Cheffins is set for its busiest September on record, with over 3,000 machinery lots going under the hammer across nine major auctions.
With a combination of the flagship monthly machinery sale, on site auctions hosted on-farm and a series of timed online sales, the East Anglia-based auctioneer will offer 320 tractors, 14 combines and ten self-propelled sprayers in September alone. Sales will take place in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Hampshire.
Sales on behalf of farmers are for a variety of reasons, including changes in farm policy, succession planning, end of tenancies and fleet renewal policies. One of the highlights of the month is a sale on behalf of Eastern Farms Limited, in Somersham, Cambridgeshire on 10th September. This is set to be an exceptional sale of both quality and quantity with a series of high value, low-houred John Deere 9RX tractors and a John Deere X9 1100 combine going under the hammer. One of the other major on site sales is an auction on behalf of HLM Agri Ltd which is taking place on 23rd September due to change in policy and will include a series of high value John Deere tractors, JCB loaders and other fantastic machinery. Similarly, there is a timed online sale which will run from 16th September – 26th September, on behalf of Sutton Scotney Manor Farm also in Hampshire, and which will include a Claas Lexion 760 combine as well as a series of tractors and other machinery.
HLM Agri Sale
Charles Wadsley, Director, Cheffins says: “September is shaping up to be the busiest month we’ve had in 2025, and potentially one of the most significant autumn sales calendars in our 200-year history. With rising machinery costs, ongoing uncertainty around government policy and low commodity prices, auctions provide farmers and contractors with the best opportunity to secure quality, second-hand kit direct from farm.”
Sutton Scotney Sale
At the Cheffins monthly machinery sale at Sutton, near Ely, which takes place on 1st September, there will be a series of cranes, excavators and other construction items direct from the Construction Industry Training Board. These will be offered alongside a series of high value second-hand tractors and a large quantity of other machinery. Highlights will include a 2020 Valtra N154 Active Tractor with only 400 hours from new, a superb 2017 Sands Horizon 5500 Sprayer and a 2015 Terex CTL 140-10 Luffing Tower Crane to name but a few.
Charles Wadsley continues: “There are a series of other flagship major live sales taking through October and November for significant farming operations throughout the country. We expect these to increase in regularity over the coming months as farmers look to realign their policies before the end of the year and streamline their machinery costs.”
To view the calendar for the Cheffins Machinery Sales, please click here
For more information, please call Cheffins auctioneers on 01353 777767, or email machinery@cheffins.co.uk