EURO Auctions conducted a large sale of plant and machinery, last Saturday, following the death of a well-known Shropshire dealer in the industry, Don Williams, where trade peaked at £69,500 for a 2012 CAT D5K crawler tractor/dozer. 
In total, 123 individual lots went under the hammer, attracting 200 bidder registrations, with more than 40% of all transactions online and 20% first buyers. Around 100 bidders on the day which were mainly from the UK and Ireland, witnessed the superior performing CAT tractor with a six-way pat blade and 414 hours on the clock, top the sale.
Another similar machine, this time a 2008 CAT D6T XL with straight blade and tilt with three-shank ripper and 16,422 hours on the clock, was just behind at £45,500. 
In this section, other lots went between £13,500 and £16,500. 
Other notable machinery lots included a 2006 Hitachi ZX135US hydraulic excavator with 7910 hours and a 2013 Scania G440 tractor unit with a 6x2 mid-lift, which both hit £19,000. 
Selling for £11,500 was a 2003 Renault 610RX 4WD tractor with 3373 hours.
“Don Williams was a long established, well-known and highly respected plant and machinery dealer who for many years was a regular attendee at our Leeds auctions and he will be missed by many,” stated Jonnie Keys, operations manager for Euro Auctions. 
“We never cherish staging an auction under these circumstances but made every effort to maximise the return for the estate. Two-thirds of all lots by value are expected to remain in the UK, with one buyer in Poland spending £78,000, and other major European destinations being the Netherlands and Romania.”
Euro Auctions also donated £5000 to Don Williams’ local Shifnal Council to help improve local amenities which is something Don was passionate about.