The Livestock Marketeers hosted their 60th annual Hall of Fame Banquet on May 29. This year’s event was held at the American-International Charolais Association in Kansas City, MO. The 2025 inductees were Jack Hedrick, Signal Mountain, TN; and Greg Clifton, North Richland Hills, TX.
Jack grew up on two notable Hereford Ranches, Circle M Ranch, Senatobia, MS, and Col. E. Brooke Lee’s Silver Springs Farms, Damascus, MD, and Columbus, MS. While in Columbus, Jack met his wife of 44 years, Mary Helen Hedrick. From 1975-1978, Jack worked with Bill Maerli from Cuba, MO, fitting sale and show cattle nationwide. In the fall of 1978, Jack joined National Cattle Services, Elgin, OK.
In the fall of 1988, Jack started his own company, JDH Marketing Services, LLC, providing sale management, consulting and ring service across North America. Jack and Mary Helen have one son, Dustin, and his wife, Carleigh, and two grandsons, Thom and Monte.
Greg Clifton was born in Clarence, MO, and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1980. Soon after graduation, Greg went to work for the American Yorkshire Club through 1985. From 1985 until 1989, Greg served as a fieldman for the Weekly Livestock Reporter based in Fort Worth, TX.
In 1989, he began his career as a purebred livestock auctioneer and sale manager, a career that he is still passionate about to this day. Greg has provided professional auctioneer services for elite operations across the nation. Greg and his wife, Tina, are blessed with three children and two grandchildren.
The Livestock Marketeers is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the history and advancement of the livestock marketing profession. The Livestock Marketeers Banquet is held each summer in conjunction with the Marketeers Classic Golf Tournament. The group established a scholarship in 2024 and has given four awards since its inception. — Livestock Marketeers
