A TOTAL of 320 lots went under the hammer at Penrith and District Farmers' Mart's last machinery sale of the year, where 26 of them sold between £1000 and £5000. 
With buyers present from all over the UK, including Northern Ireland, a top price of £5000 was paid by a local farmer for a Herbst dump trailer in excellent condition. 
In the tractors and vehicles, trade reached £3400 for a D reg Ford 4610, while livestock equipment sold to £2400 for a dosing and shedding trailer in immaculate condition.


LEADINGprices:
Tractors and vehicles – Ford 4610 £3400; MF 35X £2950; International 685 £2800; Thwaites Dumper £2350; International 574 with loader £2300; Grey Ferguson £2050; Ford 4000 £1850; MF 35 £1800; International 454 £1500; Suzuki Quad Bike £1300; Nuffield Universal £1200; David Brown £950; Yamaha Quadbike £920; Nissan Terrano £900
Trailers – Graham Edwards cattle trailer £1600, £1350, £1150; Ifor Williams cattle trailer £1500; Ifor Williams flat trailer £1000.
Livestock equipment – Sheep dosing race £2400; Portequip sheep feed trailer £1300, £900; sheep silage trailer £1100; Abbey topper £600; cattle hurdles £540; sheep turnover crate £520, £500; sheep feeder £520; calf creep feed £320; calf dehorning crate £300; sheep dosing race £280; sheep dressing stand £240; sheep clippers £220; lamb creep feeders £190.
Implements and machinery – Herbst dump trailer £5000; slurry tanker £4600, £1250; Keenan feeder £2150; Marshall muck spreader £2100; Parmiter post knocker £1800; Reco straw chopper £1700; Conor shear grab £1000; Marshall feed trailer £750; root chopper £720; muck grab £580; slurry whisk £450; log splitter £440; calf pens £400; post knocker £400
Small tools – Crash barriers £870; winches £550; lawn mower £310; pressure washer £290; diesel pressure washer £190.