Midwest Equipment Auction brings a working consignment auction to your farm in Farming Simulator 25. Buy used equipment against NPC bidders and other players, or consign your own machines and let the crowd decide what they are worth.
Auctions run through a native-style auction page in the ESC menu and work in single player, multiplayer and on dedicated servers. Multiplayer has been tested host side; use it on your multiplayer saves and report any bugs to the bug channel.
Features
- Scheduled sales with real sale bills. Sales run on a regular calendar, and a sale bill is published a few days ahead so you can review the lots before sale day.
- Each sale has 10 to 30 lots, from single-farmer retirement sales to multi-seller consignment sales.
- Every machine has a believable history, with its age, operating hours, damage and paint wear listed.
- Each lot shows a pre-sale estimate based on its real condition.
- Click a lot to see its store picture alongside the details.
- Buyer numbers: sign up for a free bidder number at each sale.
- Max bids: set your limit before the sale, and the auction bids for you one step at a time, never above your max.
- Live bidding: on sale day, jump in from the floor. One click bids the next step.
- Live bid feed: watch bids come in from different bidder numbers, then hear “Going once… Going twice… SOLD!” A late bid resets the call.
- Hidden reserves: buyers never see the reserve, and the opening bid does not give it away.
- Lots sell one by one through the sale hours, whether or not the menu is open.
- Skip time and the sale catches up in order, with the same results every time.
- Won machines arrive at the shop as your own vehicles, with their age, hours, damage and wear carried over.
- A machine that cannot be delivered is refunded in full.
- Payment is processed upon closing on a particular lot, not at the close of the entire sale. Delivery happens when the entire sale is over.
- Buyer’s premium: tiered at 12% / 10% / 4%, with a $100 minimum and a $4,000 cap per lot.
- Seller’s commission: 20% / 10% / 5% on the hammer price only.
- Volume rate: sell over $500,000 in one sale and every lot you sold that day drops to the 5% rate.
- All fees are applied like tax brackets, so there is no price cliff between tiers.
- Consign your own machines by picking any machine your farm owns and setting a private reserve, or none. It goes on the next sale bill.
- Your machine stays on your farm, locked until it sells: no engine, no helper.
- If sold, you are paid after commission and the machine leaves your farm.
- If it does not make the reserve, it is unlocked and you can relist it.
- Withdrawal fees rise as sale day gets closer. You cannot pull a machine once its lot comes up.
- Bid on credit like a real sale: win without the cash to pay and it costs you a 25% default fee.
- The lot goes to the next bidder or back on the next sale bill.
- You owe any shortfall if it resells lower, and unpaid amounts sit on your auction balance with interest.
- You are also suspended from bidding until it is paid.
- Penalty mode can be switched to Relaxed: you can only bid what you have, and a default costs the fee only.
- Full results for recent sales include every lot, its buyer number and its price.
- My History shows your buys and sales, with every fee itemized.
- Your auction balance and bidding status are shown 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) adds a Midwest Auction app to your phone. Browse the sale bill, place max bids, watch the live feed and bid live, all from your phone.
- Optional Midwest Ag Finance (coming): sale money pays off 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.
- Every bid and payment is checked by the server.
- 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 days between sales.
- Hosts and admins can set the sale bill lead time.
- Hosts and admins can set the start time and sale length.
- Hosts and admins can set the NPC lot count.
- Hosts and admins can set the fee level.
- Hosts and admins can set the penalty mode.
- Changes are saved with your game and take effect from the next sale.
Requirements:
- Farming Simulator 25 (PC)
- No other mods required
