Halls auctioneers performed the public sale on behalf of R. Roberts & Sons Ltd at Sandhole Farm, New Marton, St Martins, by permission of Andrew Morris.
Shaped in 1974, the corporate has offered companies to livestock and arable farms in border area surrounding Oswestry and past.
Jonny Dymond, Halls’ senior auctioneer and Shrewsbury Public sale Centre supervisor, described the public sale as being of “nationwide significance” and so it proved as 178 tons offered to 115 completely different patrons from all corners of the UK and Eire.
The day’s prime worth of £273,000 was paid for a 2022 Claas 980 Jaguar Forage Harvester, the star of an intensive vary of recent equipment.
The public sale, the most important ever performed by Halls, was broadcast stay on the MartEye on-line public sale platform which generated 20 patrons.
Different main costs had been £131,000 for a 2024 New Holland T7-300 tractor with 530 hours, £123,500 for a 2016 Claas 970 Jaguar Forage Harvester, £121,000 for a 2023 John Deere 6195R tractor, £105,000 for a 2023 John Deere 6R-185 tractor, £103,000 for a 2020 JCB 435S Loading Shovel.
The excessive tractor costs continued with £70,000 for a 2018 John Deere 6250R, £58,000 for a 2019 John Deere 6175R, £53,000 for a 2018 John Deere 6195R, £53,000 for a 2019 John Deere 6195R and £50,000 for a 2009 Fendt 936.
Main equipment costs included £50,000 for a 2017 Claas 5300 Quadrant Baler, £45,800 for a 2020 McHale Fusion 3 Plus Spherical Combi Baler and £44,000 for a 2011 JCB 434S Loading Shovel.
“It was a superb sale from begin to end and we had patrons from throughout the UK and Eire who braved the rain and blustery climate situations,” mentioned Mr Dymond.
“The big attendance and excessive costs achieved demonstrated that it was a sale of nationwide significance and can most likely be the most important of its kind this 12 months.
“The sale included all sorts of equipment that you’d affiliate with a big and profitable agricultural contracting enterprise, which had been meticulously maintained and subsequently offered far past expectations.”
Mr Dymond thanked the Roberts household for his or her instruction and all of the patrons and potential patrons for his or her help. He additionally reserved particular point out for his Halls colleagues, notably Henry Hyde who ready the sale catalogue at brief discover.
