# Record Price on JD 4050 Sold Yesterday on MN Auction

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**Created:** [July 13, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/t/record-price-on-jd-4050-sold-yesterday-on-mn-auction/1237 "2019-07-13T15:45:49Z")\
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**Wow.**

New record high auction sale price set yesterday (July 12, 2019) on a beautiful 1988 JD 4050 tractor with 3057 hours sold on the David Thommes farm estate sale in Pierz, MN. Here’s a picture of it:

 ![JD4050-MN-%2460K](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/9/91375b50b2ec5890f262e447885e68230cbe4e69.jpeg)

**Sold for $60,000.**

That is a whopping $14,000 above the previous high auction sale price I’d ever seen on a JD 4050 sold without a loader…$46,000 for a 4050 with 3085 hours (1 owner, oil changed every 60 hours) on a consignment auction November 15, 2012 in Strawberry Point, IA. Here’s a picture of that 4050 sold 7 years ago for $46K:

![JD4050-IA-%2446K](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/a/afa0ad501dddf85ca11c8550624a988b07e3d5f1.jpeg)

The record setting 4050 sold for $60K yesterday on the David Thommes farm estate auction was a sale by my good friends at Mid American Auction, Inc. ([www.midamericanauctioninc.com](http://www.midamericanauctioninc.com)). Auctioneer Al Wessel of Long Prairie, MN is one of the best in the biz. The Minnesota Hall of Fame auctioneer sent me a few additional pics of the 1988 model JD 4050 with 3057 hours sold for $60K yesterday:

 ![IMG_0546%5B1%5D](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/7/721ec0b77eeb5054410dce483fe5acf1673bcbf1.jpeg)

 ![IMG_0547%5B1%5D](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/c/c6e281a4b1015af51e6714063cefbb42a88ba818.jpeg)

 ![IMG_0549%5B1%5D](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/3/326a024d0c8dc2eccca2be308182ac03379c37f2.jpeg)

 ![IMG_0545%5B1%5D](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/a/a5302da35fe6f4247bd3d71d67be828543a44e54.jpeg)

Here’s a look at the Top 10 Highest Auction Prices ever on JD 4050’s:

**Highest Auction Prices on John Deere 4050 Tractors**

 ![4050-a](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/3/349fa002ca2d5ab6c6545e8a37df641e9839be8e.jpeg)  
 ![4050-b](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/5/5f0a0d371bad9cfc5411a56633a880d190997439.jpeg)

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

For perspective, here’s a look at Avg. Auction Price on JD 4050’s over the past 5 years:

![4050-Avg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/7/7658ff725fe866829a1f7eefae0b7ce6fe0830df.jpeg)

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

**Current Avg. Dealer Advertised Price** on JD 4050 Tractors = $30,587

**"Tractor Specs"** on JD 4050’s: [https://www.machinerypete.com/specs/john-deere/4050/7312](https://www.machinerypete.com/specs/john-deere/4050/7312)

Link to (15) JD 4050’s for sale today: [https://www.machinerypete.com/tractors/100-174-hp/john-deere/4050](https://www.machinerypete.com/tractors/100-174-hp/john-deere/4050)

 ![4050-MPcom](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/8/8bb9ae0054ed1ee02d1d89a0a57045cb5d59f1ec.jpeg)

Of course this record setting $60K JD 4050 yesterday did make me think of another record setter…the 1989 JD 4055 2WD tractor with, amazingly, only 215 actual hours, sold for record (by a MILE) price of $93,000 on a December 19, 2016 farm auction in St. Edward, Neb. It was purchased by a father and son team from South Dakota who bought it not to stick in a museum, but to use to bale hay. Here’s video of that $93K JD 4055 selling:  
[https://www.machinerypete.com/media\_posts/1989-john-deere-4055-2wd-tractor-with-215-hours-sold-for-93-000-on-nebraska-auction](https://www.machinerypete.com/media_posts/1989-john-deere-4055-2wd-tractor-with-215-hours-sold-for-93-000-on-nebraska-auction)

 ![JD4055-NE-%2493K](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/0/06b70a4a0a016ad5cef154adcd9a90cba10a4685.jpeg)

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