Thainstone
JUST shy of 3000 lots of plant machinery, vehicles and equipment was sold through ANM Group’s Thainstone Centre, where 79% of lots sold to a top of £41,500 for a 2010-registered Caterpillar 320DL crawler excavator. 
LEADING prices:
Tractors and plant machinery – 2010 Caterpillar 320DL £41,500; 2004 Caterpillar 312CL tracked digger £19,000; 2002 JCB 3CX Sitemaster 4WD £18,200; 2007 Manitou forklift £14,300. 
Light commercial and 4x4 vehicles – 2007 Land Rover Defender 110 County LWB £15,000; 2013 Isuzu D Max Utah D/cab pick up £12,000; 2015 Peugeot Boxer 335 Professional L3 panel van £10,200; 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander GX 3 Di-D £8800. 
Heavy commercial vehicles – 2007 Scania Johnston VT65 dual sweeper £17,200; 2009 Mercedes Sprinter 515 CDi Xlwb mini bus £11,800; 2004 Scania P94 Johnston VT65 dual sweeper £8800; 2003 MAN L 2000 LRC race truck £8000. 
Trailers, caravans and containers – SDC step frame trailer £4200; Ifor Williams tri-axle trailer with decks £4100; mobile exhibition PA unit £2600; Ifor Williams 14’ tri-axle trailer £2300. 
Farm machinery and equipment – 28’ Stewart cattle float on Linden trailer £11,600; Marston 14-tonne tipping cart £5650; Cross slurry tanker £4000; Fleming heavy roller £3900; wood processor £3000; Griffiths twin-axle dumper £2500; JD ride-on-mower £1850; Koranka self-catching cattle crush £950. 

Longtown
MOST vendors went home contented with the trade at C and D Auction Marts’ spring sale of tractors, implements, equipment and small tools. 
Selling for the equal top price of £7800 was a SAME Silver 100.4 tractor and a New Holland digger. 
LEADING prices:
Machinery and implements – £7800 SAME Silver 100.4 tractor; £7800 New Holland digger; £5800 Kuhn butterfly mower; £3000 Marshall 10-tonne trailer; £2600 12ft Ifor Williams trailer; £2500 Lely Splendimow 320 Classic; £2300 Herbst low loader trailer; £1850 front and back tyres; £1600 14ft Ifor Williams tri-axle stock trailer; £1500 Landrover Discovery TD5; £1400 Kuhn 4m power harrow; £1300 ACE muckspreader; £1200 Graham Edwards flat bed trailer; £1200 Massey Ferguson 40 scraper tractor; £1020 McConnell topper; £950, £600 Vicon spinner; £680 Ritchie crush; £580, £420 roller; £500 sprayer; £480 mower; £450 chain harrows; £400 Grays roller; £400 (x2) trailer. 

Carlisle
ALL types of implements sold well through Harrison and Hetherington's sale, where a JPM livestock trailer topped the trade at £9100. 
LEADING prices:
Implements – £9100 JPM cattle trailer; £2050 Fella tedder; £1800 cattle trailer body; £1750 Marshall silage trailer; £1500 grass harrows; £1300 quad bike; £1150 flat bed trailer; £1100, £500, £400 Kawasaki quad; £900, £680, £600 Ifor Williams flat bed trailer; £900, £850 Ifor Williams cattle trailer; £700 John Deere trailed mower; £700, £650, £420 roller; £580 post knocker; £570 log splitter; £550 Vicon mower; £540 Massey Fergusson discs; £480 chain harrows; £400 turnip seed drill. Tractors – £5900 Kiuti EX40 Tractor.

The Fort roup
A GOOD turnout of buyers was forward to support Allan Smith's retirement sale held at The Fort, Hawes Brae, South Queensferry.
The sale, conducted by Pentland Livestock, sold to a top price of £6500 for a circa 1870 Admirals’ railway carriage, which was followed at £3500 by a full set of pairs driving harness. 
LEADING prices:
Items – Admiral’s railway carriage (circa 1870 Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Company, re-furbished 1997) £6500; full set of pairs driving harness, new (Michie, Huntly) £3500; Countax A2550HE lawn tractor with accessories £1800; complete set of show harness and decorations £1700; full set of Canadian pairs driving harness (Ivan Martin) £1500; tipping box cart, horse shafts (Ritchie, Longforgan) £1450; Jenny Lyne harvest cart, iron shod (Robert Brechin, Linlithgow, circa 1930) £1100; tipping box cart, iron shod (John McLaren and Sons, Gargunnock, circa 1942) £1000; harvest cart, iron shod (Jack of Maybole, circa 1898) £900; tipping box cart, tractor and horse shafts £850; Jenny Lyne harvest cart, iron shod (David Smith and Son, Paisley, circa 1930) £800; twin-axle 14’ trailer with winch £780; four antique cast metal horse tethering poles and another piece £750; tipping box cart, rubber tyres (Jack of Maybole, circa 1940, formerly owned by Lord Roseberry) 700; ladies/stallion cart £650; horse drawn grass seed box (Thomas Sherriff and Co, Dunbar) £550; metal garden table, bench and two chairs £550; pair of ‘speed the plough’ (E Henderson, Lockerbie, and T Prentice) back bands and four clear chains £500; set of cart harness, collar, bridle made by (T Prentice, Carluke, saddle made by Stirton, Perth, and Britchen) £500; tipping box cart, rubber tyres, with adjustable axle for steep land (Allan of Murthly, circa 1935) £490; borders cart, iron shod, converted for people carrying, originally for sheep (circa 1930) £450; heavy horse collar, 28” £400; Lothian harvest cart, rubber tyres (Robert Brechin, Linlithgow, circa 1935) £350; tipping box cart, iron shod (A and W Pollock, Mauchline, circa 1935) £300; new global tools, cased tool box/set £280; metal horse-drawn plough (Ransomes and Sons) £260; DE-WALT DW712-GB Mitre saw with sliding table £240; tipping donkey cart, rubber tyres (circa 1940,formerly owned by Miss C Muir, Feteresso Castle) £220; ELU saw bench ETS 3001 with roller feed tables and attachments (1994) £200; folding drinks cabinet (redwood) £200; western leather saddle £200; four-wheel pony gig (Viceroy) £200; set of new britchen £200.