Machinery Dispersal-Mile End Farm

“Lively trade at recent small holders dispersal at Hilton”

The retirement sale on behalf of Mr Graham Bull at Mile End Farm, Hilton saw the family finish on the holding after four generations. Many of the items have been owned from new including the superb small 4WD Massey Ferguson tractor and other main machines.


There was spirited bidding for many lots including;

  • Antique Large Vice £130
  • Hydraulic Top Link £120
  • Massey Ferguson Modern Weights Up to £120 per set
  • 9 Hole Ferguson Drawbar and Stabilizers £70
  • Various Ferguson PTO Guards Up to £80 per lot

In the non-vat items;

  • D Shape Glazed Trough £170
  • Galvanised Buckets £60 per lot
  • Large Galvanised Bath £80
  • Galvanised Seed Box £36
  • Pair of Chimney Pots £22
  • 17 Gallon Milk Churn £100

In the main field items;

  • Wheelbarrows Up to £28
  • 8ft Galvanised Leg Troughs Up to £100 each
  • Galvanised 6ft Sheep Hurdles Up to £15 each
  • Heavy Duty Steel Gates Up to £75 each
  • Ring Feeders Up to £105 each

Within the machinery;

  • Twose Heavy Flat Roll £600
  • Small Set Drag Type Chain Harrows £360
  • Watveare Rear Mounted Fork Lift c/w Pallet Tines £500
  • McConnel Transport Box £480
  • Single Cambridge Roller £310
  • Ferguson Mounted 2 Row Planter £560
  • Ferguson Finger Mower £440
  • Vicon CM168 2 Drum Mounted Mower £1,550
  • Vicon 300 Series Hay Bob £2,120

The farms Marshalls BC18 Single Axle Bale Trailer achieved £3,400 to a Derbyshire Farmer and the Massey Ferguson 3630 Extra 4WD tractor (63 Plate-3,204 Hours) achieved an excellent £18,400.

There were several included items from local farmers including, an old Albion Baler at £920, Major Topper at £600 and a Massey Ferguson 35 tractor at £2,500.

Already four sales booked for the Autumn Seasons which commences on Saturday 4th September with the Grindley Collective Sale at Grindley which is close to the A518 between Uttoxeter and Stafford.


Please check the website www.bagshaws.com for further details and for assistance call the Uttoxeter Office on 01889 562811 or Mark Elliott directly on 07973 673092.

Leek Market Report

The best continue to be a good trade with a 29kg heifer from Edward & Diane Bennett topping the days trade at £2130 to Ed Clowes of Kingsley.
Close behind at £2100 was a 30kg heifer from the Johnsons of Longnor which was clinched by Andrew Hulme of Basford.
Two smart heifers from the Philips’ of Winkhill both reached £2000 with others from Stuart Greenall at £1980 and another from the Johnsons at £1960.
Calves topped at £300 for a beautiful Shorthorn heifer from Bill Waters with other 8 month old heifers from Tom & Louise Allen to £640. Their Simmental bull also sold well with the hammer eventually falling at £1940.

Machinery Dispersal Report-Burnwood Farm

Wide Support at Ockbrook Dispersal

The retirement dispersal on behalf of Mr Errol and Mrs Margaret Scott saw a wide range of Machinery, Tractors, Sundries and Effects with over 520 Lots for the Saturday Sale.

In the Sundry Lots:-

Building Steel to £580 per Lot

Heavy Duty Gates (Former Stanton Iron Works) £240

Lots of Crash Barrier Sections to £360 per Lot

Silage Pit Sheets to £38 each

Copper Cylinder and Various Copper Piping £200

Bucket Units to  £40 each

Draper ¾ Drive Socket Set £80

Set of 5 MF500 Series Front Weights £145

Karcher Single Phase Pressure Washer £240

Black Drainage Pipes £230 per Lot

Galvanised Gates up to £73 each

Other Heavy Duty Gate  up to £60 each

Round Plastic Water Troughs £125

Pallet of Long Profile Sheets £720

In the Tractor Sundries and Smaller Machinery:-

Bamlett Concrete Mixer £110

Kuhn Topper £750

Original Ferguson Single Leg Mole Plough £310

Opico Mounted Vari-Disk Combi Cultivator £1,600

There was interest from a wide area within the Trailer Section with;

Home Fabricated Steel Body Twin Axle Tipping Trailer at £1,850

Armstrong and Holmes 8 Tonne Silage/grain Trailer at £3,220

Marshall 6 Tonne Single Axle Drop Side Grain Trailer at £2,040

Armstrong and Holmes 12 Tonne Grain Trailer c/w Roll Over Sheet at a formidable £7,000

There had been a lot of pre-sale interest in the various Massey Ferguson Tractors at the sale with the 698T 4WD (A Plate) at £7,600 to a local farmer; the 399 – 4WD (K Plate) at £17,140 to a Buxton farmer and the Massey Ferguson 390T 4WD c/w 915 Loader (L Plate) at £17,550 to a Chesterfield farmer.

Within the Included Section the locally sourced Kubota M125 X 4WD (58 Plate) made a resounding £25,500 with a run of local machines from near Belper seeing a McCormick MTX 185 4WD (54 Plate) at £17,300, a Ford 7840 4WD Dual Power (L Plate) at £8,000 and a JCB 3CX 4WD (G Plate) at £6,850.

There were towards 80 Lots of NON VAT Items from the Farm to include  Collectables etc with Poultry Crates up to £20 each, an Ornate Metal Window at £210, Alloy Churns c/w Lids up to £90 each and Wide Pine Cabinet Tops up to £260 each.

Already 5 Sales Booked for the Autumn together with the Annual Collective Sale at Grindley to be held on Saturday 4th September 2021.

Booking sales throughout the region please check the Bagshaws website and for confidential and practical advice ring the Team on either 01889 562 811 or speak to Mark

Leek Market Report

Trade continues at a pace with a good line up of buyers looking for replacement stock. The best continue to sell best and two smart heifers from Michael Wainwright led the day. His Pedigree two year old newly calved heifers sold at £2060 and £1980 and both purchased by John Moss.

Derek Davenport, Sandbach also sold smart heifers at £1880 and £1840, both newly calved and giving 21kg daily.

Plenty of cows today and these were topped by a second calver from the Barber family, Gnosall who made £1800 and also had a third calver at £1750.

One baby Shorthorn heifer calf at two weeks old made £300 from Trevor Swinson, Caverswall.

Topping the day in the dairy ring was a strong Pedigree Angus bull from Martin Farrington. This 3 year old stock getter made £2100 after spirited bidding from several parties.

Next week is Pedigree week so stay tuned for entries and the catalogue.

Machinery Dispersal Report-Woodside Farm

“Wide support and excellent trade at Loughborough Dispersal”

Mark Elliott

The Bagshaws team were out again at Loughborough in Leicestershire with the genuine dispersal sale on behalf of the personal representatives of the Late Sydney Armett whos machinery had been extremely well maintained with several of the newer lots in pristine order.

The stars of the day were undoubtedly the tractors and telehandler but Mr Armett’s superb Ford Ranger Wildtrak 4WD pickup with only 6,000 miles on the clock attracted interest from a wide area.

In the smaller lots;

  • Vink Calving Aid £90
  • ¾ Drive Socket Set £48
  • Heiniger Single Phase Cattle Clippers £230
  • International 784 Drawbar £44
  • Lister Single Cylinder Stationary Petrol Engine £410
  • Stihl 038 Chainsaw £200
  • Prostart 610 Single Phase Battery Booster Charger £105

There were many varied lots in the field with;

  • Scatterbird Gas Fired Bird Scarer Units up to £70 each
  • Galvanised gates up to £95 each
  • Cattle Ring Feeders up to £60 each
  • IAE Galvanised Calf Crush achieved £380
  • Bateman Galvanised Cattle Crush at £1,000

 1980’s/90’s tractor sundries are much sought after with;

  • 8x-International 784 Series Front Weights at £210
  • Old Quicke Pallet Tines at £260
  • 3x-Fordson Wafer Weights £150

The Late Mr Armett’s machines were in very good order some having undertaken very little work the McConnel Powerarm 5455 Flail Hedgecutter was purchased by a local farmer at £10,800 with the Vicon Fanex 683 6 Rotor Mounted Tedder again going to a local farmer at £3,550. The KRM Mounted 4.8metre Tine Drill achieved £6,000 with a very smart set of NRH Hydraulic Folding Combi Ring Rolls at £6,750.

The COP Engineering Twin Axle Bale Trailer made an excellent £3,200 with AS Marston 10 Ton Grain/Silage Trailers up to £3,800 each.

The master T12 Mobile Dryer together with NC 14 Ton Grain Trailer were in superb order with the Grain Trailer achieving £11,200 and the mobile dryer going to a farmer in County Durham at £16,800.

Tractors sold well with wide interest from both surrounding farms and well into Wales and Northern Island. The Case CS94 4WD (52 Plate) £16,000, Case IH Maxxum MX120 (04 Plate) £25,800, Case IH Maxxum 110 (12 Plate)-low Hours £37,600, Case Puma 180 (58 Plate)-low hours £41,000. The superb Manitou MLT 735-120 LSU Telehandler on a 12 Plate with low hours sold with pallet tines on at £36,000 and with the addition of eight attachments achieved a combined price of an excellent £44,000.

As detailed above the Late Mr Armett’s Ford Ranger Truck attracted significant interest from a wide area and was sold locally for £27,000+VAT with the Honda Foreman TRX 500-FE Quad Bike on a 13 Plate at a superb £4,520.

Further sales booked throughout Derbyshire and surrounding counties with various long-term fixtures already booked for the new season of 2022. For confidential and practical advice please call any of the team on 01889 562811 or speak to Mark Elliott on 07973 673092.