Auctions

Mon February 23, 2015

Yoder & Frey Holds Successful Seven-Day Sale in Kissimmee, Fla.

Yoder & Frey held its 41st annual Florida Auctions sale Feb. 9 to 16 in Kissimmee, Fla. The seven-day auction featured a huge assortment of backhoes, wheel loaders, excavators, dozers, dump trucks, motorgraders, paving equipment, attachments and much more....

Mon February 16, 2015

Henderson Auctions Hosts Three-Day Sale

Henderson Auctions held a three-day sale Jan. 29 to 31 in Livingston, La. A variety of equipment was featured including heavy trucks, trailers, containers and travel trailers on the first day of the sale....

Giles Lambertson - Fri January 30, 2015

IronPlanet’s Owens Opines on IronPlanet, Cat Auction Services Merger

The December announcement that IronPlanet and Cat Auction Services are merging was the fruit of more than a year of discussions initiated by IronPlanet Chairman and CEO Gregory J. Owens. The union of the two heavy equipment auction houses is expected to be completed by early summer....

Tue January 20, 2015

IronPlanet and Cat Auction Services Hold Joint Auction

IronPlanet and Associated Auction Services LLC, an alliance of Caterpillar and several of its independent Cat dealers, that operates under the name of Cat Auction Services (“Cat Auction Services”) will hold a live unreserved public auction in Kissimmee, Fla., Feb....

Tue January 20, 2015

Lloyd Meekins & Sons Auction Co. Hosts Annual Sale

Lloyd Meekins & Sons Auction Co. held its 20th annual December contractors auction on Dec. 30 at its permanent auction facility in Lumberton, N.C. The major year-end public auction consisted of earth-moving, paving and compaction equipment, heavy-duty trucks and trailers, support equipment, agricultural equipment, attachments, pickups and more....

Fri January 16, 2015

A Guide to 2015 Industry Auction Companies

Alex Lyon & Son Sale Managers & Auctioneers Inc. Alex Lyon & Son was founded in 1950 by Alex Lyon as a company that handled private treaty negotiations of cattle and farm machinery. In 1973, Alex’s son Jack became more involved and began to diversify, working heavy equipment sales into the lineup of services....

Thu January 15, 2015

I.R.A.Y. Attends Minnesota State Auctioneers Convention

Col. Ray Henry of I.R.A.Y. Auction recently attended the Minnesota State Auctioneers Convention in Bloomington. The convention took place Jan. 8 through 10, 2015. Auctioneers and their families enjoyed numerous educational seminars and speakers throughout the event....

Thu January 15, 2015

More Than 2,250 Attend Ritchie Bros.’s Multi-Million Dollar Sale

More than 2,250 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’s multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Minneapolis, Minn., on Dec. 10. Bidders came from 43 countries, including 47 U.S....

Wed January 14, 2015

Ritchie Bros. Adds Deveny to Territory Sales Support Team

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers recently added Tom Deveny to the territory sales support team. Working with the territory manager, Deveny will help with managing contracts — from negotiating and approvals to a friendly customer follow-up....

Fri November 13, 2015

Ritchie Bros. Ends the Year With Successful Sale in Newark, N.J.

Close to 700 registered bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’s last sale of the year in Newark, N.J. More than $4.8 million was sold to online bidders alone during the sale....