The weather might have been typical for winter in Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada, on Feb. 18, but a trio of Case IH tractors sold for atypical prices. Pete’s Pick of the Week comes from an auction hosted by Shackelton Auctions:
- 2012 Case IH Steiger 400 HD 4WD with 2,588 hours sold for $214,284, the second-highest auction price ever for that model.
- 2020 Case IH Magnum 220 CVT with 1,119 hours sold for $155,511, again the second-highest auction price ever for that model.
- 1974 IHC 1066 front-wheel assist with 4,200 hours sold for $37,782, the eighth-highest auction price.
On Feb. 24, Adam Marshall Land and Auction in Litchfield, Neb., sold a 2023 model Cornhusker 48’ grain trailer. Bidding stopped at $58,250, which Machinery Pete says is the third-highest auction price on any Cornhusker grain trailer. That same auction also sold a 2022 model Westfield MKX 1394 auger for $35,750. That price tag is the highest hard cash auction price Machinery Pete has ever seen on that auger.
Meanwhile, in Elora, Tenn., a Feb. 24 farm retirement auction featured:
John Deere 4455 MFWD with only 2,404 hours sold for $80,000, breaking into the top 20 all-time highest auction prices for the model. The auctioneer referred to the tractor as a “nice baby doll.”
- John Deere 8R 410 with 1,454 hours sold for $320,000.
- John Deere 8RX 370 with just over 1,200 hours brought $302,500.
- John Deere 7760 cotton picker with 1,602 fan hours sold for $197,500.
The pressure in cotton country is evident at auction. About a year and a half ago, a pair of John Deere CP770 cotton pickers sold in Tunica, Miss., for around $700,000 each. On Feb. 5, in Jonestown, Miss., those same models sold for $597,000 and $598,000.
Nothing says used quite like finding an old dozer abandoned in the woods. That’s right, a group of friends found a 1957 Caterpillar D9 dozer in western New York that had sat for 24 years. Milton CAT got to work and the team was able to get it up and running again.
