A Little North Dakota Cattle History -- February 13, 2021

Updates

Schaff, 2022, results: link here. 

From a year ago, link here:

North Dakota Stockmen's Association Executive Vice President Julie Ellingson was recently named agriculturalist of the year at the North Dakota State University’s 95th Little International. 

Ellingson grew up on a registered Angus cattle ranch in St. Anthony, N.D., Schaff Angus Valley. 

It is here where her deep appreciation and passion for agriculture was planted. 

Ellingson received her degree in mass communication and general agriculture. She attended both Bismarck State and North Dakota State University. 

She then worked for a county newspaper for a short amount of time until she joined the North Dakota Stockmen's Association, where she has worked for over two decades. 

Outside of her role at North Dakota Stockmen’s Association, Ellingson and her husband raise registered Angus cattle at Ellingson Angus. 

“My husband and I merged our herds when we were married in 1995. Since then, we have grown our own cattle operation and we now raise registered Angus cattle on the site where I grew up,” Ellingson said.

From ellingsonangus.aboutus:

Ellingson Angus was founded in 1995, when Julie Schaff and Chad Ellingson married and merged their registered Angus herds.

Julie grew up on the registered Angus ranch near St. Anthony, N.D., where Ellingsons today call home. Her paternal grandparents, Paul and Magdeline Schaff, began the family's registered Angus program. The tradition was passed to Julie's parents, Martin and Angie.

Chad, the son of Lester, Jr., and Cheryll Ellingson, came from Maddock, N.D., where he raised mostly commercial cattle and other livestock. His maternal grandparents, Miles and Dot Maddock, were also registered Angus breeders for a time.

Original Post

Previously posted:

Angus bull sales report: link here.

• Schaff, St Anthony, ND: yet to report; sale yesterday;
• last year's record, Schaff: $275,000
• Ellingson Angus, St Anthony, ND, this year:
• looks like the one to beat
• registered bulls, average: $12,407
• top bull: $175,000
• most auctions across the country, top bull: $10,000 to $30,000
• the all-time record, link here:
• Schaff, St Anthony, ND
• February 9, 2019
• $1.51 million