Wehrbein Receives Highest Honor Awarded by Nebraska Cattlemen

Lincoln, Neb. (December 22, 2025) –Nebraska Cattlemen is proud to announce Buck Wehrbein as the 2025 Nebraska Cattlemen Hall of Fame Award recipient for his exemplary leadership and service to the beef cattle industry.

The Hall of Fame Award is the highest honor Nebraska Cattlemen can give one of its members. The Nominations Committee selects members based on their contribution to the beef industry, contribution to the Nebraska Cattlemen organization, community and civic contributions, and their cattle business accomplishments.

Executive vice president Laura Field stated, “From Nebraska to NCBA, Buck Wehrbein has been a champion for the beef cattle industry wherever he goes. He has served his fellow producers with the highest character and his leading by example spirit makes him most deserving of inclusion in the Nebraska Cattlemen Hall of Fame.”

Buck Wehrbein said, "I am profoundly humbled by this honor. While I feel unworthy, to be granted this by my fellow producers means the world to me. Praise God."

Background

Buck Wehrbein grew up in eastern Nebraska on a farm raising cattle, hogs and chickens. Wehrbein has managed custom feedlots in Nebraska and Texas since 1984 while feeding his own cattle since 1980. He worked outside Amarillo on a custom feedlot for many years before moving back to Nebraska.  

Wehrbein has been active in the beef industry and served as both chairman and treasurer for the Nebraska Beef Council. He also served on the Beef Promotion Operating Committee. He participated in Young Cattlemen’s Conference in 1993.  

Wehrbein and his wife Sandy have been married 53 years and have three children (two living), seven grandchildren (six living), and eleven great-grandchildren (ten living).

 View Buck's full award video here.