Texas was the place to rodeo in 2020, paying some $6,900,881 at its 59 circuit rodeos this year—some $4 million more than any other circuit in the PRCA.
(Editor’s Note: Money does not include barrel racing and breakaway roping payouts.)
Of course, Texas was still able to host its major winter rodeos pre-COVID-19—including most of RodeoHouston, San Antonio’s Stock Show and Rodeo and Forth Worth’s Stock Show and Rodeo. But it also held many of its smaller PRCA rodeos, like Stephenville’s Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo with its $83,762 payout, Weatherford’s Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo with its $129,080 payout and its weekly Mesquite Championship Rodeo with its varied payouts.
Here’s a circuit-by-circuit rodeo count and payout breakdown for 2020, as provided by the PRCA:
Badlands Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 36
Total PRCA Payoff: $2,218.904
Circuit Finals: Oct. 9-11, 2020
Circuit Finals Payout: $126,091
Circuit Finals Champs: Cooper White and Tucker White
Team Roping Circuit Champs: Cooper White, $12,411.75, and Tucker White, $9,963.05
California Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 6
Total PRCA Payoff: $358,220
Circuit Finals: Oct. 9-10, 2020
Circuit Finals Payout: $92,554
Circuit Finals Champs: Ryan Reed and Joseph Shawnego
Team Roping Circuit Champs: Pat Boyle, $6,763.89, and Jared Hixon, $6,763.89
Columbia River Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 4
Total PRCA Payoff: $284,110
Circuit Finals: Oct.2-3, 2020
Circuit Finals Payout: $100,542
Circuit Finals Champs: Riley Minor and Brady Minor
Team Roping Circuit Champs: Garrett Rogers, $5,784.51, and Jake Minor, $5,784.51
First Frontier Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 18
Total PRCA Payoff: $369,540
Circuit Finals: Oct. 23-24, 2020
Circuit Finals Payout: $143,936
Circuit Finals Champs: Zane Kilgus and Scot Brown
Team Roping Circuit Champs: Chuck Smith, $8,046.35, and Kevin Brown, $8,046.35
Great Lakes Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 19
Total PRCA Payoff: $900,890
Circuit Finals: Oct. 9-10, 2020
Circuit Finals Payout: $96,796
Circuit Finals Champs: Cody Reed and Jace McDaniel and Cooper Bruce and Reed Boos
Team Roping Circuit Champs: Coy Rahlmann, $3,507.16, and Cody Andrews, $4,447.14
Maple Leaf Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 3
Total PRCA Payoff: $137,518
Circuit Finals: TBD
Circuit Finals Payout: TBD
Circuit Finals Champs: TBD
Mexico Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 3
Total PRCA Payoff: $23,949
Circuit Finals: TBD
Circuit Finals Payout: TBD
Circuit Finals Champs: TBD
Montana Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 22
Total PRCA Payoff: $1,131,512
Circuit Finals: Jan. 2021
Circuit Finals Payout: TBD
Circuit Finals Champs: TBD
Team Roping Circuit Leaders: Shawn Bessette, $8,226.82, and Matt Robertson, $8,154.44
Mountain States Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 25
Total PRCA Payoff: $1,758,682
Circuit Finals: Oct. 23-24, 2020
Circuit Finals Payout: TBD
Circuit Finals Champs: TBD
Team Roping Circuit Leaders: Garrett Tonozzi, $10,575.80, and Cullen Teller, $8,647.47
Prairie Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 32
Total PRCA Payoff: $2,076,605
Circuit Finals: Oct. 16-17, 2020
Circuit Finals Payout: TBD
Circuit Finals Champs: TBD
Team Roping Circuit Leaders: Andrew Ward, $24,462.98, and Buddy Hawkins II, $22,465.02
Southeastern Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 42
Total PRCA Payoff: $1,445,475
Circuit Finals: Nov. 13-14, 2020
Circuit Finals Payout: TBD
Circuit Finals Champs: TBD
Team Roping Circuit Leaders: Clint Summers, $11,951.07, and Britt Bockius, $10,683.19
Texas Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 59
Total PRCA Payoff: $6,900,881
Circuit Finals: Dec. 31, 2020—Jan. 2, 2021
Circuit Finals Payout: TBD
Circuit Finals Champs: TBD
Team Roping Circuit Leaders: Dustin Egusquiza, $20,739.38, and Junior Nogueira, $20,930.63
Turquoise Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 13
Total PRCA Payoff: $1,029,913
Circuit Finals: No circuit finals in 2020
Team Roping Circuit Qualifiers to Kissimmee’s RNCFR in 2021:
First in Circuit: Erich Rogers, $7,771.82, and Trevor Nowlin, $7,218.42
Second in Circuit: Pedro Egurrola, $7,218.42, and Logan Medlin, $7,133.89
Wilderness Circuit
Number of Rodeos: 27
Total PRCA Payoff: $2,041,055
Circuit Finals: Nov. 5-7, 2020
Circuit Finals Payout: TBD
Circuit Finals Champs: Quinn Kesler and Colby Siddoway
Team Roping Circuit Champs: Chaz Kananen, $6,728.35, and Max Kuttler, $6,728.35 TRJ
