Landwatch Weekly
Recent Farmland Sales in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Missouri
Editor's Note: DTN's Landwatch Weekly column is a spin-off of Progressive Farmer's monthly column, highlighting the recent results of sales and auctions from across the country. Sales figures are provided by sources and may differ from what you see elsewhere due to rounding and averaging. If you would like to submit a sale for publication, please email a link to the sale, selling price and broker's contact information to landwatch@dtn.com.
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IOWA, O'Brien County. A 564-acre farm sold at auction in eight tracts for $10.5 million, or an average of $18,538 an acre. The property includes two 78-acre cropland tracts, including 78 corn base acres with a Price Loss Coverage yield of 168 bushels per acre, as well as 75 soybean base acres with a PLC yield of 50 bushels. The farm includes two 79-acre parcels with a combined 79 corn base acres, also with a PLC yield of 168 bushels per acre, and 74 soybean base acres with a PLC yield of 50 bushels per acre. The sale also includes an 81-acre cropland and Conservation Reserve Program tract, with a 92.1 soil productivity rating. A 75-acre cropland tract with a 93.2 soil productivity rating sold for $21,500 an acre. The farm also includes an 86-acre cropland and CRP tract, along with a seven-acre cropland parcel.
Link to the listing: https://www.midwestlandmanagement.com/…
For more information, contact Ben Hollesen, Midwest Land Management; 712-253-5779; ben@midwestlandmanagement.com.
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KANSAS, Bourbon County. A 283-acre farm sold in two contiguous tracts in an online auction for $1.1 million, or an average of $4,000 an acre. A 161-acre tract includes 98 acres of cropland, 17 acres of hay land and about seven non-crop acres. The property also includes a 122-acre parcel with 52 acres of cropland, 39 acres of hay land and 22 non-crop acres. The farm is ideal for livestock, crop production, home building and hunting.
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Link to the listing: https://www.farmersnational.com/…
For more information, contact Jordan Olsen, Farmers National Company; 785-766-2508; jolsen@farmersnational.com.
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MINNESOTA, Otter Tail and Grant counties. An 831-acre farm sold at auction in eight tracts for $7.6 million, or an average of $8,964 per acre on seven cropland tracts. The property includes tracts of 166, 153, 147 and 123 acres. The farm also features two parcels of 59 acres, one 112-acre tract and a 12-acre building site. The soil productivity indexes on the cropland range from 43.2 to 88.3. The farm includes an expansive lakeshore frontage and an 11-acre lakeside farm site with building potential, along with a mix of wetlands and woods.
Link to the listing: https://www.pifers.com/…
For more information, contact Troy Johnsrud, Pifer's; 218-849-3110; tjohnsrud@pifers.com.
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MISSOURI, Boone County. A 274-acre farm sold at auction in four tracts for $3 million, or an average of $11,375 an acre. The property includes a 109-acre mixed-use parcel with frontage and direct access off a highway. The farm also has a 97-acre mixed-use tract. The farm also has two 34-acre parcels, each with highway and frontage access, along with a pond and woods ideal for hunting. The entire farm is rented out for the 2026 crop year.
Link to the listing: https://www.landandfarm.com/…
For more information, contact Charlie Nordwald, Wheeler Auctions and Real Estate; 636-795-4552; charlie@wheelerauctions.com.
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-These sales figures are provided by the sources and may not be exact because of rounding.
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