The first animals were sold by auction in Rimbey in 1963. The auction market was built and first operated by C. Clairhout and Glen Zingle. They sold the market to Del Jordon and Dean Johnson who operated successfully ,and built the existing sales barn . In 1968 Elmer Olson and his sons Glen and Allen took over the local market and operated it for ----years. Ervin Pederson a well known cattle and hog buyer from Bentley purchased the market in 1979. The market grew considerably under his direction and many of our current staff were initiated by Ervin. After a period of turmoil the market was purchased by the current owners, Guy Paris, Allen Olson and Brian Tennant.

Since they took over in 1996 the pens have all been changed from wood to steel, a large ring scale was installed and a second ring and scale were added for selling cows. In 1996 40,000 cattle were sold in Rimbey and in 2001 82,000 head went through the rings of the Rimbey Auction Mart.

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