With corn silage chopped and packed away for winter, many producers are taking stock of their forage harvesters and deciding what to repair, replace or add before next season. At Catalyst Communications, Hot Line Farm and Antique Monthly Update, we continue to bring you valuable insights into the latest auction trends and market shifts.

Forage harvesters have come a long way from the flail choppers and pull-type cutterheads that once filled silos on dairy farms across the country. Today ' s self-propelled machines pair high-horsepower engines with kernel processors, on-the-go length-of-cut adjustment, and onboard crop sensing to move large volumes of feed in a day. Even so, the basic work of cutting, chopping, and blowing crop into a wagon hasn ' t changed. That is why a well-maintained pull-type still makes sense for smaller herds, lighter acreage, or as a backup when the big machine is down. Older units are simple to service, and buyers keep bidding on them.

The following is a sampling of forage harvesters at recent auctions around the U. S.:

• John Deere 7700 sold for approximately $ 35,000 to $ 61,500 in the Midwest and Northeast.

• New Holland 790 pull-types with metal detectors sold for approximately $ 2,500 to $ 5,100 across the Northeast and Midwest, with a 1990s unit bringing the top price.

• New Holland 782 pull-types sold for approximately $ 788 to $ 1,925 in Northeastern and Midwestern sales.

• New Holland 718 pull-types sold for approximately $ 560 to $ 2,600 from the Southeast to the Midwest.

• New Holland 38 pull-type flail harvesters sold for approximately $ 3,250 to $ 11,000 in the Northeast and Midwest.

These examples reflect a small portion of auction activity captured in our database, which tracks a much broader range of models, configurations, and price points nationwide.

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