In the first months of this year, there was some uncertainty in team prices, but even with the clear tariff situation, the used team market has stabilized the prices, according to the latest data from the equipment’s analyst industry industry company. The prices of the teams used for resale and auction have dropped year after year, but the values of month to month have been quite stable, according to Brendan Gallagher, equipmentwatch data analyst.
“Everything is down, comparing May numbers to April,” he says. “But there is still a lot of volatility in all sales out of fear of rates.”
While many involved a massive equipment in the team market due to U.S. fare policies, impacts have been mostly on sales of new machines, with original team manufacturers trying to cook some price increases if they have to pay for imported equipment or components. But used teams are a different matter.
)[Recent declines] It seems that the depreciation of age since the fare talk has cooled, “says Gallagher.” At the beginning of the year we saw the value of some teams fired, but now it seems that the market is being installed. “”
And the values in Midyear usually increase slightly if there is something, adds Gallagher. “We get the new listings for 2025 machines at that time, and we see that they are sold more than they are used instead of new ones.”
The equipmentwatch data also shows a hasty fall of 12% of the auction values, which is unusual, says Sam Pierce, equipmentwatch sales analyst. “We don’t see such a drop in a while. Construction teams are usually quite consistent.” There have also been a year -on -year constant fall in the use of used machines, which may reflect that the last of the interruption of Covid’s time has passed and that companies are returned to normal rates.
But the OEM prospects are a bit more mixed. John Deere reported another decrease in sales and benefits of his construction and forestry division in the second quarter. The CEO, John May, told the investors on a call for gain from May 15 that “this quarter was marked by historical levels of important volatility and uncertainty in our final markets, given the dynamic global commercial backdrop”. He reaffirmed the company’s commitment to its existing markets, but recognized the “difficult macro environment we face”. The Deerere Forestry and Forest Sales dropped 23% year -on -year, going from $ 3.8 billion to $ 2.9 billion. The company provides for demand in the Americas for construction machines to remain flat or slightly diminished for the rest of 2025. The company has taken several initiatives to reduce the impact of rates, including an investment of $ 20 million on its US manufacturing operations over the next ten years.
Caterpillar also decreased in his first quarter’s results report, issued on April 30. Sales and income were $ 14.2 billion, 10% year -on -year and operating profit dropped by $ 2.6 billion, a 27% drop. But Tony Fassino, president of the Caterpillar group, for the construction industries, said that larger orders of distributors are still being sold by 2024. And although the remodeling may alleviate a little from the pressure of the rates, “not only do you say, boom, it changes the source today. It is not so fast.”
But despite a few prices, Fassino was optimistic about the rest of 2025 and said that dealing with uncertainty is reduced to “flexibility”.
