Herrington Ranch
Bassett, Nebraska
Herrington Ranch Cattle
Honor's and Awards
Ray and Wanda Herrington were selected Commercial Hereford cattleman of the year in 1988 for Nebraska and the family hosted a Hereford tour and dinner that year at the ranch. Ray was also awarded the Top Notch Cowman award at the L7 Hereford Ranch sale by the Hereford Association. He was a regular in the rodeo arena and roped calves for several years, until the team roping era was born. He and son Bill team roped in several family team roping competitions winning several championships. He won 1st Place in the Old Timers Rodeo in Burwell, NE two years in a row. He has hung up his ropes today, but not his enthusiasm for the sport of rodeo and cattle breeding. Ray is Director for the Rock County unit for the Cowboy Hall of Fame and recently honored with an induction into the Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame on July 19, 2009.
Ray and Wanda Herrington
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Herrington Ranch Bassett, Nebraska
Hereford Cattle the Foundation
The Herrington family has been Hereford breeders for several generations, Ray was a keen buyer of top Hereford bulls in the breed and purchased several Grand Champion bulls. Herrington Ranch consistently had pot loads of steers top the market at various livestock auctions over the years. In 1998 they bred 750 head of their outstanding Hereford commercial cows to top angus bulls.
The results, have been fancy first cross black white face steers and heifers that have demanded top prices by buyers. Branding time, spring and fall at the Herrington Ranch is still done as it was generations ago. Young calves are heel roped and dragged to the fire for branding. Neighbor's all help each other and exchange free labor, as their ancestors did. The ranch has several artesian wells that flow the best water in the world along with rolling sand hills and meadow lands that are cut for hay in the summer to feed their cattle in the winter.
