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“Massive Crowd at Early Season Bagshaws Sale”

Mark Elliott

The sale on behalf of Nigel and Fiona Roobottom at Highlands Park attracted wide interest including purchasers from Shropshire, Wales and other areas.

With over 300 cars in the car park there was an excellent attendance and very spirited bidding.

Within the Smaller Lots;

• Two-Narrow Galvanised Slot In Gate Posts                                                            £55
• Various Boxes of Nuts and Bolts                                                                                 £36 per lot
• Single PTO Shaft                                                                                                               £50
• Tow Chain                                                                                                                           £42
• Tanker Flexi Pipe                                                                                                              £170
• Single Phase Transfer Pump                                                                                        £55

In the Dairy/Cattle Sundries Section;

• Fibre Silage Pit Covers                                                                                                    £115 each
• Pallets of 30 Rectangular Heavy Cover Mats (for Clamps)                                Up to £860 per lot
• AI Flask and Sundries                                                                                                      £150
• Twin Grain Pedestals                                                                                                      Up to £160 per lot
• Single Phase Martin Lishman Grain Blowing Fan                                                  £280
• Heavy Duty 10ft Steel Galvanised Hang On Troughs                                          Up to £125 each
• Large Plastic Cattle Water Troughs                                                                           Up to £250 and £230
• Ring Feeders                                                                                                                      Up to £160 each
• 8ft Galvanised Leg Trough c/w Rack and Lid                                                          £260
• Sets of Large Calf Pens inc 3 Fronts and 3 Sides                                                   Up to £580 per set
• Single Sets of 9 Calf Pens with 9 Sides                                                                     at £540
• The IAE Galvanised Cattle Crush achieved                                                             £1,260
• Various Sheeted Doors                                                                                                  £160 each

In the Machinery;

• Trailed Quad Sprayer                                                                                      £640
• Merska 700 S2 Mounted Roller Mill                                                          £6,000
• Moulton Galvanised Yard Scraper                                                             £210
• Storth Galvanised Slurry Stirrer                                                                  £1,780
• Pichon Vacuum Tanker c/w Dribble Bar had attracted a lot of interest with bidders from afar and eventually achieved £13,600.
• The Hi-Spec 16 Cubic Metre Diet Feeder achieved                             £6,500
• New Holland T5030 2WD (08’ Plate-4,156 Hours)                               £17,000
• Kramer 680 Telehandler (2012 Build-7,000 Hours but had received a new engine less than 1,200 hours ago and achieved a massive £24,200 (with no attachments included).

Included By Kind Permission Section;

A feature of the sale was the inclusion of various Land Rovers with the 2015 Land Rover Defender 90 (County Pack) with 37,150 miles on the clock at £25,200 Plus VAT and another included Land Rover 90 Defender (County Pack) with Black Alloys and Side Runners, 62,000 miles £25,400.

Another feature of the sale was Ifor Williams Trailers with Ifor Williams P5E Trailers Up to £740. Ifor Williams Twin Axle 14ft Cattle Trailers Up to £4,550 and Ifor Williams Flat Tri-Axle Plant Trailers Up to £1,550.

The New Holland TD5-65 2WD Tractor (14’ Plate) achieved £10,000 with a smart 2016 year Krone Swadro 46 Mounted Single Rotor Rake at £4,100 and a set of Browns Hydraulic Folding Tine Harrows at £2,820.

Galvanised Bateman Comfort Cubicles Up to £30 each In Situ, with a 5 Place Cattle Yoke Gate at £500.

A very successful event including Studded Water Troughs Up to £240 each and more sales coming up soon.

“Massive Interest at Packington Dispersal for Massey Fergusons and Other Makes”

Mark Elliott

The dispersal sale on behalf of the Plant Family at Manor Farm, Packington saw the stars of the show being the classic Massey Ferguson tractors together with a superbly kept John Deere 6120M c/w Loader.

There had been very strong pre-sale interest particularly from Scotland and Leicestershire with regard to the two Massey Ferguson Classic Tractors being a 3085 4WD (L Plate) and a 590 2WD Standard 8 Gearbox c/w Loader.

In the Smaller Lots:

• Half a Pallet of Crash Barriers                                      £120 per lot
• Half a Pallet of Creosoted Stakes                               £245
• New Roll of Sheep Wire                                                 £60
• Bucket of Gate Fittings                                                   £48
• Short PTO Shaft                                                                £90
• Eight-Front Tractor Weights                                        £330
• Martin Lishman 3 Phase Blower Fan                         Up to £320 each
• Wiley Temperature Probe                                            £100

There had been a large range of Sheep Equipment on the farm to include both ring feeders, troughs, walk through troughs and other sundries as follows;

• Galvanised Three Wheel Feed Barrow                     Up to £165 each
• Wyedale Five Teat Calf Suckling Unit                        £105
• Two-Heat Lamps c/w Bulb                                            Up to £32 each
• Longhorn 12 Volt Shearer                                             £240
• Ridley Wrapper Barrow c/w Three Reels                £430
• Six-Reels of Wire                                                              Up to £180 per lot
• Painted End Three Line Stakes                                    Up to £135 per lot
• ESB 2000 Fencers                                                             Up to £100 each

In the Tractor Sundries and Later Lots:

• Unused Deso H2500 DD Fuel Station                                        £1,560
• Galvanised 8ft Leg Troughs                                                          £200 each
• Small Water Troughs                                                                      £105 each
• Large Water Troughs                                                                      £150 each
• IAE 15ft Galvanised Gates                                                            £125 each
• Bateman Short Length Cattle Crush c/w Steel Floor           £660
• Five-6 Bar Cattle Hurdles                                                              £720
• Sheep Feed Rings                                                                             £100 each

There was a large run of Sheep Hurdles including both Painted and Galvanised Varieties with Sets of Five Painted Hurdles up to £90 per set and the Two Sheep Races achieving £460 and £400 respectively.

The Main Equipment on the holding had been extremely well cared for and saw excellent prices including;

• Slewtic Single Rotor Topper                                                                 £800
• Kuhn VKM 2800 Mounted Flail Topper                                            £3,500
• McConnel PA 93 E Mounted Flail Hedgecutter                            £5,100
• Brice Suma Profi Supreme Rear Mounted Post Knocker          £7,850
• Cousins 3 Leg V Form Sub Soiler c/w Heavy Duty Crumbler    £2,250
• Dowdeswell DP100S 4 Furrow Reversible Plough                       £3,600
• Simba Trailed Hydraulic Folding Ring Rolls                                     £4,500

In the Trailers:

• Marshall MB8 Twin Axle Grain Trailer                                                      £3,700
• Marshall QM10 Twin Axle Mono Bodied Grain Trailer                       £4,200
• Ifor Williams 14ft Tri-Axle Livestock Trailer c/w Decks                      £4,800

As detailed above, the tractors had created wide national interest with the Massey Ferguson 590 2WD c/w Massey 80 Loader on S Plate at 7,200 Hours achieving a wonderful £7,650 to a Staffordshire Collector. The Massey Ferguson 3085 4WD (L Plate-6,759 Hours) to a Scottish Farming Family at £19,200 and the newest model on the field a John Deere 6120M c/w Quicke Q4S Power Loader, 40K Gearbox (18 Plate-2,940 Hours) at £45,000.

A large run of sales currently catalogued and in course of preparation.