Indianhead Holsteins: The End of an Era Indianhead Holsteins, Bob and Karyn Schauf, is located in Barron, WI. Over the years they have kept an average of 85-90 milking cows. They normally carry 125-150 head of young stock. Their present Rolling Herd Average is 29,436M 4.0 1148F 3.21 945P. The herd is currently fairly young, 59 of the 86 cows on test are in their 1st and 2nd lactations. Over the past 20 years, they have maintained a 111.5-112.3 BAA. They presently have 37 Excellent Cows. They have also had much success over the years in the showring winning over 40 All Wisconsin and Reserve All Wisconsin Awards. Bob counts 25 Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor banners hanging in the office and they have had numerous All Americans, Junior All Americans and All Canadian nominations and awards. The History: Bob's story began in Richland County at Schauf Farms, a family farm. Bob's father was a great caretaker of cattle and a great conservationist. From a very young age, Bob was involved in everything that had to be done on the farm, showing a few calves through 4H and was the president of his FFA Chapter. Bob learned about hard work, perfection and is grateful for the lessons he learned as a kid from his mom and dad on the farm. Leaving home on his 18th birthday, Bob worked construction and attended the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. During that time, he did an internship at Heatherstone Enterprises. That internship sparked an interest in showing and breeding Registered Holsteins. In 1975 the Copps distributing company hired Bob to manage a farm in his home county, called Alpine Haven. At Alpine Haven, Bob realized that about all he knew about Holsteins, is 'that they were black and white'. Recognizing his lack of experience and knowledge, Bob reached out to a close friend of his dad for help. That man was Marlowe Nelson, Bob recalls that as 'one of the best calls I ever made.' Marlowe took Bob under his wing and taught him about pedigrees, bloodlines, cow families and more. Early on, Marlowe recruited a Japanese boy to help Bob, and since that time, the Schauf's have hosted over 100 trainees from Japan, Germany, Holland, England, Brazil, Italy, England, Canada, Ecuador, Austria and Mexico. Bob refers to Marlowe as a 'life-changer' for him and his family, introducing him to the exciting and rewarding world of Registered Holsteins. While at Alpine Haven, Bob returned to Heatherstone Enterprises to attend a twilight meeting that Wisconsin's agricultural ambassador, 'Alice in Dairyland', was speaking at. That year 'Alice' was Carol Jean and Duane Hegna's neice. A bit later, Carol Jean set up Bob to be the escort to 'Alice' aka Karyn to a Wisconsin football game. Bob loved Badger football, so he went and the rest is history! Bob and Karyn married in 1979. 16
Karyn's roots are in Barron County, WI. Her grandparents 'Clinton Stock Farm' has a rich Holstein history of its own, having its own bull stud, collecting and distributing fresh semen in 8 counties. Karyn's dad had been a herdsman and as a little girl, she lived in the upstairs apartment of their current home. The herd was dispersed when Karyn was 6 years old, so Karyn never got to grow up with Holsteins but rather was her grandpa's 'right hand man' in the fields. It seems however, her grandpa's passion for Holsteins was in her blood as well. In 1980 Karyn's grandfather passed away and the Schauf's made a proposal to her grandmother to buy part of the Clinton Stock Farm. After building new dairy facilities, they moved their herd in the fall of 1981. During the time that Bob was dating Karyn, he noticed a sign on the drive north on I-94 in the shape of an Indian Chief's head that said 'You are now entering Indianhead Country' and thus Indianhead Holsteins was born.
The Schauf Family
The Cows: While building the herd, Marlowe instilled in Bob the importance and value of great cow families. When possible, they would sell 3-4 grade or substandard cows and buy an individual from some of the best families of the breed. One heifer, spotted in a sale in Kentucky was Triple-J-Mac Bic Betty. Betty hailed from a great deep cow family and living to be over 18 years old. Betty was the first cow of the breed to have 20 Excellent daughters and that was before much embryo transfer. She herself was EX-94 and at one time had 10 Excellent daughters in the barn with 5 generations from her. To this day, the Schauf's are still breeding from this great cow family. Cow families continued to entice the Schauf's, looking for opportunities to buy into families that they admired and sometimes taking some pretty big financial risks! They bid last on C Alanvale Inspiration Tina in what ended up as a three-way partnership between Ernie Kueffner, Larry Mohrfield and themselves, when the gavel struck, the final price was $105,000.00. They have enjoyed the great offspring that they have from this family.
Indianhead Holsteins Complete Dispersal Friday, April 7 • 11:00am • Barron, Wisconsin
30 Special Red & Whites Sell and Many Red Carriers
INDIANHEAD CARMELLO-RED EX-90
3-00 3x 365d 38,430 3.7% 1376 3.3% 1250 Redliner x Indianhead Caramel-Red EX-91 GMD 3-11 3x 365d 45,440 3.4% 1544 3.5% 1579 10 generations of EX back to DRA August Due in June to Redneck
INDIANHEAD RDNK CANTINA-RED
Born: 3/21/16 Redneck x Indianhead Destry Calina EX-90 A beautiful choice for the 2017 shows!
INDIANHEAD MISS ALEX-RED VG-88-2Y
INDIANHEAD ADDI ALI-RED*POLLED*
2-01 3x 365d 27,790 4.4% 1229 3.2% 889 Barbwire x Indianhead MS Athena-Red EX-92-2E 5-00 3x 365d 43,600 3.8% 1621 3.1% 1358 Will be 11th gen EX-Rachel EX-94 & August EX-96 Two special dtrs sell by Golden PP & Addiction P
+1828PTPI Born: 1/8/16 Addiction P x Indianhead Miss Alex-Red VG-88 2-01 3x 365d 27,790 4.4% 1229 3.2% 889 This is a very special heifer!
INDIANHEAD CATTIE-RED NC
INDIANHEAD CATABWA-RED
Armani x Indianhead Catalina-Red VG-86 x All-American Greenlea Talent Cat-Red EX-94 x All-American Yursden Kite Caramac-Red EX-92 Your 2-Year-Old for 2017 special!
Born: 9/17/16 Diamondback x Indianhead Cattie-Red Oh so sweet AND with All-American heritage! Sale managed by:
Scott & Amy Courtney Ad ©Briardesigns@gmail.com
2564 Pole Line Road, Ridgeway, IA 52165 Home: 563-387-0035 Cell: 563-380-1318
INDIANHEAD ROSEDALE T-ROSE-RED VG-87-2Y
Hvezda x Rosedale Tenacious Rose EX-91 5-00 3x 365d 37,079 3.9% 1446 3.3% 1210 3rd Dam: Supreme Champion Redrose EX-96-4E Could anchor your showstring! Due in May to Diamondback
Calf Raffle
SIEMERS DY JUBILINA-RED EX-90-3Y
Destry x Fradon Redman Jubilee-Red EX-92 2nd Dam: Fradon Encounter Jodie-Red EX-94 All-American cow family!
HOLSTEINS,LTD. Founded On Great Families Robert & Karyn Schauf
1659 10 ½ Street, Barron, WI 54812 Bob’s Cell: 715-790-7202 Email: bob@indianheadfarms.com Herdsmen: Mike Mertins, Rodrigo Villalobos & Joe Witscher
ATTENTION JUNIORS! Any junior member who purchases an animal will be entered into a drawing to win a full sister to Indianhead Corvette Tia-ET (Corvette x Redcarpet Tia EX-94). 17
A big price to pay for a little Sky Chief calf, $19,000, took home Sky Mae, a daughter of Whittier Farms Lead Mae, at Mayerlane's Sale in 2001. Her Goldwin daughter, Gold Mae EX-95, who was lost as a 4 year old, gave them, to date, 17 high scoring daughters, 20 terrific granddaughters and numerous third generation calves still coming. Regardless of the branch of the family or the sires used, they have all turned out to be very special- the mark of a true brood cow at the base of every cow family. Other great cow families they sought after were the Adeens, Krull Broker Elegance EX-96, Glenridge Citation Roxy EX-97, Tri-Day Ashlyn EX-96, Regancrest PR Barbie EX-92, Pinehurst Royal Rosa EX-91, Yursden Kite Caramac-Red EX-92 and Vandyk-K Paradise EX-96. Continued investment and focus on breeding from impact families on both the top and bottom of the pedigree has never done the Schauf's wrong. Even with the current push on high genomics, Bob still believe a focus on 'great cow families' will deliver individuals who both look and live the part of a profitable individual. Another young heifer came to the Schauf's through a 'fine young cow man', Mark Rueth. Mark frequented Indianhead regularly while a student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. They did not pay 'big bucks' for Blackrose at the time, they paid $5400 'everything was about index back then, and Blackrose was not an index individual' The great success and impact of Blackrose has had not only on the Schauf's, but the breed as well, including both black and white and red and white is undisputable through her offspring, just to name a few of her 'one named' offspring: Red Rose-Red EX-96, Stardancer EX-94, Lexi, Red Marker, Kite, Encounter of course the Kite son, Advent. The list of Blackrose's notable offspring could go on and on. The Red Story: Speaking of cow families..... Blackrose started the Red influence at Indianhead. No doubt about it, Blackrose was tremendously influential in the enhancement of the red breed. KHW Kite Advent-Red was a game changer and is still sought after today. Sellcrest NO Rachel-Red-ET was a 6th generation Excellent going back to another great cow family, DRA August EX-96. Bob stopped to visit the Sellcrest herd one day and spotted this really nice heifer that he liked 'better and better the more I looked at her'. A deal was made and Bob took Rachel home. Rachel ended up classified EX-94, Reserve Grand Champion at World Dairy Expo and was Reserve All American Five year old. The Schauf's developed many high scoring and high producing individuals from this cow family and still have quite a number of offspring from Rachel in the herd.
Greenlea Talent Cat -Red, was another heifer purchase, this one purchased at The World Classic. Bob watched her mother (Yursden Kite Caramac-Red) win her class at expo earlier in the day and Cat was beautifully cut. Cat also went on to be classified EX-94 and named All American Four year old. Many of the reds at Indianhead go back to Cat and will be offered at their sale. The Future: Although the Schauf's find it difficult to imagine their barn empty, they hope to find some way to stay somewhat involved in this business that they have loved. With no sons interested in the dairy, they feel the time has come for a change. April 7th, 2017 will be do just that as the herd is dispersed. The Schauf's will continue to crop their 850 acres and work in their growing shavings business. They are also enjoying the addition of some 'roses' to their lives, namely granddaughters, Greta Rose and Charlie Rose and honorary granddaughter, Paradise Rose. They hope the sale will make room for a little more lake time, motorcycling, maybe even some hunting. Karyn will get back into her favorite hobby, dog training, as well as into a new one- babysitting!
Greenlea Talent Cat-Red EX-94
Sellcrest NO Rachel-Red-ET EX-94
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