politics and governance | January 02, 2026

Rodeo: How Old Is Marty Yates? Age and Height, Meet His Wife

Marty Yates was born into a successful rodeo family, and at the age of 27, he is one of the world’s best tie-down roping competitors.

Marty Yates finished sixth in the world standings in 2019 with $212,854. After winning Rounds 2 and 9 and placing in six others, he finished eighth in the Wrangler NFR average.

He won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Fort Worth, Texas, the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo in Sikeston, Missouri. In addition, he was a Mountain Valley Stampede Rodeo co-champion (Heber City, Utah)

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How Old Is Marty Yates? His Age & Height Revealed

Mary Yates is 27 years old as of 2021, as per his Prorodeo profile. 

There is no exact figure about Marty’s height. However, based on his pictures, we estimate that he might be 5 feet 8 inches. 

He graduated from Huckabay High School in Stephenville, Texas, a four-year basketball player. He continues to play basketball whenever he can and enjoys hunting.

He comes from a rodeo family. His father (dead), a Texas high school rodeo champion and Tarleton State University rodeo player, his uncle, who won the Texas high school rodeo team roping title with Trevor Brazile, and his aunt was a 17-time WPRA champion.

Who Is Marty Yates? His Wikipedia 

In 2012, Marry Yates qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo and placed 12th in team roping.

On August 25, 2012, he won the Dayton (Iowa) Championship Rodeo, the Great Plains Stampede Rodeo (Altus, Okla.), and the PRCA ProRodeo Series in Breckenridge (Colo.). On his permit, he made $12,189.

Marty joined the PRCA in 2013 and has qualified for the WNFR every year since then as a calf roper. In his career, he has won approximately $1 million. 

In 2013, he won the PRCA Rodeo in Hugo, Oklahoma; the Yellowstone River Roundup in Billings, Montana; the Hellzapoppin Rodeo in Buckeye, Arizona; and co-championship at the Missoula Stampede in Missoula, Montana.

With $30,745 in the bank, he finished 43rd in the world and third in the rookie standings behind Caleb Smidt and Jesse Clark.

Yates won Rounds 1 and 2 of the Wrangler NFR in 2020 and placed in two other rounds to finish second on the average with 90.4 seconds on ten heads. With $198,168, he placed second in the world standings.

He won the Mandan (North Dakota) Rodeo Days, the Yuma (Colorado) Fair & Rodeo, and the Wyoming (Douglas) State Fair & Rodeo, as well as co-championing the Lawton (Oklahoma) Rangers Rodeo.

Who Is Meet Marty Yates Wife?

As per his Prorodeo profile, Marty Yates is currently single. 

Marty is a private and secretive person in his personal life. He prefers to keep his personal life lowkey away from public attention. 

There is no information if in the past he was married or not.