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Four Winds Complete Dispersal Saturday, March 26, 2011 At The Farm in
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Westlynn Tom Dee (far left) and 16 National Show Class-Winning Maternal Offspring
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Dec. '10 RHA l6,682M 4.6%F 3.3%P 23,000SCC 11 Champions at World Dairy Expo in 18 Years 1998 Klussendorf Award Winner 2003 American Guernsey Association Master Breeder Award 249 All-American Nominees Bred 281 All-American Nominees Exhibited 28 National Show Premier Breeder Banners 25 National Show Premier Exhibitor Banners 8 American Guernsey Association Gold Star Breeder Designations Four Winds Sires See Clark & Joy Vilter discuss their Wins at WDE 2010 |
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2 from Louisville and 2 from Madison - just a few of the Grand Champion Tropihes won by Four Winds
Plaques and banners from National Shows covered the walls in the machine shed where the sale was held.
The Four Winds semen inventory was sold by silent auction and mementos of years and years of promotion were spread around the building.
Parking was at a school next to the farm. Thanks to the parking attendants who worked hard Friday and Saturday in the cold and snow.
A light layer of snow blanketed the farm on sale morning. More would fall during the sale. The milking barn is in the background
The sale ring just before sale time.
WI Sec. of Agriculture Ben Brancel (left) and Dale Chupp work the huge crowd.
Judy Whalen of Friendship Farm in NY(center, blue scarf) hunkers down with Aaron and Amy Gable, Snider Homestead of PA. Although the building kept attendees out of the wind, the outside temperature was below freezing all day.
The youngest calves - these 6 heifers averaged over $6,800.
The newest arrival on the farm - Lot 62 was a Grumpy calf from Lot 44. She sold to Balmoral Farm of OH.
Lot 57 (left) a lovely Skipper sold to MyShan Dairy of WA. Lot 31 (right) was one of the highights from among the young cows on the farm. She sold for $12,500 to Alvin Basse, of IL.
Lot 23 - perhaps the most stunning cow in the barn but unfortunately she is three-quartered. Sold for $5600 to the BERR Gang of Cumberland, WI. Brandon Grewe, Earl Lindsey, Ray Lindsey and Roger Bastert.
Lot 3- Destiny Love, the 2010 All-American Aged Cow sold for $7,500 to Nicley, Croshaw & Tormoehlen of IN & KY.
Murray Reissner (left) of Ontario read pedigrees while Gary Estes called the sale.
The Vilters (Clark & Joy at far right) gathered their three children, their spouses, and six grandchildren in the ring at the start of the sale.
With Tom Morris selling the first two, Gary Estes helps Lot 29, the Res. All-American Spring Yearling for 2010, move in the ring. She sold for $12,200 to Daniel Basse of IL.
Kim Lakey parades Lot 2, an Aaron from EX-95 Madison Champion Destiny Child. David and Jason Henisee of Mt Joy, PA, purchased her for $12,000.
Tim Baumgartner waits at the door with Lot 3. She is pictured below in the sale ring.
Lot 32, the 2009 & 2010 Madison Grand Champion sold for $11,200 to Tom Bailey of New Sharon, Maine. Initially unsure he could bear to watch the sale, Clark Vilter manned the manure fork next to the ring throughout the sale and took the halter of Highlite when she became unruly in the ring.
Lauren McDonald pulls Lot 63 into the ring. Mom Tina and grandma Joy can be seen in the background.
The business end of Lot 13, purchased for $4,800 by Wesley Aiken of PA. Her yearling daughters sold for $10,000 and $6,200.
Lot 47 was an exceptionally stylish yearling whose full sister was Jr. Champion at Madison. She sold for $3,900 to Melind Rushing, Lily Lane Farm of OK.
Lot 12, a Grumpy Fall Calf, sold for $10,000 to Daniel Basse of IL.
Lot 42, a big, long and fancy Fall Yearling is from 4 EX dams going back to EX-95 Grace. Morey Miller of CT bought her for $7,000.
Lot 20, a Pie from Tom Dee's Clone, sold for $3,000 to Jackson Bros. of MI.
Lot 37, a Magicman Spring Yearling from the 2010 Madison Int. Champion, sold For $6,500 to Leroy Kipp of WI.
Joy Vilter offering up warm drinks the night before the sale.
AGA Executive Secretary Seth Johnson and Guernsey Journal Editor Katie Henson enjoy the dinner on Friday night.
Dale Chupp (left) of OK and Ferrell Oliver of KY.
John Galgowski (left) has been a fixture with the Four Winds showstring for years. His son Tony helped get the animals ready for the sale.
A TV camera crew arrived on sale morning to report on the sale.
(l-r) Karen Anderson, MN; Carol and Angie Boesch, IL; Donna Anderson, MN.
Vickie Cooper (left) was the herdsman at Four Winds for several years. Traci Nelson (right) helped from the time she left until the sale. The Vilters could never say enough good things about both young ladies.
All smiles as the sale is about to start.
Four Winds Valiant Serena, Lot 35. The 2010 WDE Intermeidate Champion. She sold open and fresh a year but brought a bid of $6,300 from Scott Weisensel of WI.
Joy Vilter was ecstatic about the huge crowd and interest in the Four Winds cattle.
Blaine Crosser of Select Sires took bids all day right in front of the big barn door, enduring cold wind all day. The active crowd kept him warmed up.
The crowd wasn't limited to Guernsey breeders.
Brothers Dale and Stanley Chupp of Oklahoma's Chupps Guernsey Farm have stood in the Reserve Grand Champion spot behind a Four Winds animal at a National Show at least 4 times, and both enthusiastically took bids from the huge crowd throughout the sale.
5 of the Vilter grandchildren donned their Four Winds jackets and braved the cold before the start of the sae.
(l-r) Aaron Gable of PA; Mike Hickman of TN; and Jillian Walther of IA visit before the sale.
Former AGA President Dr. John Mozier (left) of KS reviews the heifers. He purchased Lot 26, an American Pie from Tiller Delight.
Wendy Erbsen of Holstein World provided many pictures of the event and exceptional coverage during and after the sale. She visits here with Glen Longhorn of IA (right) and Brian Behnke of WI.
Wendy Erbsen again, this time visiting with Bonnie Ayars, Land of Living of OH. Wendy, a longtime Vilter family friend, also presented cattle in the ring.
Carl Thayer of MD tells the Orchard Family of Gurn-Z Meadow in WI about his new CD.
Norm Magnussen (right) of Brown Swiss Sale service, visits in the barn.
Austin Knapp of Knapps Guernseys in IA scouts for a new addition to his impressive showstring.
Wanda Knapp, IA, and Roland Ripley of Ripley Farm in NY, visit in the barn.
LOngtime family friend Tom Morris (center) welcomed the crowd to the sale and sold the first two lots.
A dispersal sale is never an easy day for the owners, especially when they have devoted their lives to breeding, developing and showing great cattle.
Dan Sivesind (left) of Prairie Moon Farm in IA visits with Brandon Grewe of Valley Gem Farm in WI. Kim Lakey and Kim Wilson, look on.
Lot 29 – high seller at $12,500 (l-r) National Guernsey Queen Brooke Vander Veen; Mr. & Mrs Alvin Basse, buyers; Tim Baumgartner at the halter; WI Guernsey Princess Kami Schuler; Clark & Joy Vilter. In the box: Gary Estes, Murray Reissner, Tom Morris.
Lot 31 sold for $12,200 (l-r) National Guernsey Queen Brooke Vander Veen; Mr. & Mrs Alvin Basse, buyers; Melanie Balinas at the halter; WI Guernsey Princess Kami Schuler; John Galgowski; Clark & Joy Vilter. In the box: Gary Estes, Murray Reissner, Tom Morris.
Lot 2 sold for $12,000. She is seen here with the entire fitting crew, sales staff and family friends and partners. |
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