Recknor Cattle

02/23/2026

Congratulations Paige Schmidt

02/23/2026

Huge Congratulations to Brock Studer and crew on Reserve Overall Breeding Heifer and Champion Angus at the Iowa Beef Expo today!

What an incredible start to the year—we can’t wait to see where the rest of the season takes this pair!

✨ This heifer sold through the Recknor Cattle Elite Multi-Breed Female Sale – October 2025 as Lot 1.

Daniel Owens
Katie Flitsch
Jess Recknor
Joshua Thomas Elder
Nate Tice
Jacob Metli

02/08/2026

Check out this great offering for an amazing cause!

🚨 SALE DAY - BIDDING OPEN! Frozen embryos, semen, genetic services, products, feed and supplements, advertising, meat, services, entertainment and so much more. Bid today to buy something you’ll use, need, and/or enjoy AND do it for a GREAT CAUSE!

⚫️ Frozen genetics sale: https://www.sconlinesales.com/Bids/AuctionsListing/45625
⚫️ General items sale: https://www.sconlinesales.com/Bids/AuctionsListing/45624

01/21/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Clayton Landis, Kevin Stahl and Crew on an outstanding start to the show season! 🎉

This Simmental female has been on an impressive run, earning:
🏆 5th Overall Female – Junior Show at the Pennsylvania Farm Show 2026
🏆 Champion Purebred Simmental Heifer – Junior Show at the Pennsylvania Farm Show 2026
🏆 Champion Purebred Simmental – Open Show at the Pennsylvania Farm Show 2026
🏆 Reserve Division II Junior Purebred Simmental at the American International Livestock Exposition 2025

What an incredible start to the year—we can’t wait to see where the rest of the season takes this pair!

✨ This heifer sold through the Recknor Cattle Elite Multi-Breed Female Sale – October 2025.

01/18/2026

Winter mornings in the show barn hit a little different. ❄️🐄

Before the sun fully comes up, chores are already underway — feed buckets clanking, breath hanging in the air, and cattle quietly starting their day. It’s cold outside, but inside the barn there’s a rhythm that never stops, no matter the season.

These early mornings are where discipline is built, care is given, and progress is made one feeding at a time. Not always easy, never glamorous — but always worth it.

This is winter show-barn life, and we wouldn’t trade it for anything.

01/16/2026

Reliving the warmer days with this official backdrop photo ☀️🐄

A huge congratulations to Paige Schmidt and Kerlee Cattle Company on an incredible showing at the Arizona National Livestock Show—earning Supreme Champion Heifer and Champion Simmental Heifer honors.

We’re proud to have this standout female sell through the Recknor Cattle Elite Multi Breed Female Sale 2025. Results like this are what make the journey so rewarding.

Congratulations to everyone involved on a well-deserved win!

01/01/2026

As we wrap up 2025, our hearts are full.
This year brought record-breaking sales and gifts, champions and backdrops, new beginnings on the farm, and friendships we’ll carry with us forever.

Thank you for supporting Recknor Cattle and Purple Ribbon Beef — whether in the show ring, the farm store, online, or cheering us on from afar. We’re so grateful for every memory made and excited for all that 2026 has in store. ✨

01/01/2026

SC Online Sales is a great partner! Thanks for all you do.

12/31/2025

A Huge Congratulations to Pagie Schmidt and Crew on Supreme Champion Heifer at Arizona National Livestock Show!

Sold by : Kerlee Cattle Company & Recknor Cattle

12/07/2025

🎉 Happy Birthday to Mom… aka Cindy… aka Grandma! 🎉
The glue that holds all of this together — the farm, the business, the chaos, the crew, and let’s be honest… the finances too 😂💛

While we’re pretty sure she could think of a hundred other ways she'd rather spend her birthday, she’s spending it packing holiday orders and keeping us running like the well-oiled machine she somehow magically makes us look like.

We are so grateful for everything she does — the love, the support, the organization, the wisdom, and the endless patience for all of our wild ideas. 💕

And hey… at least your Cyclones gave you a big birthday win yesterday! ❤️💛

Help us wish the one and only Cindy / Mom / Grandma the happiest birthday! We sure couldn’t do this without you. 🎂🎈🎁