Good quality plant and agricultural machinery was in demand at a successful collective auction in Shrewsbury on Friday, which attracted buyers from as far away as Poland and Ireland.
Auctioneers Halls were delighted with the 1,064-lot entry for the bi-monthly auction and the large attendance at Shrewsbury Auction Centre on a sunny but chilly spring day.
“It seemed strange selling harvesting equipment with snow still standing on the ground in some parts of the county,” said Matt Williams, Halls’ collective auction co-ordinator.
“Better quality entries were in high demand and genuine, straight off the farm equipment remains very popular with buyers.
“For our next auction on June 7 we already have a consignment of tractors and loaders from a landscape gardeners together with lorries from another vendor and e have attracted buyers from as far away as Zimbabwe.”
Top selling lots were a New Holland 6070 tractor at £33,250, a New Holland 6030 tractor at £25,000, a Takeuchi eight tonne 360-degree track machine at £15,400 and a Massey Ferguson 6160 tractor at £11,700.
Other leading prices were: £9,000 each for a Ford 7610 tractor a Daf 85 lorry tractor unit, £6,600 for a JCB Farm Loadall, £5,600 for a JCB 415 loading shovel, £5,300 for a John Deere 3640 tractor, £4,300 for a Sanderson telescopic loader, £3,000 for a Leyland Daf lorry, £2,800 for a vintage Massey Ferguson 35, £2,600 for a Ford 1920 compact tractor, £2,000 for a New Holland 1520 combine harvester.
In the harvesting equipment, a John Deere 1365 mower conditioner made £6,500, a John Deere 1360 mower made £4,500, a Kuhn mower conditioner made £4,500, a Class rotarake made £3,650, a Pottinger tedder made £2,850, a Claas single rotarake made £2,500 and a Voleo Newt flail topper made £2,100.
Other top prices were: £6,800 for a Welgar 220 round baler, £4,700 for a McConnell PA56 hedge cutter, £3,900 for a Hi Spec 2,000 gallon vacci tanker, £3,400 for a Dowdeswell DP7 five furrow reversible plough, £2,800 for a Marshall muck spreader made £2,800, £2,250 for a Kuhn Axis 30.1 fertiliser broadcaster, £1,700 for a McConnell PA 96 hedge cutter, £1,600 for a Amazon combi drill, £1,400 for a SKH Unispread 860 front discharge muck spreader, £1,300 for an A.S. Marston 1,500 vacci tanker, £1,250 for a KRM 220 fertiliser broadcaster and £920 for a Parmitter swing round post-knocker.
Trailers met with a good trade, as Richard Weston SF12 models sold for £8,800 and £7,600, a Richard Weston 12 tonne silage trailer made £5,500, a Richard Weston root crop trailer made £5,000, a Marshall eight tonne trailer made £3,600, a Griffiths 10 tonne silage trailer made £2,300, an Ifor Williams small cattle trailer made £1,400 and an Ifor Williams 505 horsebox made £1,300.
