Annual Sales Report
Graham Watkins & Co are pleased to report a successful first years trading, holding ten collective and dispersal sales during 2008, offering a total of 8,128 lots of implements, machinery, vehicles, farming effects and livestock for sale.
The bi-annual collective sale at Westbrook Head, Thorncliffe continues to be a success with the largest entries to date recorded during 2008 with 2100 lots in May and almost 1400 forward in September, with excellent prices recorded at both. The highlight of the May sale was a JCB 3CX realising £14,000. A Roadless tractor created much interest from collectors nationwide and after spirited bidding sold for £6,000. Other highlights included a ford 7810 making £5,100, a JCB loading shovel realising £4,000 and two mini diggers achieving £3,800 each. A McHale bale wrapper topped the implement section achieving £3,350. In the September sale the top spot was taken by a Takeuchi 1.5 tonne, 2006 model mini digger looking well sold at £7,100. The September sale also offered a good range and variety of tractors with ‘something to suit everybody’. At the top end a ‘K’ Reg. Case 5140 sold for £5,700, an ‘F’ Reg. John Deere 2850 achieved £5,000 and a Ford 4110 with loader achieved £4, 200 with several other smaller ‘farm yard’ tractors in the £1,000 to £3,000 price bracket. Our other bi-annual collective sale, at Heath House Farm, Cheddleton, is ever-growing with over 1700 lots forward in the two sales this year and both sales producing impressive results. The March sale had a good range of tractors, vehicles and machinery forward with notable prices including; £9,400 for a 3 tonne dumper, £5,800 for a Nante excavator and £5,500 for a ‘J’ Reg. Case International 956 tractor. The August sale produced the highest price of the year; being £18,500 for a Claas 860 chopper. Tractors were again in good demand with a Steyr 9125 4WD tractor achieving £8,400. A good range of implements were on offer with a 2006 model rota-spreader achieving £3,600, a dump trailer at £3,000 and a McConnell hedge cutter at £2,900.
