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

Jason McNally

Robert Sperry

Clint Neshum

Jim Rodeske

Craig McKinsey

Fink Quarter Horses

Chad Fink

Jay Blankenship

Chase Fisher

Jake Gill

Evans Ranch

Wes Kirkaldie

Wyatt Handy

Chance Hill

Jol Stensland

Walter Ozark

Four Three Land & Catlle

JD Williams

Clay Ashurst

Chris Laucomer

Brad Long

Boe Simmons

Lodge Pole Cattle Company

Tom Twiford

OJ Huxtable

Bray Huxtable

Matt Frazier

Josh Cooper

Olsen Grain and Livestock

Jeremy Pierce

Joe Pierce

Guy Simanton

Reid Robinson

Reid Ranch

Justin Palmer

Jess Reid

Kip Hunter

Jak Christensen

Taylor Merrill

Lepley Creek Ranch

Skip Halmes

Jake Halmes

Matt Halmes

Russ Smith

Draggin Y Ranch

Luke Wiggins

Joe Slagowiski

Brian Dixon

Blake Dixon

Gus Thorson

Shoebox Ranch

Amy Ward

Justine Munns

Tess Turk

Cassie Woosley

Cole Thoreson

S Ranch

Bode Scott

KC Verhelst

Sarah Verhelst

Guy Peterson

Jacob Brennan

This year's NILE Ranch Rodeo Finals will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the Rimrock Auto Arena.