MOORHEAD — Some may think they're a dying breed, but that's simply not the case. The auction business in 2024 is still booming and those who can run their mouth with the best of them are pulling out ...

DECORAH — Winning the Greater Midwest Auctioneer Championship at the Decorah Sales Commission last week was especially poignant for Decorah’s Justin Knutson. The sale barn, formerly owned by his late ...

GILFILLAN, Minn. -The Farmfest Auctioneering Competition will be back for its third year at 3 p.m. Aug. 4 in the Forum Tent. The contest offers amateur auctioneers the opportunity to test their skills ...

For the layperson, the swift speech of an auctioneer may come across as nothing more than a monotonous yodel. But it's a fine-tuned craft for veterans of the business like Ben Meyer of the South ...

HARRISBURG – A Perry County auctioneer with a no-nonsense chant and a pleasant smile won the 100th Pennsylvania Farm Show bid calling contest on Wednesday night. J. Meryl Stoltzfus of Millerstown beat ...

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GREENCASTLE - Matt Hurley, of Hurley Auctions, recently won the Sunshine State Invitational Auctioneer Bid Calling Championship. Auctioneers from across the United States met May 9 in Tampa, Florida ...

This past weekend I attended the Livestock Marketing Association auctioneer contest held in Arcadia, Florida. It was a very well run auction where 31 contestants get to auction 10 drafts of cattle.

In his case, auctioneer Dave Newman's fast talking has likely gone a long way in improving his professional image. "For a long time we had to fight the image of being flea market carpet salesmen," ...

Vince Bachmann of Bachmann Auctioneers, Frazee, Minn., has won the 2010 North Dakota Auctioneers Association Merchandise Auctioneers Contest. Bachmann is an auctioneer and Realtor in Minnesota and ...

COLUMBUS — Tyler Runge works on his auctioneering call whenever possible. The 26-year-old Columbus native crafts his cadence at home, in the fields, even while driving his vehicle, raising the bid ...

GILFILLAN, Minn. — Justin Krell, state FFA Treasurer from Blooming Prairie, took home top honors as the first-ever Auctioneering Champion at Farmfest after only two years of experience in ...