News Release

WARSAW – Results from the 2020 Kosciusko County 4-H Livestock Auction have been released.

The sale total this year was $211,077, compared to $344,136 in 2019.

This year’s auction was conducted online due to the pandemic and came at the conclusion of the 4-H competition, which ran from July 13-16, 2020

The online auction was premium only. There were no market animals included in the sale of the lots. 4-Hers were allowed to sell only one lot versus two in prior years.

Here is a breakdown of sale by each division

Beef (32) $54,565,00

Dairy (20) $22,835.00

Dairy Calf Feeder Steer (20)  $17,755.00

Dairy Steer (6) $7,425.00

Goats (48) $22,740.00

King Kiss (1) $1.735.00

Poultry (60) $22,167.00

Queen Kiss (1) $450.00

Rabbit (6) $4,570.00

Sheep (17) $12,390.00

Swine (52) $44,445.00

Total Lots Sold: 264

Animals that were not sold and will be taken to the Indiana State Fair:

• Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Barrow exhibited by Landon Bewley, Silver Lake

 

• Grand Champion & Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb exhibited by Jordyn Leininger, Pierceton

 

• Grand Champion Dairy Calf Feeder Steer exhibited by Justin Beer, Milford

 

• Grand Champion Dairy Steer exhibited by Jared Beer, Milford

 

• Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Beef Steer exhibited By: Justin Beer, Milford

 

Did not sell for other reasons

• Grand Champion Guernsey Cow exhibited by Kylie Evans, Warsaw
• Grand Champion Senior Doe-Goat Milk exhibited by Ethan Moore, Warsaw (could sell only 1 goat entry)
• Grand Champion Specialty Market Goat exhibited by Airyana Bradley, Leesburg 

 

Sales recap

• Grand Champion Beef Steer exhibited by Allie Ayers, Warsaw. Purchase Price: $3,935
  Purchased by the Following: Jared Haughee, J C Barry Ostrom, Kirk Trabert, Clunette Elevator, Terry & Karen Templin Family, Polk Equipment, Deatsman Grain Farm, Steven and Sarah Hall, W.R. Hall Insurance, Lake City Bank, Dennis Polk Equipment, Ernie & Rachel Burbrink, Brian Zehring Family, Tippy View Lawn Care LLC, Cory Colman Family, Leesburg Mighty Farmers 4-H Club, Matthew  Welte, Paragon Medical, Martin Brumbaugh Family, Larry & Kay Kammerer, Everest Excavating LLC, Nubb Lowry, Tom  Farms, Greenmark Equipment, New Paris Tractor Parts, Sally Bailey-Coldwell Banker, Ferguson Farms, Inc., TTG Equipment, Christopher Polk, Tim Polk Family, Angie Jarrett, Fred Lechlitner Family, Leesburg Lions Dairy Bar, Horizon Bank, Yagel Grain, Joel & Karla Shepherd

• Reserve Grand Champion Beef Steer exhibited by Jackson Templin, Leesburg, a 10-year Member. Purchase Price: $3,275. Purchased by: Milford Helping Hands 4-H Club, John & Kelly Heckaman, Steve Tucker, Jared Haughee, Farm Credit Mid-America, Bishop Farms, Renea Messmore, Scott & Jenny Nelson Family, Ed & Tamara Boggs Family, Polk Equipment, Greg &Kassi Rowland Family, Turtle Top, Lake City Bank, Good Excavating, Redline Equipment, Marc & Jodi Beer Family, Tippy View Lawn Care LLC, Cory Colman Family, Randy & Sonja Hesser Family, Paragon Medical, Jared & Molly Templin, Martin Brumbaugh Family, Daniel A. and Kari Knepper, Everest Excavating LLC, Matt & Christi  Sausaman, Tom Farms, Crossroads Bank, Monteith Tire Of Warsaw, Dan & Loni O’Hara, Dental Solutions, Anthony Roth, Greenmark Equipment, Sally Bailey-Coldwell Banker, David Sands, Edward Jones Investment, Christopher Polk, Ayers Family, Tim Polk Family, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Angie Jarrett, Ashley Armstrong, Brian Wuthrich, Fred Lechlitner Family, Randy Beer And Pioneer Seed, Jay & Linda Haughee, Horizon Bank, Joel & Karla Shepherd
• Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Calf Feeder Steer exhibited by Cohen Tom, Leesburg. Purchase Price: $1,935.00
  Purchased by: Brent & Renea Messmore Family, Turtle Top, Lake City Bank, Leesburg Mighty Farmers 4-H Club, Randy & Sonja Hesser Family, Daniel A. and Kari Knepper, Matt & Christi  Sausaman, Tom  Farms, Amanda Tom, John & Kelly Heckaman, Dental Solutions, Greenmark Equipment, Jason Wood, Christopher Polk, Leesburg Lions Dairy Bar, Horizon Bank

• Grand Champion Rabbit Meat Pen exhibited by  Ariel Ross, South Whitley.Purchase Price: $1,550.
  Purchased by Jake Furbee, Robert Wilson, Laura Ross, Horizon Bank
• Reserve Grand Champion Rabbit Meat Pen exhibited by Erin McKee, Silver Lake, 10-year Member. Purchase Price: $1,000Purchased by: Judith Stofleth, Turtle Top, Linda McKee, Kathy Lokotar, Choretime/Brock CTB, Jennifer Metzger, Morgan Vervynckt, Lloyd Shroyer, Crossroads Bank, Dan Mckee, Jestina Schultz, Horizon Bank
• Grand Champion Dairy Market Goat exhibited by Ethan Moore, Warsaw, a 10-year member. Purchase price: $1,020
  Purchased by: Roger Studebaker, Bishop Farms, Turtle Top, Ot Schroeder-State Farm, Sharon Sommers, Choretime/Brock CTB, Lloyd Shroyer, Casey Pequignot, Crossroads Bank, Christopher Polk, John Camden Constr & Camden Polled Herefords, Horizon Bank, Kathy Rodgers
• Grand Champion Holstein exhibited by Logan Hollar, Milford,  last year member, 9 years. Purchase Price: $2,425
  Purchased by: Milford Helping Hands 4-H Club, John & Kelly Heckaman, Interra Credit Union, Clunette Elevator, Polk Equipment, Deatsman Grain Farm, Kosciusko County 4-H Dairy Supporters, Redline Equipment, Jason Lecount Family, Jeff & Jodie Roose Family, Lee & Sandy Beer Family, Beer Dairy Inc, Greenmark Equipment, Mitch & Jaime Hollar, Christopher Polk, Horizon Bank
• 4-H Queen Kiss Provided by Brittany Duncan, Silver Lake. purchase price: $450 (Proceeds go toward the Rabbit Barn)
  Purchased by: Kassi Rowland, Glen Zorn, Kathy Lokotar, Echoes Of The Past, Tom  Farms, Christopher Polk, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Linda Duncan, Horizon Bank

• 4-H King Kiss provided by: Justin Beer, Milford. Purchase Price: $1,735 (Proceeds go toward Dairy Barn)

    Purchased by: Milford Helping Hands 4-H Club, Steve Tucker, John Zimmerman Farms, Troy & Briana Wuthrich, FarmCreditMid-America, Kassi Rowland, W.R. Hall Insurance, Beer’s Lawn Installation, Marc & Jodi Beer Family, Tippy View Lawn Care LLC, Schlipf Precision Ag, Lee & Sandy Beer Family, Kayla Templin, Daniel A. and Kari Knepper, Tom Farms, Beer Dairy Inc, Christopher Polk, Horizon Bank

• Grand Champion Market Turkey exhibited by: Kendra Kline, Claypool. Purchase Price: $1,310
  Purchased by: James Schmidt, Leesburg Mighty Farmers 4-H Club, Duane Kline, Randy & Sonja Hesser Family, Christopher Polk, Leesburg Lions Dairy Bar, Horizon Bank

 

• Grand Champion Market Ducks exhibited by Cora Ransbottom, Claypool. Purchase price: $1,550
  Purchased by: J C Barry Ostrom, Polk Equipment, Lake City Bank, CFS Milford, Choretime/Brock CTB, Monteith Tire Of Warsaw, Claypool Lions Club, Greenmark Equipment, TTG Equipment, Christopher Polk, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Horizon Bank, Dan and Eileen  Ransbottom

• Grand Champion Market Chickens exhibited by Katherine Juillerat, Larwill, a10-year Member. Purchase price: $675
  Purchased by: Zella Hatfield, Polk Equipment, Turtle Top, Dennis Polk Equipment, Lloyd Shroyer, Crossroads Bank, Tim Polk Family, Horizon Bank