Clearance rates surpassed 82% at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ Thainstone Specialist Auctions’ online sale of 911 machinery and equipment, where prices peaked at £27,000 for a 2009 Volvo L120F loading shovel.

Ths successful event saw more than 500 bidders from Shetland to Hampshire, Yorkshire and Co Derry and also a number of European bidders compete for a huge range of plant and agricultural lots.

Topping the tractors, telehandlers and plant equipment at £23,000 was a 2009 JCB 3CX 4wd excavator.

LEADING prices

Tractors, telehandlers and plant – 2009 Volvo L120F loading shovel £27,000; 2009 JCB 3CX 4wd excavator £23,000; 2015 Hyundai Robex 60 CR midi excavator £18,600; 2011 JCB 8065 midi excavator £15,000; 2007 Manitou MLA628 pivot steer telehandler £14,500.

Small plant – 2016 Amazone Profihopper mower £7800; 2009 JCB 8018 mini excavator £7000; 2015 Kubota RTV utility vehicle £6700; 2013 Shibaura Banks mower £5400.

Implements and machinery – Stewart 26’ aluminium cattle feeder £8750; KTwo Duo 1200 rear discharge muck spreader £7500; Kverneland 5f reversible plough £5600; Kuhn Vari-master 6f reversible plough £4900.

Light commercials and 4x4s – 2000 Peugeot Boxer 320 LWB motorhome £10,800; 2017 VW Transporter T30 TDI Pickup £10,600; 2014 Ford Transit 350 van £8600; 2011 Ford Transit 115T350 £7200.

Heavy commercial – 2007 DAF CF75 310 Beavertail plant lorry £5000; 2002 IVECO Supercargo with HYMIX cement mixer £3600; 2003 Foden Alpha with road patch equipment £3100; 2013 Merc Benz Econic refuse lorry £2800.

Trailers and containers – IW TA510 12’ livestock trailer with decks £3950; IW TA15 12’ low livestock trailer £2950; IW LM146 Tri-axle dropside trailer £2450; Hudson 14’ livestock trailer £2450 .