QuickData
Q UICK DATA
by Marcia Gruver Doyle
Backhoes
A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s
Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price service.
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Auctions
%
Auction Prices, 2006-2011*
50000
$
47,060
45000
$
29,207
40000
of all 2011 YTD new financed
backhoe sales were in the
35000
30000
25000
West South Central
Trend prices for the top 10
backhoe models sold at auction,
not seasonally adjusted.
20000
15000
10000
region – Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Louisiana.
During the 2004-2006
economic peak, the Pacific
and South Atlantic regions
topped backhoe charts.
5000
2011-09
2011-05
2011-01
2010-09
2010-05
Top 2011 auction price,
paid for a 2008 Cat 420E
IT, sold by Alex Lyon &
Son Auctioneers on Feb. 3
in Kissimmee, Florida.
Top financed
model in
2011 YTD
AVERAGE
75,000
$
2010-01
2009-09
2009-05
2009-01
2008-09
2008-05
2008-01
2007-09
2007-05
2007-01
2006-09
2006-05
2006-01
0
Deere 310J
2011 final bids,
LOW
2011
2010
2009
2008
Number
of units
NEW
2007
Oct 10Sept 11
USED
2006
Oct 09Sept 10
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
2,500
2005
4,676
2004
6,294
2003
Number
of units
New/used buying patterns
Both new and used financed backhoe sales peaked early in the past decade. The number of
reported YTD 2011 new sales, however, were already inching ahead of total 2010 new sales.
2002
In the past two
years, year-overyear used financed
machine sales saw
a 26 percent drop
in the October-toSeptember period.
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
500
2001
Source: TopBid
Year-over-year
used backhoe
sales*
HIGH
14-foot-dig-depth
and higher machines
*Financed filings as of Nov. 30, 2011. Source: EDA
EquipmentWorld.com
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