After record-breaking Alberta auctions in Edmonton and Grande Prairie in 2016, Ritchie Bros. is preparing for yet another milestone with its first-ever two-day auction in Lethbridge on July 21 - 22.

After record-breaking Alberta auctions in Edmonton and Grande Prairie in 2016, Ritchie Bros. is preparing for yet another milestone with its first-ever two-day auction in Lethbridge on July 21 - 22.

This will be Ritchie Bros. most diverse Lethbridge auction yet, with 1,500+ items already listed to be sold—and more items being added daily. Traditionally Ritchie Bros. auctions in Lethbridge have been agriculture-based, but this month's sale features more construction and transportation equipment than ever before. Highlights include 70+ headers, 35+ agricultural tractors, 20+ combines, and 20+ swathers, as well as bed and boom trucks, winch tractors, excavators, cranes, dozers, truck tractors, heavy-spec trailers, and much more.

"We've been conducting regular auctions in Lethbridge for a long time, and they continue to grow in size, scale and diversity, so we renovated our site in 2015 to provide better facilities for our buying and selling customers," said Simon Wallan, Vice President, Ritchie Bros. "Our July auction in Lethbridge features more than 600 farm equipment items, as well as a great selection of oilfield transportation equipment, construction equipment and more. Every item will be sold unreserved—there are no minimum bids or reserve prices."

Equipment in the auction will be sold for close to 200 companies, including a complete dispersal for Jackson Agribusiness Ltd. and a major realignment for Omega Transport Services.

Full auction and equipment details can be found at rbauction.com/Lethbridge. Specific equipment highlights include:

• Three 2015 John Deere S680 combines

• Three 2012 John Deere S690 combines

• A 2013 John Deere 9510RT track tractor

• A 2013 John Deere 9460RT track tractor

• A 2012 Case IH 450 Quadtrac track tractor

• A 2015 Kenworth C500 T/A tri-drive w/ Effer 2055H/8S boom truck

• A 2013 Kenworth T800 T/A tri-drive w/ Terex Crossover 600 boom truck

• A 2006 John Deere 350D 6x6 off-highway bed truck

• A 2012 Mack GU814 tri-drive winch tractor

• A 2013 Caterpillar 924K wheel loader

• Four 2013 John Deere 250G LC hydraulic excavators

Bids can be placed in person at the site (Hwy 4 & Hwy 508, Lethbridge, AB), online in real time at rbauction.com, and by proxy. If you would like to sell your equipment and/or trucks in the July 21 – 22 Lethbridge auction please contact the auction site directly at +1.403.327.4933.

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