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“Genuine Dispersal and Large Crowd in Spite of the Weather”–Mark Elliott

The machinery and produce dispersal on behalf of Mr Charles Buckston at Fields Farm, Sutton on the Hill saw very good support with interest in the principal machinery from all surrounding counties together with north Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Northern Ireland and into North Wales.

There were over 500 lots for sale and all teams worked extremely hard in spite of the weather conditions to look after all sale attendees and the vendor with some exceedingly pleasing results.

In the Smaller Lots:

• ½ Pack Of Wooden Rails                                £165
• Stillage of Tanalised Stakes                          £250
• Husqvarna Chainsaw                                      £180
• Massey Ferguson Front Wheel                   £80
• Two-Subsoiler Legs                                         £70
• Qnty of New Spearhead Flails                     £75
• Single Phase Air Compressor                       £140
• Qnty of Agco Tractor Filters                         £58

There was a large range of Livestock Equipment to suit both sheep and cattle farmers alike:

• Small Metal Troughs                                                                       £65 each
• Small Plastic Footbath                                                                    £65
• Single Electric Fencer c/w Battery                                             £68
• Unused JFC Water Bowl                                                                 £35
• Galvanised Sheep Hurdles                                                            £115 per set of 6
• Galvanised Calf Dehorning Crate                                               £900
• Set of Galvanised Modular Lamb Weigh Scales                    £460
• 15ft Cattle Barrier Trough                                                             £280
• Bateman Galvanised Lamb Creeps                                            £340 each
• Sheep Ring Feeders                                                                        Up to £140 per lot

The major items within the Livestock Handling Equipment section included:

• Wrapper Trailed Race and Mobile Penning System            £6,150
• Galvanised Cattle Race c/w only Two Rear Hurdles            £4,200

Within the Fixtures and Yard Items:

• Pristine Collinson Bulk Bin with Detachable Legs achieved an excellent £3,080

Within the Machinery:

• KRM Bogballe Fertiliser Spreader                              £5,050
• Spaldings 3 Leg Flat Lift                                                  £3,250
• Amazone UF1801 Mounted Sprayer                        £16,900
• Kidd 330 Trailed Straw Chopper                                 £8,100
• Spearhead Excel 565 Mounted Hedgecutter        £4,200

Trailers attracted wide interest with:

• Massey Ferguson 700 10 Ton Grain Trailer at      £4,850
• Marshall 12 Ton Grain Trailer                                     £5,000
• Massey Twin Axle Bale Trailer                                    £4,250
• Marshall BC25 Twin Axle 25ft Bale Trailer             £5,800
• Small Nugent Combi Calf Trailer achieved             £1,440
• Ifor William 14ft Tri Axle Livestock Trailer             £4,650

There had been wide pre-sale interest in the JCB Telehandler and Massey Ferguson Tractors which were sold to spirited bidding together with telephone bids from both Ireland and the North of England.

• Massey Ferguson 5475 (Reg FJ11 HWH)                                                                 £27,800
• Massey Ferguson 4707 (Reg FJ18 GYB)                                                                   £22,000
• Massey Ferguson 7614 c/w Front Linkage and PTO (Reg FN62 CDK)           £27,400

The Honda Quad TRX 520 73’ Plate achieved an excellent              £5,000

The JCB 532-60 Agri Telehandler from the farm had undertaken less than 1,800 hours work and sold on a 73’ Plate it achieved an excellent £55,500 and went off to North Yorkshire. The attachments attracted great interest with the Albut Sheargrab £3,350. The Albut 10 Tine FYM Grab at £1,700 and the Bucket Brush c/w Bucket at £1,620.

Within the included items:

• Massey Ferguson 5455 c/w Loader achieved        £26,900
• Superb IAE Centurion Galvanised Cattle Crush achieved a resounding £3,680

The special entry from a local farmer of trailers saw a West 12 Ton Mono Bodied Silage Trailer at £10,050 and the AS Marston 12 Ton Mono Body Silage Trailer at £8,950.

The Manitou MLT 735 PSCRC Telehandler showing 9,400 hours on a 15’ Plate sold well at £18,700.

Obviously, Straw and Silage attracted wide local interest with

• Quadrant Bales of 6 String Hay (2025 crop) at up to £89/bale.
• Wrapped Round Baled Silage Up to £39/bale
• Barley Straw in 4 String, 8ft Bales achieving between £49 and £55/bale depending on lot size

All in all, a very genuine sale with further large sales already booked.

Please see the website www.bagshaws.com for further details.