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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