“I like to be relentless in terms of just keeping them looking right or having them presented for a sale offering,” says Craig Sand, herdsman at Circle M Farms. “I’ve got probably an undesirable amount of pride in terms of wanting my stuff to always look good for people.”
That’s likely why Sand says he resonated so much with what American Angus Association CEO Mark McCully said during the Herdsman Social at Cattlemen’s Congress: being a cattleman isn’t always just about how well you do at a show.
When his peers look at Sand, they see an individual with passion, with experience, relentless in his pursuit of excellence — all qualities that helped them vote for Sand to be named the 2026 Angus Herdsman of the Year.
“It’s a very humbling experience, and I’m just fortunate enough to be in that group and call them fellow breeders and fellow herdsmen,” Sand says of the honor. “It just really makes you feel good, and you think, ‘Man, the work’s kind of finally paid off.’”
Join the #AngusJournal in celebrating Sand’s win: https://www.angus.org/…/angus-journal/2026/03/relentless
