Farm Power: This Case IH 620 Quadtrac just sold for $480K

Apr 07, 2016

Steiger Series tractor highlights Ritchie auction

Farm Auction Report
By Farms.com Media

This 2014 Case IH 620 Quadtrac tractor sold for $480,000 at a Ritchie Bros. auction in Bonanza, Alberta on March 30.

Specs: 295 Hours, powershift LH rev, diff lock, 6 hyd outlets, aux hyd, 1000 PTO, 36 in. tracks, eng brake, twin hyd pumps, 110 GPM, AFS Pro 700 Display, 372 receiver, auto steer, deluxe cab, HID lighting, sight glass kit, 184 driveline hrs.

Case IH Quadtrac

It was Ritchie’s largest on-the-farm auction ever, selling more than $24 million worth of land and equipment.

Nearly 2,200 buyers from 26 countries took part in the auction, including more than 1,300 online participants who were responsible for purchasing about 24 per cent of the total items.

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.