Montana Red Angus Association Incorporated

The MTRAA has an annual meeting that is held in October in conjunction with the Association's NILE sale. After the annual meeting, the Association has an annual banquet that the membership attends. In 2024, the Association had over 60 that attended. This banquet is for the purpose of its members to recognize volunteerism and also to develop and renew relationships within the Association.

The MTRAA believes in the youth of the Red Angus breed. The Buckle Program was established in the 1990's and has continually grown. The program had over 30 buckles awarded to the youth in 2024. In order to win a buckle, the youth has to have Overall Grand Champion or Reserve Champion Market Steer, Breeding Project, or Carcass of their county and these animals are required to be 50% Red Angus. Many breeders help sponsor this program through donations to purchase the buckles. With so many winners, the Association supplements the cost of this program.

The MTRAA promotes our breed along with breeders through the Calendar program. Breeders are able to purchase calendar space then the calendars are printed with gestation calendars and sales dates. The calendars are then dispersed through the breeders to commercial cattlemen, through trade shows, sale barns, and other various agricultural industries. The MTRAA printed over 550 calendars. This program was one of the first of its kind in the Red Angus breed.

MTRAA holds an Online Semen Auction. Semen is donated by the breeders of the MTRAA which help supports the Association to use for promotion of the Red Angus breed. The donations have been purchased from around the United States. In 2024, we had over 25 lots.

The Donation Heifer program is a program where one breeder from the Association donates a heifer calf to the Association to help fund and promote the Red Angus breed. In 2024, the monies were used for advertising such as billboards, sale barn signs that reference the Red Angus breed. Also, the monies helped with the NILE sale luncheon, website maintenance, newsletters to the membership, and the annual banquet.