Hoffman Ranch is a multi-generational Hereford and Angus operation located in Nebraska’s Sandhills. Operated by Dixie and Denny Hoffman, their son, Jason, his wife, Kaycee, and their children, Haxton, Kennedy and Hayden, the ranch specializes in superior genetics for commercial cattlemen and seedstock producers and hosts annual bull and female sales. 

With an emphasis on studying the maternal side of herd bulls, hard-working, fault-free, low maintenance cow families are at the heart of the operation. They firmly believe those traits are essential in any breed to achieve high levels of excellence. The Hoffman program is based around proven genetics that can build quality cattle for the progressive commercial cowman. 

In conjunction with the World Hereford Conference, the family is hosting a live female sale. 

Van Newkirk Herefords is a family-operated ranch located along the scenic North Platte River. The ranch is operated by Joe and Cyndi Van Newkirk and their children and children’s families: Kolby, Meg, Barrett, Sloan, Blair and Marlo Van Newkirk, and Sara, Matt, John, Kennedy and Graham Cover, along with hired man, Travis Kezar. 

The Van Newkirk family runs 600 head of registered cows, sells 250 bulls annually the third Monday in January and sells private-treaty females each December. The historic Van Newkirk ranch was established in 1892 and is located on the famous Ogallala Aquifer — in some places it’s only 15 feet down to water. The Van Newkirks hosted their 52nd annual bull sale in January and are excited to welcome visitors from around the world to their beautiful ranch. 

Owned and operated by Bernie, Stacie and Rachael Buzanowski, Snowshoe Cattle Co. produces Hereford and Red Angus cattle on Nebraska’s High Plains. Their mission is to provide all essential traits in a balanced genetic package. For more than 30 years, the family’s emphasis has been on the cow, believing it takes a great cow to raise a great bull. Their cow herd must provide excellence in mothering ability, udder structure, athletic phenotype and carcass quality. 

Snowshoe hosts an annual bull sale each year and ensures that the bulls they raise and sell to both purebred and commercial producers can multitask — meaning they are balanced in their phenotype with lots of growth, maternal performance and carcass merit to pass onto their progeny. The family is committed to producing Hereford and Red Angus cattle that provide balanced genetics without compromise. 

Located only 17 miles north of Ogallala, Neb., the winner of the coveted inaugural American Quarter Horse Association Remuda Award, Haythorn Land and Cattle Co. is a working ranch breeding commercial cattle as well as foundation-bred Quarter Horses. 

Haythorn Land and Cattle Co. is nestled in the rolling Sandhills of Nebraska. This area contains the largest underground water source on the continent, the Ogallala Aquifer. The sprawling landscape it supports is also the largest grass stabilized sand dune region in the world. Bluestem, Grama and Buffalo grasses hold down the sand and keep the dunes in place. Summertime brings the delicate wildflowers peeking out of the lush grassland, and the Curlews calling to one another in the clear blue skies. To look out over the gently rolling hills on a quiet summer evening as the sun sets in the west is truly peaceful.