“Large Crowd and Very Pleasing Trade at Field Farm Dispersal” Mark Elliott
The sale for the Fowkes Family undertaken by the Bagshaws team at Field Farm, Ashby Road, Measham attracted a very large crowd and with a large run of extra items from outside vendors there was definitely something for everyone at this late May sale.
Undoubtedly the stars of the show were the Deutz tractors, JCB Telehandler together with tractors from extra vendors with some eye watering prices achieved during the day.
In the Smaller Lots:
Old Galvanised Wash Up Trough £55
Clarke Petrol Driven Pressure Washer £280
JE-MA Rekord Small Single Phase Grain Cleaner £1,020
PTO Shafts £48
The farm had just a small range of equipment together with the two Deutz tractors with prices as follows:
Dowdeswell 4 Furrow Reversible Plough £1,600
Set of Quivogne Trailed Discs £3,100
Set of Old Vaderstad Folding Ring Rolls £2,000
Spalding 3 Leg Flat Lift £2,400
Potential purchasers had travelled long distances for the tractors, dryer etc with the Master Super 120 Mobile Dryer achieving £8,200 and the Rolland Twin Axle Grain Trailer achieving a very good £7,600.
Within the Tractors:
Deutz Agristar-08’ sold on an M Plate believed to have run for around 8,000 hours selling at £18,900.
Deutz Agrotron 135 MKIII on 4,300 hours (51 Plate) at £18,700.
The farms JCB 531-370 T4i Series III Construction Spec Handler sold into Cheshire on 2,950 hours on a 13’ Plate at £17,600.
Perhaps the surprise of the day was a superb TAFE 45 DI 2WD Mini Tractor c/w Cab which was driven by the non-vat registered vendor to the sale showing 855 hours and owned from new. Sold with no vat it achieved a massive £14,300 and the Kilworth Dragone Flail Mower just removed from it made £1,030
Other compact tractors included an Iseki 1215 2WD achieved £3,820 and an older John Deere 3050 4WD c/w SG2 Cab sold on an E Plate at £8,000.
As detailed trailers were very well bid for with a Richard Western 20 Ton SWT 20 Grain Trailer with Hydraulic Rear Door at £17,200 to travel to Warwickshire.
Smaller Non-Vat items included Stihl Strimmer at £125, Case Bird at £150, Golf Buggy at £300.
A well attended sale with spirited bidding and more sales booked for the next month.
“Wide Interest in Classic Tractors at Nottingham Dispersal” Mark Elliott
The small Non-Vat dispersal on behalf of the Executors of the Late Robert Marshall at Burrows Farm, Clifton attracted very wide national interest with purchasers travelling from Northern Ireland and throughout the North of England, particularly for the Case Tractors.
In the Smaller Lots: •Ring Feeders To £60 each •Steel Towbar £45 •Qnty of Tedder Ties £30 •Bags of Tools Up to £52 per lot •Galvanised Corn Barrows To £50 each •Bench Vice £55 •Battery Charge £70 •Husqvarna A3120 Wide Bar Chain Saw £440
In the field there were various gates together with machinery with Short Boarded Gates up to £42 each, Galvanized Gates up to £100.
In the Machinery: •Small Mounted Discs £120 •Claas Corto 185N 2 Drum Mounted Mower £1,020 •Hydraulic Folding Chain Arrows £880 •Bomford 1800 Mounted Flail Mower £1,200 •Artic Trailer Dolly Units Up to £920 each As detailed, the Classic Tractors saw wide interest: •1987 Case 1594 2WD requiring full cab refurbishment With only part glass £4,000 •Case 956 XL 2WD (1987 – had paint) £8,000 •Massey Ferguson 3095 4WD “M” reg with 12,100 hours £9,000 Within the Included Section: •Electric Fencer Units To £40 each •Vicon 300 Series Tedder £560 •Vicon RV156L Round Baler £3,000 •Small Petrol Chainsaw £78
Further local sales booked with Vintage and Classic auctions for mid-June and late July.
“Classic Massey’s ring the bell at Derbyshire Dispersal” Mark Elliott
The Bagshaws team out in force for the dispersal on behalf of Mr Lawrence Gratton who is retiring from Broom Hall Farm who has been on the holding since 1967. Mr Gratton had been extremely careful with his machinery which was all in excellent condition and the prices achieved and the support given were definitely a reflection of the well-kept kit. Undoubtedly the stars of the day were the tractors and telehandler with a classic Massey 398 achieving a massive hammer price of £22,000.
In the smaller lots:
Unused Gale Breaker Units £75
Electric Fencer Unit £80 per lot
Buckets of Water Fittings £70 each
Anvil c/w Stand £370
Unused Tanker Splash Plate £110
Kverneland Plough Parts £180
Set of 10 Massey Ferguson Weights £460
Galvanised Gates Up to £88 each
15 Rolls Bale Wrap 750mm £1000 for the pallet full
Within the machinery:
Oxtail Small Mounted Log Splitter £610
Set of Hydraulic Folding Chain Harrows £600
Kverneland Model E 4 Furrow Reversible Plough £2,900
Howard (Spanish Built) Rotorvator £5,350
Welger AP630 Conventional Baler £4,050
Hi Spec 1600 Gallon Vacuum Tanker £5,100
Teagle XT48 Fertiliser Spreader £1,200
Kuhn VK M240 Flail Topper £5,400
Kuhn GF8700 8 Rotor Tedder £10,100
Kuhn GA6501 Twin Rotor Trailed Rake £11,550
McHale 991 LBER Mounted Wrapper £5,000
Ifor William Tri-Axle Livestock Trailer (Excellent Order) and sold with no Decks at £4,700
Marshall BC 25 Twin Axle Bale Trailer £5,000
Within the Tractors:
Massey Ferguson 165 Multi Power c/w Scirocco Flexi Cab £5,300 Undoubtedly the classic Massey Ferguson 398 which had received a paint job approximately 6 years ago created interest from both Ireland, North of England and local counties and after a spirited bidding war from a Yorkshire man and a Derbyshire enthusiast it achieved a massive £22,000. Lawrence Gratton’s main work horses were the Massey Ferguson 5455 Dyna 4 sold on a 11’ Plate with 5,162 hours achieving £33,800 and the Massey Ferguson 5712 SL 4WD Dyna 4 sold on a 17’ Plate having undertaken 2,700 hours at £32,000 to go to Ireland. Another star of the day was the Manitou MLT 629 Telehandler which had been owned from new and had only undertaken 2830 hours and was sold to go south to a farmer at £43,000.
The 2025 event at Darley Moor run by the Bagshaws sale team had to unfortunately be pushed back to May due to bank holiday and printing issues which allowed the team to attend on a very sunny day with a massive crowd and very spirited bidding in all sections.
In the Early Lots:
Ton Bags of Hardwood Logs Up to £45 each
Lots of Crash Barrier £190
Concrete Beams Up to £500 per lot
Treated Sleepers £310
8ft Wooden Poultry Shed £750
4-Sheep/Galvanised Calf Pens Up to £450 per lot
Galvanised Sheep Hay Rack £275
Hog Creep Feeder £600
Modular Mobile Sheep Race £800
Galvanised Cattle Crush £900
Pig Arks Up to £320
15ft Cattle Feed Barriers Gates Up to £420 each
The IAE Sheep Race achieved £1,500
In the Garden Sundries Section:
Stone Mushrooms c/w Tops £250 each
Stone Troughs Up to £1,250
Milk Churns c/w Lids Up to £150 each
Bamford Root Cutter £110
Watering Cans (In Good Order) Up to £165 each
Anvil c/w Stand £380
Stone Mill Wheels £480 each
The Tractor Sundries section saw a diverse range of goods with:
two Nuffield Front Weights Achieving £150
David Brown 90 Series Grill £140
Euro 8 Front Headstock Bracket £56
Set of Alloy Ramps £700
In the Larger Machinery:
Kuhn 6 Metre Power Harrow £4,900
JCB Equipment Bucket Brush £1,120
David Brown Plough £500
Foster DP2 Back Actor £1,650
Ritchie Bale Squeezer £580
Kuhn 302G Mower Conditioner £2,500
Vicon 724 Rake £5,100
There was a large section of trailers together with tractors and machinery with;
Ifor Williams 14ft Livestock Trailers Up to £3,000
Compass Magnum 524 Caravan £2,050
Kane Low Loader Trailer £7,200
In the Tractor Section:
Ford 1910 4WD Compact £2,600
International 955 2WD (Approx 1981) £5,000
Ford 6600 2WD Bubble Cab £5,450
JCB 3CX Sitemaster £26,800
JCB JS130 13 Ton Excavator £9,500
Hitachi Axis 22cl Compact Digger £7,800
The vehicle section topped at £5,300 for a Polaris Ranger with a Land Rover 90 £3,400 and Bobcat 1 ½ Ton Mini Digger at £3,400.
A successful event with pleasing results for the vendors and the ice cream vans doing a roaring trade.
The retirement dispersal on behalf of Tony and Anne Turnock who had been on the holding for 34 years saw a big crowd with both national and local interest for the range of goods.
In the Smaller Lots:
Vink Calving Aid £250
Cow Hip Lifter £100
Plastic Dump Bucket £135
Single Phase Mobile Milker Unit £600
Large Parlour Fan £330
There was a lot of pre sale interest in the fertiliser which was stored in the top shed with 1.8 tons of 34.7 Nitrogen achieving £720 for the lot.
3 ½ Bags of Grass Seed £190
In the Field;
IAE Galvanised Troughs £120 each
Four-Heavy Duty Calf Pen Hurdles £250
Sets of IAE 10 Calf Pens c/w Backs £640 per set
Silage Cover Sheets £280 each
The IAE Galvanised Youngstock Crush achieved £760 with the Centurian Full Access Crush at £1,900.
Within the Machinery
Storth PTO Slurry Stirrer £1,720
West 2000 Dual Spreader £7,200
AJP Vacuum Tanker £7,020
AJP Twin Axle Bale Trailer £6,450
Ifor Williams Twin Axle 10ft Livestock Trailer £2,550
The three tractors from the farm had been well cared for with the;
3 Cylinder Fordson Dexter achieving £2,400
Case JX70 c/w Quicke Loader (Under 1500 Hours-58’ Plate) at £17,000
A very good day adjoining the A34 at Stafford with a good crowd. More sales booked for Summer, keep an eye on our website for upcoming sales details. www.bagshaws.com
