Join the Showpig team in welcoming our 2024 summer interns! We are proud to have Abi Lilliard of Abilene, Kansas, Kiley Allen of Le Mars, Iowa, and Grace Ahrens of Canal Winchester, Ohio, serving the Showpig.com Marketing & Events team.

The Wendt Group, a leading innovator in the livestock auction space, is thrilled to announce the addition of Lexi Marek Beeler, of LMB Consulting, as the new Director of Marketing. With unrivaled passion and love for the livestock industry and a wealth of experience in the marketing landscape, Lexi is poised to steer The Wendt Group toward unparalleled communication and outreach efforts.

The Wendt Group is happy to announce the addition of Darian Ruppert to the team as a Marketing Agent Support Specialist. Darian joins the team full time after working as a closing intern for the past five years.

The Wendt Group is excited to add Diana Ingram to the team as a Bookkeeper and Financial Assistant. Diana and her husband reside in Chrisman, IL.

Macy Kincaid, Monrovia, Indiana is joining The Wendt Group as the Marketing Agent Support Coordinator. In her role she will work hand-in-hand with the Marketing Agents to elevate new consignors’ experiences for both Showpig.com and Show Cattle Connections consignors.

Abby Davis, Mountain View, Oklahoma, is joining the Wendt Group as the Marketing Brand Manager. In her role, Davis will work to elevate brand awareness for all TWG entities and cultivate a loyal community of buyers for all divisions.

Ellen Knauth, Milford, Illinois is joining The Wendt Group as the Senior Manager of Producer Services and Education. In her role, Knauth will work to elevate customer experiences for TWG consignors.

Showpig.com has joined forces with Kennedy Ventures to form a new industry partnership that further enhances auction services and provides a means to increase exposure for both online and live events. This unique partnership, under the name of Showpig LIVE, will allow customers to invite online traffic from Showpig.com to live events and take the stress out of closing sales by working with Showpig.com’s team to clerk and settle LIVE auctions in a similar fashion to Showpig.com Online auctions.

Jackie Lackey, Haskell, Texas, has joined The Wendt Group as a Business Development Consultant and also Interim Director of Marketing. In her consulting role, Lackey will work with the team to develop new and innovative tools to help sellers ‘do business better’ and continue to attract buyers to the industry’s leading online auction platform. Temporarily, Lackey will also lead the team’s strategic marketing efforts for Showpig.com. By recognizing needs within the industry and listening carefully to both buyers and sellers, Lackey will steer products, services and content relevant to all customers and audiences.

The week before Christmas, most of us are about wrapped out, but the Showpig.com team found a type of wrapping that will bring more joy to your holidays. (It may also help you bring a covered dish to one of your many merry festivities.) That’s right, we’re wrapping it in bacon!

These days everyone is tied to a smart phone, tablet or computer. With these tools at our fingertips it only makes sense to put them to work. Here are five fun apps that can help swine producers and showmen keep better records, learn about the cuts of meat and even check withdrawal times for a drug they used on their market hogs.