High stakes juggling in cattle country

Katy Moore
Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020 Updated Feb 10, 2021
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The Krebs Ranch family is a small but mighty force in Nebraska’s cattle industry. The family (from left) is comprised of the Scotts — Kami, Louisa Payton, Harper, and Jake; the elder Krebs — Louisa and Eldon; and the younger Krebs — Kashlynn, Ty, Kaleigh, Kynsleigh, and Sage.

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Though they’ve diversified in recent years to accommodate the growing family’s range of interests, Krebs Ranch in the Sandhills has been known for their Angus seedstock operation since the ‘80s.

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Louisa Payton exhibits at her first National Junior Angus Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Krebs Ranch 2.jpg — Payton, Kynsleigh and Kash won top honors together, claiming the champion pen of three breeding heifers at the 2020 Western Junior Livestock Show. In this celebratory photo, the cousins are standing near their respective Champion Angus, Champion Charolais and Champion Hereford heifers.
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Krebs Ranch 3.jpg — Kashlynn watches the judges while handling her Charolais heifer with ease at a recent show.
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Sage shows his Hereford at the Junior National Hereford Expo.

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Katy Moore can be reached at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.