Dairy feeder steer sold for $6,000

Published 12:49 am Friday, August 1, 2008

By Staff
Grand champion market steer – Kristin Asmus, Vandalia; buyer, Cass County Beef Supporters, $3 a pound, $3,615.
Reserve grand champion steer – Cally Hass, Cassopolis; Midway Engineering, Dowagiac, $1.95 a pound – $2,466.75.
Champion heavyweight steer – Kristel Leaner, Edwardsburg; Central Produce Sales, Dowagiac; $1.25 a pound – $1,681.25.
Champion light mediumweight steer – Jacob High, Marcellus; Buchanan Feed Mill; $2.10 a pound – $2,457.
Champion lightweight steer – Jacob Bradley, Cassopolis; Cass County Beef Supporters; $1.30 a pound – $1,313.
Champion dairy market steer – Brian Butchbaker, Marcellus; Lee and Carl Sparks families, Cassopolis; $1.50 a pound – $2,062.50.
Reserve champion heavyweight steer – Cameron Hayden, Cassopolis; Old Red Barn Farm Market, Dowagiac; $1.30 a pound – $1,774.50.
Reserve champion heavy mediumweight steer – Phillip Hall, Edwardsburg; Jacobs Steel Service, Elkhart, Ind.; $1.15 a pound – $1,500.75.
Reserve champion mediumweight steer – Kelli Klimek, Cassopolis; Community Mills, Cassopolis; $1.40 a pound – $1,729.
Reserve champion light mediumweight steer – Rick Hayden, Cassopolis; K&M Machine-Fabricating, Cassopolis; $1.35 a pound – $1,559.25.
Reserve champion lightweight steer – Alison Lorenz, Three Rivers; Radtke's Processing, Cassopolis; $1.30 a pound – $1,417.
Reserve champion dairy market steer – Jordan Carlson, Lawton; Hartford Glass Buyers Club, Mishawaka, Ind.; $1.65 a pound – $2,392.
Dairy feeder steers
Grand champion – Amanda Hassle, Dowagiac; SMP Marketing LLC, Eau Claire, and Wilbur-Ellis Co., Watervliet; $10.50 a pound – $6,037.50.
Reserve grand champion – Lindsey Wright, Cassopolis; Berrybrook Farms, Dowagiac; $3.75 a pound – $2,231.25.
Champion mediumweight – Jordan Carlson, Lawton; Finnerman's John Deere, Paw Paw; $5.25 a pound – $2,730.
Reserve champion mediumweight – Matt Locke, Cassopolis; K&M Machine-Fabricating, Cassopolis; $3.50 a pound – $1,977.50.
Champion lightweight – Austin Green, Vandalia; Community Mills, Cassopolis; $.160 a pound – $784.
Reserve champion lightweight – Collin Hassle, Hartford; SMP Marketing LLC, Eau Claire; $6 a pound – $2,970.
Swine
Grand champion market hog – Lindsey Wright, Cassopolis; Community Mills, Cassopolis, and Butch Bender, Cassopolis; $4 a pound – $1,104.
Reserve grand champion – Caitlon Pauley, Dowagiac; United Producers/Parks Livestock, Vandalia, Friends of Caitlon Pauley and the Carl Wagner family, Niles; $4 a pound – $968.
Champion gilt – Monica Ward, Cassopolis; Bergman Vet Medical Center, Cassopolis; $2.25 a pound – $618.75.
Reserve champion gilt – Cameron Hayden, Cassopolis; Midwest Ag LLC, Cassopois; $2.50 a pound – $667.50.
Division 1 champion gilt – Meagan Ruff, Dowagiac; Ausra Equipment and Supply Co., Dowagiac; $1.60 a pound – $376.
Division 2 champion gilt – Alyssa Cox, Dowagiac; Edward Lowe Foundation, Cassopolis; $1.40 a pound – $350.
Division 3 champion gilt – Marcus File, Vandalia; Tone's Trucking Inc., Cassopois; $2 a pound – $518.
Division 2 champion barrow – Monica Ward, Cassopolis; Barter Construction, Cassopolis; $2.20 a pound – $556.60.
Division 3 champion barrow – Joseph Badner, Cassopolis; Butch Bender, Cassopolis; $2.50 a pound – $650.
Division 5 champion barrow – Cody Tone, Cassopolis; Edd's Supplies Inc., Shipshewana, Ind., and Community Mills, Cassopolis; $1.60 a pound – $459.
Division 1 reserve champion gilt – Colin Schten, Dowagiac; Glynn Excavating, Dowagiac; $1.50 a pound – $345.
Division 2 reserve champion gilt – Allen Butchbaker, Marcellus; G.W. Jones Exchange Bank, Marcellus, $1.70 a pound – $421.
Division 3 reserve champion gilt – Beth Miller, Niles; Sheriff Joe Underwood, Cassopolis; $2.10 a pound – $546.
Division 4 reserve champion gilt – Victoria Toney, Niles; Berrien County Farm Bureau Oil, Eau Claire; $1.50 a pound – $399.
Division 5 reserve champion gilt – Branna Wyant, Cassopolis; Darlene Lowe, Cassopolis; $6 a pound – $1,740.
Division 1 reserve champion barrow – Kyle Miller, Niles; Greenstone Farm Credit Service, Berrien Springs; $1.50 a pound – $370.50.
Division 2 reserve champion barrow – Molly Vite, Cassopolis; Ivens Construction, Cassopolis; $1.40 a pound – $350.
Division 3 reserve champion barrow – B.J. Bundy, Dowagiac; Jacobs Steel Service, Elkhart, Ind.; $1.60 a pound – $425.60.
Division 4 reserve champion barrow – Garrett Green, Cassopolis; Tone's Trucking Inc., Cassopolis; $1.50 a pound – $409.50.
Division 5 reserve champion barrow – Jeremiah Hartsell, Cassopolis; Radtke's Processing, Cassopolis; $2.20 a pound – $613.80
Gallon of milk
Representing youth dairy exhibitors; Northstar Grain LLC, Decatur; Butch Bender, Cassopolis; and K&M Machine-Fabricating, Cassopolis – $2,600.
Lambs
Grand champion lamb – Jacob Bradley, Cassopolis; Jacob Bradley Buyer Group; $21 a pound – $2,730.
Reserve grand champion lamb – Brooke Ruggles, Three Rivers; Kris Sweitzer, Cassopolis; $4 a pound – $460.
Reserve champion lightweight lamb – Alisha Solloway, Cassopolis; Butch Bender, Cassopolis; $4 a pound – $416.
Reserve champion mediumweight lamb – Rachel Robinson, Dowagiac; Judy Cushing-Clark, Dowagiac; $1.50 a pound – $183.