Rick Hibler

Ricky Hibler is the assistant manager at Irsik & Doll Beefland Feedyard in Garden City, KS. He was born in Garden City and raised on the family ranch south of town, where they raised 4H calves.

Rick started working in cattle operations in 1971 at Masters Feeders, now Cobalt Cattle Co, in Garden City as a pen rider for 5 years. He then went to K-State for a year for wrestling. Following his time in Manhattan, he moved to Wichita for about a year, building airplanes for Cessna, but the cattle industry was his true calling, so back to Southwest Kansas he went to work at several feedyards (Sublette Feeders, S Bar Feedyard, Gigot Feeders, Gotcha and Sagebrush Feedyard) before finding his home at Beefland. He began working for Irsik & Doll in 1995 as a pen rider and has worked his way up to Assistant manager in his 30 years there.

Ricky has 2 children and 3 stepchildren. He and his wife, Gwen, have been married for 39 years. When not at work, Rick spends his free time attending sporting events and spending time with his 17 grandchildren.