Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced it sold more than $49 million of equipment items and trucks at its unreserved public auction in Fort Worth, Texas on July 23 – 24, 2014. Equipment sale highlights included a 2012 Caterpillar D6T XW crawler tractor, which sold for $295,000; three 2012 Kenworth T800 sleeper truck tractors that sold for $102,000 each; and three 2012 Kenworth T800 sleeper truck tractors that sold for $100,000 each.

“We had another two great days of strong prices with a line-up of equipment from many first-time sellers,” said Adam Kawulok, regional sales manager, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. “Over the road and vocational trucks performed particularly well. Our permanent auction site in Fort Worth is quickly becoming a marketplace for not just construction and energy assets but also for late-model, well-maintained transportation equipment.”

More than 3,600 people from 57 countries, including 48 U.S. states, registered to bid in the auction. Bidders from outside Texas purchased more than $27 million (56% of total gross auction proceeds). Online bidders purchased more than $19 million (40% of total gross auction proceeds).