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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Watt Darren Jeffrey   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol RITCHIE BROS AUCTIONEERS INC [RBA] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Gen. Counsel & Corp. Secretary (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS INC., 9500 GLENLYON PARKWAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/14/2017 (Street) BURNABY, A1 V5J 0C6 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Share Units (2016 PSUs)

(1)

12/14/2017(2)

A

770

(3)

(3)

Common Shares

770

$ 0

770

D

Dividend Equivalent Rights (2016 PSUs)

(4)

12/14/2017(4)

A

23

(4)

(4)

Common Shares

23

$ 0

23

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Watt Darren Jeffrey C/O RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS INC. 9500 GLENLYON PARKWAY BURNABY, A1 V5J 0C6			Gen. Counsel & Corp. Secretary

Signatures

Maria Teresa Punsalan as attorney-in-fact for Darren Jeffrey Watt		12/18/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each PSU represents a contingent right to receive one RBA common share or the economic equivalent thereof.
(2)	The RBA Compensation Committee determined that the PSUs, previously granted to the reporting person, are eligible for vesting because certain performance criteria were satisfied.
(3)	The PSUs vest on 3/01/2019. The common shares underlying vested PSUs or the cash value thereof (as determined by the Committee in accordance with the RBA Senior Executive Performance Share Unit Plan) will be paid to the reporting person, net of tax, as soon as practicable following the end of the month in which the PSUs vest.
(4)	Each dividend equivalent right represents a contingent right to receive one RBA common share or the economic equivalent thereof. DERs accrued in respect of the 2016 PSUs vest and become exercisable concurrently with the PSUs to which they relate.

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