The career of being an auctioneer was a popular choice within the Balog family. It all started with Bob. After graduating from Olds College with a degree in Animal Science, Bob headed south to Billings, Montana in 1971 and graduated from the Western College of Auctioneering.

For nine years after, Bob auctioneered at different kinds of sales, but directed most of his attention to the purebred Hereford business that he and his family grew up in. Bob's career selling registered Hereford cattle and other breed sales is now in its 35th year. He has and still is selling all the major production and consignment sales in Canada.

Bob was one of the youngest auctioneers to ever sell at the Calgary Bull Sale and for the past 15 years has been considered the senior auctioneer at this premier event. Bob has also sold at the #1 Hereford bull sale in the world for the past 17 years, the Ochs Bros. in Gunnison, Colorado!

Today, Bob and brother Darwin are partners in Balog Auction - and together they sell most things agricultural, from cattle to hay to tractors, across Western Canada and also in the northwestern USA.