Shrewsbury auction centre's largest plant and machinery sale smashes records
The sale saw a record 1,050 entries and a top price of £57,000 achieved on Friday
Records were broken as the largest plant and machinery sale held at Shrewsbury Auction Centre attracted more than a thousand entries.
The sale on Friday (June 5) saw a record 1,050 entries and a top price of £57,000 paid.
The auction and the subsequent timed sale of unsold lots on the MartEye online platform over the weekend saw Halls Auctioneers achieve a clearance rate of 80 per cent.
Top price went to a 2010 Claas Lexion 570+ Montana Combine Harvester with Auto Contour and 25-foot corn header from a south Shropshire farm.
The sale also included an array of implements from Hoof Trimming Ltd’s reduction sale, peaking at £28,500 for a 2023 Kuhn Venta Combi Drill and Power Harrow and £28,000 for both a 2023 Shelbourne Reynolds 3200 muck spreader and a 2019 K-Two Rodeo Compact and Push 200 Compact Trailer.
A late entry of nine vintage tractors and two classic cars – a Jaguar XJS V12 and a 1984 Lotus Eclat – from a north Shropshire collector attracted a lot of interest. The Lotus sold for £3,000.
The auction included 37 tractors, diggers and loaders, 27 ATVs, quad bikes and vehicles, 56 trailers and trailed implements, 280 implements and 660 lots of workshop tools, livestock equipment and building materials.
“It was a fantastic, record-breaking auction, the largest since the days of the former Forton Airfield Machinery Sale,” said Henry Hyde, Halls auctioneer and machinery sales co-ordinator. “Genuine farm machinery continues to make every penny of its money.
“We have started selling unsold machinery in an online timed sale which again proved popular. The 80 per cent overall clearance rate was very pleasing and I would like to thank everyone who attended the sale for their support and custom.
“Special thanks to the staff that stayed late in the days prior to and on sale day to help load and invoice all of the lots.”
Other leading prices were: £24,500 for a 2016 K-Two Rodeo Compact and Push 200 Compact Trailer, £22,000 for a 2010 KUHN HR 6004 6M Power Harrow and Opico Air Seeder, £18,000 for a 2012 Merlo 41.7 telehandler with 6,049 hours, £14,000 for a Schitimaker 51WA 720-S twin axle silage trailer, £13,050 for a 2014 Volvo EC27 2.7T Mini Digger with 1,300 hours, £11,800 for a 2014 Claas Liner 3500 Rotor Rake and £11,200 for a 33 foot tri axle bale trailer with air suspension and brakes.
Tractor prices included £17,000 for a 2006 New Holland TS115A 4WD tractor with 9,400 hours, £16,800 for a 2007 Massey Ferguson 5470 4WD with 6,280 hours, £12,500 for a 2004 McCormick MC115 4WD with front loader and 10,000 hours, £7,000 for a 1986 Ford 6610 Series 2 4WD, £5,600 for a 1987 Case International 585XL 2WD and £5,000 for 1978 Massey Ferguson 550 2WD.
The next Shrewsbury Plant and Machinery Sale is on Friday, August 14, with catalogue entries closing on Friday, July 31. Contact Shrewsbury Auction Centre on 01743 462620 or [email protected].
Contact Mr Hyde on 07398 137343 or [email protected] for more information.
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