Tractors take center stage in Ritchie Bros. auction

Mar 29, 2017

Top sellers included John Deere and Case IH

Farms.com Auction Report
By Farms.com Media

An auction held by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 28 was highlighted by tractors, including a John Deere tractor selling for more than $180,000.

A 2014 John Deere 9510RT track tractor sold for $187,500 USD ($250,744 CAD).

Specs: 1,076 hours, 18 spd powershift, A/C cab, 4 hyd outlets, ag hitch, HID lighting, frt weights, 36 in. tracks, GS3 Command Center, elec mirrors, radar.

2014 John Deere 9510RT track tractor

A 2012 Case IH 550 Quadtrac track tractor sold for $177,500 USD ($237,371 CAD).

Specs: 1,629 hours, 16 spd powershift, diff lock, A/C cab, 6 hyd outlets, ag hitch, 30 in. tracks, leather trim pkg.

2012 Case IH 550 Quadtrac track tractor

A 2013 John Deere 8335R MFWD tractor sold for $165,000 USD ($220,655 CAD).

Specs: 1,841 hours, ILS frt axle, 16 spd powershift, diff lock, A/C cab, high flow hyd, 5 hyd outlets, 1000 PTO, Q/C 3 pt hitch, ag hitch, HID lighting, frt weights, rear wheel weights, 380/80R38 F, 480/80R50 R, duals, frt duals, Greenstar 3 monitor, Auto Trac ready.

2013 John Deere 8335R MFWD tractor

A 2013 John Deere 9510RT track tractor sold for $160,000 USD ($213,968 CAD).

Specs: 2,057 hours, 18 spd powershift, A/C cab, 4 hyd outlets, ag hitch, frt weights, 36 in. tracks, Auto Guide ready, GS3 Command Center, elec mirrors, radar.

2013 John Deere 9510RT track tractor

A 2012 Case IH 550 Quadtrac track tractor sold for $147,500 USD ($197,252 CAD).

Specs: 2,985 hours, 16 spd powershift, diff lock, A/C cab, 4 hyd outlets, ag hitch, HID lighting, 30 in. tracks, leather trim pkg.

2012 Case IH 550 Quadtrac track tractor

Video: Cleaning Sheep Barns & Setting Up Chutes

Indoor sheep farming in winter at pre-lambing time requires that, at Ewetopia Farms, we need to clean out the barns and manure in order to keep the sheep pens clean, dry and fresh for the pregnant ewes to stay healthy while indoors in confinement. In today’s vlog, we put fresh bedding into all of the barns and we remove manure from the first groups of ewes due to lamb so that they are all ready for lambs being born in the next few days. Also, in preparation for lambing, we moved one of the sorting chutes to the Coveralls with the replacement ewe lambs. This allows us to do sorting and vaccines more easily with them while the barnyard is snow covered and hard to move sheep safely around in. Additionally, it frees up space for the second groups of pregnant ewes where the chute was initially.