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Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd.
Owned and operated by the folks from Clover Bar Feed Mill, Beaver Hill Auction Services boasts over 40 years of experience in the livestock, livestock feed, and veterinary supply business.

Auctioneer
The auctioneer is the agent of the seller. His job is to obtain the best price possible for an item. Auctioneers who are members of professional associations such as the Auctioneers Association of Canada are bound by a Code of Ethics that also spells out their duty to protect the public against fraud, misrepresentation or unethical practices with respect to items being presented at an auction.

Auctioneers Association of Canada
The Auctioneers Association of Canada is a dynamic organization promoting education and leadership for its members, consumers, and industry. The members agree to a Code of Ethics and to always act in an honest and professional manner.

Western Canadian School of Auctioneering
Western Canadian School of Auctioneering, Canada’s original auction school, holds three classes per year, in Westlock, Alberta. There are classes in March, August and November.

Institute of Certified Canadian Auctioneers (ICCA)
The Institute of Certified Canadian Auctioneers (ICCA) offers a two-year course of one week/year for practicing auctioneers. This course is not for beginners, but is a valuable education for your experienced assistants and management personnel. The ICCA is an institue of the Auctioneers Association of Canada.

Agrimart
Agrimart is an online marketplace for agricultural related products and livestock that matches buyers and sellers through classified ads and offers immediate sales of livestock via auction and Barter N Buy pages.

Sekura Auctions
Sekura Auctions employs between fourteen and twenty employees for each sale and offers its customers a wide variety of services. Services available include branding, vaccinating, trucking and order buying. In order to improve the efficiency of invoicing and settlement cheques, the office was computerized in 1991.

Provost Livestock Exchange
Provost Livestock Exchange is located in the progressive town of Provost, Alberta, which is 85 miles south of Lloydminster. Provost Livestock Exchange handles over 90,000 head of cattle a year, and the seven field men cover the market needs of Eastern Alberta and Western Saskatchewan.

Perlich Brothers Auction Market
Perlich Brothers Auction Market has been serving the southern Alberta area since 1967. Perlich is a family-owned auction company, offering a unique bundle of services backed by more than three decades of honesty and integrity in the agricultural market.

Nilsson Bros. Livestock Exchange, Vermilion
Nilsson Bros has been operating in Vermilion since 1988 and handles over 150,000 head of cattle a year through the ring. With eight fieldmen, the auction company covers much of Northeast Alberta and Northwest Saskatchewan.

Grande Prairie Livestock Market
Grande Prairie Livestock Market is a livestock marketing facility which sells over 70,000 head of livestock annually. Regular sales are held every Wednesday. Special cow and calf sales are held throughout the fall and spring.

Nilsson Bros. Inc. – Clyde
Nilsson Bros. Inc. – Clyde is the largest cattle auction market in Canada. Located 65 km north of Edmonton, Alberta, in the center of the highest concentration of Cow-Calf pairs per acre in Canada, Nilsson’s thirteen field reps look after the market needs of all of northern Alberta, northeastern British Columbia, and parts of northern Saskatchewan.

Canadian Satellite Livestock Auction
Canadian Satellite Livestock Auction (CSLA) started operation in October 1993. It is owned by Vold Jones & Vold Auction Co. Ltd and The Auction Company Ltd. CSLA offers livestock producers the advantage of North American buyer access combined with the local participating market.

The Electronic Auction Market (TEAM)
TEAM (The Electronic Auction Market) is owned and operated by The Calgary Stockyards. The Calgary Stockyards have been marketing cattle through TEAM since 1986.

Balog Auction Services
Headquartered at Lethbridge in southern Alberta, Balog Auction Service is a livestock auction market with over 1.4 million head of cattle sold. Feeder and fat beef cattle, dairy, slaughter and purebred cattle are professionally handled, sorted, sold and shipped out to buyers through the Balog Auction markets modern cattle handling facilities at Lethbridge and Tompkins, Saskatchewan.

Ashland International Market
Often imitated but never duplicated, Ashland International Market is a dynamic and innovative marketing system providing a auction for all types of items, with its main focus on agriculture commodities. By delivering a secure system, Ashland International Market completes task safely, efficiently and effectively.

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