STOCKMAN STRAIGHT UP

featuring Ben Sandrock Sauk Valley Angus - Rock Falls, IL

Most used tool on your farm and how old is it?

The fencing pliers. I swear they grow legs and walk off every 6-8 months!”

Your go-to sorting apparatus?

My trusty sorting stick, its always in the bed of my truck.”

Which animal (any species) has left the greatest impact on you?

Any cow who can produce multiple bull calves that make it to the NWSS in Denver, is a favorite of mine!”

Your favorite non-farm activity to do in your free time?

I really enjoy fishing and snow skiing.”

above The Sandrock family.

What is your least favorite job on the farm?

Taking pictures. God has blessed me with many things in my life, but patience is not one of them. Picture taking is the one day each year when I feel as though I am working for the cows!”

Describe your best/worst day.

The best day is the day AFTER our annual cattle sale. . . stress relief!”

The most important lesson you’ve learned in this business?

Perseverance. This life is both the most challenging and the most rewarding one we could choose.”

What about the beef cattle industry excites you the most?

Hands down, the people that I get to meet. Beef industry folks are some of the greatest people on the face of the earth. Period.”

About the Stockman.

Sauk Valley Angus is a cattle and row crop enterprise that consists of 100 Angus cows and 9,000 acres. We’ve hosted a production sale the fourth Saturday of March each year since 1997. Four generations of Sandrocks and Kings work together on a seven generation family farm that has raised Angus cattle since the 1940’s. My brother, Matt, and I work together with our father, Gary, and our Grandfather, Jay, to raise quality Angus bulls for discerning cattlemen across the country.”

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Sauk Valley Angus is proud to have been exhibiting Angus stock at the National Western Stock Show in Denver since 1999.