Where can I find farm machinery auctions?

UX Search lists 27 auction sites for farm machinery, including Purple Wave, Ritchie Bros., IronPlanet, Proxibid, and searches the government and public-surplus platforms itself.

Who can bid on farm machinery auctions?

Most of these sites are open to the public; bidding usually takes a free account on the auction site, and some sales ask for a card on file or a deposit. Bidding, payment and pickup happen on the site that runs the sale, under its own terms.

What should I check before bidding on farm machinery?

Count the fees. Buyer’s premiums and documentation fees vary by auction. Check each site’s terms before you bid. Check hours and records. Look for hour-meter readings, service records and photos of wear points such as pins, bushings, tracks and tires.

Farm Equipment & Tractor Auctions

27 auction sites · part of 390 auction sites UX Search covers

Tractors, combines, planters, balers and other farm machinery sell at farm retirement, dealer and online auctions every week. UX Search checks the major equipment platforms on every search and lists the farm auctioneers below.

Farm equipment reaches auction from three directions: farm retirements and estate sales run by regional auction houses, dealer and consignment sales on the big online equipment platforms, and government surplus, where state transportation departments, parks and universities sell tractors, mowers, sprayers and implements they are done with. Tractors from government fleets tend to be lower-hour than farm tractors of the same age because they mowed roadsides and parks rather than worked ground.

The sold prices below are from the government and public-surplus side of the market. For the private farm sales, the auction houses on this page publish their calendars and most now run online bidding alongside the live sale.

Searched by UX Search

UX Search reads these sites itself and shows their listings first, with counts and photos, on every search.

Purple Wave purplewave.com · Online-only auctions of equipment, vehicles and ag machinery.
Ritchie Bros. rbauction.com · Large equipment and truck auctions, online and on-site.
IronPlanet ironplanet.com · Heavy equipment and trucks sold online with inspection reports.
Proxibid proxibid.com · A marketplace hosting many independent auction houses.
HiBid hibid.com · Thousands of local auction companies in one place.

More auction sites for farm machinery

See current auctions on AuctionTime →

Online auctions of farm, construction and truck equipment from many sellers. Bids are binding.

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See current auctions on Equipment Facts →

Live webcast and online bidding for many auctioneers' sales of farm and construction equipment, trucks and more.

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See current auctions on BigIron Auctions →

Online no-reserve auctions of farm, construction and transportation equipment.

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See current auctions on Tractor Zoom →

Brings together farm-equipment auctions from hundreds of auctioneers, plus dealer listings.

Open to the public

See current auctions on Steffes Group →

Farm equipment and farmland auctions, online and on-site, across the Upper Midwest.

Registration required

See current auctions on Sullivan Auctioneers →

Farmland auctions in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, and farm-equipment auctions run through BigIron.

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See current auctions on Wheeler Auctions & Real Estate →

Farm and dealer machinery auctions and real estate sales in Missouri and Illinois.

Registration required

See current auctions on Pifer's Auction & Realty →

Farmland auctions plus farm and construction equipment sales across the northern Plains.

Registration required

See current auctions on Deanco Auctions →

Construction and farm equipment and heavy trucks, with sales in Alabama and Mississippi.

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See current auctions on Schrader Real Estate and Auction →

Farmland, ranches, recreational land and homes, plus farm equipment, nationwide from Indiana.

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See current auctions on Zomer Company →

Farmland auctions and farm machinery sales in Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska.

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See current auctions on Wieman Land & Auction →

Farmland, homes and farm machinery in southeast South Dakota.

Registration requiredPast results

See current auctions on Mecum Auctions →

Live collector-car auctions in cities across the U.S., with online bidding. Also motorcycles, vintage tractors and road art.

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See current auctions on Yoder & Frey →

Large unreserved auctions of construction, farm and transport machinery in Florida, Ohio, Texas and Georgia.

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See current auctions on J.M. Wood Auction Co. →

Large regional auctions of construction, forestry, truck and farm equipment, from Montgomery, Alabama.

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See current auctions on Bar None Auction →

Auctions of Caltrans and other public-agency surplus, plus heavy, farm and truck equipment, in Sacramento, Fontana, Fresno and Woodburn, Oregon.

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See current auctions on Hawaii DLNR Land Division Auctions →

Hawaii state land leases and water licenses sold at public auction for the highest annual rent.

Open to the publicHI

See current auctions on Montana Trust Land Agriculture & Grazing Leases →

Vacant Montana state trust land tracts leased for farming and grazing by competitive bid.

Open to the publicMT

See current auctions on North Dakota Trust Lands Surface Lease Auctions →

Twice-yearly auctions of North Dakota trust land surface leases.

Open to the publicND

See current auctions on Nebraska School Trust Land Auctions →

Public oral auctions of Nebraska school trust land, with 20% down at the sale.

Open to the publicNE

See current auctions on New Jersey Preserved Farm Auctions →

Public auctions of preserved farms owned by the New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee.

Open to the publicNJ

See current auctions on Texas Veterans Land Board Land Sales →

Texas land tracts sold at fixed prices, plus a separate veterans-only bid sale.

Open to the publicTX

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UX Search links to these auction sites and is not affiliated with them. Bidding, payment and pickup happen on each site, under its own rules.

Before you bid

Count the fees. Buyer’s premiums and documentation fees vary by auction. Check each site’s terms before you bid.
Check hours and records. Look for hour-meter readings, service records and photos of wear points such as pins, bushings, tracks and tires.
See it run if you can. Many equipment sales have inspection days. If you can’t go, hire an inspector.
Plan the haul. Heavy equipment may need a permit load and a lowboy. Get a shipping quote before you bid.

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