2016 Minnesota 4-H Purple Ribbon Livestock Auction

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1 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 ng 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. 4-H Auction, Minnesota State Fair Competition Department, 1265 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul, MN Tel: (651) competition@mnstatefair.org

2 PLAN TO Attend! Minnesota State Fairgrounds August 27, p.m Grand & Reserve * denotes a new record price CHAMPIONS Grand Champion Market Beef $22,000* Exhibited by: Jed Knutson, Freeborn Co. Purchased by: Ames Construction Grand Champion Dairy Steer $12,950* Exhibited by: Malory Mattson, Freeborn Co. Purchased by: American Foods Group, Central Livestock Assn., O & S Cattle Co. Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef $10,700 Exhibited by: Elizabeth Wasmoen, Freeborn Co. Purchased by: Farmers Union Industries Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Steer $9,000* 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 Tel: (651) competition@mnstatefair.org

3 Excluding the Champions and Reserve Champions, average net cost to buyers in 2015 was: Market Beef $7,185* Dairy Steer $4,421* Market Barrow $5,721* 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. Market Gilt... $4,268 Market Lamb...$3,875* Market Goat... $4,100 * denotes a new record price 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* Exhibited by: Ryan Franz, Cottonwood Co. Purchased by: Hormel Foods, Dupont Pioneer Seeds, Friends of Ryan Franz Grand Champion Market Gilt $10,835* Exhibited by: Lance Becker, Martin Co. Purchased by: Minnesota Farmers Union and Farmers Union Agency, Martin County Purple Ribbon Club Reserve Grand Champion Market Swine $12,300* Exhibited by: Dalton Dykstra, Jackson Co. Purchased by: Twin City Concrete, Nutra Blend, Jackson County Purple Ribbon Club Reserve Grand Champion Market Gilt $7,950* Exhibited by: Camryn Reuter, Mower Co. Purchased by: Farmers Union Industries, AgStar Financial Services, Mower County Businesses

4 2015 Grand & Reserve CHAMPIONS * denotes a new record price Grand Champion Market Sheep $7,500* Exhibited by: Matthew Wiebe, Cottonwood Co. Purchased by: Twin City Concrete Grand Champion Meat Goat $5,900* Exhibited by: Henry Schultz, Rice Co. Purchased by: Minnesota Farmers Union and Farmers Union Agency, Friends of Rice County 4-H Reserve Grand Champion Market Sheep $5,000 Exhibited by: Jessica Wiebe, Cottonwood Co. Purchased by: Minnesota Farmers Union and Farmers Union Agency Reserve Champion Meat Goat $5,400* Exhibited by: Thomas Sell, Cottonwood Co. Purchased by: Sorenson Seeds, Staples Oil, Cottonwood County Businesses PLAN TO ATTEND! Minnesota State Fairgrounds August 27, p.m. Grand Champion Dairy Meat Goat $4,000* Exhibited by: Marshall Johnson, Fillmore Co. Purchased by: LongCheng Hmong Meats, Fillmore County Businesses

5 4-H AUCTION SCHOLARSHIPS Thirty-four 4-H members that were High School graduates received a 4-H Auction Scholarship at the 2015 MN State Fair. Over 240 young people have received 4-H Auction Scholarships at the State Fair in the past decade to attend the college of their choice. Deserving youth are selected for 4-H Auction Scholarships based on their leadership and achievement in youth livestock programs, as well as their involvement in the local community. The 4-H Auction Scholarship Program is funded through proceeds from the annual MN State Fair 4-H Auction, and through a new 4-H Scholarship Matching Sponsorship opportunity. Following are the details of the 4-H Scholarship Matching Sponsorship program: There are two levels of scholarships; $1,000 and $2,000. The sponsorship for the $1,000 scholarship is $500; for the $2,000 scholarship it is $1,000. There will be a minimum of ten $2,000 scholarships and ten $1,000 scholarships awarded. Each of the sponsorships will be matched by 4-H Auction funds to create the total scholarship. 4-H Auction Sponsorships may be a business, organization, individual, or a group of individuals, and they may choose to sponsor multiple 4-H Scholarships. 4-H Auction Sponsors will be listed in 4-H Auction publicity and will be recognized at the 2016 MN State Fair 4-H Auction and Buyers Supper. 34 scholarships were provided from the proceeds of the auction and the 4-H Scholarship Matching Sponsorship. 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

6 H Livestock Auction SUPPORTERS GOLD LEVEL $2500 & Up: 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: Ace Disposal Ramsey Adrian, Ben Mountain Lake Ag Property Solutions Emmetsburg, IA Ag Quest Financial Morgan AgPartners Goodhue Albert Lea Seed House Albert Lea Alum-Line Cresco, IA Anderson Seeds St. Peter Automated Production Schuyler, NE Babler Commodities Galena, IL Big Gain Mankato Bjerum, Anne Mokena, IL Blue Earth Purple Ribbon Club Waldorf Boehringer Ingelheim Eagle Lake Brown Co. 4-H Livestock Boosters Sleepy Eye Buffalo Ridge Concrete Pipestone Burns, Dan and Linda St. Paul Carl Bolander & Sons Co. St. Paul Cech, David and Rae Glenville 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 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 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 Central Bi Products Redwood Falls Channel Seed Paynesville Commodity & Ingredient Hedging Chicago, IL Crop Production Services Sargeant Crop Production Services Lakefield Crop Revenue Consultants Lakeville Dairyland Seed Blooming Prairie Demand Pork Fairmont Dodge County Fair Board Dodge Center Domnick Seeds Morris Double D Dispatch Fairmont Elanco Greenfield, IN Energy Panel Structures Graettinger, IA Environment Control Systems of Morris Morris Equity Elevator and Trading Co. Wood Lake Ethan Co-op Lumber Association Ethan, SD Fast Genetics Jefferson, IA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Schroder Concessions Faribault Skyride - DMC, Inc. Prescott, WI Strategic Pork Solutions Wells Thiesse, Kent Lake Crystal United FCS Willmar Zinpro Corp Eden Prairie 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

7 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

8 Become a Buyer It s easy to become a Buyer... Return the enclosed form marked YES, you can depend on me! 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. Sale starts at 6 p.m., AgStar Arena on the fairgrounds. 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) Reply to the Auction committee using the enclosed postage-paid, 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: What is it? 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 Buyers are Champions Too! 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. Your premium dollars not only support an individual youth, but also the entire 4-H program. 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. 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. 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. 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 Follow us on Facebook and Twitter THE CHAMPION BUYERS CLUB What are the benefits of becoming a member? 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 or dan.fox@lgseeds.com OR Joseph O Sullivan at or Joseph.O Sullivan@minnstarbank.com.