the 2016 Minnesota 4-H Purple Ribbon Livestock Auction

2016 Minnesota 4-H
Purple Ribbon
Livestock Auction
MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS
AUGUST 27 • 6 P.M.
37
YEARS
With an increase of almost
300% over the past 10 years,
the 4-H Purple Ribbon
Livestock Auction had
another record breaking
year for its 36th year
celebration.
Over $600,000 was raised
with 101 animals on the
auction block—many going
for record amounts.
The Minnesota 4-H Livestock Auction of
the prize winning animals owned by
Minnesota’s outstanding young
livestock producers will be held at
the Minnesota State Fair on
Saturday, Aug. 27.
The fast moving tempo of this exciting
event, featuring these youthful
exhibitors with their purple ribbon
lambs, goats, hogs and steers; the chant
of the auctioneers, enthusiastic buyers,
and their rewarding bids and purchases
will be featured by the news media of the
entire state.
It’s the 4-H highlight of the entire year!
You are cordially invited to attend,
participate, and become a part of it.
Every young person, and his or her
animal, are champions. They earned the
right to exhibit at the State Fair by
winning at their respective County
Fairs. Because they have done a
superior job of selecting, feeding and
showing, they will be leading their
animals into the auction ring of this
“Cream of the Crop” sale, sponsored by
the Minnesota Livestock Breeders’
Association and the Minnesota 4-H.
www.mnpurpleribbonauction.org
4-H Auction, Minnesota State Fair Competition Department, 1265 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55108-3099 Tel: (651) 288-4417 Email: competition@mnstatefair.org
PLAN TO
Attend!
Minnesota State
Fairgrounds
August 27, 2016
6 p.m.
2015 Grand & Reserve
* denotes a new record price
CHAMPIONS
Grand Champion Market Beef – $22,000*
Grand Champion Dairy Steer – $12,950*
Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef – $10,700
Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Steer – $9,000*
Exhibited by: Jed Knutson, Freeborn Co.
Purchased by: Ames Construction
Exhibited by: Elizabeth Wasmoen, Freeborn Co.
Purchased by: Farmers Union Industries
Exhibited by: Malory Mattson, Freeborn Co.
Purchased by: American Foods Group,
Central Livestock Assn., O & S Cattle Co.
Exhibited by: Zachary Mattson, Pope Co.
Purchased by: American Foods Group, Minnesota State Fair
Concessionaires, Pope County Businesses
4-H Auction, Minnesota State Fair Competition Department,
1265 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55108-3099 Tel: (651) 288-4417 Email: competition@mnstatefair.org
Excluding the Champions and Reserve Champions, average net cost to buyers in 2015 was:
Market Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,185* Market Gilt ........................... $4,268
Dairy Steer . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,421* Market Lamb .......................$3,875*
Market Barrow. . . . . . . . . . $5,721* Market Goat ......................... $4,100
* denotes a new record price
BIDDING PROCEDURE:
Sales catalogs are distributed at ringside. Listed is the name
and home county of each exhibitor. Bids will be taken on
each individual animal at any amount a ringside buyer
wishes to offer as a premium or an award to an exhibitor.
The Auctioneer will take it from there in an attempt to get
the highest possible price for each youthful owner in this
competitive auction.
A check will be mailed to each 4-H exhibitor for the
total market value, plus the premium, on his or her
animal, listing you as the buyer. A portion of the
amount will be retained by the Minnesota Livestock
Breeders Association for operating expenses and
for 4-H animal science programs. You will be billed
for the amount due.
37
YEARS
Grand Champion Market Swine – $11,200*
Grand Champion Market Gilt – $10,835*
Reserve Grand Champion Market Swine – $12,300*
Reserve Grand Champion Market Gilt – $7,950*
Exhibited by: Ryan Franz, Cottonwood Co.
Purchased by: Hormel Foods, Dupont Pioneer Seeds,
Friends of Ryan Franz
Exhibited by: Dalton Dykstra, Jackson Co.
Purchased by: Twin City Concrete, Nutra Blend,
Jackson County Purple Ribbon Club
Exhibited by: Lance Becker, Martin Co.
Purchased by: Minnesota Farmers Union and Farmers
Union Agency, Martin County Purple Ribbon Club
Exhibited by: Camryn Reuter, Mower Co.
Purchased by: Farmers Union Industries,
AgStar Financial Services, Mower County Businesses
www.mnpurpleribbonauction.org
2015 Grand & Reserve
CHAMPIONS
* denotes a new record price
Grand Champion Market Sheep – $7,500*
Grand Champion Meat Goat – $5,900*
Reserve Grand Champion Market Sheep – $5,000
Reserve Champion Meat Goat – $5,400*
Exhibited by: Matthew Wiebe, Cottonwood Co.
Purchased by: Twin City Concrete
Exhibited by: Jessica Wiebe, Cottonwood Co.
Purchased by: Minnesota Farmers Union
and Farmers Union Agency
Exhibited by: Henry Schultz, Rice Co.
Purchased by: Minnesota Farmers Union and
Farmers Union Agency, Friends of Rice County 4-H
Exhibited by: Thomas Sell, Cottonwood Co.
Purchased by: Sorenson Seeds, Staples Oil,
Cottonwood County Businesses
PLAN TO ATTEND!
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
August 27, 2016 • 6 p.m.
Grand Champion Dairy Meat Goat – $4,000*
Exhibited by: Marshall Johnson, Fillmore Co.
Purchased by: LongCheng Hmong Meats,
Fillmore County Businesses
4-H AUCTION SCHOLARSHIPS
Thirty-four 4-H members that were High School graduates
■ There are two levels of scholarships; $1,000 and $2,000.
received a 4-H Auction Scholarship at the 2015 MN State Fair.
The sponsorship for the $1,000 scholarship is $500;
Over 240 young people have received 4-H Auction
for the $2,000 scholarship it is $1,000. There will be a
Scholarships at the State Fair in the past decade to attend
minimum of ten $2,000 scholarships and ten $1,000
the college of their choice. Deserving youth are selected for
scholarships awarded. Each of the sponsorships will
4-H Auction Scholarships based on their leadership and
be matched by 4-H Auction funds to create the total
achievement in youth livestock programs, as well as their
scholarship.
involvement in the local community. The 4-H Auction
■ 4-H Auction Sponsorships may be a business,
Scholarship Program is funded
organization, individual, or a group of individuals, and
through proceeds from the
they may choose to sponsor multiple 4-H Scholarships.
annual MN State Fair 4-H
■ 4-H Auction Sponsors will be listed in 4-H Auction
Auction, and through a new
publicity and will be recognized at the 2016 MN State
“4-H Scholarship Matching
Fair 4-H Auction and Buyers Supper.
Sponsorship” opportunity.
Following are the
34 scholarships were provided from the proceeds of the
details of the “4-H
Scholarship Matching
auction and the “4-H Scholarship Matching Sponsorship.”
Sponsorship” program:
Sponsors in 2015 included:
$2,000 scholarships: Midwest Machinery; Minnesota Pork Board; Minnesota Farmers Union; Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica (2);
LA-CO Industries; Sky Ride Inc., Don McClure; American Farm Bureau IDEAg FarmFest; Michael Dove & Gary Koch,
Gislason & Hunter Law Firm; Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota; Gallagher Grace/Meyer; AgStar Financial Services
$1,000 scholarships: Interstate Power Systems (2); Minnesota Corn Growers; Hormel Foods; Pioneer Seeds;
Corn Roast Concessions, Brad & Lori Ribar; Duke’s Poutine; Hubbard Feeds/ShowRite; Elanco; John Morell & Company;
Schroeder Concessions; Greg Harder & Kent Thiesse; Jake & Lindsay Grass; Minnesota Simmental Assn.; Martin County Pork Producers;
Anderson Seeds (2); Big Gain; In Memory of Wayne Bollum; Strategic Pork Solutions; Zinpro; United Farm Credit Services
2015 4-H Livestock Auction
GOLD LEVEL — $2500 & Up:
SUPPORTERS
Dakota County Purple
Ribbon Club — Farmington
DuPont Pioneer — New Ulm
Farmers Union Industries — St. Paul
Featherlite Trailers — Cresco, IA
Fillmore County Market Livestock
Auction Committee — Preston
Freeborn County
Co-op Oil — Albert Lea
Gislason & Hunter LLC — New Ulm
Hartwig Trucking — Albany
Hormel Foods — Austin
Interstate Power
Systems — Minneapolis
Jackson County Purple
Ribbon Club — Lakefield
L.P.L. Financial — Harrisburg, NC
Minnesota Farm Bureau — St. Paul
Minnesota Farmers Union &
Farmers Union Insurance — St. Paul
Mower County 4-H — Austin
New Fashion Pork — Jackson
New Horizon
Farms LLP — Pipestone
Northern Country Feeds — Adams
Nutra-Blend LLC — Neosho, MO
NuWay Cooperative — Trimont
O & S Cattle
Company — Inver Grove Heights
Olmsted Co Purple
Ribbon Club — Rochester
PIC Transport — Hendersonville, TN
Premier Ag LLP — Greenbush
Redwood County Purple Ribbon
Boosters Club — Redwood Falls
Sorenson Seed — Storden
Steele County Purple
Ribbon Club — Owatonna
Suidae Health &
Production — Algona, IA
Supreme International —
Wetaskiwin, AB
Twin City Concrete — Lake Elmo
West Ottertail Purple Ribbon Club
— Fergus Falls
Central Bi Products — Redwood Falls
Channel Seed — Paynesville
Ace Disposal — Ramsey
Commodity &
Ingredient Hedging — Chicago, IL
Adrian, Ben — Mountain Lake
Crop Production Services — Sargeant
Ag Property Solutions
— Emmetsburg, IA
Crop Production Services — Lakefield
Ag Quest Financial — Morgan
Crop Revenue Consultants — Lakeville
AgPartners — Goodhue
Dairyland Seed — Blooming Prairie
Albert Lea Seed House — Albert Lea
Demand Pork — Fairmont
Alum-Line — Cresco, IA
Dodge County
Fair Board — Dodge Center
Anderson Seeds — St. Peter
Automated Production — Schuyler, NE Domnick Seeds — Morris
Double D Dispatch — Fairmont
Babler Commodities — Galena, IL
Elanco — Greenfield, IN
Big Gain — Mankato
Energy Panel
Bjerum, Anne — Mokena, IL
Structures — Graettinger, IA
Blue Earth Purple
Environment Control
Ribbon Club — Waldorf
Systems of Morris — Morris
Boehringer Ingelheim — Eagle Lake
Equity Elevator and
Brown Co. 4-H Livestock
Trading Co. — Wood Lake
Boosters — Sleepy Eye
Ethan Co-op Lumber
Buffalo Ridge Concrete — Pipestone
Association — Ethan, SD
Burns, Dan and Linda — St. Paul
Carl Bolander & Sons Co. — St. Paul Fast Genetics — Jefferson, IA
Cech, David and Rae — Glenville
Freeborn Cty Chamber
of Commerce — Albert Lea
Giant Ride, Inc. — Balboa, CA
Glacial Plains Cooperative — Murdock
Goedken Livestock — Austin
Grand Prairie Foods — Sioux Falls, SD
Grygla Merchants — Grygla
Harvest Land Cooperative — Morgan
Head, Bill — Lubbock, TX
Hefty Seed Company — Fairmont
Hi-Yield Products, Inc. — Alden
Hubbard Feeds /
Show Rite — Mankato
Huvepharma — Peachtree City, GA
Intercomp — Medina
JBS United — Gibbon
Kerkaert, Barry and Karen — Pipestone
LongCheng
Hmong Meats — South St Paul
Lynch Livestock — Lewisville
M Molding — St. Peter
Martin Co Pork Producers — Fairmont
McKean, James
and Heidi — Sioux Falls, SD
MDS Manufacturing — Parkston, SD
Meadowland Farmers
Coop - Feed Dept. — Lamberton
Minnesota Junior Hereford
Breeders — Northfield
Monsantol/Dekalb
Asgrow — LeClaire, IA
Murray County Purple
Ribbon Club — Slayton
Northwest Grain/Northwest
Insurance — St. Hilaire
NutriQuest — Mason City, IA
Parks of Minnesota — Welcome
PIC — West Des Moines, IA
PIC — Farwell
Pipestone Chamber of Commerce
- Ag Committee — Pipestone
Pipestone Grain — Pipestone
Producers Hybrids — Plainview
Protein Sources Milling LLC — Mapleton
Rabe International Inc. — Fairmont
RDO Equipment Co — Sauk Rapids
Redwood Co 4-H Auction
Boosters — Redwood Falls
Rice County 4H Boosters — Faribault
River Country Co-op — Randolph
Riverside Animal Clinic — Springfield
Schwartz Farms, Inc. — Sleepy Eye
Shellrock Ag Inc — Glenville
SKB Environmental — St. Paul
Skyglider - Skyfair Inc.
— Contoocook, NH
Smith Cattle Company — Estherville, IA
Staples Oil Co. — Windom
Stearns Co 4-H Auction
Committee — St Cloud
Thome Family Farms — Adams
VanDeWiele, Fran and Teresa — Garvin
Vita Plus / Elanco — Fairmont
Wanda State Bank — Wanda
Washington Co Purple
Ribbon Club — Stillwater
Wensman Seed — Fertile
Wensman Seed Company — Danvers
Wulf Cattle — Morris
SCHOLARSHIPS:
AgStar Financial
Services — Apple Valley
Anderson Seeds — St. Peter
Big Gain — Mankato
Boehringer Ingelheim
Vetmedica — Eagle Lake
Corn Roast — White Bear Twsp
Duke’s Poutine — Centerville
DuPont Pioneer — New Ulm
Elanco Animal Health — Greenfield, IN
Gallagher Grace/
Mayer Insurance — Omaha, NE
Gislason & Hunter — New Ulm
Grass, Jake and Lindsay — Pine City
Harder, Greg — Shorewood
Hormel Foods — Austin
Hubbard Feeds / Show Rite — Mankato
IDEAg Farmfest - American Farm
Bureau Federation — Washington, DC
In Memory of
Wayne Bollum — Fairmont
Independent Community Bankers
of Minnesota — Bloomington
Interstate Power
Systems — Minneapolis
John Morrell & Co. — Sioux Falls, SD
LA-CO Industries — Elk Grove Village, IL
Martin Co Pork Producers — Fairmont
Midwest Machinery — Alexandria
Minnesota Corn
Growers Assn. — Shakopee
Minnesota Farmers Union & Farmers
Union Insurance — St. Paul
Minnesota Pork Board — Mankato
MN Simmental Association — Emmons
Schroder Concessions — Faribault
Skyride - DMC, Inc. — Prescott, WI
Strategic Pork Solutions — Wells
Thiesse, Kent — Lake Crystal
United FCS — Willmar
Zinpro Corp — Eden Prairie
BRONZE LEVEL —
FROM $101 to $999:
3B Concessions — Burlington, WI
A&C Excavating — Marshall
Adams Builders Supply — Adams
ADM/Showtec Feeds — Quincy, IL
Advantage Crop Consulting Inc. — Rose Creek
Ag Builders of Southern Minnesota — Windom
Ag Country Farm Credit Services — Alexandria
Ag Power Enterprises — Hollandale
Ag Power Enterprises — Owatonna
Ag Power Enterprises — Belle Plaine
Ag Specialists, Inc. — St. Charles
Agralite Electric Cooperative — Benson
Agri Nutrition Services — Shakopee
Agri Steel — Lyle
AgVantage FS Inc. — Lyle
Albany Roller Mills — Albany
Albaugh LLC — Kensington
Albert Lea Elevator — Albert Lea
All American Co-op — Stewartville
Alliance Contracting, Inc. — Mankato
Amboy Buyers Group — Amboy
Amusement Management Intl. — The Colony, TX
Anchor Bank — W. St Paul
Anderson Farms — Waltham
Anderson Farms — Dexter
Anderson Land & Cattle — Sargeant
Anderson Veterinary Clinic — Zumbrota
Andy’s Grille — Apple Valley
Arduser Seeds — Madelia
Arena Trailer Sales — Cannon Falls
Arnolds of Alden — Alden
Arrowhead Ag, LLC — Windom
Arts Parts — Austin
Auctioneer Alley — Sherburn
Australian Battered Potatoes — Balboa, CA
Axis Seeds — Lake Benton
B & D Metal Works Inc. — Wells
Bailey Nurseries Foundation — Newport
Baker, Randy — Rochester
Ball Park Cafe — Shoreview
Bally’s Gun Dogs — Brownsdale
Bank Midwest — Fairmont
Bartsh, Paul — Rushford
Bauer Built Inc — Durand, WI
Baune, Brent and Brittni — Storden
Bayou Bob’s Alligator — Las Vegas, NV
Beck Farms — Albert Lea
Beemer Companies — Fairmont
Bellars Place — Peru, IN
Benco Electric Cooperative — Mankato
Benfield, Shelly and Rod — San Diego, CA
Benson Farm Service — Lewiston
Bianco’s Foods - BBQ Potatoes — Anderson, SC
Big Stone Marketing — Pipestone
Biomin USA Inc. — San Antonio, TX
BK Farms — Redwood Falls
Blair Farms — Glenwood
Blake Arends Trucking — Little Rock, IA
Blue Earth Aviation — Blue Earth
Bobcat Valley Trailer of Rochester — Stewartville
Bobick Concessions — Delano
Boe Bros Tiling — Taopi
Boehringer Ingelheim — Northfield
Boekett Building Supply Inc. — Truman
Brady Gramm Show Cattle — Hancock
Bremer Bank — Rollingstone
Bright Seeds — Kensington
Brockmann Brothers — Granada
Broskoff Structures Inc. — Geneva
Brown’s Tire & Battery — Rushford
Buchan & Bremer Crop Insurance — Fairmont
Bue Cattle Co. — Lanesboro
Buni’s Bakery — Chandler, FL
Butcher Boys — Rhinebeck, NY
C&B Industries — Slayton
C&S Transport — Slayton
Cafe Caribe — Minnetonka
Caldwell Bros Seed — Amboy
Caledonia Haulers — Caledonia
Campbell’s Corn Dog — Cumming, IA
Canby Farmers Grain Co. — Canby
Capatske Cattle Co. — Ellsworth, WI
Captain Ken’s — St. Paul
Cardinal Cattle Company — Wyoming, IL
Carhart’s Blue Top Seed, Inc. — Galesville, WI
Carlson Tractor Collectibles — Janesville
Carousel BBQ — Corydon, IN
Cavallaro Concessions — Mendota Heights
CC Morgan LLC — Raymond
Celander, Cynthia — Kelliher
Celander, Robbin and Cathy — Fairmont
Centra Sota Cooperative — Albany
Central Valley Cooperative — Austin
Central Valley Cooperative — Owatonna
Cernohous Chevrolet — Prescott, WI
Channel Seed — DeGraff
Channel Seed — Adams
Chan’s Concessions — Sugarland, TX
Chicos Show Pigs — Alden
Chicos, Tom — New Richland
Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company — Benson
Chosen Valley Vet Clinic — Chatfield
CHS — Marshall
CHS — Grand Meadow
CHS — Tracy
CHS — St. Charles
Chuck’s Feed & Grain — Peterson
Citizens State Bank — Glenville
Citizens State Bank — Waverly
CJ Auto Sales — Pine Island
Clarks Grove Vet Clinic — Clarks Grove
Clifton Larson Allen LLP — Austin
CMP Dairy Consulting — Murdock
Coasters, Inc. — Woodbury
Compart Family Farms — Nicollet
Compart’s Boar Store — Nicollet
Conger Meats — Conger
Consumers Supply LLC — Spencer, IA
Cornerstone Financial — Austin
Country Butcher Shop — Easton
Courtland Waste Handling — Courtland
CPS Mansfield Store — Alden
Crawford, Bill — Fairmont
Crop Production Services — Fairmont
Crop Production Services — Sargeant
Cross Roads Acres — Sanborn
Crutchee-s Inc. — Sumner, TX
Crystal Valley Coop — Lake Crystal
Dairy Gross Margin — Fort Dodge, IA
Dakota Electric Association — Farmington
Dave Syverson Truck Centers — Albert Lea
Davis Family Dairies, LLC — Le Sueur
Dawson Coop Credit Union — Dawson
DeFries Collision Center — Windom
Demetri’s Greek Foods — Mount Airy, MD
Diamond V Mills — Cedar Rapids, IA
Diehn Simmentals — Arlington
Doane Grain — Plainview
AgStar Financial
Services — Blue Earth
American Foods
Group — Alexandria
Ames Construction — Burnsville
Blattner Energy Inc — Avon
Cargill Nutrition Provimi — Grinnell, IA
Central Livestock
Association — South St Paul
Civil Ag Group (CAG) — St. James
SILVER LEVEL —
$1000 – $2499:
Domain Inc/Tend-R-Leen — New Richmond, WI
Donnelly, David and Family — Farmington
Donnelly, Joe — Kathryn, ND
Dooley’s Petroleum — Murdock
Double-H Charolais — Paynesville
Droegemueller Farms — Fairmont
Droegemueller Trucking — Fairmont
Dry Creek Ranch Trucking — Lamberton
Duane’s Felco Service — Kiester
Eagle Bank & Eagle
Insurance Agency — Starbuck
Eagle View Pork — Elmore
East Chain LP Gas — Fairmont
Eggers Show Pigs — State Center, IA
Ehrich, Shawn and Mary — Elmore
El Sol Mexican Foods — St. Paul
Elba Cooperative Creamery Association — Elba
Elm Creek Agronomy — Fairmont
Enderson, Troy and Tammy — Albert Lea
Endres, Tom and Sharon — Hampton
Engen Farm — Lamberton
Erichsrud Trucking — Blue Earth
Erickson, Kent — Storden
Eric’s Electric Motor Repair — Westbrook
Evergreen Farms — Lafayette
EXTended Ag Crop Insurance Services — Lakefield
Fair View Farm — Fairmont
Famous Dave’s BBQ — Bloomington
Farm Boy Co-op & Feed Co. LLC — Mahtomedi
Farm Bureau Financial
(Mower Cty) — Brownsdale
Farmers Alliance — Corsica, SD
Farmers Cooperative Association — Leland, IA
Farmers Cooperative Co. — Rake, IA
Farmers Co-operative of Hanska — Hanska
Farmers Elevator — Rushford
Farmers Elevator of Traverse — St Peter
Farmers Union Industries — Redwood Falls
Farmers Union Insurance — Montevideo
Fast Seed & Precision — Windom
Fast Sprayers — Mountain Lake
Feed Energy Company — Pleasant Hill, IA
Fillmore County Corn Growers — Fountain
Fillmore County Pork Producers — Preston
First Bank & Trust — Pipestone
First Security Bank — Storden
Flom Disposal — Faribault
Form-A-Feed — Stewart
Fox, Henry — Rosemount
Fredin Bros. — Springfield
Freeborn’s Pride Builders — Freeborn
Freeport Vet Service — Freeport
French Meadow Scones & Coffee — Minnetonka
Fulda Equipment Repair — Fulda
Fury Motorcycles — South St. Paul
G & L Swanson Farms — Afton
G Bar Cattle — Bricelyn
Gaalswyk, Tracy and Richie — St. Peter
Garnhardt, Eugene and Carol — Clements
Geneva Capital — ,
GeoPro Inc. — Elkton, SD
Gerlach Outdoor Power Equipment — Hastings
Glacial Ridge Cattlemans Association — Murdock
Golden Harvest — Hartland
Greenbush Farmers Coop Ag Service — Greenbush
Grover Farm — Amboy
Grunzke Family Farms — Alden
Guggisberg Farms — Morton
Guggisberg Show Lambs — Morton
H & H Veterinary Service — Benson
H. Brooks & Company — New Brighton
H.Farms Inc. — Dexter
Haas Livestock — Cannon Falls
Habeger Show Stock — Burt, IA
Hamilton Auction — Dexter
Hamilton, Ruth — Dexter
Hamlin Ag Marketing & Consulting — Springfield
Hammell Equipment — Chatfield
Hansen Farms — Freeborn
Hansen Hauling & Excavating — Austin
Hansen’s Amusement Foods — Fergus Falls
Happy Time Resort — Lake Mills, IA
Harder, Greg — Shorewood
Harmony Vet Clinic — Harmony
Hayward Cooperative — Hayward
Heartland Excavating — St. Charles
Heideman, Steve and Sue — Glenville
Heinold Hog Market — Windom
Hemmingsen’s Transfer — Alden
Hendricksen Trucking — Truman
Hettver Farms — DeGraff
Highwater Ethanol — Lamberton
Hilltop Livestock — Hartland
Hillyard — Waterville
Hilton, Carla — Dexter
Hiniker Seeds — Pipestone
Hodgman Drainage — Dodge Center
Hog Slat — Fairmont
Holden Farms Inc. — Northfield
Holm Show Cattle — Chandler
Home Place Pork — New Ulm
Hot Shot Thrill Rides — Heyburn, ID
Hubbard Feeds — Bismarck, ND
Hubin Brothers — Westbrook
Hubin, Merlyn and Sandy — Westbrook
Hugoson Pork — Granada
Hulst Farms — Salol
Hutt Oil Co. — Boyd
Interstate DOT Inspection, LLC — Dexter
Isabel Burke’s Salt Water Taffy — San Antonio, TX
J & S Repair — Grand Meadow
Jack Larson Seeds — New Ulm
Jackpot Junction Casino — Morton
Jans Farms — Fulda
JC Angus — Pipestone
Jeffers Dray Line — Jeffers
Jeff’s Little Stores — Rochester
Jim Dircks Livestock — Carver
Johnson Seeds — Wells
Johnson’s Foot Longs — Fergus Falls
Jones Brothers Trucking — Truman
JR Insurance Agency — Gaylord
JRB Associates Inc — Cedar
JT Weber Family Show Cattle — Lake Benton
KBQ Inc — Mountain Lake
KDS Angus — Lenox, IA
Kemin Industries — Chanhassen
Kensington Bank — Kensington
Kerber Milling Company — Emmetsburg, IA
Kerkhoff Cattle — Redwood Falls
Kibble Equipment — Mankato
Kibble Equipment — Blue Earth
Kibble Equipment — Wabasso
Kinsley Show Lambs — Dennison
Kirschner’s Beer Stube — Burnsville
Klapperich Farm Systems — McIntire, IA
Kleinwort Seeds — Dodge Center
Klocke, Brian — Hayfield
Kluis Farms — Chandler
Krieg, Dr. Curtis — Springfield
Kuehn Motor Company — Austin
Kuethe Farms — Alden
Lanesboro Sales Commission — Lanesboro
Larson Implement Inc — Northfield
Latham Hi-Tech Seeds — Alexander, IA
LB Pork — Fairmont
Lear, Greg and Family — Spencer, IA
Lee Murphy Insurance — St Paul
Leedstone Vet — Melrose
Legend Seeds — DeSmet, SD
Legred, Roger — Bricelyn
Lenertz Livestock Trucking — Cannon Falls
Lewiston Sales — Lewiston
Lindeland Farms — Minnesota Lake
Linder/JBS United Show Feeds — Sheridan, IN
Liquor Depot — Albert Lea
Lonsdale Feed Mill, Inc. — Lonsdale
Lowry Insurance — Lowry
LS Insurance — Garvin
Ludewig Transportation — Jeffers
Lukes Brothers — Glenville
LuLu’s — Mendota
Lyn’s Café — Starbuck
Mancini’s al Fresco — St. Paul
Manheim Minneapolis
Auto Auction — Maple Grove
Markegard Pigtail Acres — Peterson
Marthaler Calf Farm — Rosemount
Martin County Fair Board — Fairmont
Marvin Smith and Judy Beckett — Nodaway, IA
Marx Farm — LeRoy
Mastin Trucking — Blue Earth
Matejcek Implement — Faribault
Mattson Acres — Farwell
Mattson, Brett and Ashley — Albert Lea
Mattson, Mike and Kari — Albert Lea
Mauer, Jill — Glenville
Maverick Nutrition — Austin
May, Mark and Ann — Randolph
McFarland Trucking — Austin
McNeilus Steel Inc. — Dodge Center
Mente Cattle Co — Adrian
Merchants Bank — Rushford
Merck Animal Health — Comfrey
Merkouris Farms — Albert Lea
Meulebroeck, Taubert & Co. — Pipestone
Middle Creek Sheep Ranch — Redwood Falls
Midway Farm Equipment — Mountain Lake
Midwest Land Management — Spencer, IA
Midwest Machinery — Glenwood
Midwest Supply/Manna Pro — St Joseph
Mielke, Chris and Patti — Blue Earth
Mill Technologies — Starbuck
Miller Legal Strategic Planning Centers — Tyler
Miner Electric — Hayfield
Minnesota Angus Association — Comfrey
Minnesota Junior Angus Association — Arlington
Minnesota Shorthorn Lassies — Ellsworth, WI
Minnesota State
Cattlemen’s Association — Hutchinson
Minnesota Valley Cooperative
Light & Power Assn — Montevideo
Minnesota Valley Pumping Service — New Prague
Minnwest Bank — Redwood Falls
Mitteness Family Angus — Benson
MJM Sharpshooter Photography — Stillwater
MN Dairy Goat Association — Lake Elmo
Moeller Bros Chemical — Pipestone
Moenning, Donna and Mark — Hayfield
Munson Lakes Nutrition — Howard Lake
Mycogen Seed — Albert Lea
Mycogen Seed — Pipestone
N&H Livestock — Courtland
NAPA Auto Parts of Spring Valley — Spring Valley
Neel Show Cattle — Alden
Nelson Livestock — Glenville
Nelson, Heath — Wakonda, SD
Netterfield’s Food Court — Land o’ Lakes, FL
Netzke Brothers — Lamberton
Netzke Dorsets — Lamberton
Nick’s Meats & Grocery — Hayward
Nicollet County Purple Ribbon Club — St. Peter
North Central Feed Products — Gonvick
Northern Ace Hardware Store — Greenbush
Northern Country Feeds — Stacyville, IA
Northern Valley Animal Clinic — Plainview
Northland Farm Systems — Owatonna
Northstar Commodity Investment — Hopkins
Northwestern Mutual — Mankato
Novus International — Prior Lake
Oak Knob Farm — Pine Island
Oak Meadow Farms — Harmony
Oak Meadow Meats — Harmony
O’Gara Bar & Grill Inc. — St. Paul
Olson, Dr. Mary — Windom
O’Neil and O’Neil Inc. — St. Paul
Orban, Gene and Carole — Le Mars, IA
Oven Fresh Brownies — Taylors Falls
Paffrath Jewelers — Alexandria
Pals/Pig Tek — Willmar
Paramount Attractions — Cottage Grove
Parkston Feed and Grain — Parkston, SD
Paulson Club Lambs — Hanska
Paulson Family, Ron — Becker
Pesek Cattle Farms — Taunton
Peters’ Hot Dogs — Cottage Grove
Peterson’s Chicken N Chops — Ham Lake
Pfizer — Prescott, WI
Pfizer Animal Health (Zoetis) — Cottage Grove
PhiBro Animal Health — North Mankato
Phillips Insurance Agency — Jackson
Pioneer Hybrid — Lyle
Pipestone Building Materials — Pipestone
Pipestone Cattle Association — Pipestone
Pipestone County Implement — Pipestone
Pipestone County Pork Producers — Pipestone
Plainview Milk Products Cooperative — Plainview
Pope County 4-H Council — Glenwood
Precision Management Services — Bancroft, IA
Precision Pipeline — Eau Claire, WI
Pro-Ag Farmers Cooperative — Garfield
Pro-Ag Farmers Cooperative — Parkers Prairie
ProAg Solutions — Waltham
Producers Hybrids — Marshall
Professional Ag Marketing — Luverne
Pronto Pups - GLK Inc. — Becker
Purina — Gardner, KS
Quam Suffolks and Hamps — Dodge Center
R & S Grain Systems — Dexter
Ragin Cajun — Mendota Heights
Ralco Nutrition Inc. — Marshall
RCP Transit LLC — Comfrey
RCR Show Lambs — Glencoe
Red Horizon Equipment — Glenwood
Rehnelt, Mike and Lila — Hayfield
Reindal Electric — Alden
Reinecke Farms — Eyota
Remmele Farm — Echo
REO Crop Insurance — Emmons
Reuter, Dave and Laurie — Rose Creek
Rice County 4H Federation — Faribault
Rients Farms — Waterville
Risius Family — Austin
Risius Motor Sales — Brownsdale
Risting, Marjorie — Hayfield
Rogich, George and Pam — Henderson
Rohlfing’s of Cleveland — Cleveland
Rohne Insurance — Glenville
Root River Ag Service — Fountain
Rose Acres Cattle Co — Winnebago
Rose, Dick and Janet — Amboy
Roseville Visitors Association — Roseville
Round Bank — Farmington
Rozeboom Family Cattle — Mt. Horeb, WI
Runestone Insurance — Kensington
Rushford Business Association — Rushford
Rushford Foods — Rushford
Ruskin Stock Farm — Faribault
Russell Tiling LLC — Bigelow
Sabolik Brothers Farm — Kensington
Sale of Champions — St. Amant, LA
Sandy Hill Acres — Eyota
Sanimax USA LLC — South St. Paul
Sargeant Grain Company — Sargeant
Sathre Boers — Adams
Saxton Family Partnership — Granada
Schiefelbein Farms — Kimball
Schley, Scott — Dodge Center
Schmidt Custom Hauling — Ceylon
Schultz, Jeff and Family — Wells
Searcy, Dale and Lynda — Glenwood
Sears Imported Autos Inc. — Minnetonka
SEMA Equipment — Spring Valley
Seneca Foods — Blue Earth
Severson Oil Company — Winona
Sexton Printing — St. Paul
Shanghaied Henri’s — Hudson, WI
Sharp Sky Partners LLC — Minneapolis
Show Day Show Feeds — Courtland
Shroyer Showstock — De Graff, OH
Sibley Electric — Gaylord
Silliman Trust — Windom
Simon Horse Company — Cannon Falls
Skyview Junction — Elkton, SD
Southern Minnesota Pumping — Hayfield
Spaghetti Eddie’s — Deltona, FL
Speltz Farms Inc. — Altura
Spokely Brothers — Nielsville
Springfield Cooperative
Creamery Association — Springfield
Starboard Market — Clear Lake, IA
State Farm Insurance — Austin
Stauffer Trucking — Winnebago
Stee-Po Farms — Hancock
Steffes Auctioneers — Litchfield
Stein & More PA — St. Paul
Stene, Jim — Lenexa , KS
Stevens Cattle Co — Vernon Center
Stevens Dairy Cattle — Pipestone
Sullivan Angus — West Concord
SunOPTA Grains & Foods — Owatonna
Super Dog — Tampa, FL
Superior Livestock — Zumbrota
Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar — St. Paul
Swehla Trucking & Excavating — Easton
Swine Genetics
International, Ltd. — Cambridge, IA
Swine Vet Center — St. Peter
T. Lemmon Cattle — Amboy
Terry Stade Farms, Inc. — Shakopee
Texas Steak Out — New Braunfels, TX
Thate Family Partnership — Fairmont
The Acre Company — Spencer, IA
The Miller Connection — Mapleton
The Sandwich Stop — Chesaning, MI
Thedens Farms — Blue Earth
Thompson, Dick and Merna — Waltham
Tim Koch Farms — LeRoy
Tiny Tim Miniature Donuts — Taylors Falls
Titan Machinery — Albert Lea
Titan Machinery — Pipestone
Titan Machinery — Redwood Falls
Todd Sonnek Construction — Easton
Tom Thumb Donut Corporation — Woodbury
Travis Wasmoen Family — Albert Lea
Tri-County Vet Clinic — Taunton
Triple S Farm — Winona
Troy Thompson Insurance — Albert Lea
Turbes Ag Sales & Service — Redwood Falls
Turtle River Equine Inc. — Tenstrike
Ulrich Red Angus — Good Thunder
United Farmers Cooperative — Lafayette
United Farmers State Bank — Adams
United Farmers State Bank — Dexter
Vanhove Cattle — Madison, SD
Vermillion Elevator — Vermillion
Vermillion State Bank — Vermillion
Volz-Evenson Drainage — Minnesota Lake
W.E. Pork LLC — Arlington
Waage Farms Purina — Greenbush
Wangen, Chad — Glenville
Warner Farms — Revere
Watkins — Winona
Watson Recycling — Oronoco
Wayne, Rodney — Ellendale
We Show Pigs — Brownsdale
Wegener, Tim and Kerry — Fairmont
Wegner Seeds — Wells
Weiss Milling Inc. — Welcome
Wells Fargo Crop Insurance — Marshall
Wentzel Seeds & Syngenta — Murdock
Werner’s Frontier Bar — New Brighton
West-Con — Kensington
Western Wisconsin
Auto Auction — Chippewa Falls, WI
Westview Farms — Hastings
WFS — Truman
White Rock Bank
& First Farmers Bank — Cannon Falls
Wiechman Pig Co. — Truman
Wild Bill’s Curly Fries — Beverly Hills, FL
Will, Kenneth and Helen — Windom
Williamson, Cary and Peggy — Glenville
Winona County Purple Ribbon Club — Winona
Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. — Minneapolis
Wolfe, Dave and Marilyn — Medinah, IL
Worth County Vet — Northwood, IA
Wozniak Concessions — Minneapolis
Wulfekuhle Farms — Wolverton
Yeager Implement — Blue Earth
Youngerberg Angus & Wood Chips — Springfield
Ziegler Cat — Rochester
Zoetis — Altura
The 456 buyers that contributed $100 and under are listed on the auction website — www.mnpurpleribbonauction.com
Become a Buyer
Buyers are Champions Too!
It’s easy to become a Buyer . . .
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Return the enclosed form marked “YES, you can depend on me!”
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Be our guest at an early supper beginning at 4 p.m. at the AgStar
Arena. This year’s dinner will be sponsored by H. Brooks & Co.
and Captain Ken’s.
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Sale starts at 6 p.m., AgStar Arena on the fairgrounds.
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If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch it
at liveauctions.tv. Arrangements can be made to make
your bids and acknowledge
your support by calling
(651) 323-4210.
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Reply to the Auction committee using the enclosed
postage-paid, addressed envelope. Complimentary admission
tickets to the fair and convenient reserved parking will be
provided for you.
Any special advertising or promotional plans for your purchase
must be cleared and approved in advance of the sale with the
Auction Committee. Auction management and sponsors have
made arrangements for the animals at ringside following the
auction.
NEW IN
2016:
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By becoming a buyer, you reward a 4-H member’s excellent
achievement in production, inspiring that person to go on to
greater successes and becoming a better citizen.
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Your premium dollars not only support an individual youth,
but also the entire 4-H program.
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One of the motivating incentives for youth to engage in the
livestock enterprise is to exhibit their animal projects – first at
the county fair, and then to hopefully win a trip to the great
Minnesota State Fair. The ultimate goal at state fair is to
qualify for inclusion in the 4-H Auction. This is your
opportunity to help these young people celebrate their
success and to encourage them, and others, to even greater
heights of achievement. Livestock can play a major role in
youth development.
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You help support Minnesota’s agricultural economy, and its
most important enterprise—an efficient livestock industry.
Animal agriculture is an indispensable base for the economy
of the state and nation.
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Grand Champion animals will be on display inside the west
entrance of the Cattle barn during the final nine days of the fair.
Signage will be at the site, advertising your business to over
1.3 million people who visit the fair during that time.
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A photo of the animal and its owner will be available for your
promotional purposes. You or your company will be listed in
the following year’s publicity materials, brochure and sales
catalog. You will be recognized for your role as a builder for
a better tomorrow.
ON BEHALF OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, A SINCERE
THANK YOU TO ALL SUPPORTERS OF PAST AUCTIONS
– Minnesota Livestock Breeders’ Association
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THE CHAMPION BUYERS’ CLUB
What is it?
What are the benefits of becoming a member?
The Champion Buyers’ Club is an elite group of supporters
who have committed a significant financial contribution to
the Purple Ribbon Auction.
How do you become a member?
TWO WAYS:
■ Purchase the premium of one or more of the 14 specie
Champions or Reserve Champions at the designated
commitment levels
• Purchaser can be a consortium, individual,
or company
■ Pledge a total of $5,000 throughout the entire auction
to any number of the 101 participants in the event
■ Champion Buyers’ Club banner displayed the
remainder of the fair over the Champion Row display
visible to all 1.3 million fair attendees
■ Receive an invitation to the Champion Buyers’ Club
Recognition Gala on November 11th at the Earle
Brown Center in Brooklyn Center.
• Enjoy dinner, recognition for your support,
and an evening to interact with the auction
participant you support
For information on becoming a Champion Buyers’ Club
member, please contact either Dan Fox at 651-357-5436
or dan.fox@lgseeds.com OR Joseph O’Sullivan at
612-868-8580 or Joseph.O’Sullivan@minnstarbank.com.