Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893–1954)
Arthur Weimar Thompson
THOMPSON, ARTHUR WEIMAR (1886–1970), inducted 1951
One of the leading livestock auctioneers in the nation, Arthur W. Thompson was born near Bradshaw, Nebraska. In 1906, he enrolled in Jones Auction School in Chicago and then apprenticed under T. W. Smith for thirteen years. Hereford sales were his specialty. Thompson called more than 7,500 sales and established a world record by selling 316 carloads of feeder cattle in one day. On three occasions, he achieved sales that totaled more than $1 million in one day. He was inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame in 1991 and was named the Block and Bridle Honoree of the Year 1947, after establishing the Arthur and Viola Thompson Scholarship Fund with the University of Nebraska Foundation.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 187