Shifts in farming prompt unusually high number of machinery sales
30th August 2025
Cheffins confirmed that over 3,000 machinery lots will be going under the hammer across nine major auctions this September.
With a combination of the flagship monthly machinery sale, on-farm auctions and a series of timed online sales, the East Anglia-based auctioneer will offer 320 tractors, 14 combines and 10 self-propelled sprayers in September alone.
Sales will take place in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Hampshire.
Cheffins explained that there are a variety of reasons for the large number of sales on behalf of farmers – including changes in farm policy, succession planning, end of tenancies and fleet renewal policies.
Highlights
One of the key sales of the month is on behalf of Eastern Farms Limited in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, on 10th September.
A spokesperson for Cheffins said: “This is set to be an exceptional sale of both quality and quantity with a series of high value, low-houred John Deere 9RX tractors and a John Deere X9 1100 combine going under the hammer.”
One of the other major on-site sales is an auction on behalf of HLM Agri Ltd, which is taking place on 23rd September due to changes in policy and will include a series of high-value John Deere tractors, JCB loaders and other machinery.
Similarly, there is a timed online sale which will run from 16th September until 26th September, on behalf of Sutton Scotney Manor Farm, also in Hampshire. It will include a Claas Lexion 760 combine as well as a series of tractors and other machinery.
‘Busiest sale in history’
Charles Wadsley, director at Cheffins, said: “September is shaping up to be the busiest month we’ve had in 2025 and potentially one of the most significant autumn sales calendars in our 200-year history.
“With rising machinery costs, ongoing uncertainty around government policy and low commodity prices, auctions provide farmers and contractors with the best opportunity to secure quality, second-hand kit direct from farm.”
At the Cheffins monthly machinery sale at Sutton, near Ely, which takes place on 1st September, there will be a series of cranes, excavators and other construction items direct from the Construction Industry Training Board.
These will be offered alongside a series of high-value second-hand tractors and a large quantity of other machinery.
Highlights will include a 2020 Valtra N154 Active Tractor with only 400 hours from new, a superb 2017 Sands Horizon 5500 Sprayer, and a 2015 Terex CTL 140-10 Luffing Tower Crane and more.
Mr Wadsley continued: “There are a series of other flagship major live sales taking through October and November for significant farming operations throughout the country.
“We expect these to increase in regularity over the coming months as farmers look to realign their policies before the end of the year and streamline their machinery costs.”
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