Shad Mayfield has earned his second PRCA World Championship with an All-Around title thanks to a clutch performance in Round 10 of the 2024 NFR, finishing the year with $335,474 in winnings.
“It means a lot to win this,” Mayfield said. “I’ll have more chances at a calf roping gold buckle, but the all-around doesn’t come around very often.”
To do it, he outpaced team ropers Coleman Proctor and Junior Nogueira, roping himself into the history books with a 9.6-second run in Round 10, The performance moved him from No. 5 to No. 4 in the average and secured a $40,750 payday—narrowly edging out Proctor by just $676.
Shad Mayfield’s All-Around resume
- Steer roping: $6,127
- Heading: $3,149
- Calf roping: $397,408
How Shad Mayfield earned the PRCA All-Around World Championship
Mayfield came into the NFR with a $34,011.69 lead over his all-around peers, but the pressure mounted quickly as team ropers Coleman Proctor and Junior Nogueira began winning checks. The two of them flip-flopped behind Mayfield, all three drawing within $1,500 of each other during Round 8.
When Proctor and partner Logan Medlin won Round 9, the $33,687 payday bumped him ahead of Mayfield by $31,925.
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To reclaim the title, Proctor needed to miss in Round 10, dropping to No. 8 in the average, and Mayfield needed to win $40,077—either in the average or the go-round.
“I knew I needed to come in and do my job,” Mayfield said. “Then, [Round 10] fell apart so I just needed to come in and tie one down. I drew a calf that was a runner. They haven’t tied that calf in under 9 seconds.”
The 9.6-second performance on 2024 Horse of the Year “Lollipop” earned Mayfield a $40,750 payday.
“I felt more relaxed tonight,” Mayfield said. “I think I’ve roped good all week, I just physically wasn’t 100%. I tweaked myself in the first round getting off and it went downhill from there. I tried to play it smart the whole way and give myself an opportunity to win this gold buckle.”
Mayfield’s 2024 NFR record
- Round 1: 9.4
- Round 2: 8.3, $14,127
- Round 3: 7.7, $2,717
- Round 4: 9.6
- Round 5: 8.1, $20,104
- Round 6: 7.2, $23,364
- Round 7: 10.9
- Round 8: 8.9
- Round 9: 14.9
- Round 10: 9.6
- Average: 94.6 on 10, $40,750
“Winning this meant a lot,” Mayfield said. “I battled all year, but when you get to Vegas, the battle really starts. And doing the all-around is a battle too. You’re battling guys in other events, and it’s not just any guys—it’s the toughest.”
Mayfield’s 2024 ProRodeo season at large
Mayfield started regularly steer roping in late 2023, pulling his first ProRodeo check at the Coleman PRCA Rodeo in Texas in early June. Mayfield crossed the $3,000 threshold for all-around consideration in late June at the Crooked River Roundup in Prineville, Oregon.
“A lot of my throws have been neck shots,” Mayfield admitted. “It’s a habit from calf roping. In calf roping, when a calf steps right, that’s the best throw to take. When a steer steps right, that’s the worst throw to take, and I get the neck doing it. It’s a totally different swing, and it’s taken some getting used to.”
Mayfield praised the steer roping community for their welcoming nature and willingness to help as he got a feel for the event.
“They’re such an open group and it didn’t matter who it was, they were helping them,” Mayfield said. “Steer roping is going to be something I’d like to continue to pursue. I’d like to make the steer roping finals some day. I have a steer roping horse that’s really good.”
Looking ahead, Mayfield plans to continue competing without surgery for torn labrums in both hips and femoral impingement, instead opting for regenerative stem cell therapies.
