Welcome To Ryun Livestock
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 The kids showing in Aberdeen: L to R: Johnnie (Red Label) with Kyle, Iris (DialedTheWrongNumber) with Adam, Katniss (Catching Fire) with Abby, Pippi (Totally Magnetized) with Katy. September 2021 |
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It is with great sadness that we annouce the passing of Straws Mighty Magnum on October 19, 2022 at 27 years of age. The thoughtfulness of so many with the outpouring of condolences, memories, and messages has been so appreciated.
Welcome to our growing family ranch located in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota. After a few relocations, some changes in our program, and a growing family, we are back on our own place and ready to move forward. Ryun Livestock is owned and operated by Jacob & Kristine Ryun along with their 4 children - all of which are becoming great hands!
When this all started, the original focus was in producing quality, performance Appaloosa horses with excellent personalities, beautiful conformation, athletic ability, and the distinguishing factor of an Appaloosa...color! However, with the arrival of the kids - and their growing interest in horses, it became apparent we needed to change our focus a bit and start keeping back some of these awesome mounts we were raising and selling. While we will still raise some foals, most will be retained for our own use on the ranch and in the show pen. Our horses are true all-around athletes, in other words, horses that posess both the mind and movement to excel in many disciplines - both on the rail and off. We proudly stood and owned World Champion & Silver Medallion Sire, Straws Mighty Magnum, until his passing in October of 2022 at 27 years of age. Our focus still remains on producing a quality performance prospect that will withstand the test of time and be a life-long partner.
Another change was the addition of the cattle. We have a growing commercial herd of black Angus and Angus cross cattle. We own sons of some fo the top Angus bulls as our herd bulls, while also incoorporating in some AI on our heifers. We are enjoying raising our own replacement heifers and hope to have a herd of all home-raised mother cows within a few short years. With our cattle, we strive for a maternal mother cow that is easy to handle and produces a healthy calf with good natural weight gain each year. Our cattle are hardy and efficient with moderate size.
We are also proud dealers of dac® nutritional products. Our equine partners thrive on their dac® supplements!
Ryun Livestock also participates and has been completing programs through the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA).
Certifications completed to date:
Cow/Calf BQA - Jacob & Kristine
Comprehensive BQA - Jacob & Kristine
Maintenance Crew - Jacob & Kristine
Stocker/Backgrounder - Kristine
Humane Equine Management - Kristine
Ryun Livestock was formally known as Still Seeing Spots Appaloosas. Throughout that time, we relocated a few times due to Jacob's Active Duty status with the United States Air Force. Originally located in Wisconsin, we moved to Alaska and Illinois before settling in North Dakota after Jacob left active duty in 2009 and joined the North Dakota Air National Guard. We spent a couple years on a quiet cattle ranch nestled in the North Dakota badlands before moving to our current location in May 2012.
We hope you enjoy a brief ranch tour as you explore our website.
~Jacob & Kristine Ryun
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