Stampede championship nets young Saskatchewan auctioneer entry to world competition
At age 22, Brennin Jack is the youngest winner of the Calgary Stampede international livestock auctioneer competition.
He is also the first winner from Saskatchewan in the 24 year history of the competition, beating out 23 other men from across Canada and the United States at the July 13-14 event.
He claims to be self taught, practicing the auctioneer’s patter at the age of nine. He sold his first $1 million cattle sale at Kelvington, Sask., when he was 12.
He turned professional as soon as he finished high school and added polish by taking a three day course in Regina.
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“I’m trying to encourage the urgency to bid and set true price discovery in the auction ring,” he said.
“I think a lot of the past champions taught me more than any auction school.”
He was raised on a farm in southeastern Saskatchewan and has worked for Nilsson Bros. for six years in Weyburn, Sask.
Livestock is his game.
“Cattle are my life. Ask me about a truck, and I know where the gas goes in. That’s about it. But ask me about a cow, sheep, goat, pig, I’ll tell you more than you’ll ever want to know.”
He has already won numerous other titles, including 2009 rookie of the year at the Stampede and at the world championship earlier this year. He won Canadian champion in 2011.
Winning at the Stampede earns him a berth at the 2013 world competition in Alabama.
He wears a fancy green tie to every competition, and like a superstitious athlete, sees them as his lucky charm.
“This is my 31st auctioneer contest, and I’ve got 31 green ties, so I guess I’m not going to quit wearing them now.”
