BIG VALLEY AUTO AUCTION

Lisa Franz and Bernard Watson, owners of Big Valley Auto Auction

Lisa Franz and Bernard Watson, owners of Big Valley Auto AuctionBig Valley Auto Auction is owned by the father/daughter team of Bernard Watson and Lisa Franz, who founded the facility in 2008 to serve Texas’s Rio Grande Valley. The operation has grown to include new and used car dealers from throughout the region, along with fleet/lease and repo accounts. In 2023, the auction was named Exeter’s Auction of Excellence. Situated on 30 acres, Big Valley Auto Auction runs over 500 vehicles on four lanes every Thursday at 9:30 am, with both in-lane and online selling. The facility includes detail and reconditioning facilities, and full transportation services.