Cheffins auctioneers held a sale comprising over 400 lots including a selection of tractors, a combine, loaders, sprayers, vehicles, implements and workshop equipment in the UK last Thursday. Highlights of the sale, conducted on behalf of Rainthorpe Farms Ltd, included a 2016 Case IH 580 Quadtrac with 1,331 hours on the clock that sold for £222,360 (€254,116). Next up a 2016 New Holland combine CR 9.90 sold for £206,040 (€235,465).

A number of tractors also fell under the hammer including a 2015 Caterpillar Challenger which sold for £128,520 (€146,874). Among the cultivation equipment a 2008 Horsch Sprinter drill made the highest price, selling for £40,000 (€45,712).