Modern Associates LLC

10/10/2026

📣 TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT — TOP ACRES FROZEN FINALE! ❄️

A once-in-a-lifetime offering for dairy cattle breeders and anyone who appreciates exceptional cattle, regardless of breed — the very last frozen embryos from Wayne Sliker’s personal selection. The Top Acres Frozen Finale offers one final opportunity to invest in genetics shaped by his lifetime of careful breeding and selection.

These matings reflect the proven cow families that made Top Acres a name of lasting influence.

📅 Friday, October 23, 2026
⏰ Sale closes at 7:00 p.m.
💻 ONLINE ONLY through CowBuyer.com

A few answers to the most frequently asked questions:

• All embryos must remain in the USA.
• All embryos are stored at Trans Ova in Maryland.
• Payment in full is required before embryos are released for shipment or pickup.
• Buyers are responsible for taking possession, arranging pickup or shipping, and paying all associated costs.

📖 VIEW THE CATALOG:
https://sites.google.com/view/modernassociates/home

Also available on CowBuyer.com and through the Eastern Breeders Sale/Top Acres Frozen Finale link on Dairy Agenda Today.

Held the evening before the 90th Annual Eastern Breeders Sale in Muncy, PA.

The final offering. A lasting legacy. Your opportunity.

10/05/2026

📣 THE 90th ANNUAL EASTERN BREEDERS SALE CATALOG IS HERE! 📣

Celebrate 90 years of The Marketplace for Quality Brown Swiss with an outstanding lineup of quality cattle for every goal and budget!

👉 VIEW THE CATALOG:
https://sites.google.com/view/modernassociates/home

📅 Saturday, October 24 • 11:00 a.m.
📍 Fraley Auction Dairy Complex, Muncy, PA
💻 Online bidding through CowBuyer

🥛 YOUNG COWS READY TO MILK

• Beautiful-uddered 3-year-old, directly from the 2025 Reserve All-American Component Merit Cow and Cow for All Seasons “Snap”!!
• Potential 6th-generation Excellent Diego 2-year-old
• Recently scored VG88 90 MS Design 3-year-old milking 95+ pounds
• All-American milking yearling from the “G” Tree, recently raised to E91 ~selling with her December 2025 Timeout daughter

🏆 SHOW PROSPECTS FOR ALL LEVELS AND BUDGETS

• A special September 2025 Trickster from 2024 Eastern Breeders Sale Alumni that was just the HM Grand Champion of the World Dairy Expo Junior Show!!
• A standout December 2025 Ray with the potential to become a rare 15th generation Excellent ~75 years of breeding excellence!
• A Fancy Ray × 2x All-American Ruby~ recently 3rd Spring Calf at the Northeast Fall National Show!
• 1st place fall calf MD State Fair ~ Timeout x Ex Deluxe~granddaughter of Carter Waltz!

🌟 BRED HEIFERS WITH EXCEPTIONAL PEDIGREES

• A Ray maternal sister to the newly crowned Reserve Intermediate Champion at World Dairy Expo ~ All American Ex 30,000 dam!
• A big, fancy Delilah granddaughter directly from Dharma 2E92 making her a sister to the winning World Dairy Expo Winter Yearling
• Maternal Sisters to the 1st prize Sr 2yr old at World Dairy Expo sired by Prince, Halano P and Collaps their dam is 2E92 and twice over 39,000 milk

🧬 INTRIGUING GENOMIC FEMALES

• +174 PPR Prince from an exciting VG86 /87 MS young Rastaroket daughter, from DoBoy Tabby 2E91
• +140 PPR Playmaker granddaughter of VB Phantom Sinister 2E94 — All-American 4-Year-Old and just named 1st 5-Year-Old at World Dairy Expo
• +151 PPR Jim Beam from Crazy Horse’s up-and-coming maternal sister
• +124 PPR POLLED Playmaker with +1.52 UDC

✨ SPECIAL SALE HIGHLIGHT
Featuring outstanding groups from Master Breeder herds Hills Valley Farm and Shelburne Farms!

Valuable Embryos & Semen Selling — Bring Your Tank!

Make it two exciting days of Quality Brown Swiss:

October 23: Top Acres Frozen Finale — Online embryo sale through CowBuyer

October 24: 90th Annual Eastern Breeders Sale — Fraley Auction Dairy Complex, Muncy, PA

Browse the catalog and find your next opportunity!

10/01/2026

📣THE CATALOG IS HERE — TOP ACRES FROZEN FINALE! 📣

The Top Acres Frozen Finale catalog is now available!

👉 VIEW THE CATALOG:
https://sites.google.com/view/modernassociates/home

📅 October 23 — Online Embryo Sale
💻 Online bidding through CowBuyer
Held the evening before the 90th Annual Eastern Breeders Sale at the Fraley Auction Dairy Complex, Muncy, PA.

This is the final opportunity to acquire genetics directly from the lifetime work of Wayne and Connie Sliker. Every embryo offered is the result of a mating Wayne carefully considered and created from generations of proven Top Acres cow families.

The genetics are proven. The influence is undeniable. The opportunity is yours.

And there’s more to come! The Eastern Breeders Sale online catalog will be posted in the coming days, featuring an impressive lineup including:

• A daughter of the Reserve Grand Champion of the World Dairy Expo Junior Show
• A maternal sister to the Reserve Intermediate Champion at World Dairy Expo
• Young cows ready to milk — including a beautiful-uddered 3-year-old daughter of “Snap” 3E94/95MS, 2025 Reserve All-American Component Merit Cow and Cow for All Seasons
• Great-pedigreed show prospects for all levels of competition and budgets
• Intriguing genomic females

October 23 — Top Acres Frozen Finale — Online through CowBuyer
October 24 — 90th Annual Eastern Breeders Sale — Fraley Auction Dairy Complex, Muncy, PA

Two exciting days of Quality Brown Swiss!

09/13/2026

🚨 Mark Your Calendars!

The Midwest Revue Sale is headed to Decorah, Iowa!

Join us Saturday, May 1, 2027, at the Winneshiek County Fairgrounds for the next edition of this highly successful and respected sale series. We’re excited to bring the Midwest Revue to Decorah!

The search is already underway for the kind of quality that makes the Midwest Revue special.
Have something in mind? Give me a call—I’d love to visit about how you can be part of what promises to be an exciting event in Decorah!

🔹Midwest Revue Sale
📍 Winneshiek County Fairgrounds — Decorah, Iowa
📆 May 1, 2027 | 11:00 a.m.

👉 Contact:
Brian Garrison
📱 614-264-3240
✉️ [email protected]
✉️ [email protected]

07/15/2026

🔹Top Acres ~ The Frozen Finale🔹

The opportunity is yours.

Approximately 90 remaining Top Acres embryos will sell in one online event, including a tremendous selection from some of the breed’s most influential cow families and Wayne’s personal favorites, including:

🔸Wizard 3E-95
🔸Wizzie Fly 2E-93
🔸Biver Whiz 2E-91
🔸Sven Poloma 3E-94
🔸Luther Butter 3E-93

This is the final chapter of the Top Acres embryo program, the last offering from Wayne Sliker’s remaining embryo inventory. Whether you’re looking for elite type, proven cow families, or the opportunity to build on generations of excellence, this is an offering you won’t want to miss.

🔹Top Acres Frozen Finale🔹
Friday, October 23 • 7:00 PM Close
Online bidding with CowBuyer
The evening before the 90th Eastern Breeders Sale.

07/14/2026

The Fall Tradition Continues… with a New Date!

90th Annual Eastern Breeders Sale
Saturday, October 24, 2026 • 11:00 AM
Fraley Auction Dairy Facility • Muncy, Pennsylvania

The countdown is on! The 90th Annual Eastern Breeders Sale is set for Saturday, October 24 (make note of the new sale date), and the excitement is already building.

Selections are underway, with several exciting consignments already committed. For generations, this sale has been a cornerstone of the Brown Swiss breed and is arguably the premier fall marketplace to market quality Brown Swiss and make sound investments.

Whether you’re marketing your very best or looking to invest, the Eastern Breeders Sale remains the place to buy and sell Brown Swiss. From elite foundation females and productive cows with milk in the tank to competitive show-quality cattle of all ages for every level of competition, plus bred and open heifers and promising calves, there truly is something for everyone.

I’ll be traveling over the coming weeks making selections. If you have cattle worthy of the Eastern Breeders spotlight and would like to be part of this high quality event, I’d welcome the opportunity to visit with you and discuss your potential consignments. Give me a call!

Managed by Modern Associates LLC

Brian D. Garrison
4897 Common Market Place
Dublin, OH 43016

614-264-3240
[email protected]
[email protected]

07/14/2026

🇺🇸Celebrating a Century of Influence… A Legacy That Continues.

The official recap of the 2026 Iowa National Brown Swiss Sale is here. Outstanding cattle, strong demand, and tremendous support came together to celebrate a century of Iowa Brown Swiss influence.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the sale a success. We wish all the buyers the very best with their purchases.

07/09/2026