 teresting. You’d be hard pressed to St. Onge Livestock, St. Onge, SD pick a breed we haven’t had a few cows bred.”

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The Lindbloom Family has a common-sense reason for owning solid-colored mother cows.

“We’re just tenants on a leased ranch. There’s a high risk factor that you could lose the lease and if you did that, you don’t want to be sitting on a herd of cows that are not merchantable as cows, so that’s where we quit running Charolais-crossed mother cows and went to a straight Angus,” Dave said. “We have a few baldies but very few. Whether it’s Black Angus or Red Angus, as long as we had solid color for our main herd, we thought we had a better exit strategy, which we’ve never needed to use yet.”

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Brad is on the ranch, Dave said, “He’d rather work than do anything.”

is unique. It’s not only easy to manage but fun to manage. This fall of 2016, I’ve abused it because I needed to try to make as much money as I could this year, so I’m using it awfully hard, but I know, I’m confident it’s going to spring back and that’s just a stewardship deal.

We’re in a good location and we haven’t abused it for generations or even multiple years in a row. If next year looks like this year, we’ll make some big changes.”

Being a good steward of the land is important to Dave for future generations.

Dave has been a board member of Central States Fair and Black Hills Stock Show®.

“Moving forward, what is important for the next generation on the ranch is to make sure it’s getting better. Our underlying philosophy on ranch management, there’s several, but first, keep your hands out of your pocket. That means, don’t do something you don’t need to do,” he said. “This is God’s pocket; Hart Ranch really

“To me, BHSS™ is a social aspect. The event brings all these people from North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, and bring them in to just to set down and go have a beer or go have a meal,” he said. “I go there to see the seed stock producers and visit with them. That’s what I see the

in, the minerals or the herd health, all of that is manageable, but the cost of the grass is just way too high.”

Dave and Starla’s two kids were raised on the ranch.

Their daughter Kate is a professor of nursing for University of Mary, in Bismarck, North Dakota.

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By Yvonne Hollenbeck

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eam roping is not exactly known lengthy days and nights at home. to the pickup and they would head for as a popular spectator sport; the However, after much encouragement, home! She watched as he loaded his most positive statistic is that it’s she finally relented, packing lunch, horse, but rather than come to her aid, good for a concession stand. It has been diaper bag, extra clothing, and riding he hopped into his pickup and out the

BY HEATHER HAMILTON-MAUDE FOR TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS found that more people visit the food along to the roping in White River, gate he went, heading home without his Perhaps the heatafter of thea afternoon which 16 had miles from home. booth at aJuly rodeo while the man or the animal few of these One late or August dayteam yearsroping ago, but whowas hasonly always a strong flight ver- family. or the exhaustion from a long day is on than any an other experiences. my brother and during I were sent hourevent. south I sus fight mentality hang on he sun, Besides, it was– if a you nicecan summer day, arena,gathering or the disappointment don’t mean sound demeaning the will up his horseofand of our place totoget the bulls out ofofour youmonths to safetycooped with him, youwas can- in theAfter andtake after up, ifshe losing his dally on unplanned that last rununsaddling made sport,heifers. as I know are probably completing the yearling Asthere in years previous,more we not, that is a personal problem for you. ready for a break. After arriving at the him forgetI that he had not come alone involved in geldings, team roping than rodeo process, began to wonder how long it werecowboys prepared with our enough I also knew that of our two horses, his grounds, she had no problem day. take Fortunately, the committeeman any other event, andto it also involves both was would me to get three bulls sorted hands-down faster, out and blankets my heart that semi-heavy duty panels convert the twofinding an area the to spread turning the lights out lived just a few and women of all you ages, making penmen corral into something could loadit leaped my throat and a into few toys and allatinthe thethought shade ofof out and into the less-than-ideal corral by miles from her andwith offered the to quite popular to many folks. myself.

I turned theher twoand horses a bull out of, and the necessary trailer to him being dragged andones me seemed not being the bleachers.

The little to children a ride home. see much of the problem solved for me. haul the whole works home. able to do a thing about it, as, simultaneI have learned through hands-on enjoy the picnic lunch she had brought There was my the arcWe arrived, set up, that cinched up and gained As soon as brother, hubby walking arrived in home, along the and situation all was going well,momentum including research, however, many team ously, ing circle horseout hadtomade, picking headed to find the itspring-fed creek in their the with old his Dobbin pasture, and up the impressive husband’s speed. roping. Although there turned ropers difficult to coerce dark and house, it nothorse muchburst of an pieces ofa his tack.

In asilent curious, bellering, intoaudience, a run inthere a na- entered middle of half the 600-acre pasture of rolling better to accompany them to these wasHis on him what he hadcircle done.around As were manyand contestants she was It could be due the fact that no-second, thankfullyand a dazed and dawned slobbering and dust-infused hills,ropings. bad cross fences andtoexceptional hurried pickup heifers, to drive acting back as beginning to think the roundto hehim it we canrented. last for As many roper mad Kyle stayed behind oninitial the ground were to ourhisyearling grass we hours eased and intothe a slow, town to retrieve he was for wouldasnever end. As did luckawould have arcit, into tends to lose track time or remember ground-covering trot, of visiting away about watch his gelding beautiful yearlings do.

While his thisfamily, did nothing theI immediately headlights ofsaw thethe kindly hercircle husband thethe short round and whether he was when he arrived, his with mood, humor backmade toward barn, which we met which water hole thealone bunch was most like- ing and his precious by this the shade was no longer in the company a spouse or other were ly at,orI looked over and of noticed something onlytime a couple hundred yards away neighbor in the situation, and thecargo. three bulls they available, were tired, and members. for instance, had right to the corral odd.family My brother and Take his saddle were be- a from.

It wasthe ankids impressive sightdirty considerYesgraciously folks, thisbrought is a true story.

It has fussy, and she was beginning to question couple of friends who ranch in Mellette for us. ginning to slip. ing he was nearly breaking a land speed been quite a few years since that fateful her ownwith sanity for not hanging staying home.

County, Dakota.

It only took astill fewpartakes minutes in to an corral I beganSouth to say, “Kyle, your saddle is record, a saddle from the day. The husband and pull bulls that year, causing slipping…,” when halfway through the back cinch between his back legs.

Pieces I A few hours after the sun had gone occasional team roping, but as far asmuch It seems that several years had passed of tack behind and aswere each know teasing unique thought and a fraction of the way through the regarding missus hasmy yet brother’s to accompany the two olderhim, children since the missus had accompanied her down, rained way of improving our average time for the husband words everything and he team un- landed in the As grass my brother’s color him. sound asleep. she held the fussy baby to one ofgave his way numerous ceremoniously slammed into the uparms, another the task. The saddle required quite a bit in her she notch. saw her husband finally roping events.

The reason forground. her lack went more time to repair, only to be sent back I wisely left on my his ticked We of would later learn hisbeen off-side cinch the cinch horseoff andbrother head interest could have the fact that loosen strap had rotted through, quite suddenand went to remove what I expected to to the saddle maker 364 days later for a she had three children under the age of for the trailer. Halleluja! He would soon only a back cinchthe from his horse – you complete rebuild following another bull ly, from mywas vantage point. This spending caused be help her transport sleeping children five and more comfortable an immediate reaction in his horse, Otis, learn when to offer assistance to the hu- incident… who had no idea what the heck was going, This is one of the blog posts from our working horse blog, Cavvy Savvy.

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he cattle business can be a difficult one to get started in. The wild swings in the market, unpredictable weather and massive amount of capital it takes can test even the most seasoned ranchers. For young people, these challenges can seem insurmountable, and one scholarship aims to assist an aspiring beginning rancher in getting their start in production agriculture.

Each year, the Central States Fair Foundation selects a young aspiring rancher to be the recipient of a heifer as part of the Cattlemen’s Family Legacy program.

This year’s winner is Jake Elwood, a high school sophomore from Gordon, Nebraska.

Through a rigorous essay and interview application process, Elwood was announced as the 2017 scholarship winner at the Western Junior Livestock Show in October.

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“My sister, Emily, got me interested in showing cattle, and together we’ve grown our herd to 10 head,” said Elwood. “We pool our resources to build our herd, raise calves to show and make breeding decisions together. I bought my first Charolais at last year’s BHSS™, and I’m excited to show this heifer from the Hanouseks at events this year.”

Elwood will have the opportunity to show, raise and breed the heifer in the upcoming year and will end the season once again with the heifer at the Western Junior Livestock Show.

“This is a really great way to get youth started in the cattle business,” said Amanda Kammerer, BHSS™ livestock coordinator. “We were struggling to find a donor this year, given the current cattle markets, and we were so thankful for Ed who agreed to donate a heifer for the program.”

“In order to apply, I had to write a paper about why I wanted to receive the heifer as part of the Cattlemen’s Family Legacy program and how I would like to stay involved in the beef cattle industry when I’m older,” said Elwood, who is active in his local FFA chapter and works part-time as a farmhand for a 2,500 head feedlot near Gordon. “I had to submit my essay along with letters of reference, and after they narrowed down the applicants, several of us interviewed with the Foundation before they chose the winner. I feel very honored to win and have this opportunity.”

Hanousek is a strong supporter of youth development. Originally from Alaska, where he served on five boards for various youth scholarships, he’s always looking for ways to help kids get a head start as they get started in their future careers.

Elwood, son of Pete and Joni, will take possession of the yearling heifer, donated by Charolais breeders Ed and Wanda Hanousek of McClusky, N.D., at the 2017 Black Hills Stock Show® (BHSS™).

The registered purebred Charolais heifer is sired by a son of Navigator, semen acquired from Canada, and the Hanouseks had an outside source help them choose the best heifer from this year’s calf crop.

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“I like helping young people,” he said.

“Amanda mentioned the opportunity to our hired man, Clint Filapek, that they were having a hard time finding someone to donate a calf for the scholarship. Clint mentioned it to us, and we decided it was something we were interested in doing.”

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Jake Elwood poses for a photo at the backdrop with his crossbred steer at the 2016 Western Junior Livestock Show.

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Macy Filapek bonds with the tame Hanousek Charolais bulls at the ranch near Mcclusky.

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“The heifer will be on display on Supreme Row at the 2017 BHSS™, and Elwood will take her home following the event,” said Kammerer.

Although Hanouseks don’t consign bulls to BHSS™, they do offer bulls at the ranch via private treaty. The ranch was established in 2000, and they rely on word-of-mouth to market and sell their bull offerings each year.

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“The Filipek family is halter breaking the heifer and getting her prepped for the annual event in Rapid City,” said Hanousek. “We had someone come in and help us select the best heifer for Jake.

We really wanted to donate a heifer that we would retain in our own herd. We hope Jake

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takes advantage of the opportunity, and it helps fulfill his education.”

Elwood has big plans for his future in the beef industry. The teen plans to attend college at the University of Nebraska or University of Wyoming and study ruminant animal nutrition.

“I would like to work in ruminant nutrition and calculate rations for large feedlots,” said Elwood. “I would also be interested in selling feed. Cattle nutrition is really interesting to me, and working at the feedlot is something I really enjoy.”

The humble teen is extremely grateful for winning the scholarship.

“I want to give the Hanouseks my sincerest thanks for their heifer donation,” he said. “It takes a really nice family to be able to donate a heifer and forfeit their money and the time it takes to get her ready for BHSS™.”

Elwood hopes to spread the word about the Cattlemen’s Family Legacy program opportunity and encourage other kids to apply. The scholarship is open to applicants between the ages of 8 and 17. Students must be a livestock exhibitor at the Western Junior Livestock Show. The committee is also looking for applicants who have “a commitment to agriculture, future goals and the ability to raise the heifer in a proper setting.”

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“Not many people get the opportunity to be recognized at BHSS™ like this, and I’m really excited to get this heifer home and start making management decisions for her,” said Elwood.

“I plan to keep busy this year showing the heifer and spreading the word about this opportunity, so more kids will apply for this scholarship.”

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odeo Rapid City events are produced by Sutton Rodeo of Onida, South Dakota.

Sutton Rodeo is a sixthgeneration rodeo company, founded in 1926, best known for award-winning PRCA events including Top Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year, Bucking Stock of the Year & Hall of Fame Stock Contractor James Sutton, Sr. Rodeo personnel will feature the most decorated Barrelman in PRCA history, superstar, Keith Isley!

Specialty act entertainment is by Loop Rawlins, award-winning Wild West performer: trick roping, whip cracking and gun-spinning. Best known for his appearance on the hit television show, “America’s Got Talent,” qualifying for the quarterfinals.

February 1st-4th rodeo personnel will include five-time PRCA Announcer of the Year, Wayne Brooks and five-time awardwinning PRCA Barrelman, John Harrison, the 2017 PRCA Clown of the Year & Coors Man in the Can! Don’t miss the wild specialty events being held during these performances, which include North American Trick Riding Finals, Free Style Bullfight competitions, Wild Horse Race action and a special shoot off with the Rodeo Rapid City Mounted Shooting Champion!

Unless noted as free to the public, tickets are required for all Rodeo Rapid City events.

For tickets or more information visit www. suttonrodeo.com/rapid-city-rodeo or call 1-800-GOT-MINE. Tickets are also available at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Box Office, Kiosks, or Silverado in Deadwood, South Dakota.

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Sale located at our ranch, Pickstown, SD Boyd (605) 491-7090 • Jeff (605) 491-2068 from the Jct’s of US 281 & 18, & SD Hwy 46 at Pickstown d7barranch@charles-mix.com 29738 383rd Ave., Lake Andes, SD 57356 –1/4 mile east, 1/4 mile north 60

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80 Head Horned & Polled 30 Coming Two-Year-Old Bulls g n i r 15 Fall Bulls Offe 35 Registered Spring Born Heifer Calves Like us on Facebook

Rodeo Zone

FRIDAY, JAN. 27- SATURDAY, FEB. 4

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RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER ICE ARENA The Rodeo Zone will feature vendor booths where you can purchase anything from Dodge pickups, livestock and rodeo equipment to a western book to read. Enjoy the Triple R Tack Kid’s Dummy Roping, and Duane Reichert’s, “Back Stage with a Rodeo Clown” show. Fans can meet and receive autographs from the PRCA rodeo contestants, bullfighters, clowns and queens, and win free daily drawings for great prizes, such as Justin Boots, Wrangler Jeans and rodeo event tickets.

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PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour

RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA Features 30 top PRCA bullriding contestants competing against 30 of the top bulls in the world for over $36,000 in prize money.

FREE TO THE PUBLIC

RodneyYostHorsemanship Clinic SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 9 A.M.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 9 A.M. SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 9 A.M.

RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA Award-winning horse trainer Rodney Yost works with a number of horses at different riding levels to show his process of creating a horse that respects the rider. Subjects covered include handling your horse on the ground to gain control of his body and respect; softening and flexing from the ground and saddle; body control from the ground and saddle; rider safety from the ground and saddle and advanced horsemanship maneuvers while riding and a bareback/bridle-less riding demonstration. Participants are encouraged to ask questions during the presentation.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 7:30 P.M.

PRCA/Military Appreciation

SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1:30 P.M.

PHOTO BY ROBIN REINHOLT

RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA One of the top PRCA rodeos in the nation, nominated 17 times as PRCA’s “Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year,” winning this award twice! Top PRCA contestants compete in seven different rodeo events for over $200,000 in prize money.

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FREE TO THE PUBLIC

High School College Fair

SUNDAY, JAN. 29, 9:30 -11:30 A.M. SOUTH BALCONY OF THE RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA This is a great opportunity for any high school rodeo athlete to visit with National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association coaches from South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Oklahoma and Wyoming.

SD High School Showcase SUNDAY, JAN. 29, 1 P.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA

PHOTO BY ROBIN REINHOLT

This rodeo features the top three high school rodeo competitors in 10 events from all four regions of the state. Watch the state’s top high school athletes compete for scholarships, team travel funds from Farm Credit Services and the prized Maynard Trophy Buckles.

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Sutton Ranch Rodeo Preliminary Round MONDAY, JAN. 30, 10 A.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA The history of rodeo begins with the local ranch hands and cowboys competing with and against each other for bragging rights. The pride in competition was only surpassed by the quality of the horses they rode to compete on. In the Ranch Rodeo format, four-person teams compete in compulsory preliminary events, team sorting, team mugging, and ranch branding. First place in each event pays $500 and comes with the chance to advance to the finals. Teams are competing for $10,000 in prize money. Top 12 teams advance to the progressive finals Monday night to determine the Championship Team, Top Hand and Top Horse.

WILKINSON RANCH

BLACK ANGUS YEARLING BULLS With pride and confidence we are selling registered yearling bulls.

We have raised registered Angus Cattle since 1976.

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The new HD 50K for Angus provides MVP’s on the 16 traits using more than 50,000 DNA markers, providing the most reliable genomic preictions today.

February 13th 11th, 2016 2017 Bulls can be seen at the farm from De Smet, SD – 8 miles west, 3 miles south on 425th Ave., ¼ mile west on 211th Street.

Selling Sons of leading Wilkinson Ranch Sires, and these A.I. Sires with carcass genetics and finishing ability a must.

BaldridgeWaylon WaylonW34 W34,- KFC KFC Bennett Baldridge Bennett Absolute, Absolute, Sitz Sitz Upward, Upward Outright, Traction, Rampage, All In • Bulls can be kept free at the ranch until May 1st • Pay when you pick up your bulls • Registration papers available on request • All bulls will be Semen Tested and Guaranteed for one breeding season

Waylon W34 Quality doesn’t cost - it pays. Bulls fed on a growing ration, not a fat cattle ration.

Wilkinson Ranch Mark, Bill & Dan Wilkinson Mark: cell 203-0380 Bill: (605) 847-4102 or cell 203-0379 Dan: cell 203-0378 THANKS FOR YOUR BUSINESS

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Sutton Ranch Rodeo Finals Calcutta MONDAY, JAN. 30, 5 P.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER COWBOY BAR (SECOND FLOOR) The top 12 teams competing in the Sutton Ranch Rodeo Finals will be up for Calcutta auction in the Cowboy Bar. Come place your bets by purchasing your favorite team of the evenings Finals competition!

Sutton Ranch Rodeo Finals MONDAY, JAN. 30, 7:30 P.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA Twelve four-person teams plus a mutton busting contestant compete in a progressive finals format: wild cow milking, ranch bronc riding, and trailer relay race. Teams are competing for $10,000 in prize money. The final round will determine the championship team. Other awards to be named include Top Hand and Top Horse.

FREE TO PUBLIC

PRCA Barrel Racing Event Slack

TUESDAY, JAN. 31, 10 A.M. Top WPRA contestants competing in the Barrel Racing event for their share of over $200,000 in prize money.

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FREE TO PUBLIC

PRCA Timed Event Slack

TUESDAY, JAN. 31, 1 P.M. PHOTO BY ROBIN REINHOLT

RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA

Union Center, SD

100+ Top PRCA contestants competing in Steer Wrestling, Calf Roping and Team Roping events for their share of over $200,000 in prize money.

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Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo ~ January 27 - February 5, 2017

Come see us at our booth located between the food court and entrance to the arena!

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North American Trick Riding Competition WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 1 P.M. THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1 P.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA Back in the days of trick and fancy riding, North American cowboy and cowgirls competed for prize money at rodeos and Wild West Shows, performing death-defying stunts on the backs of galloping horses. Over the past decade trick and fancy riding has evolved into a competitive sport once again! Tricks and stunts from the past are being performed along with new tricks invented by trick and fancy riders from around the world!

Rodeo Rapid City, produced by Sutton Rodeo, is hosting the first qualifier for the 2017 North American Finals. A contract has been created with Las Vegas and Elite Rodeo Events to produce the Face OFF Trick Riding Championship in Las Vegas, held in conjunction with the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in December. High profile trick and fancy riders ranging from 5 years old to seasoned professionals will compete in this fast paced event to win cash and prizes in their respective age divisions. These champion athletes will FACE OFF to bring home the title of the 2017 North American Trick Riding Championship!

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Girls In Spurs Ladies Night WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 3:30-6 P.M. RODEO ZONE, RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER ICE ARENA Style show, food, desert, and Pendleton cocktail tastings, live music, special event vendors, prize drawings, and salon services. Free Admission with Wrangler Champions Challenge ticket or Style Show tickets only. Event tickets sold at the Rodeo Zone Tradeshow.

Pfaff Angus and Ernst Herefords Annual Bull Sale at Shamrock Livestock • O’Neill, NE Wednesday, March 29, 2017 • 1:00 p.m. CST

Feature Sire: SydGen Googol

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Marshall & Barbara Ernst 1364 Hilltop Drive Windsor, CO 80550 (970) 381-6316 Cell marshall_ernst@msn.com www.ernstherefords.com

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PRCA Wrangler Champions Challenge WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 7:30 P.M. A unique made-for-TV team format that features rodeo’s super stars against top stock, one single round, 88 competitors with wins going to the fast times and top scores. Televised by CBS Sports Network, contestants compete for $128,000 in prize money in seven rodeo events.

The top competitors in each event from the 2016 PRCA world standings were eligible to participate in the draft. Nine of the teams will be formed by the 2016 draft. Two additional teams are made up by the leaders in the 2017 world standings and the 2017 Wrangler Million Dollar Tour standings. The World Standings team is sponsored by Rapid City’s CVB. Come cheer on Rapid City’s team!

All 88 team members will be signing autographs in the Barnett Arena following the event.

Rodeo personnel will feature five-time PRCA Announcer of the Year, Wayne Brooks and six-time award winning PRCA Barrelman, John Harrison!

Mounted Shooting Competition THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 9 A.M. FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 1 P.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA Cowboy Mounted Shooting is one of the fastest growing equestrian sports in the nation. Mounted shooting contestants compete in this fast action, timed event, using two .45 caliber single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition. Cowboy Mounted Shooting has a variety of levels of competition for everyone, ranging from novice levels to the seasoned professional.

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PRCA Rodeo/Free Style Bullfight/North American Trick Riding Competition Champions THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 7:30 P.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA Top PRCA contestants compete in seven different rodeo events for over $200,000 in prize money.

Rodeo personnel will feature five-time PRCA Announcer of the Year, Wayne Brooks and six-time award winning PRCA Barrelman, John Harrison! Don’t miss the wild specialty events being held during this performance which include the first round of free style bullfight action and a special performance of the Rodeo Rapid City North American Trick Riding Competition Champions!

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KBHB Bucking Horse Sale FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 9 A.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA This sale features 50 head of Sutton Rodeo Ranch Raised Bucking Horses including the coming five year old colt crop raised by Sutton Rodeos. These colts are sired by studs Gunsmoke & Showtime, both sons of Justin Boots; Dakota Time and Dakota Bob. The mares of these colts have produced top quality bucking stock. This is one of the top bucking stock sales in the nation, including colts from NFR studs and mares.

With the bucking horse futurities that are going on, these colts are the right age. The futurities in Faith and Las Vegas both had colts in the top final five that were purchased at this sale. This is a great opportunity to view new and upcoming bucking stock and riders.

PRCA/Free Style Bullfight/ Wild Horse Race/Mounted Shooting Shoot Off FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 7:30 P.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA Top PRCA contestants compete in seven different rodeo events for over $200,000 in prize money.

Rodeo personnel will feature five-time PRCA Announcer of the Year, Wayne Brooks and six-time award winning PRCA Barrelman, John Harrison! Don’t miss the wild specialty events being held during this performance which include the second set of the first round of free style bullfight competition.

Wild horse race action and a special shoot off with the Rodeo Rapid City Mounted Shooting Champion!

Wild Horse Racing is very unpredictable and very western! A Wild Horse Race Team consists of three people, positions are known as the anchor, mugger and rider, and none of the positions are any easier than the other. The equipment used is a lead shank, halter and saddle. After being released from the chute, the anchor holds the horse in a position so that the mugger can move up the shank and grab the horse by the halter. The rider sets the saddle on the horse and secures it by the quick cinch. This cinch has a quick release built in so that it may be quickly removed if a problem occurs. The rider climbs aboard the horse and rides the horse until it crosses a pre-designated finish line.

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PRCA /Free Style Bullfight Semi Finals/ Bull Teeter Totter SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 1:30 P.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA Top PRCA contestants compete in seven different rodeo events for over $200,000 in prize money.

Rodeo personnel will feature five-time PRCA Announcer of the Year, Wayne Brooks and six-time award winning PRCA Barrelman, John Harrison! Don’t miss the wild specialty events being held during this performance which include the semifinal round of the free style bullfight competition and bringing back by popular demand the action packed Bull Teeter Totter!

PRCA/ Freestyle Bullfight Finals SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 7:30 P.M. RUSHMORE PLAZA CIVIC CENTER BARNETT ARENA

PHOTO BY ROBIN REINHOLT

Top PRCA contestants compete in seven different rodeo events for over $200,000 in prize money.

Rodeo personnel will feature five-time PRCA Announcer of the Year, Wayne Brooks and six-time award winning PRCA Barrelman, John Harrison! Don’t miss the wild specialty events being held during this performance, which include the final round of free style bullfights where our overall 2017 event champion will be crowned!

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Black Hills Stock Show KEEPS GROWING

By Bailee Murnion

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or the past 59 years, after Christmas and New Years have passed, when January rolls around and the snow is normally flying on the western plains of South Dakota, the Black Hills Stock Show® commences in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The Black Hills Winter Show formed in 1958, when Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon served as president and vice president of the United States, Have Gun – Will Travel premiered as a radio show, and the Beatles were better known as The Quarrymen.

At the time in urban Rapid City, the western lifestyle was fading, so the Rapid City Chamber Ag Committee came up with a vision to protect and preserve the heritage of South Dakota farmers and ranchers. A group of purebred breeders in the area recognized the need to develop a market where they could showcase and publicize their cattle. Area cattle producers communicated with their city brethren about their concerns and soon chamber members began frequenting the local cattle sales for coffee and donuts. Through communication with ranchers and local businessmen, a network of friendships and beneficial relationships were formed to begin building the Winter Show. The Central States Fairgrounds served as home for the first Winter Show, which would ultimately become known as the Black Hills Stock

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Show® in 1966. Showcasing outstanding cattle genetics was the main focus in the early years of the stock show. Shorthorn, Hereford and Angus were the original breeds of cattle shown. Eventually, over the years, Galloway, Charolais, Limousin and Gelbvieh breeds would be implemented into the shows.

Lyndell Peterson, a self-proclaimed “cheerleader” for the Black Hills Stock Show® and a previous member of the Central States Fair Board and has been involved with the event since the early 1960s. Reflecting on the early years of the stock show Peterson recalls the excitement for both ranchers and businessmen alike. “After each breed sale or cattle show that they held, they would have a breed banquet,” Peterson said. “The community businessmen had formed good friendships with the breeders so they would attend four or five of these banquets a week during the stock show and they loved it. It was a great way to bring both city and rural worlds together.”

With the success of the cattle shows building each year, Peterson was eager to grow the stock show’s event schedule and add new attractions such as the annual horse sale that has been a great success and one of the premier horse sales in the tri-state region. This sale has since grown to a two-day event and garners some of the top-quality horses in the area.

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Since its inception, the stock show has focused on the value of youth leadership in agriculture, so the directors created Youth Day, which includes livestock judging, quiz bowls and hippology. Lyndell noted that the Youth Day was a top priority to board members to preserve the legacy and ensure the future of raising cattle in South Dakota would be in good hands.

Past board member Hugh Ingalls runs a registered Black Angus herd of cattle, (the oldest Angus herd in South Dakota) 35 miles west of Faith. Still playing an active role in the Stock Show, Ingalls enjoys the cattle shows when attending the event.

In 1942 when Herefords were king, Ingalls brought the first ever Black Angus to the Western Calf Show in Rapid City. Since then he

has enjoyed learning about the cattle shows. “I wasn’t very knowledgeable about the show aspect of that whole deal, but there were other members that mentored me in helping with the livestock show.” Back in stock show’s early years through the ’50s and ’60s, Ingalls said showing cattle in winter months could often times present obstacles thanks to the harsh South Dakota winter weather. “It was difficult showing cattle back then, because not everything was indoors and most of the buildings weren’t heated,” Ingalls recalls. “I can remember being at the fairgrounds and guys would be washing

their calves and prepping them for the show with icicles hanging off the sides of them.”

Peterson also recalled the often bitter cold temperatures at the Stock Show before it was moved to the Civic Center. “It was sometimes a test of courage to endure the cold at the livestock shows,” Peterson laughed. “One year some of the shows were in a Quonset building at the fairgrounds and it was so terribly cold that there was actually a debate about whether or not to go on with the event. They brought in airplane heaters from Ellsworth

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Air force Base, which was good but then we started wondering which could be worse, freezing to death or getting gassed.”

At the time of its inception, the last week of January was picked for dates, attempting to avoid conflicting dates with other area shows in Sioux Falls, Denver and Valley City, North Dakota. “It seemed like January was a good time for the event, because when February rolled around, the bull sales were starting,” says Peterson. It proved to be a successful event for both men and women. While most area ranchers had cabin fever and were ready to get to town to network with breeders before calving season started, the women were able to shop the vendors that were open for business selling pies, and holding demonstrations on cooking and sewing.

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There was a big group that campaigned for the Jim Kjerstad Events Center. I predicted that if they erected that building they would double the days of the stock show, and now there is about three weeks of activity with the stock show in January.”

The majority of the equine events, including the AQHA horse shows, NRCHA shows, cuttings, team roping, horse sale previews and barrel racings are held at the Kjerstad Events Center while the cattle shows, horse sale and rodeo are held at the Civic Center.

Over the years, the goals of the original Winter Show have stayed the same; to protect and preserve the heritage of the American west and provide area cattle ranchers a place to showcase their cattle.

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Celebrate 40 Years

1983 rodeo announcer Hadley Barrett and a buffalo opened Suttons’ rodeo during the Black Hills Stock Show®.

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Courtesy photo — Left to Right: Jim, Julie, Kim, Steve, Alyssa & Brice Sutton, Amy, Steven & Shaden Muller; Roz Beaton & Brent Sutton

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here’s no doubt about it — the Sutton name has become synonymous with rodeo across the nation.

This year, this elite South Dakota rodeo family will celebrate its 40th anniversary of running the PRCA rodeo that accompanies the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo®, and the Suttons plan to commemorate the special occasion with plenty of surprise performances at the 2017 event.

“To celebrate our 40th anniversary, we’re bringing some special events to the rodeo schedule,” said Kim Sutton, Sutton Rodeo publicity and marketing. “Attendees will be able to watch freestyle bullfighting, North American trick riding, mounted shooting, bull teeter totter and wild horse racing this year. These events both honor our history and promote the future of this rodeo. We are

always looking for ways to make the show bigger and better, and we look forward to many more years with the Civic Center.”

This year the rodeo takes on a new identity, as Rodeo Rapid City. It will run Jan. 27-Feb. 4, still in the Barnett Arena at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. Nominated 17 times for the PRCA’s “Large Indoor Rodeos of the Year,” winning in 2002 and 2003, this annual event, together with the Black Hills Stock Show®, brings hundreds of thousands of people to the Rapid City area each year.

Despite the wild success of the stock show and rodeo, it sprung from humble beginnings and an idea brought to life by rodeo stock contractor, Jim Sutton.

“Jim approached the Civic Center about bringing a rodeo to town, and at first, they

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were pretty horrified about putting dirt in the building,” said Sutton. “The first year started with two performances and only 200 people in the crowd. The next year, Jim introduced the Wrangler rodeo bullfights, and the crowds loved it. We doubled attendance that year and again the following year.

It quickly expanded from two performances to a nine-day event. This has been a great venue, and we’ve enjoyed the opportunity to roll out new PRCA programs over the years in this arena.”

The third generation of stockmen in his family, Jim inherited his passion for rodeos from his father, James H. Sutton, Sr., and grandfather, Edwin Sutton.

“In 1926, Edwin hosted a rodeo on his ranch near Onida, South Dakota,” said Sutton. “He was the first in our family to be a rodeo producer. We’re really proud of our family business and what it has grown to.”

What started as a fun hobby on the ranch quickly grew to a sustainable business when Edwin teamed up with George Fairbanks to begin a touring rodeo. The Great Depression shut down rodeo productions for a spell, and they didn’t start back up again until the mid-1940s.

In the 1950s, James advanced the family business when he entered into a partnership with Erv Korkow and performed at the first National Finals Rodeo in Dallas, Texas in 1959. In 1968, Korkow and Sutton split, and James joined Edwin in forming what is now the Sutton Rodeo Company.

Since then, Sutton Rodeo stock have been selected to perform at 54 of the 56 National Finals Rodeos. In 1982, James was the first stock contractor to be inducted into the PRCA Hall of Champions in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Jim and his wife Julie followed suit in the family business, expanding operations even further with an increased emphasis on stock production as well as bringing innovative ideas to the arena, including fun and entertaining openings that aim to wow and delight rodeo fans. Jim has been nominated four times as Stock Contractor of the Year and originated both the Wrangler Bullfights and the Bailey Baily-off at the rodeo in Rapid City. Julie has dialed in her talents promoting the Sutton Rodeo Company and serving as a rodeo secretary and NFR timer.

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Jim’s son Steve and his wife Kim also joined the family business as co-owners of Sutton Rodeo. Steve was named NFR pickup man in 1978, 1981, 1986, 1993 and 1995. He joined the PRCA in 1976 and became an official stock contractor in 1982, making him the fourth PRCA contractor in the Sutton family. With a passion for raising high-quality bucking stock and producing top-notch rodeos, Steve was inducted into the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center as “Present Cowboy Great,” in 2010. Kim wears many hats for the rodeo company, timing at the NFR five times and working in the areas of publicity and marketing.

“Our kids, Amy, Brent and Brice, are the fifth generation and are all part owners of the Sutton Rodeo Company,” said Sutton. “They all have ag degrees and bring new and creative ideas to the business. I love having them be part of the business; they are forward-thinking and are always looking for ways to improve things while also respecting our history.”

In 1979, Jim Sutton sold the idea to Wrangler Jeans to become a sponsor of what is now known as the Wrangler Jeans ProRodeo Bullfighters Tour. Pictured above are the 1983 BHSS bull fighters.

In 1983 rodeo announcer Hadley Barrett and a buffalo opened In

Amy is an NFR timer and the office manager for Sutton Rodeos, Inc. Meanwhile, Steven works with the livestock and rodeo production. Their son Shaden, age four, makes the sixth generation of the Sutton family to be involved in the family business.

“Shaden attended his first rodeo at just eight days old,” said Sutton. “He was born in January, and at his first BHSS, he wore a onesie that read, ‘This ain’t my first rodeo.’ We have a million fun memories of our family working together at Black Hills Stock Show®. Our kids grew up helping at rodeos with anything and everything from untying calves to carrying flags. We work together as a family, and I value that we can work and play together.”

In 1980, Wick Peth won the Wrangler Bullfighter Competition.

Photo by Jim Fain.

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Brent started his rodeo career as a pickup man in 2004.

He became a PRCA contestant in 2007 and has worked as the assistant NFR chute boss the last three years.

Brice works in livestock and rodeo production and joined the PRCA ranks in 2010. Brice and wife Alyssa welcomed a new baby, Ruby Belle, in December, joining Shaden as the sixth generation of the Sutton family rodeo enterprise.

Sutton Rodeo Company serves as the primary stock contractor, promoter or rodeo committee for seven South Dakota rodeos and one in Minnesota, including Rodeo Rapid City, 40 years; Crystal Springs Rodeo, 63 years; Sitting Bull Stampede, 52 years; Corn Palace Stampede, 51 years, Northfield, Minnesota, 32 years; Onida, 28 years; and Brookings, 17 years. The family business also contracts an additional 8-10 PRCA rodeos with livestock including Cheyenne Frontier Days, Days of ’76, San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo, Justin Boots Tour Finale, Badland Circuit Finals, Ram National Circuit Finals and WNFR in Las Vegas.

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With the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center also celebrating its 40th anniversary, attendees can look forward to an exciting commemorative event produced by the Sutton Rodeo Company.

Craig Baltzer, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center executive director said, “It’s always amazing to see a ranch family from South Dakota operating as a family business. Every member is involved in the rodeo in one shape or form; it’s extremely impressive how they work together as a family to put on such an excellent rodeo. They’re a huge name in rodeo, and they are located right here in South Dakota.”

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“I don’t think anyone could have ever dreamed how big this event would grow to, but the Suttons had a vision, and it’s amazing how big of an economic impact the rodeo and stock show has for the Rapid City community,” said Baltzer. “The Suttons are pros at what they do, and we hope to continue the relationship with them for the next 40 years.”

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Youth, including beginners ages 8-10, juniors ages 11-13, and seniors 14-18 compete in the livestock judging contest, evaluating beef, sheep, swine and goats. Beginners are able to learn the oral reason process in an easier manner with one “check-type” set of reasons, juniors are allowed to use notes and give one set of reasons, and seniors give two sets and notes are not allowed. PHOTO COURTESY OF SD EXTENSION

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Learning BY DOING YOUTH DAY PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR HANDS-ON LEARNING

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oing and learning is exactly what contestants at the Black Hills Stock Show® Youth Day are accomplishing. Sure, most of the hundreds of 4-H and FFA members are gunning for a placing or prize as well, but throughout the process they are showcasing hard-earned skills, learning about the agricultural industry, and developing into better citizens.

The BHSS™ Youth Day is a jampacked, one-day event held the first Saturday of the show, with six different contests open to 4-H and FFA members ages 8-18. In 2016, 336 participants registered from a six-state region of North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota.

Matt Olson is the SDSU Extension 4-H youth program advisor in Pennington County and event coordinator of the day. He says most of his work goes on before the event, and then the day of it is carried out by a large team of committee leaders and

“LEARN BY DOING.” ~ 4-H slogan “DOING TO LEARN.” ~ First line of FFA motto

volunteers. Olson says the experiential learning model is what the day is all about.

“This is an important event for us because we get to partner with BHSS™ to provide an opportunity for kids who have been working the entire year developing their skills to show them off and also get feedback; to reflect and learn about what they did,” Olson says.

“4-H and FFA are based on that experiential model. You have to go out and do it before you can reflect upon it and learn from it.”

Jennifer Voigt is the 4-H Extension advisor in neighboring Meade County, South Dakota, and helps organize the livestock judging contest at Youth Day. “This event is an excellent opportunity for youth to continue working in a certain project throughout the year, in a competition setting, and improve on their skills such as livestock judging, beef cook-off, or horse knowledge,” Voigt says. “This event reaches out to an additional five states – for some kids, it’s another opportunity to

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In 2016 the dog show and dog quiz bowl had 30 competitors.

The category offers a variety of classes according to the skill level of handlers and their dogs.

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compete, and for some it’s almost like their state show.”

In the past participants were limited to two contests at Youth Day, but this year that restriction has been removed. Livestock judging is by far the largest contest, with 148 registered last year, but the other contest areas continue to grow as well.

The Beef Cook-Off is a chance for youth to showcase their favorite beef recipe by preparing and cooking it in an hour and 15 minute time frame. Participants are evaluated on preparation of recipe, including cleanliness and interview, and final product, including originality, flavor and aroma, appearance and recipe presentation. All beef for the competition is supplied by the Black Hills Stock Show® and Bishop Beef, LLC. The Dog Show includes classes for youth and their dogs in obedience, agility and rally (a timed obedience class where exhibitors and their dog respond to posted cues). The Dog Skillathon assesses knowledge of dogs in five categories: quiz or identification, judging, breed identification, rulebook quiz and dog parts identification.

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Hippology is an individual and team contest where youth exhibit their knowledge and understanding of horse science and husbandry.

Components include a written test; station identification – such as tack, grains and feeds, parts of a horse, or aging a horse; and team problems – including one oral and one written problem, such as balancing a horse’s ration, training and conditioning programs, or correcting behavioral problems.

(The BHSS™ hippology contest does not include the standard fourth component, horse judging, due to time and space constraints.)

The Horse Quiz Bowl is a fourmember team competition, with teams matched in a single-elimination bracket. Sections include oneon-one competition, where each team member is asked an individual question, and toss-up questions, open to all competitors.

Livestockology is a similar contest format to hippology, where contestants exhibit knowledge of livestock (beef, sheep, swine, and goat) science and husbandry. The contest has four phases including written test; station identification – such as anatomy, grains and forages, equipment, or confirmation faults; judging – three designated classes from the livestock judging contest are placed; and team problem – such as describing a vaccination program, A.I. breeding techniques, general herd health, or pasture management.

The Livestock Judging Contest is an individual and team contest, and includes six classes of beef, sheep, swine or goats (both breeding and market).

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Some classes are held indoors and others outside.

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Sarah Vos is a success story of the Black Hills Stock Show® 4-H Youth Day. Starting as a youngster, she honed her skills in hippology and horse quiz bowl, eventually competing at the national level. She has plans to attend South Dakota State University and pursue an education and future career in equine sciences.

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reasons, and juniors and beginners give one. Teams consist of four members, with the top three highest scores used for team placing.

Additionally, the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee provides four $1,000 scholarships to South Dakota graduates, and conducts interviews for finalists the morning of Youth Day. At noon the committee also sponsors the Beef Bust – a free lunch for all youth day participants and their families.

Sarah Vos is an 18-year-old 4-H member from Pennington County and has competed in the BHSS™ Youth Day since she was about 9. Her events have been hippology and horse quiz bowl.

Vos says as a youngster competing in the quiz bowl, “We were pretty quiet – we didn’t ring our buzzer much.” But as her confidence grew, so did her

awards. She has placed in both contests over the years, and gone on to compete at the South Dakota State 4-H Horse Show and the Western National Roundup Horse Classic in Denver during the National Western Stock Show. “I rodeo and we have horses so my parents said, ‘You need to learn more about your horses and learn to take care of them,’ and encouraged me to enter these contests,” says Vos. “We joke that I probably took it to the extreme!”

Since she competed at nationals, Vos is no longer eligible as a contestant at Youth Day, but volunteers as a

helper with the hippology contest. A senior at Rapid City Central High School, she plans to continue her studies of equine at South Dakota State University and major in animal science. “It was through Youth Day that I realized I was passionate about equine science, and will pursue a career in the equine science field. I think Youth Day is vital for young 4-H members. It introduces them to the contest in a fun, relaxed manner, but there’s still a competitive feel – but less nerve racking!” she says.

Olson says in addition to the event being a venue for

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“Most South Dakota 4-H events are held in other areas of the state – this gives us a chance to show off Rapid City,” says Olson.

Prizes for the contests are donated by local sponsors who believe that developing life skills in youth is an investment in the future. Last year these included Rushmore Electric Cooperative, Rapid City Quarter Horse Association, Rapid City Chamber of Commerce Ag and Natural Resources Committee, and the Pennington County 4-H Leaders Association.

“We look at it as an opportunity for youth to build on those lifelong skills, such as training their dog, picking quality animals to put in their herd, preparing a beef meal for their family,” adds Voigt. “It’s not necessarily about what they are doing in the moment; it’s about the skills they are picking up on the way to make them a quality citizen in the future.

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These young ladies are serious equine science contenders, wearing matching “Hughes County Hippology Team” shirts and hoping for a high placing. PHOTOS COURTESY OF SD EXTENSION

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Though prizes are always nice, the real value of Youth Day is in the experiences, education and friendships that result from like-minded youth working toward goals.

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NEW EVENTS

Trick Riding & Mounted Shooting join rodeo lineup

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Rodeo Rapid City North American Trick Riding Competition

ot all the horses in Rapid City for the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo® are for roping, barrel racing, or wrestling.

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Champions will perform during the rodeo on Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are required for the rodeo.

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Some of them are for fancy trick riding, and some are for shooting.

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One of the competitors in the CMSA event is Tessa Buckman.

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The Dickinson, North Dakota woman grew up on horseback, competing in rodeos and helping around the ranch.

A breakaway roper and barrel racer, she also enjoyed hunting and trap shooting.

She has combined the two things she enjoys into her hobby with the CMSA.

Fancy trick riding competitions are making a comeback; they were popular into the 1940s. The North American Trick Rider Association competition will have a halfdozen qualifiers for its year-end championship in December; Rodeo Rapid City is one of those qualifiers.

The CMSA organization has been around since 1991. It consists of competitors split into men’s and women’s divisions, with six classes in each gender, riding around a pattern as they shoot at balloon targets with two .45 caliber single action revolvers loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition.

Runs are timed, with prizes going to the winners in each division. Competitors must dress in western attire, but also

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Mounted shooting is a sport that has gained in popularity in the last decade. It involves riders on horseback shooting at targets as they ride a predetermined pattern.

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can dress in the old-time style of the late 1800s. Western attire consists of a long sleeved western shirt, blue jeans, chinks or chaps, boots and hat.

Clothing from the 1800s must look as authentic as possible and include shirts without collars, high-waisted pants with buttons (no zippers) and an old-style cowboy hat.

Mounted shooters use .45 caliber single action revolvers like those used in the late 1800s. Single action revolvers must be cocked each time before firing by drawing the hammer back. Double action revolvers do not require the hammer to be cocked, and even though they were used in the old west, they are not used in CMSA events.

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Live ammunition is not used, either. The cartridges used are .45 caliber Long Colts, brass cartridges loaded with black powder. The load will break a balloon at up to fifteen feet. Live rounds are prohibited, and at each event, a person is designated to load and unload the rider’s guns as he or she enters and leaves the arena.

There is no requirement for the type of horse that is ridden. Tessa, who has been a CMSA member for the past three years, started with a younger mare she had hunted on.

The mare was used to the sound of .22s, and Tessa took her out with a .45. “I shot off of her (while horseback) and she took to it really well.

I didn’t have to do much training on her. She was easy to train.”

Getting a horse ready for the sound of the shooting includes hauling them to shoots so they are exposed to the gun noise, Buckman said. They can also be ponied alongside another

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horse while the rider shoots, or the rider can lead them while walking and pausing to shoot.

One thing Buckman enjoys about the CMSA events is that it’s a family affair. Her husband Bill sometimes competes, as does their oldest child, William, who is six. Children can start competing in CMSAs when they are able to ride on their own, usually around the age of five. Parents can lead the young riders around the pattern at smaller, local events but at the bigger events, they are expected to ride on their own.

Beckman’s husband Bill also competes in ranch rodeos, so this summer they usually traded off, attending a mounted shooting event one weekend and a ranch rodeo the next. The shooting clubs are pleasant to be around, Buckman said, often with potlucks following the shoots and friendships and camaraderie as well.

Buckman, who with her husband has two younger children, a daughter, Bailey, who is two years old and a son, Tellen, who is seven months old, loves the mounted shooting. “It’s an adrenaline rush,” she said. “It’s amazing.”

Another new event at the BHHSR is the North American Trick Rider Association Competition. Trick riders from Canada and the U.S. will compete in Rapid City to qualify for the year-end event in Las Vegas this December.

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Cowboy mounted shooting is part of Rodeo Rapid City this year. Mounted shooters will compete on Feb. 2 at 9 am and February 3 at 1 pm, with winners competing for rodeo fans on Feb. 3. PHOTO BY QUIGLEY PHOTOGRAPHY. Trick and fancy riding used to be a competitive sport into the 1940s, said Kelsey Yule, one of the organizers of the competition.

There’s been a “rebirth into the competitive nature” of the sport, she said. She expects a dozen trick riders to compete, and the winners will trick ride during the rodeo on Feb. 2.

Rodeo fans will also see freestyle bullfighting during the rodeos on Feb. 2 and 3 and the matinee on Feb. 4.

Fancy trick riding includes such tricks as the Cossack death drag, stroud shoulder stand, hippodrome, vault work and fender work.

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AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Competitions

give ranchers a place to shine

By Hannah Johlman

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Black Hills Stock Show® AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Competition SUNDAY, JAN. 30, 8 A.M. MONDAY, JAN. 31, 8 A.M. KJERSTAD EVENT CENTER, CENTRAL STATES FAIRGROUNDS

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iving quarters and half-top horse trailers unite at American Quarter Horse Association’s Versatility Ranch Horse competitions.

Consisting of six classes, the ranch riding, ranch trail, ranch reining, ranch cow work, ranch cutting and ranch conformation all showcase the versatility of true ranch working American Quarter Horses.

Kim Lindsey, AQHA’s director of Ranching, also competes in Versatility Ranch Horse, shown here in the cutting.

Versatility Ranch Horse competitions show off the true skills of a real ranch horse, without the distractions of fancy tack or clothing.

Introduced by the AQHA in 2002, the Versatility Ranch Horse competitions quickly increased in popularity. In 2007 competitors qualified for versatility at the AQHA World Show for the first time.

Changes have been made over the years to rules and classes, but the concept is the same–to showcase the usability and versatility of the American Quarter Horse breed.

“The Versatility is the place for our true ranch people to come show their horses,” said Kim Lindsey, director of ranching for the AQHA. The four divisions-- open, amateur, cowboy and youth-- create places for any skill level. There is crossover from reined cow horse competitors, as well as

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Bozo Rogers is both a world champion and a judge in Versatility Ranch Horse competition.

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other horse showers who prefer the relaxed atmosphere at Versatility Ranch Horse shows. Competitors don’t ride in shiny show outfits or on silver adorned saddles.

In fact, everyday ranch saddles and button-up shirts make the dress code.

But the biggest draw to versatility shows, according to Lindsey, is that everybody can get involved.

“You don’t have to have a one-event horse,” said Lindsey. “You just have to have a good, broke horse that can do multiple events.”

gate, so it’s whose horse is the handiest for using on the ranch and getting the job done,” said Lindsey.

Although not required in the youth class, open competitors must also drag logs on their horses.

According to Lindsey, the ranch reining class is probably not going to consist of horses that slide or spin like a “straight-up” reiner, but horses do need to demonstrate control with every movement in the pattern.

The ranch cow work class consists of boxing the steer, setting them up and driving them down the

Which, in a way, is what drew Fielding “Bozo” Rogers to showing and judging versatility classes. The long-time reining, cowhorse and rope horse trainer, now turned Versatility world champion and AQHA World judge, realized that his horses really weren’t all that broke after competing in ranch trail and ranch riding classes at Versatility shows.

Now, while judging Versatility shows, Rogers looks for horses with that “ranch look” he said.

Horses that would be a pleasure to ride all day long with smooth gaits and smooth transitions.

Each of the six classes available is designed to show the characteristics of a truly versatile horse.

The ranch riding class is to see how smooth a horse is in his gaits or his transitions.

“You wouldn’t want to ride some rough trotting horse all day long that just beats you to death,” said Lindsey.

The ranch trail class consists of mandatory obstacles.

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It takes a lot of time and miles to make a horse that is skilled, athletic and versatile enough to compete well in Versatility Ranch Horse competitions.

fence, turning them both directions. Then the rider must either circle the cow both directions (allowed only in amateur and youth) or rope the cow.

“The cow work is what this whole deal is about,” said Lindsey. “They have to have cow sense, they’ve got to be handy and they’ve got to be broke.”

The ranch cutting is the true test of a horse’s “cowyness” and where it is judged on its ability to work a cow out of a herd, “but you do get to rein him a little bit,” said Rogers.

“They have to be pretty efficient at all of those,” said Rogers. “No wasted movements and no refusals. And then, after it’s all done, well, you take your saddle off and show them at halter.”

In the ranch conformation, horses are shown in working halters, made of rope, nylon or plain leather, and then judged on how correctly the American Quarter Horses are put together.

“They have to stay sound,” said Lindsey. “They’re going to have to have a good set of withers on them, good heart girth and be very balanced.”

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to Rogers. Often, they are older horses who have been used on the ranch, are used to being hauled in trailers, have been tied to the fence and have dragged calves to the branding fire.

“Those are the types of horses that it’s easy to take them to the show pen,” said Rogers. “To them, the show pen is like a day off.”

In addition, another quality of a good versatile ranch horse is a horse that more than one person can ride.

“It’s really amazing how many of these horses that maybe the dad will ride a year or two, then he gets real solid and the wife will ride him a year or two, and then he gets handed down to the kids,” said Rogers.

Many families of kids, grandkids, parents and grandparents compete together at versatility shows with horses used across multiple divisions. The relaxed atmosphere, while still competitive, is more akin to one big versatility family, according to both Lindsey and Rogers. The open competitors help the non-pros and everybody helps the kids. Friends give friends a hard time when they make mistakes in the arena and they laugh and move on to the next show.

“It’s just more like an old time horse show used to be,” said Rogers. -

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Buffalo Classic LIVE ANIMAL AUCTION

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ust like cattle producers, buffalo producers come to the Black Hills Stock Show® to network with other ranchers, view quality animals, and maybe take some home.

21st Annual Black Hills Buffalo Classic Live Animal Auction SUNDAY, FEB. 5

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Yearling bulls and bred heifers will be available for viewing throughout the weekend.

The sale and annual conference is produced by the Dakota Territory Buffalo Association, and is held in conjunction with the Black Hills Stock Show®.

The theme of the buffalo conference and auction this year will be “Restoring an Icon Through Profitable Ranching” and will also celebrate the recent naming of the bison as the national mammal.

The Ramkota Hotel will host the conference, which will start on Friday, Feb. 3 with board and committee meetings, followed by a welcome reception at the Prairie Edge in downtown Rapid City. Saturday’s featured speaker will be Dave Pratt with Ranch Management Consultants in Fairfield, California. Pratt will lead the attendees through his presentation, “The 3 Secrets For Increasing Profit.” Numerous other industry leaders will be leading discussions throughout the day.

The annual awards banquet will be on Saturday evening, followed by a fun auction.

Awards will be presented for individuals in each group and for the live animal classes, the Young Guns Yearling Breeding Bull Challenge, the Girlz Gone Wild Two Year Old Bred Heifer Challenge and the Cutting Edge Carcass Contests for both bulls and heifers. The top three scoring animals in each group will be awarded trophies. Also a Producer Of The Year will be named, with ranches having to compete in both of the challenge classes and at least one of the carcass classes to be eligible for the award. Twenty-one producers from six states are involved in the two classes this year.

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The Dakota Territory Buffalo Association began the Young Guns Yearling Bull program in 2009 and it has been wildly successful, with the bulls topping the national sale average for the past few years. In this program 19 different producers sent their best bull calves to a host ranch for one year. This year’s bull challenge has been hosted by Larry and Renee Carr at the Rafter K Bar Ranch at Prairie City, South Dakota. The bulls are kept together, handled and fed the same. They first are tested on grass gain only then put into a feedlot

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to test their growth on grain and overall gain. These yearling bulls will be weighed, rib-eye scored and semen tested before the sale. With only about 30 of the top scoring bulls coming to the sale, they will be on site for viewing throughout the weekend. The bulls haven’t been pampered and are ready to go to work.

The bulls will be sold through the sale ring on Sunday to producers looking to improve their own herds with some of the best breeding bulls available in the nation.

The Girlz Gone Wild Two Year Old Bred Heifer Challenge is a one-of-a-kind class which was begun in 2013, with the top heifers being the second highest sellers in the country the past two years.

Yearling heifers from 16 different consignors were delivered to the host ranch of Heartland Bison Ranch near Rugby, North Dakota, run by the Kevin Leier and Lee Leier families. The heifers have spent a full year on a strict grass-only feed program, no supplements whatsoever, growing how buffalo were meant to. Bulls were added to the herd during the breeding season. Before the sale the heifers are pregchecked, weighed, vaccinated, pelvic measured and checked for soundness. The heifers come to the Black Hills Buffalo Classic as two-year-old bred heifers and are some of the most sought after breeding females in the nation. An added bonus with these heifers is that with the natural way they have been raised and grown they assimilate into a new herd much faster. The heifers will be on site as well, but they are sold over the video to reduce stress on the animals. This year’s class features 49 head of heifers.

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The bison industry has been growing steadily in recent years and demand for quality young breeding stock is at a premium. The DTBA has received nationwide recognition for its bull and heifer programs, which are the only ones of that type for buffalo in the United States. After years of watching the traditional bison sale methods wane in interest, the members of the DTBA went to brainstorming and the Young Guns Program was born. “Desperation is the brainchild of innovation.” says Karen Conley of the DTBA.

“We are very proud of our programs and the courage it took to step out of the box and try something completely different. It wasn’t easy but our producers stuck with us and it has paid off tremendously. We are always trying to improve our programs based on feedback from our consigners and buyers. Without our host ranches these programs wouldn’t be possible.” says Conley.

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Details about the Young Guns and Girlz Gone Wild will be available in early January. Final cuts for the auction will be made and a full color catalog with all the performance data will be released in mid-January. The data, photos and videos of the auction animals will also be available online on the DTBA’s website at www.dakotabuffalo.com, on their Facebook page and their YouTube channel as well as at www.bradeenauction.hibid. com, where buyers can register to bid online if unable to attend the sale in person.

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John Harrison works the “Coors can” at a rodeo. He will be the barrelman and rodeo clown at Rodeo Rapid City.

PHOTO BY JORN OLSEN.

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Clowning AROUND

By Ruth Nicolaus

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hen he was a kid and teachers asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, John Harrison always told them, “a rodeo clown.”

The teachers would laugh and say, no, really, what do you want to do to make money, for a real job? And John would reply, “no, it’s a real job, and people really do it.”

Harrison, a four-time PRCA Comedy Act of the Year, will entertain rodeo fans at the Black Hills Stock Show® and Rodeo in Rapid City January 28 and February 2-4.

And now he’s showing his teachers he was right.

Harrison’s first gig in rodeo was as a trick roper. He’d seen rodeo entertainers Leon and Vicki Adams at his hometown rodeo near Soper, Oklahoma, when he was six years old, and decided that’s what he wanted to

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do. His dad, also a trick roper, gave him a trick rope when he was nine years old and taught his son how to use it –in the family living room.

“We tore up everything,” Harrison recalled. “I broke lamps, hit the ceiling, knocked plaster off the wall. Mom was always cussing us.”

His dad, Wiley Harrison, was too shy to perform in front of crowds, but John didn’t have that problem. His first real show was a 4-H talent show, which he won, and “that threw gas on my fire.”

From there, he wanted to trick ride.

So his dad found a team of horses, and every night, after school and when his dad got off of work, he and

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John Harrison has entertained rodeo fans across the nation with his crazy antics.

PHOTO BY JORN OLSEN.

John would be in the arena and pasture and “we’d practice and practice.”

California and across the nation, and adding rodeo clowning to his repertoire.

After high school, John attended college and the rodeo bug hit. He ventured into the rodeo world, doing the trick riding, trick roping and Roman riding, beginning in the Midwest, then branching out to

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He loves bantering with the crowd, using current events as topics. And he loves to point out people in the crowd. “I like to have fun with what’s going on,” he said. “Somebody on a cell phone, talking during the rodeo, everybody can relate to that. I do a lot of off-the-cuff stuff, and ad lib, and it keeps it fresh for me as well.”

Part of his job as rodeo clown is to fill the dead moments, when the rodeo action is waiting on a bucking horse to stand still in the chute, or a steer wrestler to be ready to run. Those can be nerve-wracking times, he said. “When the stock contractor looks at you and says, ‘hey, fill the moment.’ The spotlight’s on you to perform. That’s where I try to go into the old family

One of John Harrison’s acts is Miss Rodeo Universe. The Soper, Okla. man will be “clowning around” at the Rodeo Rapid City January 28 and February 2-4.

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Uber (the new private taxi service) all you want to, but they’re not going to get it. If you’re in a big city and talk about Uber, everybody gets it.”

John and his wife Carla, who have been married since 2006, have four children: daughters Addison (nine), Billie (who passed away from kidney failure in 2014 when she was seventeen months old), and Charlee, who is one, and a son, Cazwell, who is six.

The family is on the road with him as soon as school is out, till it starts back up, and he’s working on putting together an act that the kids can do with him.

Top: John and Carla Harrison are partners in life and in rodeo. John is a pro rodeo clown and Carla is the glue that holds the Harrison Headquarters together.

jokes about me as a kid, getting whoopings, and it can snowball from there. It’s always good to have a story to go to that can bail you out of a situation.”

Bottom: Addison Harrison offers a banana to her little sister Billie, who passed away in 2014, as brother Caz looks on.

Little sister Charlee is now a member of the family.

He also gears his material to the fans. “You have to feel out the crowd,” he said. “For the ranch crowd, you can talk about

Caz, who is in second grade, has worked with his dad twice at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR). John has been selected to work the WNFR six times: three times as a specialty act (2001, 2002 and 2008) and three times as a barrelman (2013, 2015 and 2016). Caz, dressed in a matching yellow shirt with red fringe, like his dad, rolled out a mini yellow barrel. At the last WNFR, they did backflips, cartwheels, and the “worm,” and the pressure of being at the “super bowl” of pro rodeo never bothered Caz. “He doesn’t get nervous,” John said. “He’s so calm and chill.” Being in the spotlight in front of 18,000 people didn’t make him anxious. “He told me, ‘Dad, (the WNFR) isn’t even that big of a deal. They don’t even have mutton bustin’ at this rodeo.’”

Caz might be following in his dad’s footsteps. “He’s always trying to please people, and use humor. That was me in high school,” John said. “But he’s way

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John Harrison and his son Caz were the stars of the show during the fourth round of the 2016 WNFR. This is the second year for Caz to perform; it was the third year for John to be at the WNFR as a barrelman.

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better than I was at that age. He has a lot of natural comedy. He sees stuff at age six and he knows what makes people laugh, and he’s all about it.”

This will be John’s first time to entertain at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo®. He and the family have driven through Rapid City, many times, eating at a local Mexican food restaurant because John loves Mexican food, but he’s excited to perform in Rapid City.

Life is never boring around the “Harrison Headquarters” in Soper, Oklahoma. He and Carla own rental properties and a liquor store, knowing that there is no retirement pension in rodeo. They joke about their wedding anniversary: in ten years, they have never been together on their anniversary day. They also joke about their wedding cake. They saved a piece of it to eat on their first anniversary, as tradition goes, and when they went to the freezer, it was ruined. Earlier in the year, a friend had shot a raccoon and threw the coon in the freezer, on the

cake, when the animal was still warm. “It melted the cake,” John said. “The cake was terrible.”

And they speak warmly of their rodeo family.

It was their faith and rodeo friends who got them through the death of their daughter, who was lifeflighted to a Texas hospital in October of 2014 and died a few days later. Rodeo friends “aren’t blood kin at all,” John said. “You don’t talk to them every day, but when you meet up, you pick up where you left off. I’d used that term before, ‘rodeo family’, but when we lost Billie, the way the rodeo community came together, it was unexplainable.”

John talked about losing a child. “Nobody should ever, ever have to go through that, and the pain, and what it’s like. It brings a whole new aspect on life. I always said, oh, I’ll play ball with you tomorrow, but it puts a new perspective on it. I was always super busy with the business world, but it makes you slow down.”

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Charlee Harrison, the youngest child of John and Carla Harrison, is dressed in a yellow shirt with red fringe, just like her pro rodeo clown daddy.

PHOTO BY CARLA HARRISON.

Caz Harrison, the six-year-old son of John and Carla Harrison, rolls his barrel out of the WNFR in 2015. Caz and John have performed twice at the “super bowl” of pro rodeo.

PHOTO BY CARLA HARRISON.

His wife Carla, who grew up near Salinas, California, is an auctioneer whose niche is benefits and high-end auctions. She also helps John with ideas for his acts. “My best critic and what keeps me fresh is my wife,” he said. “She’ll read the crowd and when I come out of the arena, say ‘that didn’t work,’ or ‘I can’t believe you said that.’”

The two joke about his profession. “I remind John all the time,” Carla said, “this is real love. No girl gives up everything she wants to marry a clown.

This is the real deal,” she laughed. “My dad used to tell people I was marrying a man who wore more makeup than I did.”

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When John was sent to the principal’s office for getting trouble in school, he was cracking jokes.

“Every time the principal busted me, I’d shake his hand and say, ‘thank you for making me a better person.’ It aggravated him when I did it.” Now, when the principal sees John, he shakes his head and laughs. John realizes the grief he might have caused his teachers. “I see my (former) teachers now, and I apologize to them. And if they’re at a restaurant, I buy them lunch.”

It’s a small price to pay for success.

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Then, 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 working their smaller rodeos. During this time he was lucky enough to observe the best rodeo productions at work many times, and learned what a rodeo should look and sound like.

Josh’s natural ability to entertain continued to grow and he got his big break when the National 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.

Specialy Act Loop Rawlins

Loop Rawlins is one of the most versatile Western performers in the world today. His unique act of trick roping, whip cracking and fancy gun spinning has thrilled thousands of audiences. Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, as a kid Loop loved adventure movies and always had a knack for entertaining. So, when he saw trick roping for the first time, he was inspired to learn the technique.

His parents thought that “playing cowboy” was just another hobby that would pass - until, at age 16, Loop competed and won five International Wild West Arts awards in Las Vegas. Continuing to grow in his craft, Loop was spotted by Cirque

Du Soleil and cast Loop to be a specialty act in the show ‘Viva Elvis’ featured in Las Vegas. After a three-year run with Cirque, Loop continued performing at several high end events including opening for country music stars and performing for celebrities. He also produced and starred in an award winning western short film called “The Adventures of Loop & Rhett.”

Recently, Loop Rawlins appeared on the summer hit television show, “America’s Got Talent,” on NBC, making it to the quarterfinals. Loop continues to keep the spirit of the West alive through his performances around the world.

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Bull Fighters:

JOSH RIVINIUS

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. He provides one major job and that is cowboy protection.

Rivinius says every time cowboys and bullfighters leave the arena unharmed is a victory.

Some of his achievements are 12-time Badlands Circuit Finals Bullfighter; Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo®; National Western Stock Show; twotime Tour Finale; Ram National Circuit Finals; College National Finals. When not running around bulls, Rivinius spends his time at home managing a commercial cow operation.

COOPER WALN Cooper Waln was born and raised on the family ranch on the Rosebud Sioux reservation. He started fighting bulls at the age of 14 for the family rodeo business and joined the PRCA in 2012.

His accomplishments include appearing five times at Indian National Finals and four times at Badlands Circuit Finals. He was the 2010 Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo® Free Style Champion and 2011 North Texas State Fair Cowboy Protection Champion and MVP.

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these three awards the same year. Keith is currently a six-time Clown of the Year, six-time Comedy Act of the Year, five-time Specialty Act of the Year and five-time Coors Man in the Can. 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.

Barrelman: KEITH ISLEY When Keith Isley steps into the arena as the barrelman at Rodeo Rapid City, he will have an extra spring in his step.

The ever-energetic entertainer has been widely recognized as one of the greatest entertainers in the PRCA. He joined the PRCA in 1995 and had just five rodeos booked.

His status in the association grew in 1999 when he received the Specialty Act of the Year award and that became the highlight of his career. He has been nominated and won more awards, but it is going to be hard to top what happened to him in Dec 2009, 2010 and 2011. The PRCA took time to honor the sport’s top personnel and rodeo committees at their annual awards banquet.

Isley has left the banquet all three years as the most decorated winner of the night with three buckles – his fifth consecutive Clown of the Year, third Coors Man in the Can and fourth Comedy Act of the Year. 2011 being the third time he won

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

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 barrelman 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 33 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 at Rodeo Rapid City and doing his best to show them why he is one of the most decorated entertainers in the PRCA.

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Barrelman: JOHN HARRISON

John Harrison is a noted rodeo clown and barrelman. He comes by his profession honestly. His late grandfather was rodeo legend Freckles Brown.

(Freckles rode the “unrideable” bull Tornado, the subject of Western music songs, and was a World Champion bull rider). John was around rodeo and rodeo people his whole life.

He became a member of the PRCA in 1999, as a trick and Roman rider, and trick roper.

He later diversified and added barrelman to his PRCA card.

John married in 2006. He and his wife Carla have had four children; daughters Addison and Billie (now an angel in heaven), Charlee, and son, Cazwell. You won’t often catch John without his family. Rodeos seem more fun with them at his side.

John has worked rodeos from coast to coast and has made five appearances at the prestigious Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada-- three times as a specialty act performer and twice as a barrelman. In 2012, 2014 and 2015 John picked up the coveted award of Comedy Act of the Year.

In 2014 and 2017 he brought home the gold buckle that represents his achievement of Coors Man in the Can. He feels blessed to be doing what he loves and with those he loves at his side.

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James Sutton Sr. Memorial Bronze The top South Dakota saddle bronc rider in the PRCA rodeo takes home the James Sutton Sr. Memorial Bronze, a sculpture made by Spearfish artist, Tony Chytka. 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 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 McBeth, riding “Half Velvet,” a horse that was an NFR competitor numerous times.

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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 three recipients were three brothers from Ree Heights, Robert, Dan and Billy Etbauer, who received the award for their performance in 1992 and for their overall contributions to the sport of rodeo.

Other past recipients include: 2002 Jesse Bail 2003 Jeffrey Willert 2005 Jake Costello 2007 JJ Elshere 2009 Ty Kennedy 2012 Cole Elshere 2012 Jeremy Meeks

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2017 Sutton Rodeo Schedule

PRCA Xtreme Bull Tour

Rapid City, SD

January 27-28

PRCA Rodeo Rapid City

Rapid City, SD

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PRCA Wrangler Champion Challenge

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March 10-11

PRCA Ram National Circuit Finals

Kissimmee, FL

April 6-9

SDSU Jackrabbit Stampede College Rodeo

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April 6-7

High School Regional Rodeo Finals

Huron, SD

June 2-4

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Watertown, SD

June 9-11

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June 22-24

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July 2-4

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Mitchell, SD

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Deadwood, SD

July 25-29

Onida, SD

August 11-12

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Northfield, MN

September 8-9

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Sioux Falls, SD

September 29-30

PRCA Badlands Circuit Finals

Minot, ND

October 5-8

PRCA Sully County Fair & Rodeo

PRCA First Chance Bonanza Rodeo PRCA Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

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Justin Sportsmedicine Team offers rodeo contestants comprehensive medical care OFFICIAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OF THE PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOYS ASSOCIATION At the 2015 NFR over a third of the 119 contestants, plus the other WNFR contract personnel, received care totaling almost 550 treatments, 40 new injuries and numerous illnesses. These numbers confirm the value and necessity of the Justin Sportsmedicine Team.

When the Justin Sportsmedicine Team is at a rodeo, contestants know they will be treated as professional athletes and have the finest medical care available.

They know that any nagging injuries, bumps, and bruises will be given the attention necessary to keep them competing with the best available resources for injury prevention. In the event of an injury, they rest assured that it will be treated comprehensively with the mission of getting them back in the arena as quickly as possible. That is exactly what the program was designed to do over 35 years ago when it was founded and funded by the Justin Boot Company and started at just 10 rodeos as the official healthcare provider of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).

In 2015, the Justin Sportsmedicine Team traveled coast to coast providing services to over 120 rodeos covering over 540 performances. Throughout the year, they provided more than 8,400 treatments while recording 1,200 new injuries.

Essentially this equates to one and a half tons of ice, 200 miles of tape, and 3,000 hours of service.

The success of the program can easily be measured by the reduction in occurrence and severity of injuries. Rodeo contestants, like other athletes, get hurt. Injury prevention has been taught and stressed, but injuries are a fact of life in the arena. Preventing those injuries and then treating them when they do occur is the core of the program. It means contestants can be more competitive and spend less time on the bench.

This is very important to their livelihoods because if they aren’t competing, they aren’t making money.

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Top bull rider Brennon Eldred states, “Not only has the Justin Sportsmedicine Team been a huge factor in me being able to compete in two WNFRs, but they are also prolonging my career as a professional athlete, and giving me peace of mind while on the road. They provide personalized care that no other rodeo athlete could ever receive at home or a thousand miles away”.

While the Justin Sportsmedicine Team utilizes full-time staff with a variety of medical backgrounds, they rely on local volunteers to make it successful. At many rodeos, they work out of a mobile medical unit that has x-ray viewing capabilities, high-tech therapeutic equipment, and all of the necessary treatment and rehabilitation supplies needed.

The on-site program manager coordinates all of the care with a network of selected doctors, athletic trainers, physical therapists, hospitals, and clinics to provide comprehensive care for any medical need.

“Coordinating our program with local medical doctors is definitely instrumental in our team’s success,” said Rick Foster, director for the Justin Sportsmedicine Team. “First of all, it gives us the opportunity to provide the type of healthcare these rodeo contestants need. Then in the case

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of an injury, we already know where to send them locally and have medical personnel that have relationships in the community. It makes it so much easier for the contestants and helps us provide the quality care so deserving to our rodeo athletes.”

Customized injury-reporting software is used to give accurate exchange of information regarding treatments and injuries. It also allows for the team to research and evaluate injury information within rodeo. Any member of the team in a given location can follow up with the athletes.

them pay their bills until they can be competitive again. The crisis fund is able to do this because all administrative costs are paid by the Justin Boot Company.

“The two organizations work hand-in-hand,” Foster said. “In the event of an injury, we can help them with their medical needs and get them back in the arena as quickly and safely as possible. The Crisis Fund helps them pay their bills and take some of their worries away. Both programs show how much Justin Boots cares about the people involved in rodeo.”

“We have definitely seen a decrease in the occurrence and severity of injuries,” said Mike Rich, executive director of the program. “We’ve also had an increase in the number of treatments that we are providing. This tells us more contestants are utilizing the program with greater benefits.”

Local committees from across the United States are an integral part of the program as well. The cooperation between staff, volunteers and members of the committee all add up to a program that has changed rodeo for the better.

“We have built relationships with the medical community, local committee members and the contestants that are long standing,” added Rich, who took over the program six years ago. “This program has many parts and without each one of those parts we wouldn’t have seen the growth or success that we have had.”

Rodeo contestants pay to compete, and in order to earn any money in the arena they have to be healthy. In the event of a serious injury, incomes can be dramatically affected. That is where the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund steps in.

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Kelsey Lensegrav - $4,000 Kelsey is the daughter of Ken and Kim Lensegrav of Interior, S.D. She is a senior at Kadoka Area High School and participates in basketball, student council, FFA, 4-H and SD High School Rodeo Association.

She is also a member and officer of the National Honor Society and was selected to serve as a House Page for the 2017 legislative session.

Kelsey will be attending Black Hills State University this fall and upon completion of her post-secondary academic studies, plans to pursue a law fegree to fight for and defend her Western heritage and values.

Sarah Vos - $4,000 Sarah attends Rapid City Central High School and is the daughter of Wade and Dallas Vos of Caputa, S.D. While excelling at her studies, she participates in band, 4-H, rodeo, horse judging and showing competitions, and is a student council member and officer. She is a both a member and officer of the National Honor Society and was a Presidential Scholar Nominee from RCCHS. Sarah will be attending SDSU to pursue studies in the equine science field for her Animal Science Bachelor Degree while also taking classes in the pre-vet program.and plans to return to the family ranch.

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Carson Sleep- $4,000 Carson is a senior at Spearfish High School and is the son of Jeff and Jodi Sleep. He plans to attend SDSU and pursue a degree in Agricultural Business while building his knowledge in livestock production, range, ecology and natural resource management. Aside from excelling in academics he is involved in football, basketball, 4-H, choir, National Honor Society, Student Council, Boys State and rodeo. Also, by an Executive Proclamation by the Governor, he was proclaimed South Dakota Ambassador of Music. Carson intends to return to the family ranch.

Zane Zilverberg- $4,000 Zane is the son of Gary and April Zilverberg of Holobird, S.D., and is a senior at T. F. Riggs High School in Pierre. He will be attending the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology majoring in Civil Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering. Zane is an A-Honor Roll Student and a participant in wrestling, 4-H, rifle shooting, photography, rodeo and numerous equestrian programs. His primary career goal is to design an inexpensive, effective compound that can prevent, slow, or extinguish the spread of fire. And of course, horses fit in there somewhere.

Morgan Hoffman - $4,000 Morgan attends Leola High School and is the daughter of Brian Hoffman and Diane Waltman of Leola, S.D. Morgan’s goal is a double major in Special and Elementary Education with an Early Childhood Special Education endorsement at Northern State University. Her exceptional scholastic achievements are supported by volunteering to teach younger students, encouraging those students to become better classmates and friends. Her ultimate goal is to teach in a rural, small community “held together by their public schools.”

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Elle Moon - $4,000 Elle is the daughter of Andy and Lisa Moon of Creighton, S.D., and is a senior at Wall High School. She will be pursuing an Animal Science major and Range Science minor at SDSU. Following SDSU she plans to attend veterinary school. Her exceptional scholastic achievements are truly enhanced by her FFA participation, including her term as a SD State FFA Officer. Her passion is getting an education that allows her to keep her neighbors’ livestock healthy and flourishing.

Quote: “After all, the western plains were shaped around dependable neighbors.”

Julianna Kari - $2,000 Julianna attends Bison High School and is the daughter of John and Veronica Kari. Julianna is an A-Honor Roll Student and participates in volleyball, basketball, Academic Olympics, golf, track, FCCLA and National Honor Society. Her community service participation is most impressive. She will be attending the University of Mary, Bismarck, N.D., to pursue a degree in a biological, environmental or conservation Science.

Following achieving her degree she hopes to work with the USDA as a conservation scientist, assisting in preserving our natural resources.

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5.5% return on this 60,044± total acre (27,125± deeded) ranch ten minutes from Saratoga, WY. Houses, cattle facilities, 1,364± irrigable acres, 4 miles of Pass Creek. Trout fishing and abundant big game. $12,700,000.

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E 8.....................................................3D EQUIPMENT SERVICES

A 153/154............................................................BRIDGER STEEL

B 27....................................................................3W ENTERPRISES

A/P 4...................................................................BRISTOL’S HEARING

B 86.................................................................A & A ENGRAVING

THEATER LOBBY...........................................BRUCE SPEIDEL ART

OUT ...................................................AAA SHEDS & SHANTIES

A 131/133/OUT W......................................................... BZ WELDING

A 110..........................................................................ABS GLOBAL

B 77...........................................................................................CABELA’S

A 173................................................ACCELERATED GENETICS

A/P 11..................................................................CALAMITY RANCH

B 43/44............................................. AFFORDABLE EXTERIORS

A 98-100..............................................CAMMACK RANCH SUPPLY

H 27-30...........................................................................ALL OF US

A 171.................................................... CATTLE BUSINESS WEEKLY

A/P 5.......................ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE CENTER

C 26......................................... CEDAR CANYON PHOTOGRAPHY

F 6 ...................................... AMERICAN AG VIDEO AUCTION

THEATER LOBBY ........................................... CHRISTIE SANDVIK

A 164/OUT10/19&20E.............................. ANDERSON GROUP

A 142................... CLARK & ASSOCIATES LAND BROKERS, LLC.

F 7......................................................................ANDY’S JEWELRY

C 15.......................................................... CLEARY BUILDING CORP.

B 36/37....................................................................................AQHA

E 30.....................................................................................CLICK HEAT

A 105..................................... ARCHITECTURAL SPECIALTIES

B 74............................................................................ COLLINS SIDING

C 6/7......................ARENA WEST TRAILERS-SADDLE TACK

A/P 3 & STALLION ROW.COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION

C 10C....................................................ART BY LINDA ROESCH

A 180/181&188/189............................COMMON SENSE MFG, INC

F 4......................................................................BARBER DESIGNS

B 76 & 89................................... COMPLETE FAMILY ORTHODICS

F 25/26..................................................... BEAR LODGE STUDIO

H 35/36....................................................................COVEY OF QUAIL

THEATER LOBBY ........................BEAR ROCK WOODWORK

A 119 OUT5/15E...................................................... COW COUNTRY

B 85.................................. BH HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER

B 3........................................................COWBOY COMPANY SONGS

A 182............................................................BIEBER RED ANGUS

C 16........................................................................... COWBOY TOWN

A 130/134/OUT W....................................BIG BEND TRAILERS

H 38....................................................................... COWBOYS TOUCH

C 10A................................... BIGGERGUN SPORTING GOODS

A/P 6/7...................................................................... COWGIRL STYLE

H 15........................................................................BILLIE’S SOAPS

C 13/13A........................................................ COWGIRLS ATTITUDE

OUT-W/EC 7............................BLACK HILLS POWERSPORTS

A/P 10............................................................. CREAM OF COUNTRY

A 165/166/OUT1/2 & 11/12E/EC1.. BLAKES TRAILER SALES

E 32/42................................................................CRISSCROSS CHAOS

OUT-W................................................. BOBCAT OF CHADRON

THEATER LOBBY ....................... CRISTEN JOY PHOTOGRAPHY

A 178/191.......................... BOX S FENCE/SUNDERMAN MFG

F 8.................................................CROP PACKAGING SPECIALISTS

F 29..................................................................BRANDED SKULLS

H 26.............................CRYSTAL NAIL FILES & SMART WALLETS

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C 1..................................................................... CUSTER STATE PARK

B 54........................................................... FLAGPOLE COUNTRY

EC............................................................CUSTOM EQUINE DESIGN

D 2-4.......................................FLORAS JEWELRY & GIFTS LLC.

E 35................................................................... CUTCO CUTLERY

A 111/112 & 0UT14E.......................................... FOR-MOST INC

E 29....................................................... DADAS WESTERN BABY

F 24......................................................FREEDOM WILD OUTDOORS

B 29/30................................................ DAKOTA LOG ACCENTS

A 146 ..............................................................................FURST-McNESS

B 34/35....................................................... DAKOTA SKY STONE

B 1/2..........................................................................G BAR G SADDLES

H 17/18/18A................................... DALLY O WESTERN WEAR

B 28.................................................................GALLOWAY BIT & SPUR

E 15................................................................DALLY UP DESIGNS

A 143............................................................... GENEX COOPERATIVE

F 23...................................................DARLENE BERGERS GIFTS

B 38/39.............................................................. GENTLY LOVED FURS

THEATER LOBBY ..............DAVID DORSEY WESTERN ART

A 159/160 / OUT8-11W...GLOBAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC

THEATER LOBBY............ DAVID GRAHAM WESTERN ART

G 1-3/18/18A/19-21/EC4.........................................................GO SPUR

F 3............................................................ DAVID HARDING ART

B 25/26............................GRIMM’S PUMP & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY

F 17 ................................................................ DAZZLE FOR DAYS

B 32/33.............................................................................HAGEN GLASS

E 16......................................... DEB’S DOWNHOME DELIGHTS

F 13............................................HAUSAUER SEAMLESS PRODUCTS

A/P 1/2 17/18...............................................DESIGNS BY SUSAN

E 28..................................................................... HAYDEN OUTDOORS

H 24/25.................................................................................DLUVZ

F 14...................................................................HEARTLAND MARKET

F 1...................................................................................DO TERRA

C 4............................................................ HEWITT LAND COMPANY

F 5...................................................... DOC & ALICE BOUTIQUE

A 94...................................................HIBNER INSURANCE AGENCY

A 187...................................................DOCTOR SCRATCH LLC.

B 45................................................................ HIGH PLAINS JOURNAL

LOWER RUSHMORE.....................DON BRUNER SALES LLC

B 63-66.............................................. HILLS WESTERN OUTFITTERS

C 10D......................................................DRAGONFLY DESIGNS

EC 3.......................................................... HITCH & BUGGY TRAILER

OUT 12-15W........................................... DURALITE TRAILERS

F 35............................................... HOMES BY SHADRACH HOWIER

C 25..................................................................... EDWARD JONES

E 10-13............................HORSE FLY EQUINE & WESTERN WEAR

B 19/20...........................EXCLUSIVE HOME PRODUCTS LLC.

LOWER RUSHMORE............................................. HUBBARD FEEDS

H 12...............................................EXIT REALTY BENCHMARK

H 6.....................................................................HUERTA KNIFE SALES

H 13................................................................FAMILY HERITAGE

A 167/EC9.....................................................HUTCHISON WESTERN

A 123/141........................................... FARM CREDIT SERVICES

THEATER LOBBY ....................................... IMAGES WEST STUDIO

C 8....................................... FARMERS NATIONAL COMPANY

E 33/34................................................. INFINITY MASSAGE CHAIRS

E 31.................................... FISCHER ROUNDS & ASSOCIATES

H 31..........................................................................................INTHINGS

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A 136/137................................................................ JASON MCKENZIE

B 78........................................ MIDWEST OUTDOOR RESORTS

A 101/102/OUT4E/16W/EC8.........................JENNER EQUIPMENT

E 25..........................................MIDWEST WINDOW BROKERS

D 6.....................................................................JEWELS OF THE WEST

B 62..........................................................................MODA-STONE

B 31.................................................... JORGENSEN LOG HOMES, INC

F 16................................MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA

B 4-6.....................................................KATHLEENS BOUTIQUE

A 109............................................. MOLY MFG INC / SILENCER

THEATER LOBBY........................................KATHY SIGLE ART

B 83/84............................................. MORTON BUILDINGS INC

G 29.......................................................................KAYE’S KRAFTS

E 9............................................ MUD PUDDLE MOON STUDIO

A 97........................................................................... KBHB RADIO

E 24..........................................................NECTAR OF THE VINE

G 31..................................................KC VIDEO PRODUCTIONS

A 177 & 1/2 OF 176...............NEW DIRECTION EQUIPMENT

G 30........................................................ KEFFELER KREATIONS

G 24.............................................NORTHERN LIGHTS SAFETY

H 34...................................................... KNIGHT SECURITY INC

E 20....................................................................................NORWEX

F 19/20......................................................................L&L DESIGNS

H 40-43......................................................... OAK REFELCTIONS

H 4.............................................................................LA PROJECTS

G 4........................................................ OLDE WESTPORT SPICE

A/P 8.............................................. CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL

A 185...................................................................................ORIGEN

THEATER LOBBY .............. LASTING IMPRESSION STUDIO

THEATER LOBBY......................................OUT OF NOWHERE

A/P 15/16 & 1/2 OF 17.............................LEMARS TOY STORE

B 55................................................ OUTBACK SURVIVAL GEAR

A 93.................................... LESTER BUILDING SYSTEMS LLC.

A/P 9.................................................... OWL CREEK ORGANICS

C 17......................................................... LIECHTY HOMES, INC

C 2 .............................. PENNY NEWMAN GRAIN / COWBOS

E 38-40............................................... LIL BIT OF EVERYTHING

E 21-23/26/27....................................................................PINK 629

E 14...................LILLA ROSE INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

EC (3 Days).....................PLAINS AREA CORRIENTE ASSOC.

A/P 14/23......................................LINDSKOV FUR & LEATHER

G 16/17................ PONDEROSA SCREEN PRINTING & EMB.

A 155/156/OUT6/7&16E.... LINN POST&PIPE, CREIGHTON

A 175 & 1/2 OF 176........................................... POWDER RIVER

F 30...................................................................LITTLE LUXURIES

A 106............................................... PRAIRIE INDUSTRIES LLC.

A 115/116................................... LITTLE SHELL ENTERPRISES

D 1............................ PRITCHETT TWINE & NETWRAP, LLC.

A 186...........................................................LONG VIEW RANCH

A 183........................................PRO EARTH ANIMAL HEALTH

H 14...............................................................................M&E SALES

B 88............PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK MARKETING ASSOC

THEATER LOBBY............................ MARION TOILLION ART

H 9-11.......................................................................... PURSEMAN

B 14/15....................................................... MAYNARD BUCKLES

A 113...................................... R & S BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.

A 120..........................................................................MERIAL LTD.

H 20/21............................................ R CLAUSEN ENTERPRISES

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A 158/159........................................RANCH HORSE SHOE ART

C 23....................................................................SD WEED & PEST

EC 6....................................................RANDALL CHRISTENSEN

C 18.................... SDSU COLLEGE OF AG\SDSU EXTENSION

A 1002-1004/EC14..................................... RAPID CHEVROLET

A 172.......................................... SELECT SIRES MID AMERICA

B 40.......................................................................... RAPID DIESEL

A 147-149............................................... SEYMOUR COW CARE

B 8-13/EC5..................RAYS WESTERN WEAR & SADDLERY

C 14...................................SHERIDAN & GILLETTE COLLEGE

A 138........................................... REAVES BUILDING SYSTEMS

A/P 24............................................................. SILPADA DESIGNS

H 16.............................................RED BARN WOODWORKING

F 10/11..................................................... SILVER FASCINATION

F 31/32........................... REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION

E 4-7................................................................................................ SLEEP PRO

D 5.......................................................................... RENAPUR USA

B 48-50/59-61 & B51-53.............. SLICK ROCK DESIGNS / BOOT BABY RANCH

A 150...................................................RITCHEY LIVESTOCK ID B 21/22 /67-72/79-82.............................. RM TACK & APPAREL H 5...................................................ROADIE THE RANCH DOG C 5............................................................ ROB’S SHOP SUPPLIES F 22................................................................. ROCKIN K RANCH EC 2............................................................................RODEO RIGS H 22/23........................................ROGER WAGONER DESIGNS F 9....................................................... ROSTECH ELECTRONICS A/P 12..................................................................... RUBY RIBBON A 144/145/F33/34........................................................RUNNINGS E 41.........................................RUSHMORE MTN. TAFFY SHOP G 22/23.........................................RUSTIC WOOD CREATIONS A 129/135.........................................................................S3 DELTA C 9/10...................................................................SCHAEFFER OIL B 73.......................................................................SD CHIC BEADS D 7...................................... SD ELK BREEDERS ASSOCIATION B 17/18............................................................ SD FARM BUREAU A 190...........................................................SD FARMERS UNION A 117/118..........SD STOCKGROWERS ASSOC./R-CALF USA F 18.............................................. SD TRAPPERS ASSOCIATION

A 103/104.............................................................................................SOFTUB B 7................................................... STAR OF THE WEST HAT COMPANY A/P 19-22, 25-28............................................STEAMBOAT RANCHWEAR H 7/8...................................................................................STICK THE RACK A 127/128.........................................................................SUPERIOR SIDING B 46/47.................................................................................SUPERIOR SLEEP A/P 1/2................................................... SWEETWRAPS WESTERN GIFTS H 3...................................................................................... TANDY LEATHER A 124/125/139/140/EC/OUT-W/OUT-EC....TARTER FARM & RANCH G 5-15/25-28/32-35........................................................................... TESKEYS F 15........................................................................................ THE EMU LADY F 27/28..............................................................................................THE FUZE E 17-19.......................................................................... THE HITCHIN POST C 10B..............................................................................THE JERKY SHOPPE F 12................................................................. THE WILDWOOD GALLERY B 75.........................................................................................TODAYS HORSE B 57/58...................................................................TOUCHSTONE ENERGY B 23.......................................................................................TRACYS STUDIO H 19..........................................................TRAEGER PELLET GRILLS, LLC.

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EC 11.................................................................................................................................................TRIPLE R TACK A 174.....................................................................................................................TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS B 87......................................................................................................................................TRI-STATE NEIGHBOR H 39........................................................................................................................... TUNING ELEMENT BY GAY THEATER LOBBY...................................................................................................... TURNING LEAF DESIGNS H 37...................................................................................................................... UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST C 3...............................................................................................................................UNIVERSAL SEMEN SALES A 114A...................................................................................................................USDA NATURAL RESOURCES A/P 13....................................................................................................................................................... VALENTUS A 121/OUT8/9E......................................................................................................................... VERN’S MFG, INC A 122...................................................................................................... VITAFERM SURE CHAMP (BIOZYME) A 114.................................................................................................................................................... VITALIX INC. A 95/96..............................................................................................................................WARNE CHEMICAL CO B 24....................................................................................................................................... WATKINS PRODUCTS A 90-92/A132/A1001/B16/B41-42/B56/C21&22/E36&37/F36/H1/1A&2............WEBSTER ENTERPRISES OUTW......................................................................................................................................... WERK WELD INC A 179............................................................................................................................. WESTERN AG REPORTER H 33..................................................................................................................... WESTERN DAKOTA INSURERS C 11/12/12A................................................................................................ WESTERN HORSE COMPANY, LTD A 107/108.........................................................................................................................WICK BUILDINGS, INC. A 184....................................................................................................................................... WIENK CHAROLAIS E 1-3/44/45............................................................................................................................. WILD RAGS BY LOIS H 32............................................................................................................. WILDCAT GOLD & SILVERSMITHS A 126................................................................................................. WORKING HORSE MAGAZINE / MORSE E 43...............................................................................................................................WRIGHT VISION CENTER A 151/152/OUT3&13E/6&7W................................................................................ WW LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS C 24.......................................................................................................................................... EZ CUT PRODUCTS

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Alphabetical vendor list

Rodeo Zone....................................................................Black Hills Life Flight

South Lobby..................................................................... Rancher Tack Shack

Rodeo Zone........................................................................ Blakes Trailer Sales

Rodeo Zone................................................... Ranchers Livestock Equipment

Rodeo Zone................................................................Branding Stove Candles

Rodeo Zone ...................................................................................... Rank Rags

Rodeo Zone.................................................................................... Brute Ropes

Rodeo Zone................................................................................................ RDO

Rodeo Zone ...................................................................................Busted Pearl

South Concourse....................................................................................... RDO

Rodeo Zone...........................................................................Butler Machinery

Rodeo Zone....................................................................... Red Barn Creations

South Concourse..................................................................Butler Machinery

Outside..................................................................................... Rodeo Rigs LLC

South Concourse.................................................................Carl’s Trailer Sales

South Lobby.......................................................................... Rodeo Treasurers

Rodeo Zone.......................................................................... CBH Cooperative

Rodeo Zone ...........................................................................................Rostech

Rodeo Zone.............................................................................Cutting Edge Ag

Southeast Concourse.............................................SD Beef Industry Council

Rodeo Zone.......................................................... Dakota Baptist Convention

South Concourse..............................................................................SD Lottery

Rodeo Zone....................................................................... Dakota West Books

Rodeo Zone......................................................SDSU Rodeo & Steer for State

Rodeo Zone.............................................................................................. Dodge

Rodeo Zone........................................................................ Silver Sage Designs

Rodeo Zone................................................................Energy Panel Structures

Rodeo Zone ..........................................................................................Surwrap

Rodeo Zone..........................................................................FMG Feed & Seed

Rodeo Zone..................................................................................Sutton Rodeo

Rodeo Zone..................................................................................Gumbo Lilies

South Lobby.................................................................................Sutton Rodeo

Rodeo Zone................................................................................................ Hefty

Southeast Concourse..............................................................Sweet Pro Feeds

Rodeo Zone................................................................................Herd Bumpers

Southeast Concourse.................................................................... Time Rental

Rodeo Zone.......................................................HiQual Livestock Equipment

Rodeo Zone............................................................................ Titan Machinery

Rodeo Zone................................................................................Jack’s Campers

Rodeo Zone..........................................................................Top Shelf Western

Rodeo Zone..................................................................................Kiddie Korral

Rodeo Zone................................................................................ Tripple R Tack

Rodeo Zone ................................................................. Lazy S Kustom Design

Room 102...............................................................................Turquoise Ranch

Rodeo Zone..................................................................Legends Western Wear

Rodeo Zone.....................................................................................Verde Vines

Upper NE Concourse................................................................................ Level

Southeast Concourse..................................Western SD Community Action

Rodeo Zone.....................................................................................M & E Sales South Lobby...................................................................................... Nite Shine Room 102............................................................................................. Pink 629 Room 102...........................................................................Ranch Diva/Scensy

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Selling 250 bulls • 175 Yearlings • 75 coming two’s

Selling the pick of the entire heifer calf crop in the spring bull sale.

SiRES inCludE: Connealy Confidence, Raven Powerball 53, Raven Bullock 1693, Connealy Conservative 3129, Connealy Gold Rush 026E, GAR Profit 6128, Connealy Front & Center, Sitz Superior 10971, Stevenson Rockmount RX933, and Connealy Comrade 1385

Raven Emma E 4241

Raven Blackbird 315

Reg: #15183451 One of the best cows to ever walk the pastures at Raven Angus.

A pathfinder that has sold 15 sons at auction for an average of $10,000. Not only has she produced herd bulls her daughters are very productive also. Selling sons of this great donor in the 2017 sale by GAR Profit, Connealy Confidence, and Connealy Conservative.

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Reg: +17149368 Pathfinder Dam of Raven Powerball 53 that sold to Sitz Angus in 2015 sale. His first calf crop highlighted both programs spring sales with 46 sons averaging $8,750. The first daughters will calf this spring and have a brood cow look just like 4241. Mass of body, strong top, excellent feet and legs are some of the features that you can respect of this donor. Her Dam was a very productive cow that produced $265,000 in sales and 4241 is following right in her footsteps. Selling sons of Connealy Capitalist in 2017 sale.

Raven Blackbird 610

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Reg: +16246696 Our Pick of the entire Connealy Angus cow herd in the 2013 sale.

Dam of the $235,000 Connealy Earnan and the $55,000 Gold Rush bull that we own and that has really left a stamp here. Selling sons of Connealy Conservative and Hoover Dam in the 2017 Sale.

Dam of the $20,000 top selling bull in the 2015 sale that went to Joseph Angus. Second generation pathfinder that is out of the great 315 cow. Selling sons by Raven Powerball 53.

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MARTON MARTONRANCH RANCH Natrona & Carbon Counties, Wyoming

Natrona & Carbon Counties, Wyoming

69,550± acres: 35,700 deeded, 8,000 69,550± acres: 35,700 deeded, 8,000State, State, 25,850 BLM lease.

12 12 miles river frontage.

25,850 BLM lease. miles river frontage.

$28,000,000 $28,000,000

Contact Clark & Associates at at (307) 334-2025 Contact Clark & Associates (307) 334-2025

MULESHOE LAND MULESHOE LAND&&CATTLE CATTLE

PHEASANT RIDGE FARM FARM PHEASANT RIDGE

Hawk Springs, Goshen County, Wyoming Hawk Springs, Goshen County, Wyoming

720± 355± irrigated irrigatedacres acres 720±deeded deeded acres acres with with 355± &&365± Modest improvements. improvements.

365±acres acres pasture. pasture. Modest

$1,250,000 $1,250,000

Contact at (307) (307)467-5523 467-5523 ContactMark Mark McNamee McNamee at or at (307) (307) 334-2025 334-2025 orCory Cory Clark Clark at

LONG RANCH LONG CANYON CANYON RANCH

PINETREE TREE DRAW RANCH PINE DRAW RANCH

Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming

2,436+ con�guous deeded acres.

Ample water 2,436+ con�guous deeded acres.

Ample water for for 220 head ca�le during 4‐1/2 5 month summer 220 head of of ca�le during 4‐1/2 to 5to month summer grazing.

Excellent improvements & wildlife habitat. grazing.

Excellent improvements & wildlife habitat.

$2,100,000 $2,100,000

Contact Cory Clark at (307) 334-2025 Contact Cory Clark at (307) 334-2025

WALKER CREEK RANCH WALKER CREEK RANCH

Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming 5,131± deeded acres.

8 center pivotsirrigate irrigate 5,131± deeded acres.

8 center pivots 1,113.3 acres.

4,018± acres pasture.

1,113.3 acres.

4,018± acres of of pasture.

Beautiful1,380± 1,380± deeded deeded acres.

Beautiful acres. Elegant Elegant3,575 3,575sq. sq.ft.ft. custom-builthome home & & more. Ideal custom-built Ideal wildlife wildlifehabitat. habitat.

Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming 9,660± for for 10,060± 9,660±deeded, deeded,400± 400±State State 10,060± . . acres.

Very functional improvements acres.

Very functional improvements

Contact Cory Clark (307) 334-2025 Contact Cory Clark at at (307) 334-2025 or Logan Schliinz (970) 222-0584 or Logan Schliinz at at (970) 222-0584

Contact Cory Cory Clark at Contact at (307) (307)334-2025 334-2025 orRyan Ryan Rochlitz Rochlitz at or at (307) (307)286-3307 286-3307

Contact Cory Clark at (307) 334-2025 Contact Cory Clark at (307) 334-2025 oror Denver Gilbert at (406) 697-3961 Denver Gilbert at (406) 697-3961

Price Reduced $7,000,000 Price Reduced toto $7,000,000

BR RANCH BR RANCH

Newell, Butte County, South Dakota Newell, Butte County, South Dakota 6,287± acres: 5,287± deeded& &1,000± 1,000± 6,287± totaltotal acres: 5,287± deeded lease.

Excellent steel corrals.

BLMBLM lease.

Excellent setset of of steel corrals.

Reduced $2,680,000 Reduced toto $2,680,000 Contact Ron Ensz at (605) 210-0337

Contact Ron Ensz at (605) 210-0337

HORSE CREEK RANCH HORSE CREEK Newell, Butte County,RANCH South Dakota

Newell,total Butte County, Dakota 7,924± acres: 7,043±South deeded, 400± BLM 7,924± total deeded, 400± BLM lease, andacres: 480± 7,043± “homestead quarters”. lease, and 480± “homestead quarters”.

Reduced to $3,940,000 Reduced $3,940,000 Contact Ronto Ensz at (605) 210-0337

Contact Ron Ensz at (605) 210-0337

Harrisburg, County,Nebraska Nebraska Harrisburg, Banner Banner County,

Price Reduced Reduced to $1,800,000 Price $1,800,000

PHIPPS SOUTH SOUTH UNIT PHIPPS UNIT

Ingomar, Garfield Garfield County, Ingomar, County,Montana Montana

$4,650,000 $4,650,000

BEETS TOP RANCH BEETSTWO TWO TOP RANCH

8,495± total total contiguous contiguous acres.

8,495± acres. Ample Ample water water from 4 miles of water line, springs, from 4 miles of water line, springs,reservoirs. reservoirs.

Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota 6,735± total acres: 4,088± deeded, 640 State lease 6,735± total acres: 4,088± deeded, 640 State lease & 2,007± BLM lease. & 2,007± BLM lease.

Contact Denver Gilbert at (406) 697-3961 Contact Denver Gilbert at (406) 697-3961

Contact Ron Ensz at (605) 210-0337 Contact Ron Ensz at (605) 210-0337

DOUBLE DIAMOND RANCH

PRAIRIE CENTER PIVOTS PRAIRIE CENTER PIVOTS Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming

$2,513,700 $2,513,700

DOUBLE DIAMOND RANCH Yellowstone & Musselshell Counties, Montana Yellowstone & Musselshell Counties, 9,650± contiguous acres 20 miles north ofMontana Billings, 9,650± contiguous acres 20 for miles Billings, MT. Excellent wildlife habitat elk, north deer, of antelope.

MT. Excellent wildlife habitat for elk, deer, antelope.

$6,000,000 $6,000,000 Contact Denver Gilbert at (406) 697-3961

Contact Denver Gilbert at (406) 697-3961 or Cory Clark at (307) 334-2025 or Cory Clark at (307) 334-2025

Reduced toto $2,300,000 Reduced $2,300,000

Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming 515± deeded acres with 420 acres irrigated under 3 515± deeded acres with acres irrigated under 3 low-pressure pivots.

Nice set420 of improvements. low-pressure pivots. Nice set of improvements.

Reduced to $1,600,000 Reduced toat $1,600,000 Contact Cory Clark (307) 334-2025 orContact Logan Schliinz at (970) 222-0584 Cory Clark at (307) 334-2025 or Logan Schliinz at (970) 222-0584