About

Cory Craig is a second generation, full-time auctioneer from Taylorville, IL where he resides with his wife and three children. Since 1988 Cory has owned and operated Edinburg Auction in Edinburg, IL, the business, which his late father Herb Craig started in 1965. He specializes in real estate, farm equipment, livestock, antiques, liquidation and estate auctions. He also auctions for United Producers weekly livestock market in Shelbyville and weekly for Insurance Auto Auctions in Lincoln and Granite City, IL. Cory has served on nearly every committee of the Illinois State Auctioneers Association including 2000 Illinois State champion Bid Caller, elected President of ISAA in 2004 and elected to the Illinois State Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame in 2013. He was a member of the Edinburg Lions Club until it dissolved, a member of the MOOSE Lodge in Taylorville, IL and he volunteers his time for numerous community and church activities, as well as numerous benefit auctions for various charities and organizations. Cory has also competed in the National Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Contest and placed in the top 15. Cory runs a top-notch auction throughout the entire state of Illinois and has conducted several auctions in Missouri as well. Our company uses computers with wireless radios during all of our auctions, we advertise locally and nationwide in newspapers and on the internet and we have conducted many on-line auctions.