Ritchie Bros. hits US$40 million with Rocky Mountain Regional auction

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Ritchie Bros. hits US$40 million with Rocky Mountain Regional auction\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n August 4\n \n – 5 online auction attracted 9,900+ bidders from 62 countries for 3,900+ items sold\n \n \n \n \n \n \n DENVER\n \n ,\n \n Aug. 11, 2021\n \n /CNW/ - Ritchie Bros. regional online auctions continue to deliver stellar results for its consignors. Last week the company sold 3,900+ items from its sites in\n \n Denver, CO\n \n ;\n \n Salt Lake City, UT\n \n ; and\n \n Williston, ND\n \n in one combined online Rocky Mountain event generating\n \n US$40 million\n \n in gross transaction value.\n \n \n More than 9,900 people from 62 countries registered for the\n \n August 4\n \n – 5, 2021 unreserved auction. Approximately 91% of the assets sold to U.S. buyers, including 23% sold to\n \n Colorado\n \n , 10% to\n \n Utah\n \n , and 2% to\n \n North Dakota\n \n . The remaining nine percent was sold to international buyers from as far away as\n \n Australia\n \n ,\n \n Israel\n \n , and\n \n Vietnam\n \n .\n \n \n \"We had a lot of happy customers after this auction with sellers getting great prices and buyers filling out their fleets for summer and fall work,\" said\n \n Chad Apland\n \n , Regional Sales Manager,\n \n Ritchie Bros\n \n . \"Thank you to all our customers for continuing to put your trust in\n \n Ritchie Bros\n \n . For those unable to get what they wanted this week we have a ton of upcoming buying opportunities, including weekly featured online auctions at IronPlanet and Marketplace-E.\"\n \n \n \n Five Big Sellers:\n \n \n \n \n 2001 Manitowoc 2250 300-ton self-erecting crawler crane –\n \n US$475,000\n \n \n \n 2016 Tesmec TRS1075 crawler bucket wheel trencher –\n \n US$275,000\n \n \n \n 2012 Caterpillar D8T crawler tractor –\n \n US$225,000\n \n \n \n 2014 Peterbilt 367 tri-drive hydro vac truck –\n \n US$200,000\n \n \n \n 2018 Dragon 9500-gallon tri-axle lead tank trailer –\n \n US$130,000\n \n \n \n \n \n AUCTION QUICK F...

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