Latest Shrewsbury collective
By: Tony Hoyland
Buyers from as far away as Slovenia were among the bidders at the final bi-monthly plant and agricultural machinery collective auction of the year at Shrewsbury Auction Centre on December 2. Just over 1200 lots went under the hammer with top price of the day going to a New Holland 8340 tractor, which made £8200. Other leading prices in the tractors’ section were £3600 for a Ferguson 550 and £1450 for a Ferguson 165 in need of renovation.
An excellent entry of 45 trailers met with a brisk trade, with prices ranging from £20. Top prices were £2680 for a Marshall eight tonne grain trailer, £2400 for an Ivor Williams flat trailer, £1600 for an Ivor Williams 12ft stock trailer and £900 for a Bateson flat trailer.
Top performers in the equipment section were a Teagle 880 straw chopper at £1950, a Teagle 505 straw chopper at £1300, a Twose hedge cutter at £1200, shear grabs to £1200, a Reco diet feeder at £1150, a Lemkin five furrow plough at £1100, a Bomford hedgecutter at £900 and two 95 mm hose reels and pumps at £700 each.
Current Issue: March 2012
• FE 35 CUTS THE MUSTARD - MAJOR REBUILD
• GIMME SHELTER NUFFIELD 10/60
• TRACK MARSHALL 55 BACK ON TRACK
• IRISH RESTORATION
• FORDSON ACCESSORIES
• HIGH-FLYING DEERE
• TRACTOR ARCHIVES
• VINTAGE PASSION
• KEN BRIGGS’ SALE
• CLUB FOCUS
• FREE DOUBLE-SIDED POSTER INSIDE
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: 13 March 2012
