Auctions!!!!!

[cropgrower]

Did anyone notice there are very few private sales around also? Kijiji is stuffed with auction listings and consignments.

The 4WD I bought 14 yrs ago is exactly the same price now with almost double the hours.

only problem is that even if thactor is worth same price as 14 years ago the money is only worth half or less !

[Old Cowzilla]

Notice a fair bit of steel on kijiji that shows up a month later again for a little less so I guess it all doesn't sell that price everyone wants but you have to start somewhere. Remember the good old days if you paid to much at a farm auction there would be a "gasp from the crowd" when the auctioneers gavel came down and some half drunk guy would shout is that guy nuts. Now just push "WINNING " button at kitchen table and nobody see's you

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Local consignment sale this week featured a Versatile 976 with 7800 hrs that was previously sold at the consignment sale last November. They did get a bit more for it this spring so it did pay to store that unit over the winter. This was the Allan Olsen Lamont county sale.

Coincidentally, I happened to be sitting in their yard, looking directly at that very tractor as I read your post yesterday. The staff were very pleased with the prices on nearly everything at the auction.

This increase in values of well used equipment really puts a kink into my business plan though.
One of the things that really allows us to be profitable out here in such a high risk area, has been the availability of dirt cheap used grain equipment. Once something is too small or too old, or too obsolete for the real grain farmers, it used to be nearly free at auctions. That has allowed us to keep our expenses at a level that is in a league of its own according to the accountants. If that era has come to an end, it will make quite a difference to the bottom line.

Not in any desperate need to upgrade anything right now, but the irony is that after a few years of good crops and good(lucky?) marketing, we could be in a position to make some upgrades, but refuse to at these prices.

[therealnorthernf]

2 years ago I decided I should make my Morris Contour 1 into a strictly canola drill.. get a larger second drill for cereals and a larger tractor to pull it.. I looked all over but couldn't find what I wanted at a reasonable price..

Last fall the search began again... by the end of Sept. I had a drill bought and the tractor search narrowed down to 2 tractors. I found large numbers of drills and tractors advertised, drills were cheap and the tractors were reasonably priced..

As soon as the drill was bought I ordered Bourgault V packers for my Morris(I like the design and price of Bourgault's V packers compared to the Morris) and new 3/4'' seed boots. Seed boots arrived at the dealership the beginning of march... packers still haven't shown up, So I bit the bullet and bought Morris packers.. If Bourgault is having supply issues with the V packers, I wonder how many New drills won't be delivered?

actually had the 2 tractor dealers bid their tractors down, saved an additional $18k when I signed the deal.

I'm very happy that I did my purchasing and parts ordering last fall.. I've got the junk I wanted at a very reasonable price compared to this springs prices..

I'm worrying about breakdowns and part availability.. when U order parts 7 months out and they don't arrive.. I'm hearing truck and Ag tires are Very expensive if they can be found.

shit could get real ugly really fast.

Good Luck everyone

[jamesb]

2 years ago I decided I should make my Morris Contour 1 into a strictly canola drill.. get a larger second drill for cereals and a larger tractor to pull it.. I looked all over but couldn't find what I wanted at a reasonable price..

Last fall the search began again... by the end of Sept. I had a drill bought and the tractor search narrowed down to 2 tractors. I found large numbers of drills and tractors advertised, drills were cheap and the tractors were reasonably priced..

As soon as the drill was bought I ordered Bourgault V packers for my Morris(I like the design and price of Bourgault's V packers compared to the Morris) and new 3/4'' seed boots. Seed boots arrived at the dealership the beginning of march... packers still haven't shown up, So I bit the bullet and bought Morris packers.. If Bourgault is having supply issues with the V packers, I wonder how many New drills won't be delivered?

actually had the 2 tractor dealers bid their tractors down, saved an additional $18k when I signed the deal.

I'm very happy that I did my purchasing and parts ordering last fall.. I've got the junk I wanted at a very reasonable price compared to this springs prices..

I'm worrying about breakdowns and part availability.. when U order parts 7 months out and they don't arrive.. I'm hearing truck and Ag tires are Very expensive if they can be found.

shit could get real ugly really fast.

Good Luck everyone

yup the v packers at Bourgault are back ordered. the other day was told 30-60 days. Drills going out from factory with no packers. It gonna get interesting. I am told that the rounded packer wheels are available. Personally I prefer the V packer wheel . We are waiting on a few but can probably find usable ones in the junk pile.

[mcfarms]

yup the v packers at Bourgault are back ordered. the other day was told 30-60 days. Drills going out from factory with no packers. It gonna get interesting. I am told that the rounded packer wheels are available. Personally I prefer the V packer wheel . We are waiting on a few but can probably find usable ones in the junk pile.

Talking with a bourgault dealer friday he told me the 4.5 rounds I have sitting in the shed are probably worth double what the v packers I replaced them a couple seasons ago , he said they have 40 in stock and wont see anymore until after seeding, He has 10 mid row discs again doesn't think hell see more until post seeding, said they'd ordered 550 got 200 in the winter.

[therealnorthernf]

I'll have 42 Morris 4.5'' flat packer wheels off a Contour 1 available if anyone is in need.. also 42 Dutch 3" precision openers for Nh3 or liquid tube for a contour 1 new front knives included..

[helmsdale]

I'm worrying about breakdowns and part availability.. when U order parts 7 months out and they don't arrive.. I'm hearing truck and Ag tires are Very expensive if they can be found.

shit could get real ugly really fast.

Good Luck everyone

I *think* I've got most everything on farm to put things in the field for seeding, but there are always the unexpected breaks that you couldn't necessarily forsee... There are a couple parts that I got the last ones in RME's dealer stock, and they have been backordered since everyone started stocking up for their usual spring seeding run. That doesn't bode well.

[furrowtickler]

Big winners will be RB and the tax man this spring

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Big winners will be RB and the tax man this spring

I wonder how many accountants will have to brush up on how to deal with recapture of depreciation this year. Probably hasn't been something anyone in agriculture had to deal with in the past

[furrowtickler]

I wonder how many accountants will have to brush up on how to deal with recapture of depreciation this year. Probably hasn't been something anyone in agriculture had to deal with in the past

Not to this extent

[WiltonRanch]

Time to market the degelman ground drive rock picker. Anyone interested?