St Boswells

RECENT wintery weather accounted for a slight reduction in entries at Harrison and Hetherington, last week, but the lots that were forward met a smart trade and topped at £4200 for a Mercedes horse box with sheep decks.

LEADING prices:

Implrements – £4200 Mercedes horse box with sheep decks; £2300, £2000 Ford Transit 17-seat minibus; £1250 3m McConnell Shakerator; £1000 Rock ATV flail mower; £1000 Keltec bale slice; £950 John Deere 1340 mower; £900 Claas disco mower; £900 New Holland 276 square baler; £880 Strimech muck grab; £780 Teagle 8 fully offset topper; £780 Feraboli 4m power harrow; £700 Tuffa 6000litre fuel tank; £700 five-furrow Naud plough; £700 (x 2), £580 muck grabs; £540 Rotospike bale unwinder; £540 large ATV trailer; £540 tractor weights; £500 Swatton wilter; £500 Flexicoil 5m ringed front press; £500 Meiter bale sledge.

Thainstone

DEMAND remained strong and stable at Aberdeen and Northern Marts' second collective sale of machinery of the year, where there is a desire among buyers to purchase high quality used equipment and machinery.

Of the 2352 lots on offer, 1920 changed hands and peaked at £26,500 for a 20007-registered John Deere 6930 premium, followed by a 2011 Doosan DX80 eight-tonne excavator at £21,000.

A 2009 Daf CF85 360 8x4 tipper headed up the heavy commercial section at £12,500 while the light commercials and 4x4 vehicles section reached £7800 for a 2003 Land Rover Defender 90 TD5

A Mac step-frame trailer was the highest-selling item in the trailers, caravans and containers class, achieving £12,200. The second highest selling items were a Montracon curtainside trailer and a Bailey Pegasus 514 caravan, both of which sold for £5,000, followed by a Fruehauf tri-axle trailer which realised £4,600.

In the farm machinery and equipment section, the top-selling item was an ECE rear discharge muckspreader, which realised £6,400.

LEADING prices:

Tractor and plant – 2007 John Deere 6930 premium tractor £26,500; 2011 Doosan DX80 8-tonne excavator £21,000; 2016 Nifty lift 120 cherry picker £20,000; 2010 Doosan DX140LC 14-tonne excavator £19,000.

Light commercials and 4x4 vehicles – 2003 Land Rover Defender 90 TD5 £7800; 2012 Ford Transit Custom 270 eco-tech £6900; 2012 Mitsubishi ASX di-d 4x4 £5800; 2014 Volkswagen Caddy C20 tdi startline £5700.

Heavy commercial vehicles – 2009 Daf CF85 360 8x4 tipper £12,500; 2007 Scania P380 tipper £11,500; 2008 Volvo FM 8x4 tipper £10,800; 2009 Volvo FM400 8x4 tipper £10,000.

Trailers, caravans and containers – Mac step-frame trailer £12,200; Montracon curtainside trailer £5000; Bailey Pegasus 514 caravan £5000; Fruehauf tri-axle trailer £4600.

Farm machinery and equipment – ECE rear discharge muckspreader £6400; Accord KV 4m drill £5000; Kverneland five-furrow reversible plough £4750; Dowdeswell six-furrow reversible plough £4200.

Longtown

A LARGE entry saw quality lots sell well with many more large tractors and quality implements needed to fulfil buyers' demands at C and D Auction Marts' Longtown centre, on Monday.

Topping the sale at £4500 was a Bell 761 skid steer mini loader.

LEADING prices:

Implements – £4500 Bell 761 skid steer; £4150 Marshall QM11 silage trailer; £2600 Ifor Williams trailer TB4021-352; £2550 Kramer Allrad 412; £2500 Ford 4610 2WD; £2050 Honda 420 4WD quad bike; £1700 14ft Ifor Williams livestock trailer; £1650 Honda 420 quad bike; £1500 Ifor Williams HB505 horse trailer; £1450 Hi Spec 2000-gallon slurry tanker; £1150 Graham Edwards livestock trailer; £1050 Ifor Williams horse trailer; £1000 Teagle trailed straw chopper; £1000 Crane trailer; £880 Howard muck spreader; £850 roofing sheets; £850 Tomahawk 4000 bedder; £800 car trailer; £600 roller; £550 Ifor Williams trailer; £500 mower; £500 (x2) trailer; £500 Watson roller; £480 six 12ft cattle hurdles; £400 yard brush; £400 Thermobile workshop heater; £380 Freelander TD4.