Terms & Conditions

By accepting the terms and conditions of this auction you acknowledge you are entering into a legal and binding contract. You agree to abide by all terms and conditions and you acknowledge receipt of all explanations and information made available by Steffes Group, Inc., also referred to as Steffes Group or Company. 

Payment

When paying within the stated time and with our acceptable payment methods: 

• A 10% buyer’s premium with a maximum charge of $1,000 per item applies to items purchased on Timed Online Auctions.
• A 2% buyer’s premium with a maximum charge of $1,000 per item applies to items purchased on Live Webcast Auctions.

You agree to make payment for all online purchases in U.S. funds within 2 business days of receipt of invoice by one of the acceptable forms of payment unless approval of financing arrangements is made with Steffes Group. To issue a check by fax, simply write a check as you normally would and fax a copy to us. All NSF checks will be charged a $30 fee. Checks by mail are not an accepted form of payment. Any other form of payment, other than the listed acceptable payment methods are subject to an additional 3% buyer's fee on the full amount of the purchase. No items will be released until full payment clears our office.

Acceptable forms of payment:

• Bank Wire Transfer; please call for wire instructions to be emailed to you.
• Check delivered to our office that held the auction
• Check By Phone

West Fargo, Sioux Falls, Grand Forks 701-237-9173

Litchfield 320-693-9371

Mt. Pleasant, Ames 319-385-2000

• Check By Fax

West Fargo, Sioux Falls, Grand Forks 701-237-0976

Litchfield 320-693-9373

Mt. Pleasant, Ames 319-385-4709

Sales Tax

All appropriate state sales tax laws will apply per the location and type of seller of the piece of equipment.

Please note that Minnesota does not consider regularly-scheduled consignment auctions as "auctions" but rather "consignment auctions," requiring sales tax to be charged unless the buyer provides an exemption form for qualifying items.

For purchases in South Dakota you are not exempt from any sales tax unless a 3^rd party transports your items and you take possession outside of the State of South Dakota. In that case, the state laws where you take possession are effective. There are exceptions for dealers (retailers).

Click on the following for a tax exempt form: Minnesota Tax Link    North Dakota Tax Link    Iowa Tax Link 

ND Dakota titled vehicles

Per North Dakota vehicle and sales tax laws, upon registration and licensing of any titled vehicle or trailer, any buyer’s premium paid is considered to be part of the sales price. Sales tax will be charged by the State of North Dakota on the entire sales price (including buyer’s premium) for any vehicle registered in North Dakota. 

If you have any questions concerning sales tax on a piece of equipment, please contact the appropriate state government agency at the location of the item on auction. 

ND Sales Tax Terms for Canadian Customers

 Used Farm Equipment

The sale, at auction, of used farm machinery to a Canadian farmer for agricultural use is exempt from sales tax the same as a North Dakota Farmer.

The purchase, at auction, of used farm machinery by a Canadian farm equipment dealer (retailer) would be sales taxable unless:

• You complete an exemption certificate with a ND sales tax permit number
• The purchased goods are shipped by a 3rd party to you in Canada - in this case a delivery receipt must be provided to Steffes Group.

 New Farm Equipment

The sale, at auction, of new farm machinery to a Canadian farmer for agricultural use, or a Canadian farm equipment dealer (retailer) is taxable at the current state rate of 3% plus any local sales tax if applicable.  The law also provides that Canadians may apply for a refund of the tax paid when meeting certain requirements.  This form and conditions of use are available online at http://www.nd.gov/tax/salesand%20use/canrefund/. 

Agents for Sellers
Steffes Group, Inc. and its Employees act merely as agents for sellers. All auctions are with reserve unless specifically stated otherwise. Auctions are with undisclosed reserves unless advertised otherwise as "Absolute."  Auctioneers, at their discretion, may place a reserve bid on behalf of the seller. All final bids are subject to the seller's confirmation. Only the top bidder will be contacted as to the status of his/her bid. While the information we provide on item(s) is deemed correct, no warranties are expressed or implied as to any items being sold, and you agree to purchase and accept the item in an as-is condition. Information on items is obtained by us from the sellers and you hereby agree to hold harmless Steffes Group and our Employees for any errors or omissions regarding the item(s) being sold. This information includes but is not limited to year, model, machine or engine hours, physical condition, options, features and other data pertinent to the value of the item. All items are sold As-Is-Where-Is unless specific factory or seller issued warranties are listed in the item description.

Inspection

You acknowledge that you have the right and responsibility to inspect the item(s) personally, or to have a third party representative inspect the item(s) for you. That by bidding on an item you have agreed to accept that item in its present condition at its present location and with the description provided whether accurate or not. 

Auction Close

Timed-online auctions will begin to close on the date and time listed. Lots will remain open until no bids have been placed within the last 4 minutes. Timed-online auctions normally close at a rate of 3 lots every 2 minutes.  

Please note that some lots can be tied together and will be set to close simultaneously.  This will be indicated in those lots by a paper clip symbol.  Please hover your mouse over the symbol to see what lots are tied together. The paper clip symbol means that each lot tied will stay in extension until there are no more bids on any of the lots that are tied.

         Steffes Group reserves the right to close multiple lots per minute at its discretion. Upon your accepted bid of an item, that item shall immediately become your responsibility and be at your risk (whether you have paid for that item or not). You agree that Steffes Group, its employees, and its sellers are not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items and will not reimburse or discount items for any type of loss. Buyers are responsible for any costs incurred to prepare your item(s) for transport and/or shipping. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the cost of any rigging, dis-assembly, special loading requirements, transport, packaging, insurance, and all other costs related to physical transfer of your item(s). You agree to remit payment and remove from the auction property any purchases within the stated time for the auction being conducted. You further understand and agree that failure to remove items in the stated time for the auction will subject you to moving and storage fees unless arrangements have been made with the seller. 

Buyer Default

When using our online auction services you are making a firm commitment to purchase said item(s) and are entering into a legal and binding contract. Bids may not be cancelled or retracted for any reason. 

Non-paying bidders or fraudulent bidding will subject you to legal recourse and possible criminal charges including any fraud and/or interstate commerce violations. 

Internet Risk

You acknowledge that the internet may be an unreliable and error-prone network. Steffes Group will not guarantee that bids placed online will always be transmitted to or received by the auctioneer in a timely fashion. You agree to hold Steffes Group, Inc. and its employees harmless for any interruptions in online bidding. At the sole discretion of the Company, the auction may be suspended, postponed, or cancelled if internet service is unstable or disrupts the online portion of any event that is simulcast as an Internet Auction. 

Further, the auctioneer has the sole discretion to accept or refuse any bid. Steffes Group retains the right, at our sole discretion, to add, delete, or change some or all of our online services and the terms and conditions governing their online auctions at any time without notice. 

Abandonment Policy

Steffes Group provides this Abandonment Policy to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding any purchased item(s)/property that has not been removed by a buyer in a timely manner. Upon winning the bid for an item(s), after paying for item(s) purchased, a buyer is obligated to remove the item(s) from the auction site within a timely manner. 

Steffes Group may deem a buyer's failure to claim and remove equipment within 60 days following the close of an auction as evidence of buyer's intention to abandon the property. In these instances, the Company may take action that is adverse to buyer's interest in the property, including, but not limited to steps to dispose of the property. 

Disposition of property may include a variety of approaches based upon the buyer's purchase price of the property as follows: 

1) For those items with a final selling price of $5,000 or less, the Company will determine the appropriate disposition approach which may include:

• Removing and disposing as the Company sees fit.
• Allowing seller to retain or scrap.
• Sell the item(s), whereby the Company will remit the sales proceeds to the buyer, less selling and advertising expenses, storage costs, plus 20% administrative fee. 

2) For those items with a final selling price of greater than $5,000, Steffes Group may remove the item from the selling location and resolve as follows:

• The Company may reimburse the seller on the buyer's behalf for storage fees of $25 per day, with the total amount not to exceed $1,500.
• Sell the item(s), whereby the Company will remit the sales proceeds to the buyer, less selling and advertising expenses and storage costs, plus 20% administrative fee. 

If a buyer with the winning bid has not removed the purchased item(s) from selling location within 10 business days after the close of the auction, the buyer will be responsible for directly paying the seller any and all storage fees if levied by the seller. If levied by the seller, storage fees will be $25 per day beginning the 10th day after the close of the auction/winning bid.

FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION

LOCATION: From Bricelyn, MN, 1.5 miles west on 50th St., 1.5 miles north on 510th Ave., 1/4 mile east on 65th St. 51248 65th St., Bricelyn, MN 56014

LOADOUT: Monday, August 24, 2020 from 9:00AM-4:00PM

MFWD TRACTORS

2010 John Deere 8320R MFWD, powershift, active seat, 4 hyd., power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, PTO, GreenStar ready, lower case drain, rock box, 380/80R38 front duals, 480/80R50 rear duals, 2,167 hrs., S/N1RW8320REAP006457

2008 John Deere 8130 MFWD, powershift, buddy seat, 3 pt., quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, GreenStar ready, rock box, 380/85R34 front tires, 480/80R46 rear duals, 2,478 hrs., S/NRW8130P024532

COMBINE & HEADS

2007 John Deere 9660 combine, STS, Contour-Master, bullet rotor, rock trap, chopper, spreader, Maurer hopper ext., rear camera, 18.4-42 straddle duals, 18.4-26 rear tires, 1,442 sep. hrs., 2,729 engine hrs., S/NHO9660S721288

2012 John Deere 608C chopping corn head, 8x30", (3) sensor auto contour, stalk stompers, single pt. hookup, S/N1H00608CECC746732

2009 John Deere 630F flex head, 4" cut, hyd. fore/aft, 57mm stone dam, poly fingers, stubble lights, single pt. hookup

PLANTER

2005 John Deere 1760 planter, 12x30", front fold, 3 bu. boxes, (2) 200 gal. liquid fertilizer tanks, liquid fertilizer in-furrow w/Redball fertilizer monitor, Lil Thumper ground drive fertilizer pump, herbicide spray kit w/Redball, row cleaners, rubber press wheels, markers, S/NA01760R715167

CULTIVATORS

2008 John Deere 2210 field cultivator, 34-1/2', 7" shank spacing, 7" knock-on sweeps, walking tandems across, front gauge wheels, single pt. depth, 4-bar harrow, S/NN02210L006123

1987 John Deere 845 row crop cultivator, 12x30", flat fold, spring shanks, sweeps, rolling shields, front gauge wheels & guide coulters, S/NN00845X001563

John Deere row crop cultivator, 6x30", spring shanks, rolling shields, Type ER014, S/N029479N

PLOWS

1990 John Deere 2810 auto reset plow, 6 bottom, 2 pt., variable width, spring loaded coulters, good moldboards & lathes, S/NN02810X000598

1982 John Deere 2800 plow, 6 bottom, 2 pt., variable width, toggle trip bottom, spring loaded coulters, good moldboards & lathes, S/NA2800012600A

1974 John Deere 1350-1450 plow, 5 bottom, 2 pt., trip bottom, spring loaded coulters, good moldboards & lathes, S/N120403

OTHER TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

2008 John Deere 2410 chisel plow, 20', 2" points, floating hitch, wing leveling wheels, front gauge wheels, single pt. depth, S/NN02410X008318

1998 DMI 530B Ecolo-Tiger disc ripper, 5 shank, 30" spacing, lead shanks, shank guards, hydraulic controlled front disc gang, hydraulic controlled levelers, S/N823643

John Deere disc, 20', manual fold, S/N015715B

1987 John Deere 400 rotary hoe, 30', flat fold, front gauge wheels, S/N085872

TRUCKS & TRAILER

1998 Volvo tri-axle grain truck, Cummins M11-330E+ engine, Rockwell 10 spd., PTO, diff lock, Grain Master 22' steel box w/hoist, Agri-Cover roll tarp, 3-piece end gate, (2) 75 gal. fuel tanks, air lift tag, 255/70R22.5 tires on tag axle, 295/75R22.5 tires, shows 55,915 miles, S/N4VAJBEPF3WN862020

1969 Chevrolet C/50 tandem axle grain truck, 5 spd. w/splitter, electric over hydraulic operated tag, 18' steel box w/hoist, 9.00-20 tires, 45,251 miles, S/NCE539P6869111

1956 Chevrolet 6400 single axle grain truck, 5 spd. w/splitter, Omaha Standard grain box w/wood sides and hoist, 1,650 gal. poly tank w/pump & inductor, S/N6B56J006551

2009 Unverferth HT30 header trailer, 30', 4-wheel, 7.5-10 tires

GRAVITY BOXES

2000 Brent 644 gravity box, right hand unload, unload light, warning lights, 4-wheel brakes, S/NB18050161

1980 Year-A-Round 550 gravity box, right hand & bottom unload, warning lights, rear brakes, 21.5-16.1 tires on 8-bolt rims, S/N30030, always shedded

SPRAYERS

2013 Demco sprayer, 60' boom, 20" spacing, 3 pt., 4-section control, Moto valves, on stand

Blumhardt sprayer, 60' boom, 3 pt., 3-section control, hyd. wing fold

Shop-Built spray bander, 12x30", 3 pt.

Galvanized spray tank, 100 gal., booms included, manual boom control, on 2-wheel caddy

GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT

2014 GSI 1214 grain dryer, 14', LP, single phase, Vision Network dryer control, (2) burners/fans, 450,000 bu. dried

DMC Trans-fer 700 grain handling system, 4" air lock, 4" outlet, pre-cleaner

Pneumatic grain blower piping, 4" galvanized, 6-hole distributor, approx. 170' (+/-) piping and elbows

MFS grain bin, 30,000 bu., 42' diameter, 8" unload auger w/3 hp single phase electric motor

MFS grain bin, 20,000 bu., 42' diameter, 8" unload auger w/3 hp single phase electric motor.

MFS grain bin, 10,000 bu., 30' diameter, full floor aeration, power sweep, 8" unload auger w/5 hp 3 phase electric motor

Wet holding bin, 2,500 bu.

2011 Hutchinson auger, 62'x10", 540 PTO, swing hopper, on transport

2011 Hutchinson auger, 62'x8", electric motor, manual lift, hopper, on transport

2004 Speed King auger, 60'x10", 540 PTO, manual lift, on transport

GSI DF-3-1 bin fan, 230v single phase, 3 hp.

Sukup centrifugal bin fan

Phase-O-Matic phase converter

OTHER FARM EQUIPMENT

Liquid fertilizer tender, 1,000 gal., Briggs & Stratton 5.5 hp. motor on cast iron Monarch pump, on tandem axle trailer, ag hitch w/jack, 12.5L15 tires

Blu-Jet Little Husky NH3 applicator, 30', 11 shank, manual control valve

2007 AgLeader Insight controller

John Deere GreenStar 1800 Display, S/N9CGU18B206581

Walsh flair box w/hoist, on running gear, 7.6-15 tires

Bean bar, 4-seat, 3 pt.

Hypro spray pump, hydraulic

TANKS

(2) Saddle tanks, 250 gal., w/mounts, off John Deere 8130 MFWD

(2) Saddle tanks, 200 gal., w/bracket

Fuel barrel, 500 gal., w/ fill-rite pump, hose and nozzle

SHOP EQUIPMENT

Associate Engineering Corp V5160K25X air compressor, 60 gal., 5 hp., single phase

Misc. tools & supplies

STEVEN & PAM SHIRK

Steve 507.525.1425

or Brock Skov at Steffes Group, 320.693.9371 or 507.272.4818