On November 11, 2023, Bennie Beutler of Beutler & Son Rodeo Company will be inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame. Farm Director, KC Sheperd, had the chance to talk with Beutler about the history of Beutler & Son Rodeo Company.
Beutler was born April 4, 1949, in Elk City, Oklahoma. His granddad, Elra, and father, Jiggs, were longtime RCA and PRCA stock contractors and it was no surprise that Beutler followed their lead. Today, Beutler & Son Rodeo Company is operated by Beutler along with his son, Rhett, and remains one of the most successful stock contracting firms in rodeo.
In 2022, Beutler & Son was the first stock contracting company to win all three top Bucking Stock of the NFR Awards in a single year. Beutler was the PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year in 1997; was inducted into the Western Oklahoma Hall of Fame; won the PRCA Stock Contractor Remuda Award in 2007; was inducted to the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2010; and was inducted into Bull Riding Hall of Fame in 2019. He was a PRCA Board member for 16 years, chairman for three years and has been the assistant general manager of the National Finals Rodeo since 1982. Beutler & Son stock 25 to 30 rodeos a year in seven states.
The Beutlers have won the PRCA bull, bareback or saddle bronc of the year for the PRCA ten times and the top bareback, bull or saddle bronc at NFR a total of 12 times. Beutler lives in Elk City, Oklahoma.
Beutler said when it comes to bucking horses, they do not start bucking their stock until they are at least four years old. As a horse will grow until it is six, Beutler said this gives the horse time to mature.
“They like what they do,” Beutler said. “They are bred to buck.”
As the family travels all over the U.S. to rodeos, when asked why Beutler continues to call Elk City home, he said it is where many of his family members were born and still live today.
“The people here in Western Oklahoma- they just don’t make them any better than that,” Beutler said. “I have been all over the world, and I am telling you- you always come back home.”
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