👥 Meet Our Team
The passionate professionals behind StockShowAuctions.com's success
StockShowAuctions.com promotes, produces, and manages all phases of competitive livestock auctions. Our clients include leading producers and successful kids.
We sell success, head to tail, without all the stress.
Brent R. Graves
🎯 Auctioneer/Owner
Brent caught the auctioneering bug while attending Texas Tech University. After corporate experience, he attended Gregg School of Auctioneering in 2000 under Col. Kenneth Gregg, founder of the Purple Circle magazine.
"I remember Col. Gregg said 'there's something about this internet and auctions that I think is going to be huge someday.' Fast forward nearly 20 years to the day and StockShowAuctions.com was born."
🏆 Achievements:
- Texas State Champion Auctioneer (2004)
- Internationally ranked Top 25 (2005)
- Texas Auctioneer's Association President (2013)
- Co-authored Texas Auctioneer law (2013)
- Auction school instructor and national speaker
Married to Ashley for 28+ years, residing in both Canyon, Texas and Denver, Colorado. Ashley has her Doctorate in Strategic Leadership and is a nationally recognized authority in the Pro-life movement.
Savanna Graves
🎬 Producer
Savanna grew up in the auction business and received her Bachelor's in Journalism from Liberty University in 2021, where she was a member of the award-winning Western Equestrian Team.
📸 Expertise:
- Storytelling through writing and photography/videography
- Founded Scout House Media (2022)
- Published author
- Graphic design and production quality
- Seamless simulcast auction production
🏛️ Notable Experience: Served in the Trump White House press office in 2020, learning valuable skills from Kayleigh McEnany.
Currently resides in Stephenville, Texas with her loud and obnoxious husky, Lucy. She brings the sizzle to StockShowAuctions.com through her creative talents.
Presley Graves
🎥 Live Action Camera, Customer Experience, Online Clerk
💡 The Spark Behind It All
Presley is the spark that started StockShowAuctions.com with her pivotal question: "What are the kids going to do with all the animals?" in March 2020.
From answering hundreds of tech support questions in the early days to clerking, registering buyers, and operating live action cameras, Presley does it all with dedication and expertise.
🐷 Livestock Career:
- Showed pigs, goats, and steers throughout her career
- Collected walls of banners and buckles
- Star Greenhand in Agri-business by Texas FFA (2020)
- Top four finalist for Star Chapter FFA Degree (2021)
- FFA Chapter President and District Vice-President
Education: Active student at West Texas A&M University pursuing Agricultural Media and Communications with a minor in Animal Science.
Lyle Logeman
🎤 Auctioneer/Announcer
Agriculture science teacher in Stephenville, Texas, born and raised on the eastern high plains of New Mexico. Former State and National FFA Officer with a passion for agricultural leadership.
🎓 Education & Training:
- BS in Agriculture Education - Eastern New Mexico University
- Master of Education - New Mexico State University
- Western College of Auctioneering - Bozeman, Montana
- Professional Ringman's Institute - Nashville, Tennessee
🎙️ Voice & Personality: Possesses an enthusiastic and gregarious personality coupled with a bass-baritone voice that is clear and strong behind a microphone!
Additional Roles: Western lifestyle event announcer and podcast host of "This Could Get Western" and "The Ministry of Gentlemanly Ag Teachers". Travels nationwide leading workshops and teaching agricultural leadership.
Todd Kercheval
🏛️ Auctioneer/Announcer
Agriculture policy maker with a passion for the industry and youth development. Brings unique expertise in both policy and livestock industry experience.
🏛️ Political Career:
- Bachelor's in Economics - Sam Houston State University
- Texas Racing Commission - Drug testing & investigations
- Senate Agriculture sub-committee clerk
- Chief of Staff for Chairman Jim Pitts (House Appropriations)
- Achieved unanimous HB1 budget passage (only time in modern Texas history)
🎤 Announcing Experience: Over 20 years as announcer at Houston Livestock Show and State Fair of Texas - if you're a regular at Texas stock shows, you've likely heard Todd on the microphone!
Personal: Lives in Austin during legislative sessions (odd years) and in Nocona, Texas with his beautiful wife Carly the rest of the time.
🌟 Our Team Philosophy
"From a high school student's question to a nationwide platform - our team combines decades of auction expertise, agricultural passion, and innovative technology to serve the livestock community with excellence."