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Another Record Machinery Sale
The June machinery sale was the best ever for this month.
We might sound like a scratched record but the sale held on 16th June was our best ever sale for this particular month, both in terms of the number of lots entered and the gross sale proceeds. Sixty per cent of the 2,650 lots entered sold, a fair clearance especially for June which, with hay and silage making underway and harvest looming on the horizon, can often herald a slightly quieter period.
Tractor trade was generally very good. This has been the trend for most of this year, “green is in” and enthusiastic bidding was experienced for the better 10 and 20 series John Deere’s. The Polish buyers were again dominant and it is very noticeable that there has been a real geographical shift from west to east from where our buyers now originate. Ireland was comparatively quiet as the credit crunch continues to munch and we hear many accounts of housing developments stopping over night as the housing sector crashes in both the north and south. This will ultimately have a knock on effect here, both on the agricultural and plant side.
Despite the gloom, it didn’t stop one particular Northern Irish buyer bidding a top price of more than £16,500 for an equally top 1996 Fiat 110-90 tractor, much to the jeering of his fellow countrymen and no doubt cheering of the vendor. As the buyer said “fortune favours the bold”!
Other prices worth quoting include: £41,000 for an as new 2008 John Deere 6930 showing just 50 hours, £42,000 for a sharp Fendt 716 Vario TMS, a 2006 John Deere 6920S made £34,400, £25,500 for a 2002 New Holland TM120 with approximately 1100 hours, an equally low houred 2006 Case MXM 175 sold for £24,200 and £16,600 was achieved for a smart 2004 Massey Ferguson 5445 showing 1430 hours.
The demand for JCB 3CXs in the plant section remains buoyant, especially for the right models and years. Manual gearbox, well presented, unpainted examples from 1992 to 2000 are selling well to the Middle and Far East as well as Eastern Europe. Earlier models are still selling to Poland. Later 2002 to 2007 machines go to Poland, mainland Europe and the UK.
Another full entry of telescopics including a good selection of late, long reach JCBs which attracted bidding from Middle East buyers. Older examples sold especially well this month with the £5,000 to £9,000 machines going to mainland and Eastern Europe as well as the UK. All 360° excavators, large and small, struggled on Monday, a result, we believe, of the collapse of the UK and Eire construction industry. Dumpers are suffering from the same fate. Small plant, rollers and compressors sold well to the seemingly ever present Middle Eastern buyers.
A full field of machinery again met with robust bidding for good seasonal equipment which could go straight to work. Baler trade was up from last month. Welger, John Deere and Claas sold well, with demand mainly focused on rotofeed and rotochop models with one Claas 260 at over £8,300. Haybobs had a 95 per cent clearance rate, many finding new homes in Eire. Large 4 and 6 rota Deutz and Lely machines sold well. Combine trade as up to 55 per cent, many of them going to European buyers. Seventy-five per cent of ATVs and smaller lots in the sale building sold and this rate continued throughout the horticultural section.