This post was originally submitted on Machinefinder on 3/20/2012. View the original blog post here

This 1999 John Deere 8200 tractor with 3,918 hours sold for a new record high price of $88,000 on a farm auction March 10, 2012 in northwest Missouri.

Up until last year I had only seen (1) John Deere 8200 tractor ever sell for over $80,000 at auction.

That one was WAY back on a March 6, 1997 farm auction in southeast Minnesota, where a 1995 model 8200 with only 545 hours sold for $81,000. It took another 14 years until I saw the next JD 8200 tractor sell for more than $80K, a 1998 model 8200 with 2,750 hours in “excellent” condition sold for $86,000 on a March 26, 2011 farm auction in northeast Colorado.

So far this month, March 2012, I’ve already seen (2) 8200′s go over the $80K mark at auction, including a new record high sale price of $88,000 for the sweet 1999 model 8200 with 3,918 hours sold on a farm auction in northwest Missouri on March 10, 2012 (see pic). The other JD 8200 sold for over $80K was a 1995 model with 3,830 hours that went for $83,000 on a March 5, 2012 farm sale in northwest Indiana.