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Higher temperatures and high prices: Stags' third collective auction of the year proves a success

Higher temperatures and high prices: Stags' third collective auction of the year proves a success

With Winter behind us and field work commencing once again now that Spring has sprung, the Easter online timed auction proved a popular time of the year to be selling second-hand machinery, with this sale being the largest online timed auction that Stags have offered to date. A staggering total of 1140 lots were up for sale from 190 different vendors, some of whom had sold in previous sales and some who were using this method of selling for the very first time. The sale also saw a record number of 125,970 visits to the sales catalogue, with 336 different bidders making successful purchases from as far as Aberdeen in Scotland as well as across the waters in Southern Ireland.

A busy time of year for farmers in terms of crop planting, and with silage season just around the corner, led to a surplus of balers, mowers, drills, rakes and wrappers entered into the sale. A small dispersal sale of well maintained, contractor-owned grassland machinery caused a stir in this section and led to a top price being achieved for a Case IH LBX331 square baler which reached £16,250, with the same vendor selling a 2014 Krone R320 CV mower conditioner for £6,000. Other farm machinery sold well to achieve prices of £6,750 for a 2008 Lely Welger AP60 conventional baler, a 2008 Claas Rollant 354 round baler consigned by a poultry famer made £5,750 and a 2003 Vicon RF122 round baler sold to £4,700. A 2007 Major 2050 LGP slurry tanker also sold to £4,850, finding a home locally in Wells, Somerset.

In the same sale 13 tractors also found new homes, with the top call being for the popular model 2009 John Deere 6930 with 11,000 hours on the clock which sold for £29,500. A 2007 Deutz Agrotron 60 turf tractor achieved £13,750 with a tidy, low houred 2016 Kubota MK5000 making £8,250. Diggers and excavators continued to exceed vendors expectations as in previous sales with an aged Kubota KX61 mini digger selling for more than double its reserve price to reach £10,500. A second mini digger reached £7,250 and headed to Glastonbury.

More niche items also generated plenty of interest with a pair of life-size bronze plated Stags achieving £8,000 and a Chieftain 3 way screener selling after the close of the auction for £5,000. The recent addition of livestock to the auction also saw success, as 36 full and broken mouth couples sold for £70 a life and a bunch of TB restricted British Friesian stirks reached £220 per life also.

Livestock equipment entered was in no shortage in this sale, with one vendor consigning a dispersal sale of 140 lots of cattle and sheep equipment, having sold their farm. Top price for livestock equipment was the GSF 7.5m mobile cattle squeeze crush which exceeded expectations to achieve £12,000. Other items included £2,200 for a Kilkenny ice bank cooler and a Bateman cattle crush which made £1,900.

With three online timed dispersal sales due to take place within quick succession over the next two months and another collective auction commencing on the 26th of May, now is the time to cash in on surplus farm machinery and equipment whilst prices remain consistently high.

To make general queries or to enquire about a forthcoming sale or how our auctions work, please do not hesitate to contact one of the team on 01769 572042.