Reading Time: 3 minutes A genuine personality and respect for ranchers helped Casey Lawes of Provost, Alberta win the Livestock Markets Association of Canada’s auctioneering championship.

Auctioneering runs in Lawes family’s blood
Casey Lawes, the 2025 Canadian livestock auctioneering champion, comes from a long line of auctioneers

Rimbey auctioneer wins World Livestock Auctioneer Championship
Dean Edge becomes third Canadian to win the international auctioneering title
Reading Time: < 1 minute 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 […] Read more

Steffes Group enters Canadian farm auction scene
The Steffes Group has acquired Bruce Schapansky Auctioneers, of Tisdale, Sask., the firm announced in a press release Oct. 18.