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Posted 11/04/2025
For immediate release:
Nov. 4, 2025
For more information, contact:
Jason Leiseth, North Dakota Stockmen’s Foundation president: (701) 770-1129 • jpleiseth@gmail.com
Julie Schaff Ellingson, North Dakota Stockmen’s Association executive vice president: (701) 223-2522 • jellingson@ndstockmen.org
Stockmen’s Ball tickets now available
Through its beef-related scholarship, leadership, research, promotion and building objectives, the North Dakota Stockmen’s Foundation (NDSF) works to ensure a legacy for North Dakota’s cattle industry. To support this and future generations of cattle ranchers, the NDSF is hosting the 2025 Stockmen’s Ball on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Bismarck Hotel and Conference Center in Bismarck, N.D. The Ball is open to anyone who is interested. The Stockmen’s Ball will be a fun-filled night of western elegance complete with a prime rib supper and live music by Tris Munsick and the Innocents.
One of the region’s top country acts, Tris Munsick and the Innocents has shared the stage with Big & Rich, Blackhawk, the Eli Young Band, Cody Johnson, Casey Donahew and Marty Stuart.
The Stockmen’s Ball begins at 5 p.m. with entertainment and hors d’oeuvres, followed by live and silent auctions, supper and dancing. Auction items — ranging from vacation packages to one-of-a-kind western furnishings — would make perfect holiday gifts, as would tickets to the event itself, said NDSF President Jason Leiseth, an Arnegard, N.D., cattleman.
“Since its beginning in 2008, the Stockmen’s Foundation has provided scores of collegiate scholarships and nearly $2 million in disaster relief to producers devastated by floods, blizzards, wildfire and drought; helped develop curriculum to assist families with the generational transfer of their operations; established a beef research fund; and more,” Leiseth explained. “The Stockmen’s Ball is a great way for people to support these types of projects and to have a great time at the same time.”
Among the NDSF’s most recent efforts was its Out of the Ashes Wildfire Disaster Relief Project, which provided $1 million to disaster victims significantly impacted in the devastating wildfires in October 2024.
A limited number of tickets for the Stockmen’s Ball are available. Only advanced tickets will be sold. They are now available — per person or per table — by contacting the NDSF at (701) 223-2522.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Bismarck Hotel and Conference Center. To make reservations, call (701) 258-7700. Mention the Stockmen’s Ball to take advantage of the discounted price.
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