What The Hell Are Livestock Auctioneers Actually Saying?

“We are the music to the sale.”

That’s how full-time auctioneer — and the 2014 World Livestock Auctioneer champion — Baine Lotz explains his job. This year, the annual event, hosted by the Livestock Marketing Association since 1963, drew 31 semi-finalists who competed by selling cattle at the Bloomington Livestock Exchange in Wisconsin. The competition attracts cattle buyers and sellers as well as fans who come strictly to take in the spectacle. But the cowboy hat–festooned contestants take their fast-talking pretty seriously.

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[VICENews]

We went to the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Bloomington, Wisconsin to find out.

[BeausArts]

Auctions like these are super stressing, cause you could scratch ur nose and then You own 100 cows

[JagTheRipper]

"What are some of the challenges in this Industry?"
"We need to target more vegetarians." That part was hilarious.

[cristianleija]

Did anybody else think that they were going to answer the questions with the auctioneer voice?!

[Designed]

Me: What's the WiFi password?
Friend: It's on the back of the router
The back of the router:

[imnotaweeb]

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[djclawson]

"We need to reach the people who are eating vegetables for every meal."

[happygrass]

That Amish brotherhood just adds to the legitimacy of this entire world I've never ever thought existed

[Lomhow]

The guy who answered "disease" when it came to the threat to the live stock community was absolutely right

[makerstudios]

Its funny that they mostly speak slow as hell when regularly talking.

[lucid_sound_design]

"If you see a turtle on top of a fence post, it didn't get there by itself. And uh... I'm that turtle"

This the funniest shit I've heard all day

[agn]

I want to see a version of a prank show where these dudes go undercover in like downtown Detroit or Philly on open mic night and drop some fast bars and watch the whole hood go crazy 😂

[samisavage]

4:05 the music as the humping cows walk past made me cry laughing

[JorgeGeorgeD]

"I'm that turtle".
- Jared Miller, 2018 WLAC Champion.

[who]

I always wondered what the male version of a beauty pageant would be answered

[Hellooo]

I love the huge drop in energy in the room when they announced it because everyone collectively realized they lost

[felixm]

4:36 man was living 2 years ahead of everyone

[shortievid]

It's the hat. The power comes for the Hat. 🤠🤠

[redcar]

1:07 30 auctioneers can somehow replicate the sounds of a middle school cafeteria filled with 300-400 kids

[edcrfvtgbyhnujmikolpqazwsx]

I'm not as impressed by their ability to speak like that, as I am of the people in the audience who are able to understand them.