World Dairy Expo 2011 is now complete and the judges have made their Supreme Champion decisions.

Open Supreme Champion: Eastside Lewsidale Gold Missy (Holstein)
Reserve: Pine Haven SS Marmie (Jersey)

Junior Supreme Champion: South Mountain Voltage Spice-ET (Jersey)
Reserve: Ainger Advent Jessa-Red (Red & White)

The unbelieveably great weather continues here in Wisconsin! Here are some scenes from around the grounds at World Dairy Expo!

The Top of the World Jersey Sale is in the record books! The sale averaged $3490.

A large crowd of Jersey enthusiasts gathered in the Estrumate Sale Pavillion to witness one of the most exciting Jersey sales of the year.

Lot 6- $4,400 Ratliff Action Arlena-ET, maternal sister to the famous Ratliff Price Alicia 94%

Lot 1- $4,800 Avonlea Salty Kisses-ET, 4 dams VG or EX. Kisses is entered in both the Kingsmill Int’l Futurity and the 2011 Royal International Futurity.

High Seller! Lot 2- $7,500 Family Hill Vindication Carnegie-ET, a June 2010 Vindication daughter of Pleasant Nook F Prize Circus

Second high seller was Lot 5- $7,100, 1st choice Tequila from BW Centurion Peggy K87

Lot 13 on the left and Lot 27 on right

Lot 13- $3,100 Jenks Absolute Anna VG-89 2yr.

Lot 27-$4,700 Ratliff Giller Essence, a Shamrock Giller daughter of Ratliff Kaptain Erica 93%

It was another gorgeous day in Madison as World Dairy Expo officially kicked off with the National Junior Holstein Show, the Ayrshire Show, and the heifer shows for Milking Shorthorns and Jerseys. For the most complete show coverage, be sure to tune into www.dairyshowsonline.com.

Before the excitement of the big shows begin, hundreds of 4-H members and college students gather on the colored shavings for their respective National Judging Contest.

30 teams were present for the 4-H Contest. Earning top honors was the New York 4-H team, Andrew Reynolds, Cassandra Sapp, Emma Andrew, and Meghan Vail. The team was coached by Doug Waterman. Pennsylvania came in second, followed by Wisconsin, Maryland and Michigan rounding out the top five.

The top five individuals were:
1. Andrew Kern, Minnesota
2. Austen Schmidt, Wisconsin
3. Andrew Reynolds, New York
4. Nicholas Schuster, Wisconsin
5. Michael Rush, Pennsylvania

Following the 4-H contest, 21 collegiate teams competed.

Contestants had the challenge of sorting through twelve classes and giving six sets of reasons.

The officials concur before heading across the road to the Clarion Hotel for reasons.

This year’s theme “Around the World of Dairy in 5 Days” was creatively displayed in the ring.

In the Post-Secondary contest Modesto Junior Colleg from California earned the first place spot followed by Morrisville State College in second and SUNY Cobleskill in third. Rocco Cunningham from Modesto was the high individual.

It’s no secret that teams spend endless hours and put on lots of miles to compete in collegiate dairy judging. Stand Henderson, coach for Cal Poly shares their dairy judging journey, “The kids start out by taking a judging class in the spring where we can work out on campus with our Jerseys and Holsteins. From there we have a “fall workout” which usually lasts three or four days.” Participating in the contests at Louisville, Springfield, MA for the Big-E, Harrisburg, PA and Madison, WI allows these west-coast kids the opportunity to tour farms all across the country. Earlier this fall the team stopped in some of New England’s finest places like Arethusa and Elite Dairy. Cal Poly is working hard to keep the judging program alive and well in the West!

Results are IN!

Top Ten Individuals, Reasons
1. Caity Durow, U of MN
2. Matt Mitchell, U of TN
3. Tera Koebel, Michigan State
4. Carissa Levash, UW-Madison
5. Kelly Lee, Cornell
6. Tyler Reynolds, Cornell
7. Philip Bachman, Penn State
8. Carissa Doddy, VT
9. Katie Arndt, Michigan State
10. Larua Bush, Michigan State

Top Ten Individuals, Overall
1. Carissa Levash, Madison
2. Caity Durow, U of MN
3. Carissa Doody, Virginia Tech
4. Kelly Lee, Cornell
5. Richard Hall III, Cornell
6. katie Arndt, Michigan State
7. Matt Mitchell, U of TM
8. Jason Zimmerman, Virginia Tech
9. Austin Schwartzbeck, Virginia Tech
10. Nathan Oleniacz, Penn State

Top Teams, Overall
1. Cornell
2. Virginia Tech
3. Penn State
4. UW-Madison
5. University of Minnesota
6. Michigan State
7. Ohio State
8. UW-Platteville
9. University of Illinois
10. Cal Poly

The cattle are in and getting settled, the commercial booths are assembled and everyone on the grounds is ready for Opening Day tomorrow! Here is a quick peek at Monday at World Dairy Expo – lots more pictures to come every day this week on the All Breeds Blog!

Holstein World’s Katie DeBruin shares some photos from World Dairy Expo week. We thought you’d enjoy a look back at the memories and the nicer weather that were all part of the 2010 Expo!

Judge Rick Thompson talks to contestant Hayden Hauschildt in the fitting contest.

The Fitting Contest winners -1st went to Trent Styczynski of WI

Joel Kietzman and girls celebrate his birthday with cake

Friends Kelli Cull and Peter Vail celebrate his Grand Champion Swiss and their Reserve Grand Champion Jersey

The week is winding down here in Madison, but there is still plenty to see around the grounds and at the trade show!

It’s the annual tradition at World Dairy Expo: finish watching the Holstein heifer show on Friday afternoon, rush out to grab a bite to eat, then back to the Coliseum in time for the World Classic sale. Once again this year, there was a massive crowd in attendance filling up the seats and standing on the arena floor. At the end of the evening, 44 lots of the most elite Holstein genetics in the world averaged $19,666 for a total sale gross of $865,300. Cattle sold to thirteen states, four Canadian provinces as well as to Ecuador and the Netherlands.

Top seller at $87,000 was Lot 7 – RMW Super Anane-ET – a 6/10 Superstition daughter of RC-LC Goldwyn ATM (EX-92), the #9 GTPI cow of the breed. Consigned by Tom Mercuro, Corey Wolff and Nick Raggi of Rocky Ridge, MD, Anane was purchased by De-Su Holsteins of New Albin, IA.

Welcome Bowser Paige-ET, a 6/10 Bowser daughter out of Welcome Goldwyn Penya (VG-89) who already has eight daughters over +2100 GTPI. Paige is the #5 GTPI heifer of the breed. $60,000 was the winning bid placed by De-Su Holsteins of New Albin, IA for Paige, who was consigned by Welcome Stock Farm of Schuylerville, NY.