Best Auctioneer Courses

If you live in or are willing to travel to Dallas, Texas, this 83-hour course is a great option. You will learn how to conduct auctions and operate an auction company. Additionally, you'll focus on initiating dealer contact, marketing, set-up, settling, contracting, collecting sales tax, management skills development, and more. Practical skills like developing your own auction chant, learning the history of the profession and how to breathe correctly when chanting, and even how to overcome stage fright, are just a handful of knowledge you'll gain from this course.

From livestock to bankruptcy, America's Auction Academy will set you up for a career in all types of auctions. For eight days, you’ll be in class learning to be an auctioneer. If you’re not a Dallas native you can lodge right near the academy. The course costs $1,995.

Based out of Bozeman, Montana, the Western College of Auctioneering provides 85 hours of instruction. The hybrid format combines onsite learning with online learning. Students will master the ins and outs of bid calling along with 14 different kinds of auctions, like Charity and Fundraising and Heavy Equipment. The rest of the course will be spent on the nuts and bolts of auctioneering, ranging from laws and licensing to advertising.

An advantage of this course is its tiered pricing. For previous WCA students, there's a refresher course available for $250. And there’s a $375 package that just covers online-only auctions. The Western College of Auctioneering's basic course is $2,095. There are two additional packages with extra instruction that cost more.

For $1,490, you’ll receive 50 hours of coursework over five intensive days of instruction at the Iowa-based Continental Auctioneers School which offers similar coursework to the aforementioned ones, in less time and for less money. Learn step-by-step how to set up and conduct any auction, from legality to bid calling. On the fifth day, students end the week by participating in a practice auction.

But what’s best about the program is that students have access to instructors after graduation. Classes are held in Mason City, a short commute from the local municipal airport.

With its eight-day Bid Calling and Business Auctioneer training courses, World Wide College of Auctioneering provides over 80 hours of instruction and teaches the ins and outs of auctioneering. Their program includes everything from booking an auction and specialties like antiques or agriculture to working with a sound system. That course is $1,995, and after you send your deposit, you will be sent a free MP3 digital download to study before your class or to use to refresh your memory after the course ends. Classes take place in West Des Moines, Iowa. Lodging is not provided.

Learn from licensed Pennsylvania auctioneers and practicing Pennsylvania attorneys at Reading Area Community College’s Auctioneering Certification Program and become qualified for the PA State Auctioneer Licensing Exam. For $3,800, you will learn how to procure merchandise for an auction, develop a chant, keep records and formulate contracts, organize an auction company, advertise an auction, and much more.

But the standout benefit of this course is that you will receive a minimum of 60 hours of hands-on practicum training in the auction business, under the supervision of the college and a licensed Pennsylvania auctioneer. That is more hours than we’ve seen for hands-on training in other courses, and it’s included in your tuition. The class runs Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., over the course of 10 weeks. To take this course, it’s best if you’re a resident of Pennsylvania, since unlike the other ones that only last a week, this class lasts about two-and-a-half months.