February 2014 | EquipmentWorld.com
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by Marcia Gruver Doyle
MGruver@randallreilly.com
Auctions
A snapshot of new and used
sales trends from Randall-Reilly's
Equipment Data Associates and
TopBid auction price service.
Excavators
25,000
22,500
20,000
17,500
15,000
12,500
10,000
7,500
5,000
0
Excavators, 10-year buying patterns*
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Number
of units
New high 2006,
16,576 units
New low: 2010,
2,455 units
New
Used
Auction prices, 2009-2013
Trend prices for the top 10 models of full-size excavators
sold at auction, not seasonally adjusted.
110,000
100,000
90,000
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
0
Jan. Mar. May Jul. Sep. Oct. Jan. Mar. May Jul. Sep. Nov. Jan. Mar. May Aug. Sep. Nov. Jan. Mar. May Jul. Sep. Nov. Jan. Mar. May Jul. Sep. Dec.
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Low: Oct. 2009
$
73,492
High: Aug. 2011
$
102,848
Recent: Dec. 2013
$
86,534
Final Bids
unit count: 284*
$
525,000
Top auction price, paid for 2011 Cat 374D L sold on Oct. 23, by
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers International in Chehalis, Washington.
$470,000, 2009 374D L, Ritchie Bros., Oct. 3, in Chicago, Illinois.
$312,500, 2012 John Deere 470G LC, Ritchie Bros., Nov. 20 in Houston, Texas.
HIGH
$
525,000
LOW
$
37,500
AVERAGE
$
139,216
OTHER
TOP BIDS
*Jan.-Dec. 2013; prices for full-size
excavators 5 years old and newer,
U.S. sales only. Only includes bids
$5,000 and above. Source: TopBid,
topbid.com
Used high: 2005,
20,354 units
Used low: 2009,
14,344 units
*Financed equipment, 2004-2013. Source: EDA, edadata.com
Cat 336E L,
652 units
Cat 320D L,
285 units
*Jan.1 - Nov. 30, 2013, includes both new and
used fi nanced sales (Note: EDA reports are con-
tinually updated.) Source: EDA,
edadata.com
Wisconsin water sewer pipeline
contractor, 126 units total, all
new, mix of Cat and Deere 36- to
50-metric-ton units.
Another Wisconsin water sewer
pipeline contractor, 121 units total,
mix of new and used, Cat, Deere and
Komatsu 13- to 50-metric-ton units.
Texas utility contractor, 69 units
total, mix of new and used,
Cat, Komatsu and Volvo 20- to
40-metric-ton units.
1
2
3
Caterpillar, 6,342 units,
34.3% of total market
Komatsu, 3,590 units,
19.4% of total market
Deere, 3,205 units,
17.4% of total market
1
2
3
Top three buyers of excavators, YTD
*
Top fi nanced excavator brands
*
Caterpillar remained the dominant player in
the full-size excavator market for fi nanced
new and used units. Looking at just new
units, market shares for the top three brands
were slightly higher, with Cat at 34.8%,
Komatsu at 21.6% and Deere at 19.1%.
Top fi nanced
new excavator*
Top fi nanced
used excavator*
*Jan. 1-Nov. 30, 2013, Source: EDA, edadata.com
(Note: EDA reports are continually updated.)
New
New, used excavators
year-over-year unit growth*
Up 7%
USED
Up 23%
NEW
*Comparison of Jan. 1 - Nov. 30 period, 2012 and 2013,
number of units sold.
Source: EDA, edadata.com
