The Birnieknowes on-farm sale at Cockburnspath, staged on behalf of WE and DE Neil, along with a reduction sale on behalf of Messrs Hammond, Cairncross Farm, saw a top price of £70,000 paid for an input John Deere T670 hillmaster combine.

LEADING prices

Machinery – JD 6630 tractor £32,000; JCB 536 60 telehandler, £30,000; JD 6830 tractor, £26,000; JD 3800 forklift, £17,500; Scimi Toymaker silage feeder £9500; Kuhn HR 3004 rotavator £7800; Lemken 4f rev plough £7500; Marston 11t trailer £7000; Marshall bale trailer, £4300; Teagle 8080 bale shredder £3500; He-Va rollers 630 £3500; Honda quad bike, £3500; Marston 8t trailer, £2500; Strimech road brush £2200; Claas 65 baler, £1800; JD tractor lawn mower £1700; Scimi silage feeder £1600; Lemken 5f rev plough £1600; JCB muck grab £1550; Vector post knocker, £1450; Strimech auger bucket £1400; Tulip ferti spreader £1200.

Vintage tractors – McCormick International B414 tractor £3000; McCormick International B250 tractor £3000; McCormick International B250 tractor £2400; McCormick International B414 tractor £2300; McCormick International 523 tractor £2000; McCormick International B275 tractor £1100; 1950 Ferguson TE20 tractor £1480

Inputs – JCB 526 56 Agri telehandler £16,200; Claas Arez 816RZ tractor £15,000; Marshall QM12 trailer £6500; JD 2650 tractor £6000; Lemken Terra Disc £3900; 25’ bale trailer £2300;

Lemken 5f rev plough £1550; Albutt bale grab £1300; Rabe 6f rev plough £1200; Ifor Williams stock trailer £1000.

Auctioneers: Border Livestock Exchange.