DID YOU KNOW...
• The DTBA was established in 1996 and is based in Rapid City, SD.
• The DTBA has 180 members representing 14 states, including South Dakota,
North Dakota, Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Texas,
Indiana, South Carolina, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas and California.
• In 2016 the DTBA will celebrate its 20th year as an association. The event
will take place February 5 - 7 in Rapid City, SD and is anticipated to draw in
approximately 200 attendees.
• South Dakota is the largest buffalo producing state in the US, with more buf-
falo than the next two biggest states combined. North Dakota, Montana, and
Nebraska are the next largest producing states.
• Buffalo prices are at record setting levels with demand out pacing supply
• The DTBA is a member of the National Bison Association, based in Denver,
Colorado. The association also shares membership with our sister associa-
tion, the North Dakota Buffalo Association and is a lifetime member of the
Montana Bison Association.
• The DTBA hosted the 2007 International Bison Conference in Rapid City, SD
and to date that was one of the most successful IBC events anywhere.
• The DTBA was the first group to develop a carcass contest based on real
market conditions. Additionally, the group was the first, and is still the only,
group that conducts a carcass contest for heifers.
• Member Bruce Anderson, owner of Western Buffalo Company in Rapid City,
South Dakota, is currently serving as President of the National Bison Associa-
tion.
• Custer State Park has a herd of approximately 1300 buffalo and is an active
member of the association and partners with the group on many projects.
• DTBA also works with the InterTribal Buffalo Council, other state and region-
al buffalo groups, the National Bison Association, the Canadian Bison Associa-
tion and partners on projects with other like-minded organizations.
• The DTBA Black Hills Buffalo Classic Show and Sale, featuring the group’s
Young Guns Yearling Breeding Bull Challenge and the Girlz Gone Wild Two
Year Old Bred Heifer Challenge, is currently one of the most successful live
buffalo auctions in the country. In 2015, the sale had the highest selling bull
and the highest average in the country on yearling breeding bulls and the sec-
ond highest average in the country on two year old bred heifers and tied for
the highest selling two year old bred heifer in the country. The Girlz Gone Wild
program is the only one of its kind in the country.
• The DTBA Winter Conference is always the last weekend of the Black Hills
Stock Show and Rodeo, which will be celebrating its 58th year in 2016. With
an estimated attendance of 331,000, this is the second largest event in the
state of South Dakota, with only the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally boasting more
attendees.
