Farm Equipment Auctions in Pennsylvania: Where and When (2026-27)

If you farm in Pennsylvania, the next tractor you buy may well come from a sale barn, a farm lane or a fire company field rather than a dealer lot. Farm equipment auctions in Pennsylvania run all year: monthly consignment sales in Lancaster and Franklin counties, one-owner dispersals on the farm itself, year-end dealer sales and, every spring, the Lancaster County mud sales. This guide lists who runs them, the sales coming up this winter, how the auction year falls, and the sales tax and road rules that matter when you bring a tractor home.

Every date and detail below comes from the auctioneers’ own websites and from Pennsylvania state agencies, checked on November 9, 2026. Sale dates change, so confirm with the auctioneer before you load up the truck.

Who runs farm equipment auctions in PA?

These are the auctioneers that sell farm and ag equipment on a regular basis. Construction-focused houses such as McGrew, Shetron, Hess Auctioneers in Marietta and Kurtz Trading also sell tractors at times; they are covered in our guide to equipment auctions in PA.

Auctioneer	Location	What they run	Online bidding
Wolgemuth Auction	Leola (Lancaster Co.)	Monthly agriculture and construction equipment consignment sale; hay auctions	Wolgemuth LIVE
Martin’s Auction Service	Shippensburg (Cumberland Co.)	Named machinery consignment sales and farm dispersals	Own online platform
Marion Auction	Chambersburg (Franklin Co.)	Monthly auctions, including farm equipment and lawn and garden consignments	BidWrangler, Equipment Facts, Proxibid
Fraley Auction Co.	Muncy (Lycoming Co.), sales statewide	Farm machinery dispersals and consignment sales	Fraley Live
Hess Auction Group	Lancaster County farms	One-owner farm equipment sales held on the farm	HiBid (some lots live only)
Pennsylvania Auction Center	East Earl (Lancaster Co.)	Monthly heavy equipment sale that includes tractors and farm equipment	Its own site and app
Beiler-Campbell	Quarryville (Lancaster Co.)	Farm real estate, public farm equipment auctions and consignment sales	BidWrangler

Wolgemuth Auction, Leola

Wolgemuth Auction holds a monthly Agriculture & Construction Equipment consignment auction in Leola. Consigned items “can sell the same month,” which makes it a practical option if you are selling as well as buying. Wolgemuth also runs hay auctions several times a week in Leola and New Holland. The next equipment sale is on November 27, 2026.

Martin’s Auction Service, Shippensburg

Martin’s Auction Service describes itself as “a full service auction company specializing in Farm & Construction Equipment Auctions”. Its named machinery consignment sales, such as Cumberland Valley in Shippensburg and Turkeyfoot in Chambersburg, are the ones to circle on the calendar. It also sells farm dispersals, from Elizabethtown to Port Trevorton.

Marion Auction, Chambersburg

Marion Auction holds monthly auctions with four to eight auctioneers selling all day. In October 2026 it ran a lawn and garden consignment sale followed by a farm equipment auction the next day. It is closed June 29 to July 4.

Fraley Auction Co., Muncy

Fraley Auction Co. sells farm machinery dispersals and consignment sales across central and northern Pennsylvania. Its winter list includes a complete farm machinery dispersal in Bellefonte, the Lime Hill consignment sale in Wyalusing and the Hoover Tractor dealer sale in Mifflinburg.

Hess Auction Group, Lancaster County

Hess Auction Group sells farm equipment at one-owner sales held on the farm, usually when a farmer retires or an estate is settled. In 2026 those sales took place in Elizabethtown, Holtwood, Landisville, Lititz and Manheim, and most of them fell in September. Some lots sell live only, so check the catalog before you plan to bid from home. Not to be confused with Hess Auctioneers in Marietta, which sells trucks, trailers and equipment.

Pennsylvania Auction Center, East Earl

Pennsylvania Auction Center holds a monthly heavy equipment auction whose catalogs include tractors, skid loaders, utility vehicles and farm and landscaping equipment. It is a mixed sale, not a dedicated farm auction. The page heading says “Every 4th Thursday,” but the date moves: the December 2026 sale is on a Monday.

Beiler-Campbell, Quarryville

Beiler-Campbell sells farms and farm equipment in Lancaster County. It lists a public farm equipment auction and a large public consignment auction with greenhouse and produce equipment as upcoming, without dates yet. Worth following if you grow produce.

Upcoming farm equipment auctions and tractor auctions in PA

These sales were posted on the auctioneers’ own websites as of November 9, 2026:

Date	Sale	Location	Auctioneer
Nov 18, 2026	CG Holsteins complete farm machinery dispersal (tractors, skid steers, forage harvester, combine)	Bellefonte	Fraley Auction Co.
Nov 20, 2026	Turkeyfoot Fall Machinery Consignment	Chambersburg	Martin’s Auction Service
Nov 27, 2026	Agriculture & Construction Equipment (monthly)	Leola	Wolgemuth Auction
Nov 27, 2026	Black Friday heavy equipment auction (includes tractors)	East Earl	Pennsylvania Auction Center
Dec 3, 2026	Ford tractors and tractor parts	Elizabethtown	Martin’s Auction Service
Dec 5, 2026	Construction & farm equipment	Port Trevorton	Martin’s Auction Service
Dec 8, 2026	Greenhouses and produce equipment for Wilson College	Chambersburg	Martin’s Auction Service
Dec 19, 2026	Lime Hill Consignment (farm machinery, tractors, trucks, trailers)	Wyalusing	Fraley Auction Co.
Dec 21, 2026	December heavy equipment auction	East Earl	Pennsylvania Auction Center
Jan 1, 2027	Hoover Tractor 21st Annual Inventory Reduction & Consignment	Mifflinburg	Fraley Auction Co.
Jan 28, 2027	January heavy equipment auction	East Earl	Pennsylvania Auction Center

Wolgemuth had not posted its December and January dates yet, but the sale is monthly. If you have equipment to sell at the Hoover Tractor sale, consignments are taken December 2 to 30. Our Pennsylvania auction calendar keeps a running list with a link to each catalog.

Farm equipment auctions near me: a region-by-region guide

A tractor bought two hours away costs a day of hauling. Start with the sales closest to you:

• Lancaster County: Wolgemuth in Leola, Pennsylvania Auction Center in East Earl, Beiler-Campbell in Quarryville, Hess Auction Group’s on-farm sales, and the spring mud sales.
• Franklin and Cumberland counties: Marion Auction in Chambersburg and Martin’s Auction Service in Shippensburg, including the Turkeyfoot and Cumberland Valley consignment sales.
• York and Adams counties: McGrew in Seven Valleys and Kurtz Trading in Littlestown, both in our PA equipment auction guide.
• Central and northern PA: Fraley Auction Co., with sales from Bellefonte to Mifflinburg and Wyalusing, plus Martin’s sale in Port Trevorton.

If none of these is close, a dealer near you may have the same machine without the haul. Our list of used equipment dealers in PA covers dealers across the state.

When are farm auctions held? The PA auction year

We put this season’s schedules side by side. The pattern below comes from what the auctioneers posted, not from any official calendar:

• Fall (August to November): most named machinery consignment sales and on-farm dispersals. Martin’s ran Turkeyfoot in August and again in November, and Cumberland Valley on November 4.
• December and January: year-end consignment sales and dealer inventory reduction sales, like the Hoover Tractor sale on New Year’s Day, now in its 21st year.
• Late February to June: mud sale season in Lancaster County.
• All year: the monthly sales at Wolgemuth, Marion and Pennsylvania Auction Center.

Dispersals do not follow a season. They happen when a farmer retires or an estate is settled, and they are often where you find a whole line of one owner’s equipment. Following a few auctioneers’ mailing lists is the easiest way to catch them.

Lancaster County mud sales

Mud sales are consignment auctions held as “fund raising events for many of the regional volunteer fire companies throughout Lancaster County,” according to the LancasterPA.com visitor guide. Items include farm equipment, building supplies and buggies, and many sales add a quilt auction.

The Strasburg Spring Consignment & Mud Sale is traditionally the first sale of the year and lists farm machinery among its items. Here are the 2027 dates as the visitor guide lists them. Several listings still carry text from 2026, so treat every date as tentative until the fire company confirms it.

Listed 2027 date	Sale	Note
Feb 19-20	Strasburg Spring Consignment & Mud Sale	Lists farm machinery. Its page also says the sale usually falls on the 3rd Friday and Saturday of March, so call before you plan around February. Strasburg Fire Co.: 717-687-7232
Mar 20	West Earl Quilt & Consignment Auction
Mar 26-27	Gap Fire Company Sale (50th annual)	Excludes poultry equipment, tires and hazardous equipment. Tel. 717-442-2300
Mar 26	Farmersville Vol. Fire Co. Sale
Apr 3	Robert Fulton Vol. Fire Co. Mud Sale, Peach Bottom	Usually the 1st Saturday of April
Apr 9-10	Rawlinsville Annual Mud Sale
Apr 17	Schoeneck Mud Sale & Quilt Auction
May 7-8	Fivepointville Annual Mud Sale
May 8	Honey Brook Fire Co. Consignment Auction
May 28-29	Weaverland Valley Consignment Sale
Jun 4-5	Pequea Valley Fire Dept. Kinzers Mud Sale
Jun 25-26	Refton Fire Co. Mud Sale

Only Strasburg confirms farm machinery on its own event page. The others may well have equipment, but call the fire company before you drive out for a tractor.

Do you pay sales tax on farm equipment at auction?

Not if it qualifies. Pennsylvania exempts machinery and equipment used directly in farming from sales tax. On the Department of Revenue’s exemption certificate, Form REV-1220, the farming exemption covers property “used directly and predominately” in farming. Four things to know:

• Give the seller a completed REV-1220. The seller must have it within 60 days of the sale.
• You can file it for one purchase or as a blanket certificate for repeat purchases from the same seller.
• The exemption does not cover vehicles that must be registered under the Vehicle Code, such as farm trucks.
• It does not cover equipment used for non-farm work, such as construction, delivery or office work.

Ask the auctioneer how they handle exemption certificates before sale day, so you are not charged tax at checkout.

What counts as farm use, and why a farm truck is still taxed, is explained in our guide to PA sales tax on used heavy equipment.

Bringing a tractor home: registration and moving

PennDOT calls farm equipment “exclusively designed and used for agricultural purposes” an implement of husbandry. See the PennDOT farm vehicles page for the full rules. In short:

• An implement of husbandry used for agricultural operations is exempt from registration when operated within 50 miles of the owner’s farm. Commercial implements of husbandry are not covered by that exemption.
• It may be moved up to 150 miles between a farm and a dealer or mechanic for buying, selling or repairs, with no inspection or permit required, according to PennDOT’s implements of husbandry fact sheet.

Those rules are about driving equipment on the road. For anything more than a short run from the sale, a trailer is usually the safer and faster choice, and it keeps a slow tractor off busy roads.

How to buy at a farm equipment auction

1. Get the catalog early and mark the lots you want. Check whether they sell live only or also online.
2. Inspect on preview day. Start the tractor cold, check the hours, the hydraulics and the PTO, and look for leaks. Our guide on how many hours is a lot shows what is normal for a machine’s age.
3. Read the terms. None of the farm auctioneers above publishes a buyer’s premium on the pages we read, so check each sale’s terms. Online bidding often costs extra: at two PA equipment auctioneers we checked, it adds 1% to 3% on top of the regular premium.
4. Set a maximum that includes the extras: premium, transport and any repairs. Our guide to the buyer’s premium shows the math.
5. Bring your REV-1220 if the equipment qualifies for the farm exemption.
6. Plan the pickup. Know the removal deadline and line up a trailer.

First time at an equipment auction? Our step-by-step guide on how to buy at an equipment auction covers registration, bidding and payment.

Common mistakes at farm auctions

• ❌ Assuming a mud sale date from last year. ✅ Confirm each sale’s date with the fire company.
• ❌ Paying sales tax on qualifying farm equipment. ✅ Bring a completed REV-1220.
• ❌ Using the farm exemption for a truck. ✅ Registered vehicles are not covered.
• ❌ Bidding online without checking the online fee. ✅ Read the terms for each sale.
• ❌ Planning to bid from home on an on-farm sale. ✅ Check that your lots are offered online at all.
• ❌ Skipping the preview. ✅ Start the machine and check the hours and hydraulics.
• ❌ Watching only one auctioneer. ✅ Follow several: consignment sales, dispersals and mud sales all have different timing.

Next auctions on the Heavy Listing calendar

The bottom line

For farm equipment auctions in PA, three habits pay off. Follow a mix of sales: the monthly ones at Wolgemuth, Marion and Pennsylvania Auction Center, the consignment sales and dispersals from Martin’s, Fraley and Hess, and the mud sales in spring. Price the whole bill, not the hammer, and check it against what dealers ask. And bring your REV-1220, so qualifying equipment comes home without sales tax.