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This 40-plus-year-old tractor still has some life left in it. At a farm retirement auction, it topped $20,000.
As usual, there was a ton of fireworks in the auction market at the end of 2023. One sale on Dec. 29 by Swenson & Sons in Minot, N.D., featured several incredible tractors in good condition.
These John Deere 4455 and 4960 tractors were two of 15 pieces of equipment that sold for record prices at a Oct. 28 farm retirement auction in Winchester, Ky.
A special John Deere 830 tops an equally impressive online auction of more than 25 antique tractors and a few miscellaneous pieces of equipment.
Thirty combines recently sold on an online dealer auction, and this John Deere S780 with 374 engine hours topped the sale.
This 1986 Steiger Cougar 1000 with 2931 actual hours sold for record price of $50,000 on 2/25/23 consignment auction in Columbia City, IN by Schrader Real Estate and Auction.
Demand for the right rebuilt, used planter, right specifications is high.
This is the famous and first original Busch Light combine
This is the highest auction price on a John Deere 9300 in 10 years.