Crawler Excavators
A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price service.
By Marcia Gruver Doyle
$325,000
Top auction price for large excavators, paid for a 2007 Komatsu PC800LC-8 at an IronPlanet auction on Aug. 4, 2011.*
Other top prices: $320,000, 2008 Caterpillar 345DL, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Oct. 7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.
$311,000, 2010 Caterpillar 345DL, IronPlanet, October 27, 2011.
Final bids, mid/large excavators (above 8 metric tons)
Unit count: 583
* Mar. 2011 – Mar. 2012; prices for machines 5 years old and newer, U.S. only.
LOW — $37,000
HIGH — $325,000
AVERAGE — $128.621
Source: TopBid, topbid.com
$70,000
Top auction price for compact excavators, paid for a Caterpillar 308DCR at an IronPlanet auction, August 25, 2011.*
Other top prices:
$62,500, 2008 Komatsu PC78MR-6, Ritchie Bros., Mar. 14, 2012 in Denver, Colorado.
$61,000, 2008 Caterpillar 307D, IronPlanet, Feb. 22, 2012 in Polk City, Florida.
Final bids, compact excavators
(8 metric tons and below)
Unit count: 237
* Mar. 2011 – Mar. 2012; prices for machines 5 years old and newer, U.S. only.
Source: TopBid, topbid.com
LOW — $7,700
HIGH — $70,000
AVERAGE — $27,029
Cat 320D LTop financed new large excavator model*
- Kubota KX 121-3
Top financed compact excavator model*
*2011–Feb. 2012
Source: EDA, edadata.com
Top manufacturers, in terms of financed sales, new large excavator sales*
1. Caterpillar (957 units)
2. Komatsu (670 units)
3. Deere (482 units)
Top manufacturers, in terms of financed sales, new compact excavator sales*
1. Kubota (1,074 units)
2. Caterpillar (755 units)
3. Bobcat (650 units)
