A leader in U.S. farm auctions is coming to Canada.
The Steffes Group has acquired Bruce Schapansky Auctioneers, of Tisdale, Sask., the firm announced in a press release Oct. 18.
Steffes has been a major auction firm in the U.S. Midwest since its founding in North Dakota in 1960. The organization has locations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado and Kansas and bills itself as “… serving all of the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Regions of the United States.”
The Tisdale location will be its tenth auction house. The privately-owned firm is headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota.
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Scott Steffes, president of Steffes Group, said Tisdale operations would continue to be run by Bruce Schapansky, citing Schapansky’s “seller first” approach to …