{"id":4463,"date":"2026-08-14T04:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T04:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usedmotorgrader.com\/blog\/?p=4463"},"modified":"2026-08-13T05:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:16:26","slug":"how-mid-sized-graders-have-quietly-gained-momentum-in-the-u-s-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usedmotorgrader.com\/blog\/how-mid-sized-graders-have-quietly-gained-momentum-in-the-u-s-market\/","title":{"rendered":"How Mid-Sized Graders Have Quietly Gained Momentum In The U.S. Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

The average used motor grader sold in the U.S. today runs around $221,000, nearly 40% more than the same class of machine would have fetched in late 2021. That’s not supposed to happen to equipment that’s, by definition, getting older every year. But it has, and the segment driving most of that shift is the one nobody spent much time talking about a decade ago: mid-size motor graders.<\/span><\/p>\n

For years, mid-size units were the compromise pick. Too much machine for a small paving crew, not quite enough for a state DOT running interstate shoulders. Buyers either went small and rented up when a bigger job came along, or bought full-size and ate the fuel bill. Somewhere around 2020, that math flipped. The Cat 140 has spent the last several years as the best-selling new motor grader in North America by financed units, and the Deere 772G has occasionally outsold it outright. Neither is a full-size machine. Both sit squarely in the class this article is about.<\/span><\/p>\n

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