WEST ALLIS - Officials of the Wisconsin State Fair and members of the Blue Ribbon Sale of Champions Foundation announce the 42nd annual Governor's Red, White and Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction (formerly the Governor's Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction) at the 2010 Wisconsin State Fair was very successful. The auction featured appearances from members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band, Bucky Badger, former UW-Madison Athletic Director Pat Richter, former Badger football star and Heisman Trophy Winner Ron Dayne, and Gov.. Jim Doyle.
The youth exhibitors and their Grand Champion or Reserve Champion animals stepped into the spotlight when the auction started at 6:30 p.m. in the Coliseum at the Fair Park. Board president of the Blue Ribbon Sale of Champions and auctioneer Bob Johnson of Milton emceed the event. Doyle joined Johnson and others in encouraging bidders to raise their paddles to bid throughout the night.
Spectators watched from the seats in the Coliseum while bidders were seated in the ring to get an up close look at the champion beef market steer, sheep and swine. Bidding commenced with the Grand Champion Steer exhibited by Brock May, 16, of Iowa County. His Crossbred steer was selected as Grand Champion for the fourth consecutive year. In the end, the Grand Champion Steer (Crossbred), weighing 1,330 pounds, sold for $15,000 with the winning bid from Kenosha Beef and Birchwood Foods. The steer was donated to Shalom Society of Kenosha.
In total, 28 junior market steers, barrows and lambs were auctioned off raising a grand total of $111,900. The award structure is a sliding percentage scale based on the amount of the auction sale price.
"The Governor's Red, White and Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction is an incredible opportunity for the youth exhibitors to exhibit their showmanship skills and be rewarded for the dedication they have shown over the past year to their project animals. Hard work, passion and dedication that it takes to be part of the agriculture industry are all exemplified through the auction, and really, all of our exhibitors at the Wisconsin State Fair," said Patrice Harris, director of Public Relations and Communications for the Wisconsin State Fair.
The judges who selected the champion animals for the Governor's Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction were:
n Jim Williams, Boling, TX - Junior Market Steers
n Gary Childs, Pelham, GA - Junior Market Barrows (Swine)
n Kelly Bruns, Brookings, SD - Junior Market Lambs
The winning bids for the 2010 Governor's Red, White and Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction are:
n Grand Champion Market Lamb (Crossbred): exhibited by Tierney Reilly of Lafayette County; Winning Bid of $4,000 by a syndicate of Saz's, Leff's Lucky Town, Bunzel's Meats, Major Goolsby's, Country Fresh Meats, All City Auto, UNITS Mobile Storage, Trawicki Electric, Ironwood Golf, Shorewest Realtors and Milwaukee Admirals
n Reserve Grand Champion Steer (Crossbred): exhibited by Kaley Ellen Bockhop of Lafayette County; Winning Bid of $10,000 by American Foods Group
n Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb (Suffolk): exhibited by Calvin Reilly of Lafayette County; Winning Bid of $3,250 by Giant Slide, Inc., SkyFair, Inc., Crutee's Concessions, G&G Concession and Caribbean Smoothies
n Champion Hampshire Lamb exhibited by Tierney Reilly of Lafayette County; Winning Bid of $1,250 by Beer Capitol (donated to Wisconsin State Fair Park Youth Foundation)
n Champion Natural Colored Lamb exhibited by Daren Whittmann of Green County; Winning Bid of $1,250 by Giant Slide, Inc., SkyFair, Inc., Crutee's Concessions, G&G Concession and Caribbean Smoothies
n Champion Yorkshire Barrow exhibited by Erica Langholff of Wood County; Winning Bid of $2,250 by Badger Ethanol
n Grand Champion Steer (Crossbred): exhibited by Brock May of Iowa County; Winning Bid of $15,000 by Kenosha Beef and Birchwood Foods (donated to Shalom Society of Kenosha)
n Grand Champion Barrow (Crossbred): exhibited by Brady Tibbits of Iowa County; Winning Bid of $6,000 by a syndicate of Saz's, Leff's Lucky Town, Bunzel's Meats, Major Goolsby's, Country Fresh Meats, All City Auto, UNITS Mobile Storage, Trawicki Electric, Ironwood Golf, Shorewest Realtors, Milwaukee Admirals and Mary Henke (donated to Wisconsin State Fair Park Youth Foundation)
n Reserve Grand Champion Barrow (Hampshire): exhibited by Brittany Wethal of Dane County; Winning Bid of $5,750 by Coca-Cola
n Champion Chianina Breed Steer exhibited by Mallory McConnell of Rock County; Winning Bid of $6,500 by MillerCoors
n Champion Maine-Anjou Steer exhibited by Justin Lillesand of Sheboygan County; Winning Bid of $4,500 by Souvenir Milk Caps
n Champion Poland China Barrow exhibited by Mariah Schulz of Green Lake County; Winning Bid of $3,000 by Anheuser-Busch
n Champion Dorset Lamb exhibited by Bailey Quam of Columbia County; Winning Bid of $1,100 by Saz's, Leff's Lucky Town, Bunzel's Meats, Major Goolsby's, Country Fresh Meats, All City Auto, UNITS Mobile Storage, Trawicki Electric, Ironwood Golf, Shorewest Realtors and Milwaukee Admirals
n Champion Simmental Steer exhibited by Taylor Schuetz of Rock County; Winning Bid of $4,750 by Rock County syndicate consisting of Ken & Marcia Leuty and MillerCoors
n Champion Berkshire Barrow exhibited by Mikayla Wehrle of Waupaca County; Winning Bid of $3,250 by the Budweiser Pavilion
n Champion Hereford Steer exhibited by Paige Poad of Richland County; Winning Bid of $4,500 by Deer Valley and Wisconsin Show Cattle Supporters
n Champion Duroc Barrow exhibited by Nicole Gross of Jefferson County; Winning Bid of $3,500 by Harmon Solutions Group
n Champion Any Other Breed Lamb exhibited by Jed Dallas of Shawano County; Winning Bid of $4,000 by I.G. Hall and Badger State Auction & Realty
n Champion Angus Steer exhibited by Sarah Lillesand of Sheboygan County; Winning Bid of $4,000 by Advance Fun Technology/Ejection Seat and Halbman Construction
n Champion Spotted Barrow exhibited by Jenna Olson of Rock County; Winning Bid of $1,700 by a syndicate of Hoss Rehberg Agency - Farmers & BWO Insurance and Advance Fun Technology / Ejection Seat
n Champion Southdown Lamb exhibited by Leah Green of Brown County; Winning Bid of $1,300 by Wisconsin State Fair Park Board
n Champion Shorthorn Steer exhibited by Brett Rosek of Racine County; Winning Bid of $4,000 by Beer Capitol (donated to Wisconsin State Fair Park Youth Foundation)
n Champion Chester White Barrow exhibited by Cody Puntney of Columbia County; Winning Bid of $1,500 by Coca-Cola
n Champion Columbia Lamb exhibited by Jessica Taylor of Columbia County; Winning Bid of $1,000 by I.G. Hall and Badger State Auction & Real Estate
n Champion Any Other Breed Steer exhibited by Dan Vyvyan of Racine County; Winning Bid of $4,250 by Wisconsin Show Cattle Supporters
n Champion Landrace Barrow exhibited by Hunter Langholff of Wood County; Winning Bid of $1,600 by Imperial Parking and Firewagon Racing
n Champion Registered Dairy Steer exhibited by Victoria Leix of Iowa County; Winning Bid of $5,000 by American Foods Group
n Champion Tamworth Barrow exhibited by Ethan Schmaling of Dane County; Winning Bid of $2,200 by a syndicate of United Country Jones Auction and Saz's, Leff's Lucky Town, Bunzel's Meats, Major Goolsby's, Country Fresh Meats, All City Auto, UNITS Mobile Storage, Trawicki Electric, Ironwood Golf, Shorewest Realtors and Milwaukee Admirals
n Champion Hereford Barrow exhibited by Jenna Pribbenow of Columbia County; Winning Bid of $1,500 by Dalton Lumber
In all, the evening raised a total of $120,700.
The youth exhibitors and their Grand Champion or Reserve Champion animals stepped into the spotlight when the auction started at 6:30 p.m. in the Coliseum at the Fair Park. Board president of the Blue Ribbon Sale of Champions and auctioneer Bob Johnson of Milton emceed the event. Doyle joined Johnson and others in encouraging bidders to raise their paddles to bid throughout the night.
Spectators watched from the seats in the Coliseum while bidders were seated in the ring to get an up close look at the champion beef market steer, sheep and swine. Bidding commenced with the Grand Champion Steer exhibited by Brock May, 16, of Iowa County. His Crossbred steer was selected as Grand Champion for the fourth consecutive year. In the end, the Grand Champion Steer (Crossbred), weighing 1,330 pounds, sold for $15,000 with the winning bid from Kenosha Beef and Birchwood Foods. The steer was donated to Shalom Society of Kenosha.
In total, 28 junior market steers, barrows and lambs were auctioned off raising a grand total of $111,900. The award structure is a sliding percentage scale based on the amount of the auction sale price.
"The Governor's Red, White and Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction is an incredible opportunity for the youth exhibitors to exhibit their showmanship skills and be rewarded for the dedication they have shown over the past year to their project animals. Hard work, passion and dedication that it takes to be part of the agriculture industry are all exemplified through the auction, and really, all of our exhibitors at the Wisconsin State Fair," said Patrice Harris, director of Public Relations and Communications for the Wisconsin State Fair.
The judges who selected the champion animals for the Governor's Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction were:
n Jim Williams, Boling, TX - Junior Market Steers
n Gary Childs, Pelham, GA - Junior Market Barrows (Swine)
n Kelly Bruns, Brookings, SD - Junior Market Lambs
The winning bids for the 2010 Governor's Red, White and Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction are:
n Grand Champion Market Lamb (Crossbred): exhibited by Tierney Reilly of Lafayette County; Winning Bid of $4,000 by a syndicate of Saz's, Leff's Lucky Town, Bunzel's Meats, Major Goolsby's, Country Fresh Meats, All City Auto, UNITS Mobile Storage, Trawicki Electric, Ironwood Golf, Shorewest Realtors and Milwaukee Admirals
n Reserve Grand Champion Steer (Crossbred): exhibited by Kaley Ellen Bockhop of Lafayette County; Winning Bid of $10,000 by American Foods Group
n Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb (Suffolk): exhibited by Calvin Reilly of Lafayette County; Winning Bid of $3,250 by Giant Slide, Inc., SkyFair, Inc., Crutee's Concessions, G&G Concession and Caribbean Smoothies
n Champion Hampshire Lamb exhibited by Tierney Reilly of Lafayette County; Winning Bid of $1,250 by Beer Capitol (donated to Wisconsin State Fair Park Youth Foundation)
n Champion Natural Colored Lamb exhibited by Daren Whittmann of Green County; Winning Bid of $1,250 by Giant Slide, Inc., SkyFair, Inc., Crutee's Concessions, G&G Concession and Caribbean Smoothies
n Champion Yorkshire Barrow exhibited by Erica Langholff of Wood County; Winning Bid of $2,250 by Badger Ethanol
n Grand Champion Steer (Crossbred): exhibited by Brock May of Iowa County; Winning Bid of $15,000 by Kenosha Beef and Birchwood Foods (donated to Shalom Society of Kenosha)
n Grand Champion Barrow (Crossbred): exhibited by Brady Tibbits of Iowa County; Winning Bid of $6,000 by a syndicate of Saz's, Leff's Lucky Town, Bunzel's Meats, Major Goolsby's, Country Fresh Meats, All City Auto, UNITS Mobile Storage, Trawicki Electric, Ironwood Golf, Shorewest Realtors, Milwaukee Admirals and Mary Henke (donated to Wisconsin State Fair Park Youth Foundation)
n Reserve Grand Champion Barrow (Hampshire): exhibited by Brittany Wethal of Dane County; Winning Bid of $5,750 by Coca-Cola
n Champion Chianina Breed Steer exhibited by Mallory McConnell of Rock County; Winning Bid of $6,500 by MillerCoors
n Champion Maine-Anjou Steer exhibited by Justin Lillesand of Sheboygan County; Winning Bid of $4,500 by Souvenir Milk Caps
n Champion Poland China Barrow exhibited by Mariah Schulz of Green Lake County; Winning Bid of $3,000 by Anheuser-Busch
n Champion Dorset Lamb exhibited by Bailey Quam of Columbia County; Winning Bid of $1,100 by Saz's, Leff's Lucky Town, Bunzel's Meats, Major Goolsby's, Country Fresh Meats, All City Auto, UNITS Mobile Storage, Trawicki Electric, Ironwood Golf, Shorewest Realtors and Milwaukee Admirals
n Champion Simmental Steer exhibited by Taylor Schuetz of Rock County; Winning Bid of $4,750 by Rock County syndicate consisting of Ken & Marcia Leuty and MillerCoors
n Champion Berkshire Barrow exhibited by Mikayla Wehrle of Waupaca County; Winning Bid of $3,250 by the Budweiser Pavilion
n Champion Hereford Steer exhibited by Paige Poad of Richland County; Winning Bid of $4,500 by Deer Valley and Wisconsin Show Cattle Supporters
n Champion Duroc Barrow exhibited by Nicole Gross of Jefferson County; Winning Bid of $3,500 by Harmon Solutions Group
n Champion Any Other Breed Lamb exhibited by Jed Dallas of Shawano County; Winning Bid of $4,000 by I.G. Hall and Badger State Auction & Realty
n Champion Angus Steer exhibited by Sarah Lillesand of Sheboygan County; Winning Bid of $4,000 by Advance Fun Technology/Ejection Seat and Halbman Construction
n Champion Spotted Barrow exhibited by Jenna Olson of Rock County; Winning Bid of $1,700 by a syndicate of Hoss Rehberg Agency - Farmers & BWO Insurance and Advance Fun Technology / Ejection Seat
n Champion Southdown Lamb exhibited by Leah Green of Brown County; Winning Bid of $1,300 by Wisconsin State Fair Park Board
n Champion Shorthorn Steer exhibited by Brett Rosek of Racine County; Winning Bid of $4,000 by Beer Capitol (donated to Wisconsin State Fair Park Youth Foundation)
n Champion Chester White Barrow exhibited by Cody Puntney of Columbia County; Winning Bid of $1,500 by Coca-Cola
n Champion Columbia Lamb exhibited by Jessica Taylor of Columbia County; Winning Bid of $1,000 by I.G. Hall and Badger State Auction & Real Estate
n Champion Any Other Breed Steer exhibited by Dan Vyvyan of Racine County; Winning Bid of $4,250 by Wisconsin Show Cattle Supporters
n Champion Landrace Barrow exhibited by Hunter Langholff of Wood County; Winning Bid of $1,600 by Imperial Parking and Firewagon Racing
n Champion Registered Dairy Steer exhibited by Victoria Leix of Iowa County; Winning Bid of $5,000 by American Foods Group
n Champion Tamworth Barrow exhibited by Ethan Schmaling of Dane County; Winning Bid of $2,200 by a syndicate of United Country Jones Auction and Saz's, Leff's Lucky Town, Bunzel's Meats, Major Goolsby's, Country Fresh Meats, All City Auto, UNITS Mobile Storage, Trawicki Electric, Ironwood Golf, Shorewest Realtors and Milwaukee Admirals
n Champion Hereford Barrow exhibited by Jenna Pribbenow of Columbia County; Winning Bid of $1,500 by Dalton Lumber
In all, the evening raised a total of $120,700.
