Post on 01-Sep-2018
42nd ANNUAL
GREEN COUNTY FAIR
4-H & FFA
MEAT ANIMAL AUCTION
32nd Annual Fur and Feather Auction – 10:00 AM
Large Animal Auction – 12:30 PM
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Green County Fairgrounds, Monroe, Wisconsin 53566
Objectives of Meat Animal Projects and the Junior Animal Sale
To provide an educational environment that enables a young person to gain and apply knowledge in live-
stock production, marketing, and economics through participation in project activities.
To give project members an opportunity for personal growth and fulfillment through project participation
and leadership development.
To promote the ideals and importance of livestock improvement.
To provide 4-H and FFA members with an opportunity to sell meat animal projects at the County Fair.
To provide financial incentive to project members that enables many to realize dreams of receiving a col-
lege education or obtaining foundation stock for his/her own future farming operation.
Recognize those exhibitors that do excel in selecting, feeding, fitting and showing project animals.
Green County Livestock Auction Committee
Carl Huschitt, Chairman Leslie Brugger, Vice Chair Francy Bieneman, Treasurer
Jim Cessna Julene Elmer Ivan Zettle J.D. Dunphy Michelle Godfrey
Auctioneer Representative– Dave Koning UW Extension Agriculture Advisor—Mark Mayer
For More Information Contact:
Green County Livestock Auction Committee, 2841—6th Street, Monroe, WI 53566 608-328-9440
2016 Auctioneers
David Koning
Joe Mellem
Paul Beach
Dan Powers
Dan Powers, Jr.
Mike Powers
Cal Shaver
Clerk and Cashier
Powers Auction Service
Dave Koning Auction Service
2016 Authorized Truckers
Curt Moen
Todd Forrester
Bob Seffrood
Al & Jeff Pfeuti Photographer
Brenda Davis
Who Can Buy . . . ?
Anyone who is interested in supporting the Youth of Green County
Community Organizations-Business Associations, Church Groups, Local Clubs
Anyone who may benefit from valuable exposure and advertising: Business; Implement and
Feed Dealers, Retail and Wholesale Merchants, Financial Institutions, Restaurants.
Anyone who enjoys and appreciates quality meat from quality animals: Friends, neighbors, and
relatives – interested people are invited to pool funds and divide an animal into halves or
quarters.
What Will Be Offered For Sale –
Quality animals, raised as part of a youth meat animal project. All animals will have been exhibited
at the Green County Fair with evaluation by a qualified judge. Why not attend the show and select
your purchase in advance?
Approximate Number of Animals Offered For Sale
45 Steers * 90 Hogs
20 Lambs * 30 Market Rabbits
12 Pens of Turkeys * 25 Pens of Chickens
5 Pens of Ducks
270 lb. Hog
Bid of $3.00/ Lb x 270 Lbs = $810.00
*Estimated Market Price of 50 Cents X 270 lbs = $135.00
Net Cost of Supporting Green County Youth …… = $675.00
What Is The Net Cost If the Animal is Resold to Market . . . .?
140 lb. Lamb
Bid of $4.00/ Lb x 140 Lbs = $560..00
*Estimated Market Price of $1.35 X 140 lbs = $189.00
Net Cost of Supporting Green County Youth …… = $371.00
1300 lb. Steer
Bid of $2.00/ Lb x 1300 Lbs = $2,600.00
*Estimated Market Price of $1.45 X 1300 lbs = $1,885.00
Net Cost of Supporting Green County Youth …… = $715.00
*Examples listed above for illustrative purposes only, may or may not reflect actual current market
prices on the auction date.
How To Participate In the Sale. . . . .
Attend the Meat Animal Sale at the Green County Fairgrounds Stock Pavilion at 10:00 a.m. for the Fur and
Feather Sale and 12:30 p.m. for the Large Animal Auction on Saturday, July 23.
If you registered as a buyer within 2 years of the upcoming Auction you will be sent a free pass for parking
and admission to the Green County Fair for Saturday, July 23. If you are a new buyer or have not registered
in the past 2 years you can have a free pass sent to your business by calling the UW-Extension Office at
608-328-9440 at least 3 days prior to the Auction date.
Register prior to the Auction with the sale clerks in the Livestock Pavilion. A lunch will be provided for
registered buyers in the Hospitality tent, sponsored by Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association, the Meat
Animal Auction and the Dairy Youth Recognition Auction prior to the Livestock Auction. The Hospitality
tent is located just to the south of the Livestock Pavilion.
Identify youth who will be selling animals. Consignor’s name, animal weight and parent’s name appear in
the sale order catalog available in the sale arena.
Bid in terms of price per pound for large animals. Fur and Feather Auction animals purchased individually
or by the pair.
Settle all accounts with sales clerks before leaving the sale. Payment must be received with in 15 days of
sale.
New buyers will receive an attractive plaque as a credit to their support of the Meat Animal Sale. Buyers
from previous sales will be given a bar plate to add to their plaques in recognition of their continued support.
Buyers can pool their resources to purchase an animal. However, they must all register as a buyer to receive
recognition and a single check must be written from the group to pay for the animal.
Disposition of the Animals. . . .
Steers – all steers offered for sale will be taken directly to a market for resale or slaughtered. Trucking and
loading of animals to terminal market will be provided free of charge by approved Green County Meat
Animal Auction Committee Truckers.
Hogs – all hogs for sale must be taken directly to market for resale or slaughtered. Hogs will be loaded and
shipped by the authorized Green County Meat Animal Auction Committee Truckers. No private hauling
will be allowed.
Lambs – all lambs offered for sale will be taken directly to market for resale or slaughter. Lambs will be
loaded and trucked by authorized Green County Meat Animal Auction Committee Truckers.
The Green County Meat Animal Auction Committee accepts no responsibility for auction animals hauled
from the fairgrounds by an unauthorized trucker.
Fur and Feather Sale – Exhibitors selling animals in the Fur and Feather Auction are required to process and
deliver their animals. The buyer of the animal must make their own resale arrangements if taken live.
Markets for Resale of Steers, Hogs and Lambs --
Equity Livestock Sales – Monroe – 328-8344 (steers and lambs)
Schrader Market—Dakota, IL– 815-449-2215 (swine)
Milwaukee Stockyards – 920-927-2131 (steers and lambs)
Locker Plants for Harvest and/or Processing –
Processing Only
Green County Locker – Monroe- 325-3456
Butchering and Processing
AJ’s Lena Maid Meats - 815-369-4522
Hoesly Meats – New Glarus – 527-2513
Rackow Family Sausage – Monroe – 325-4547
*Indicates Top Ten Buyer
at the 2015 Auction
ACA Hady Poultry
Alton Embryo Service
Argyle FFA Alumni, Bob Keogh
*Badger State Ethanol
Bank of New Glarus
Beck Design
Beker Launder
Blue Line Club
Broge Lawn Care
Brooklyn Rollin’Green Dairy
Farm, Inc.
Brooklyn Sportsman Club
Brooks Family Farms
C & C Beer
Carrousel Grain Service
Carter and Gruenewald Co. Inc
Cate Machine & Welding
Center Tavern
Colony Brands, Inc
County E Locker
D N S
Darlington Feed
Davis Family Farm
Davis Foundations
DDJ Suffolks
Drafall Family
Dunphy Club Lambs
Elmer Meats LLC
Erik & Heather Huschitt Family
Evansville FFA Alumni
Feldt, Fred & Joyce
First National Bank and Trust
Franklin Grove, Etc
Fred Ruef Construction
Hady Family
*Helena Chemical Company
Hennessey Implement
Hesgard Collision Center
Hodgson Farm
Hoesly's Meats
IBA Dairy Supply
Johnson Tractor
Jorenby Electric
Juda Grain Inc
Katzenberger Family
Klahn Farms, Brooklyn
Klemm Farms
Klitzke Tank & Trailer
Klitzman, Loran
Klondike Farms
Koning Meats & Deli
KS Trucking
Kurt’s Feed & Seed, Inc.
*Landmark Coop
Lanz-Mcardle Insurance
Lettman, Scott
M&D Truck and Equip Sales
Malkow, Jeff
McCullough, Jim & Laurie
Mick Logging
Monroe Foot Clinic
*Monroe Truck Equipment
Muralt Farms
Myers Trucking
New Glarus Brewing Company
New Glarus Concrete
New Glarus Hotel
NTL Farms
Nusbaum Farm
*Pearl City Elevator
Pecatonica Co-Op Oil
Pecatonica Vet Clinic
Peterson Family Farms LTD
Phillips Excavating
Piggly Wiggly Brodhead
*Pleasant Grain LLC
*Powers Sales, Inc
*Precision Drive & Control
Premier Insurance Solutions
Quad C’s
R and S Farms
Risk Management Services, LLC
Ritchie Implement
Rolling Wheel Acres
*Saunders Oil Co.
See-Mor Grain
Seffrood Livestock Trucking
Set A Key Acres
Shelly Ellsworth Family
Sloan Implement
Southern Wisconsin Co-op
Speich Oil Inc
Stephenson Service Co
Stone Mill Construction
TLB Construction
The Young Family Insurance
Thoman, Dwaine
Thunderbridge
Tollakson Pioneer
Town Bank
Tri-County Dairy
Union Bank & Trust
*W & W Dairy
Wisconsin Bank & Trust
Witt Custom Harvesting
Woodford State Bank
Zweifel Construction
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