Ritchie Bros. auction sells more than $46M worth of items

May 18, 2016

Participants included buyers from as far as Asia

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

A Ritchie Bros. auction held in Forth Worth, Texas between May 4 and 5 resulted in more than $46 million worth of items being sold.

Here are some of the highlights:

A 2011 John Deere 8360R MFWD tractor sold for $142,500 USD ($178,823 CAD).

Specs: 2257 hours, diesel, IVT, diff lock, A/C cab, 4 hyd outlets, 1000 PTO, Q/C 3 pt hitch, ag hitch, HID lighting, frt weights, rear wheel weights, 420/85R34 F, 480/80R50 R, duals, frt duals, GS3 Command Center.

2011 JD
John Deere 8360R MFWD tractor

A 2014 John Deere S670 RWA combine sold for $175,000 USD ($219,608 CAD).

Specs: 766 hours, reverser, VSR, auto HHC, F&A, lateral tilt, rock trap, grain tank exts, chaff spreader, yield & moisture, Contour Master fdr house, HID lighting, 900/65R32 F, 28x26 R, 521 sep hrs showing, GS3 Command Center.

2014 JD combine
John Deere S670 RWA combine

A 2014 Haybuster CMF-430 vertical mixer bale processor sold for $23,500 USD ($29,490 CAD).

Specs: 540 PTO, 43 in. x 5 ft. conv, 436 cu. Ft mixing capacity, 88-inch diameter auger, 30 in. discharge height, adjustable vertical knives.

2014 Haybuster CMF-430 vertical mixer bale processor

More than 4,000 registered bidders participated in the auction, including people from Colombia, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates.

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.