Billings, MT--True working ranch cowboys and girls leave the ranch for a day to compete for glorious bragging rights at the NILE Ranch Rodeo Finals.

Bragging rights are no laughing matter but to sweeten the pot the NILE adds extra incentive. Awards and cash prizes go to the top team, top hand and top horse. However, perhaps the biggest incentive is that the NILE sanctions with the Working Ranch Cowboys Association. This means the winning team qualifies to head to the Ranch Rodeo World Finals in Amarillo, TX and show off what Montana has to offer.

The events for a ranch rodeo are unlike those of a professional rodeo. There's still roping and riding but there's also loading a trailer, cutting cattle out of a herd and other tasks to minic that work that's done in the pasture.  Don't miss the Ranch Bronc Riding, Team Trailering, Team Doctoring, and Wild Cow Milking!

Champions from the Sanctioned Rodeos earn their spot at the NILE. These rodeos include: Neal Hermanson Memorial Ranch Rodeo in Sydney, MT; Custer Ranch Rodeo in Custer, MT; Forsyth Ranch Rodeo in Forsyth, MT; Glasgow Old Mil Ranch Rodeo in Glasgow, MT; Wyoming Ranch Rodeo Finals in Douglas, WY; Phillips County Ranch Rodeo in Malta, MT; and The Ingomar Ranch Rodeo in Malta, MT.

Teams competing for the title are:

Neshum/Rodeske Ranches of Dulax, ND & Cartwright, ND

Dryhead Ranch of Dryhead, MT

Harrington/Kortum Ranches of Fallon, MT & Terry, MT

Nelson Ranch of Glasgow, MT

Hooks Ranch/Cowboy Relief of Thermopolis, WY

Cross H Ranch of Lusk, WY

Reid Ranch of Firth, ID 

Salveson Ranch of Malta, MT

Bootheel 7 Livestock of Lusk, WY

Maxwell Butte Ranch of Powderville, MT 

Abel Ranch/Fink Quarter Horses of Custer, MT & Hysham, MT

Circle B Ranch of Big Horn, MT.

This year's NILE Ranch Rodeo Finals will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 at 7 p.m. in the Rimrock Auto Arena. Tickets being at $12. To purchase tickets, call MetraPark Box Office (406) 256-2422 or go to metrapark.com.