‘A ton of opportunity,’ says Kansas native who found second home in Mitchell after buying Mitchell Livestock

Jarridd Herrmann auctions off cattle on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at the Mitchell Livestock Auction. MITCHELL — Jarridd Herrmann is no stranger to the cattle industry. Growing up in Dodge City, Kansas, Herrmann learned the ropes of farming and tending to his family’s 65,000-head livestock feedlot. While his agriculture roots began in the south, they have sprouted north to South Dakota. In late August, Herrmann and his wife, Patrice Herrmann, bought Mitchell Livestock — a well-known sale barn that’s been an Upper Midwest staple. “It’s a nice community. There is a ton of opportunity here,” Herrmann said of the Mitchell area. “We’re selling the best of the best right here.” The Mitchell sale barn changed hands from former owners Don Stang and Marion Rus who sold the business to the Herrmanns. Stang and Rus guided Mitchell Livestock for over a decade, but the duo was ready to hand over the reins to a young new crop of owners. Jarridd Herrmann auctions off cattle on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at the Mitchell Livestock Auction. The purchase of Mitchell Livestock added a second livestock sale barn for the Herrmanns, who own a sale barn in Cherokee, Oklahoma. Although his Oklahoma sale […]

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