Dean Edge was named the World Livestock Auctioneer Champion at a tough competition in Dunlap, Iowa at the beginning of June.
Edge, who hails from Rimbey, AB, is only the third Canadian to win the competition at the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, which debuted in 1963.
“This world championship might be connected to my name for the next year, but it’s not mine,” said Edge.
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“It’s ours. I’m going to be working for us for the next year to the very best of my ability to get out there and promote what we do,” he said.
As the reigning World Livestock Auctioneer Champion, Edge will spend the next year driving the custom-wrapped World Livestock Auctioneer Championship pickup all over the country to showcase his talents and promote the livestock industry.
Edge looks forward to travelling and seeing various livestock auction markets and how they do things.
He is a 1999 graduate of the Western College of Auctioneering, which is based in Billings, Montana.
In addition to the pickup, Edge was awarded $6,000 in cash as well as custom items like a belt buckle, champion’s rifle, bronze sculpture, world champion ring, golden gavel and a money clip.
Brennin Jack of Virden, Manitoba, was named reserve champion and Preston Smith from Imperial, Nebraska, was the runner up.
The Livestock Marketing Association is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, and is North America’s leading national trade association, dedicated to serve its members in the open and competitive method of marketing livestock.
