FARINA, Ill. – On Jan. 7, Schmid Auction conducted the Rick Payne Farm retirement auction as a fully online sale, offering the advantages of no reserve and no buyer’s premium. While modest in size at 55 lots, the auction presented a well-rounded selection of practical farm equipment, including a Deutz Allis tractor, a Case combine, planting equipment and other machinery, along with parts and useful support items. Previews were Dec. 27.

The auction’s top sum of $13,600 went for the one available tractor, an operating-condition 1988 Deutz-Allis model 7085 with 2,645 hours. The 2WD turbo unit was outfitted with an open station ROPS, 540 PTO, small 1000 PTO, Bush Hog 2846 QT loader, loader bucket, 3-point hitch, 2 remotes, and Firestone 18.3-34 tires, with beet juice in the rear tires.

Later came a 1987 Case International 1640 combine, with 4,330 hours, which brought a solid $4,300. It featured axial flow, Mud Hog 4WD, chaff spreader, buddy seat, and Goodyear 28L-26 front tires along with 14.9-24 rears.

An assortment of farm implements drew solid bidding, with several pieces pushing into the four-figure range. Leading the category at $6,025 was a one-year-old Kinze Econo Fold 12-row, 30-inch planter, equipped with manual fold along with both corn and bean meters. Close behind at $5,950 was an E-Z Trail 510 grain cart featuring a small 1000 PTO, roll tarp, and 18.4-26 tires. Also seeing strong interest was a lightly used Land Pride DT35 ditcher, operated fewer than five times and set up for Category 1 or Category 2 with a 540 PTO, which sold for $3,375.

Additional implements hitting four figures included a simultaneously offered (but separately-sold) 20-foot Case International 1020 auger platform that went for $1,000 and a Case IH 25-foot head cart that picked up $2,050.00. Then came a Case International 1063 6-row, 30-inch corn head, which realized $1,225. That same sum won an LMC 8-foot 3-point box blade, with ripper teeth, while a bid of $1,175 scored a John Deere 8300 pull-type drill with 7 ½-inch spacing.

Bids on implements eventually fell into the hundreds of dollars, with some good machinery picked up in that range. Among the scores was a Case 490 21-foot, 7 ½-inch spacing disc that sold for a modest $740. Two separate 225-bushel E-Z Trail gravity wagons on 872 running gear sold for $660 and $610, respectively. Hitting lower, at $310 was an Allis-Chalmer 12-foot field cultivator, with its cylinder and an Allis-Chalmer 4-bottom plow that was picked up for just $240.

Parts and accessories for the machinery included a set of 19 new planter disc openers that hammered at $350. Then came a pair of 10-bolt 23.1-27 B.F. Goodyear tires, originally mounted on a Gleaner combine, that bid to $330. And, one bidder got a fine deal on an eight-piece collection of John Deere and Deutz Allis planter boxes at just $140.

There was a good handful of “around the farm” lots that bidders eyed. They included two fuel tanks – one, a 500-gallon tank with an electric pump that bid to $860; the other, a 105-gallon L-shaped tank, also with an electric pump, hit $680. A new Dickey-John moisture tester was snagged for about half its retail cost at $290, while spirited bidding ran up an assortment of used chains and a chain stretcher to $120.

There were standouts even when bids dipped below $100. A collection of 4-bolt and 6-bolt implement tires, along with rear combine tires, in sizes 7.5-16 and 7.50-14, went for a tidy $91. Then, a group of 11 new planter closing wheels was snagged for $85, while a $58 offer scored a pair of mounted electric seeders.

Even at the very bottom of the bidding, with prices under $10, there were still a few noteworthy purchases. A heavily used 3-foot pull-type cultivator sold for just $6. Two large swivel trolley hooks went for $5 and $6, respectively. Meanwhile, a bidder picked up a Goodyear 14.9-26 8-bolt combine tire with a 14.9-26 special Super Grip wheel for only $2, bringing a value-filled close to the careful dispersal of long-held equipment.