Dean Edge has spent 20 years working to be a successful auctioneer, and as a rancher himself, he understands what’s at stake.
Canada's top cattle auctioneer wants to conquer the worldCanada's top auctioneer Dean Edge is preparing to compete against other livestock auctioneers on the world stage.In and around Ponoka, Alta., just north of Red Deer, cattle probably outnumber the roughly 7,000 people who live in town. Ranching is the heart of the community, and on this day the local Vold, Jones Vold auction house is buzzing.
"You keep at it every single day before you really get to the point where your tongue works as fast as your head wants it to work," Edge said. "It's just practicing. Up and down the scales of numbers — you count by five to 100 and back. And count by one, one and a quarter, one and a half …." "We're nervous to see what we get. It's important," said Hagstrom, who sits beside her husband in the stands.
One of the reasons people here say Edge is such a good auctioneer, beyond the clarity of his voice and his charm, is that he's a rancher too. He understands what's at stake."My friends and neighbours, they work their butts off raising livestock and raising cattle," Edge said. "I remember going with my dad to bull sales when I was really little," Edge said. "That's what we did all the time – great memories, too. We'd go to auctions and go to rodeos. I just loved going to rodeos with him."He rodeoed on his family's ranch growing up and started to compete at school. Edge got better and better, and in his 20s he turned pro and traveled all across Western Canada and into the U.S. for competitions.
Thirty-one auctioneers qualified for the World Championship by competing in a series of regional events. Edge won his in South Dakota in 2020, but that year the championship was cancelled because of COVID-19. Then in 2021 Edge couldn't attend because of travel restrictions related to the pandemic.
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