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BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
MANHEIM Lake hun
dreds of other interested on
lookers four years ago, John
Stauffer, of R 6, Manheim,
watched and listened at
tentively at the World
Livestock Auctioneer
Championship held at the
New Holland Sales Stables m
1976.
But something special
separated the 20-year-old
youth from the remainder of
the packed audience at the
competition, which attracted
the top auctioneers from
throughout the U.S. and
Canada.
“As I listened to the
auctioneers, I told myself
that in 1960 I want to go to
it,” Stauffer said.
“That’s the goal I set for
myself.”
And, it was quite a goal for
a young man only a few
years out of high school who
had as yet to conduct a sale
of any type or auction off his
first item.
But shortly after attending
the 1976 championship,
Stauffer began a four-year
quest toward that goal,
which will be attained when
he takes part next Saturday
in the 1900 championship
competition at Templeton,
Cal.
His initial step toward the
goal was enrollment in
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Reppert’s Auctioneering
School in Decatur, Ind. about
a month after the 1976
championship. Since
completing that instruction,
he served his year’s ap
prenticeship and has been
auctioneering at various
area livestock and car
auctions, along with con
ducting some pubhc sales.
Actually, Stauffer’s in
terest in auctioneering goes
back quite a bit earlier than
the 1976 championship.
“I was raised on a farm
near Conestoga,” Stauffer
said.
“I’d go along with my
father to sales and just got
more and more interested in
them.
In the spring, there
wouldn’t be too many
Saturdays that we didn’t go
to at leak one sale.
“I just always liked sales
and auctioneering. But it
was attending the 1976
championship that was'the
final factor in deciding to
become an auctioneer.”
Stauffer works as a
livestock auctioneer at New
Holland Sales Stables on
Mondays and Thursdays and
at Vintage Sales Stables on
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
On Wednesdays, he works
the car sale at the National
Auto Dealers Exchange in
Bordentown, N.J. Also, he
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“All types of sales are
interesting,” he said.
“I enjoy working with
cattle and other livestock
because I was raised with
them.
“But pubhc sales are fun
to conduct, too. I’d like to
build up this part of the
business in the coming
years.
“Actually, anything is fun
to sell as long as there are
people who want to buy it.”
In California, Stauffer will
be competing against top
auctioneers from throughout
North America.
“I’m going there to
compete and enjoy the
competition,” he said.
“It will be a chance to see
how other auctioneers work
and it will be good ex
perience. It’s something I
decided to do and I’m
looking forward to it.”
The contestants will sell
cattle consigned to a special
sale arranged especially for
the competition. A group of
market owners and
managers who sit
throughout the audience will
judge the competition.
“From what I remember
from 1976, they sounded
awful good and awful fast,”
Stauffer said.
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sales.
He’s not sure how many
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daughter, Jennifer. Attendance at championship helped launched Stauffer into
auctioneering career.
cattle each contestant will
sell. It will likely depend on
the number of contestants
and the number of livestock
consigned.
“I kinda hope we get a
crack at two or three lots,”
he explained with a smile.
“That will give one lot to
get your bearings, a second
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third to really get to selling.”
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On a typical Tuesday
there, he auctions his way
through about 1200 head of
cattle, starting with the bulls
at 11 a.m. and ending up with
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Since each animal is in the
ring a half-minute or less,
it’s a continuous, fast-paced
task for Stauffer,
The ringman starts the bid
off and Stauffer works the
price in 25-cent or even 10-
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