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Bakewell Market Thursday Lunchctime Sheep Sale
Machinery Dispersal-No 3 Holding, Pessall Lane, Edingale
“Council Holding Retirement sees good crowd and spirited bidding”-Mark Elliott
The retirement sale on behalf of Mr Steve Preece at No 3 Holding, Edingale saw him leaving the farm after 26 years as a Staffordshire County Council tenant.
In the Smaller Lots:
- Alloy Churns with Lids £85
- Ferguson Pair of Wing Mudguards £50
- Mounted Cow Brush £80
- 5 Teat Calf Feeder Bucket £70
- Vink Calving Aid £100
- Brae Cattle Breeding Board c/w Magnets £70
In the Field:
- Four-Short Hurdles £50 per set
- Calf-Tel Single Calf Hutches £90
- Large Bunker Feeder £300
There was a small range of machinery including:
- Beco Mini Transport Box £260
- Claas Disco 2650C Mounted Mower Conditioner £1,100
- Parmiter Hydraulic Folding Chain Harrows £800
- Narrow Graze Flat Roll £420
- Massey Ferguson RK451 DN Mounted Single Rotor Rake £4,200
- Pottinger Euro Profi 5000 Silage Pick Up Wagon £9,200
- Elephant Trunk Bale Squeezer £420
- Set of Manitou Pallet Tines £500
- Triple Bale Spike c/w Euro 8 Brackets £350
In the Tractors:
- The Ford 4410 2WD c/w AP Cab £1,920
- New Holland 8340 4WD on a P Plate £13,400
- Set of New Holland Weights £620
The Massey Ferguson 6290 (02’-14,000 hours) sold at £10,000.
The farms Land Rover was a Land Rover 90 on a 1989 G Plate with 135,000 miles on the clock with no MOT achieving an excellent £4,500.
Within the Included Lots:
Bamford Super 58 Conventional Baler £420
International 955 2WD c/w Tinnaman Cab V Reg £4,500
David Brown 995 2WD c/w Loader £2,000
Bakewell Market Report
Bakewell Market Thursday Lunchtime Sheep Sale
Machinery Dispersal Report-Fields Farm, Sutton on the Hill
“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.
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