BUXTON, N.D. -- There is more to an auctioneer's chant than you might think, 28-year auctioneering veteran Darrel Yoder says. Things like clarity, fill-in words and momentum all add up to that ...

The auctioneer chant is nothing short of an art form, pulling in the casual passerby and luring dedicated followers to each event. Scott Schuster's chant is a familiar one in the Grand Forks, N.D., ...

-[AUCTIONEER CHANT]. 7 [AUCTIONEER CHANT]. 700 and a half. [AUCTIONEER CHANT]. 1,300, [AUCTIONEER CHANT]. 1,300 [AUCTIONEER CHANT]. 14 [AUCTIONEER CHANT]. 14 you want ...

Josh Strasheim sits, waits, and wonders. Five hours have passed and his fellow competitors have come and gone. Strasheim has been waiting for this moment since childhood. It’s a now-or-never feeling ...

Dear John, it's called an "auctioneer's chant." The purpose of the chant is to keep the audience's attention and focus on the item being sold, and on the price. The fast paced auctioneer's chant ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Ronnie Woodward, 94, practiced his chant in the pastures of Custer County, with no one to listen but the cattle. “I wanted to kind of perfect a lingo and a chant that, you know, ...

John Korrey keeps up a steady patter as the bids roll in, and millions of dollars can change hands when he delivers his chant at livestock and other auctions. Korrey, a world champion livestock ...

At the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, which has been held annually in the United States since 1963, eager contenders gather to show off what they refer to as a chant: a rhythmic, rapid-fire ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: I don't know if you have ever gone to an auction. It is so much fun. There's nothing quite like going and hearing a fast-paced bidding war, ...

BURLEY, Idaho — An auctioneer’s mesmerizing chant is like a song that gets stuck in the brain and never stops playing. At least that’s the case for Kade Rogge, a 30-year-old auctioneer from southern ...