Richie Bros. held an auction on Dec. 4 and 5, in Fort Worth, Texas. More than 3,350 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction.

Bidders came from more than 50 countries, including all 50 U.S. states. More than 56 percent of the equipment was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as Australia, Egypt, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. Online bidders purchased close to 43 percent of the equipment sold (by dollar value).

In total, more than 3,000 equipment lots were sold in the auction, including hydraulic excavators, crawler tractors, wheel loaders, skid steer loaders, loader backhoes, articulated dump trucks, truck tractors and more.

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