Midwest Equipment Auction puts a real consignment sale right on your farm in Farming Simulator 25. You can hunt down used equipment from NPC bidders and other players, or put one of your own machines up for sale and let the crowd decide its value. It gives your farm another way to buy, sell and build up your equipment lineup.
Open the native-style auction page from the ESC menu. It works in single player, multiplayer and on dedicated servers. Multiplayer has been tested host side, so use it on your multiplayer saves and report bugs in the bug channel.
Features
- Sales are scheduled and come with real sale bills. The calendar keeps sales regular, while the sale bill appears a few days before sale day so you can check the lots first.
- Every sale includes 10 to 30 lots. Some are single-farmer retirement sales, while others are multi-seller consignment sales.
- You can see a believable history for every machine, including its age, operating hours, damage and paint wear.
- Each lot has a pre-sale estimate that is based on its real condition.
- Click a lot and its store picture appears beside all the details.
- Buyer numbers: get a free bidder number when you sign up at each sale.
- Max bids: choose your limit before things get moving. The auction keeps bidding one step at a time for you, but never over your max.
- Live bidding: on sale day, join in from the floor. One click puts in the next step.
- Live bid feed: follow bids from different bidder numbers and listen for “Going once… Going twice… SOLD!” A late bid resets the call.
- Hidden reserves: buyers cannot see the reserve, and the opening bid will not reveal it.
- The lots sell one at a time during the sale hours, even while the menu is closed.
- Skip time and the sale continues in order, giving the same results every time.
- When you win a machine, it arrives at the shop as your own vehicle. Its age, hours, damage and wear come with it.
- If delivery is not possible, you get a full refund.
- Payment happens as each particular lot closes, not when the whole sale closes. Delivery waits until the entire sale is over.
- Buyer’s premium: 12% / 10% / 4% by tier, with a $100 minimum and a $4,000 cap per lot.
- Seller’s commission: 20% / 10% / 5%, charged on the hammer price only.
- Volume rate: sell over $500,000 in one sale and every lot you sold that day uses the 5% rate.
- All fees use tax-bracket style tiers, so there is no price cliff between them.
- Want to sell your own machine? Pick any machine your farm owns, set a private reserve or choose none, and it goes onto the next sale bill.
- That machine stays on your farm and is locked until it sells. No engine and no helper.
- If it sells, the machine leaves your farm and you are paid after the commission.
- If it misses the reserve, it unlocks and you can list it again.
- Pulling out gets more expensive as sale day gets closer. Once the lot comes up, you cannot withdraw the machine.
- Bid on credit like a real sale. If you win without the cash to pay, the cost is a 25% default fee.
- The lot then goes to the next bidder or returns on the next sale bill.
- If it resells for less, you owe the shortfall. Unpaid amounts stay on your auction balance with interest.
- You also lose bidding access until that amount is paid.
- Switch penalty mode to Relaxed if you want. You can only bid what you have, and a default costs the fee only.
- Recent sale results list every lot, its buyer number and its price.
- My History keeps track of your buys and sales, with every fee itemized.
- Your auction balance and bidding status are easy to see at a glance.
- In-game notifications cover sale bills and sale start, your lot selling now, outbid, won and delivered, sold and not sold, and defaults.
- Optional LS Lifestyle (HS25) puts a Midwest Auction app on your phone. Browse the sale bill, place max bids, watch the live feed and bid live without leaving your phone.
- Optional Midwest Ag Finance (coming): sale money pays your equipment loan first, and lenders can send repossessed machines to auction.
- Neither optional mod is required. The auction works fully on its own.
- Built for multiplayer and dedicated servers.
- The server checks every bid and payment.
- Your max bids and reserves stay private to your farm.
- This is tested in a multiplayer game on the host side with no errors.
Specifications
- Hosts and admins can set the number of days between sales.
- Hosts and admins can set the lead time for the sale bill.
- Hosts and admins can set both the start time and the sale length.
- Hosts and admins can set how many NPC lots appear.
- Hosts and admins can set the fee level.
- Hosts and admins can set the penalty mode.
- Your game saves the changes, and they take effect from the next sale.
Requirements:
- Farming Simulator 25 (PC)
- No other mods required
