An Esperance clearing sale for AB Harris, conducted by the Chatley & Hutcheson agency on behalf of Nutrien Ag Solutions on March 28 attracted 65 potential buyers who registered.
A total of 83 lots were on offer and all were met with strong competition from interested parties.
The clearing sale was as a result of the property being auctioned three weeks previously, which also met with very strong competition.
It was finally sold to Peter Vermeersch's family for $6.7 million which represented $12,590 per arable hectare.
The top price at the clearing sale was for a John Deere 6520 front end loader, which had 5900 hours recorded and was sought by multiple bidders.
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Finally, the Leske family, trading as Tallerack farming, outbid all competitors when it was finally knocked down to them for $55,000.
Second top price was for the 2004 Caterpillar 470 Harvester with 3847 rotor hours and 4749 engine hours, a G30 rigid front comb and trailer, which finally realised $30,000 and was purchased by Craig and Chloe Whitwell, trading as Rockview Estate, from Hyden.
Third top price was for a John Deere 4450 tractor which had 11,105 hours recorded and realised $22,000.
It was purchased by GK & CC Harris from Grass Patch.
All grain handling items met with strong competition, with a 60 tonne Bedford Harbour Engineering mobile field bin being bid to $17,000 by Reece Morcombe from Esperance, trading as Florabelle Farming.
Another 60t Bedford Harbour field bin was bid to $14,000 and also purchased by Mr Morcombe, while the Burns Engineering 15t chaser bin was purchased by Rembrandt Prinsloo, trading as Omega Farming, for a final bid of $11,000.
All in all, the sale grossed $222,685 which was well in excess of the vendors' expectations.
