National Cattlemen’s Association (U.S.)

The origins of the National Cattlemen’s Association go back to January 1898, when a meeting of cattle, sheep, goat, swine, and horse growers was held in Denver, Colorado to consider forming a national organization to represent and defend the interests of livestock producers. At this meeting, the National Live Stock Growers Association was formed and John W. Springer became its first president. The organization changed its name to the National Live Stock Association in 1900.

In 1905, a group of cattle and sheep growers protested the presence of meat packers, railroad representatives and others allied but not directly involved with the livestock industry in the National Live Stock Association, and broke away to form the American Stock Growers Association. However, the two organizations reunited to form the American National Live Stock Association in 1906.

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