Landwatch Weekly
Recent Farmland Sales in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska
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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ILLINOIS, Hancock County. A 42-acre farm sold in one tract in an online auction for $692,670, or $16,500 per acre. The property features a soil productivity index of 138.7 as well as a 0.5-acre parcel in the Conservation Reserve Program. The farm is listed as 96% tillable, is ready for crop production in 2027 and has access via a county road.
Link to the listing: https://www.sullivanauctioneers.com/…
Contact Louie Zinn, Sullivan Auctioneers; 319-795-2314; Sold@SullivanAuctioneers.com.
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IOWA, Shelby County. A 374-acre farm sold in three parcels at auction for $4.8 million, or an average of $13,800 an acre. The most productive parcel is 147 acres with a soil productivity index of 71.3, selling for $12,200 an acre. However, a 71-acre tract with a soil productivity index of 57 sold for $17,900 per acre. The farm also includes a 156-acre parcel that is 99% tillable with a soil productivity index of 70.8.
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Link to the listing: https://www.exchangeline.com/…
Contact Mitch Osborn, Osborn Auction; 712-579-4824; nosborn@harlannet.com.
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MINNESOTA, Mower County. A 320-acre farm sold at auction in two parcels for $4.2 million, or an average of $13,260 an acre. The property includes two tracts of 160 acres each, with soil productivity indexes of 92.4 and 90.8, respectively. Parcel two includes 140 acres of former Conservation Reserve Program land with the potential to farm organically. Both tracts have excellent road access.
Link to the listing: https://landproz.com/…
Contact Greg Jensen, LandProz; 507-383-1067; gregjensen@landproz.com.
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NEBRASKA, Scottsbluff County. A 63-acre farm sold in one tract at auction for $626,868, or $9,900 an acre. The farm includes potential income streams other than the farm ground, with a rental house, hunting lease and commercial billboards along Nebraska Highway 26. The cropland is 92% tillable with a soil productivity index of 38.
Link to the listing: https://www.bigiron.com/…
Contact Rex Mahoney, Big Iron Realty; 402-649-1816; contact@bigironrealty.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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