# Challenger 65E Tractor Sold Today - Highest Price in 20 Years

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**Created:** [May 30, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/t/challenger-65e-tractor-sold-today-highest-price-in-20-years/1197 "2019-05-30T22:49:39Z")\
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Challenger 65E tractors were made just a few years, from 1998 - 2001.

Today (May 30, 2019) on the David Robertson farm estate auction in northwest Minnesota (Argyle, MN) by Mick Rapacz Auctioneers, a very nice condition Challenger 65E with only 1900 hours sold for $72,000. Here’s a picture of it.

 ![Challenger%2065E-MN-%2472K-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/0/0bc6f206ba64c24782974e05d46ba96fcc86fc5a.jpeg)

$72K is the highest auction price I’ve seen on a 65E in 20+ years. Here’s a look at the prior high auction sale prices:

**Previous High Auction Prices on Challenger 65E Tractors**

 ![65E-HighestComingInToTodaySale5-30-19-%2472K](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/4/465056346511bcc2c706b55ac42095b17848f8f9.jpeg)

- Data by [www.MachineryPete.com](http://www.MachineryPete.com)

Note how each of these (4) 65E’s sold 12-14 years ago, back in the years 2005 - 2007. Long time ago. They were late model used tractors at that point.

But now right around 20 years old. So another in a LONG line of recent examples here of 10-15-20+ year old tractors in super condition with lower hours selling for PREMIUM $$'s.

Same theme here…“What’s the cost of NEW 310 HP track tractor?” Lot more than $72K. So when the diamond in the rough pops up, like this \< 2K hour Challenger 65E on today’s farm estate auction up in northwest Minnesota…plenty of bidders ready with their checkbooks out. I can almost hear the auctioneer crying the sale now… _ **"Boys, when will you ever find another 65E as nice is this one here today, with these LOW hours! Here’s your opportunity today"** _

Bid, bid, bid…$72K.

Sold.

Another record price.

**"Tractor Specs"** on Challenger 65E’s: [https://www.machinerypete.com/specs/challenger/65e/5982](https://www.machinerypete.com/specs/challenger/65e/5982)

Link to (2) Challenger 65E’s for sale today on dealer lots in MI and UT: [https://www.machinerypete.com/tractors/175-hp/caterpillar/challenger-65e](https://www.machinerypete.com/tractors/175-hp/caterpillar/challenger-65e)

Pete  
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