Nineteen independent auctions were honored Tuesday night by Manheim during the OVE.com Awards Ceremony at the CAR Conference in Las Vegas.

Manheim’s vice president of digital services, Jenifer Eggert, said: “Manheim wants to thank all these independent auctions for setting a great example for the industry. Congratulations to all of the winners.” 

Those winners were as follows, as listed by Manheim, which based these awards on the auctions’ 2014 performances:

• Highest Overall Volume: Southern Auto Auction (East Windsor, Conn.). It is the auction with the most sales, regardless of segment or mix in 2014.  Norwalk Auto Auction, which won the award the previous three years, received honorable mention.
   
• Highest Commercial Mix Volume: Southern Auto Auction. It is the auction with the most sales based on the greatest number of commercial accounts. Greensboro Auto Auction in North Carolina received honorable mention.
   
• Highest Dealer Volume: Columbus Fair Auto Auction in Ohio. It is the auction that sold the most dealer inventory.  Akron Auto Auction in Ohio, which won the award the previous three years, received honorable mention.
   
• Highest Overall Volume Growth: Bel Air Auto Auction in Maryland.  It is the auction that has shown the greatest year-over-year percentage in growth from 2013 to 2014. Charleston Auto Auction in South Carolina received honorable mention.
   
• Most Innovative: Tallahassee Auto Auction in Florida. It was the auction that leveraged the OVE.com platform beyond conventional methods to grow its business online with an out-of-the-box strategy. Receiving honorable mention was 166 Auto Auction of Springfield, Mo.
   
• Online Buyer Confidence Award: 166 Auto Auction. It is the auction that had the lowest un-buy percentage. Jacksonville Auto Auction of Florida received honorable mention.
   
• Highest Commercial and Deal Mix Volume: Columbus Fair Auto Auction. It had the most net transactions in 2014 based on segment and mix. It was the second consecutive year Columbus Fair won the award. Bell-Air received honorable mention.
   
• Highest Commercial Volume Growth: Southern Auto Auction. This auction showed the greatest year-over-year commercial sales percentage growth from 2013 to 2014. Bell-Air received honorable mention.
   
• Highest Dealer Sales Volume Growth: Columbus Fair. It showed the greatest year-over-year dealer sales percentage growth from 2013 to 2014. ABC Lancaster of East Petersburg, Pa., received honorable mention. 
   
• Customer Experience: Akron Auto Auction had the least amount of arbitrations based on volume.

“It’s a pleasure to recognize the accomplishments of these independent auctions,” says Peter Lavallee, senior director of sales, independent auctions at Manheim. “We are a sales organization dedicated to supporting non-Manheim locations by leveraging OVE.com to sell products and services.”