Farmland auctions picked up at the end of August and into September, according to submitted reports. Highlights include a couple of whole farm auctions.
Here are recent land sales:
Russell County. About 282 acres of ground southeast of Luray, Kan., sold at auction Sept. 29. The tract was a mix of cropland, tillable acres, and pasture and waterway with a solar well for livestock. It sold for $2,250 per acre. The sellers were David H. and Krista J. Ulrich. BigIron Realty handled the sale.
Graham and Rooks counties. About 475 acres comprising pastureland, dryland, Conservation Reserve Program land, and a homestead along the Graham and Rooks county boundary line near Palco, Kan., sold at auction Sept. 17 for $1,600 per acre. The sellers were the Joseph B. Beiker and Elvera F. Beiker Trust. BigIron Realty handled the sale.
Decatur County. A single tract of 640 acres of irrigated land, dryland and grassland west of Jennings, Kan., sold at auction Sept. 10. The section brought $2,050 per acre. The sellers were Tom and Jolene Vacura. Farm & Ranch Realty Inc. of Colby, Kan., handled the sale.
Stanton County. A farm consisting of a little over 3,272 acres of center-pivot and drip-irrigated ground near Big Bow, Kan., sold at auction Sept. 1. The offering sold in six contiguous tracts. Tract 1 was 157 acres and sold for $4,500 per acre. Tract 2 was 621 acres and sold for $3,500 per acre. Tract 3 was 152 acres and sold for $4,000 per acre. Tract 4 was 156 acres and sold for $4,500 per acre. Tracts 5 and 6 were each 1,093 acres and sold for $3,000 per acre. The seller was Nicholas Farms Inc. Farmers National Co. handled the sale.
Saline and Ottawa counties. A little over 226 acres of river bottom farm ground southwest of Niles, Kan., sold at auction Aug. 28 for about $3,424 per acre. The seller was Lindgren Family Farm LLC. Farmers National Co. handled the sale.
Logan and Scott counties. About 310 acres of dryland and CRP land in Logan and Scott counties sold at auction Aug. 18. The land was sold in two tracts, with Tract 1 about 150 acres of dryland south of Oakley, Kan., selling for $2,000 per acre. Tract 2 was 160 acres of CRP land southwest of Shallowater, Kan., selling for $2,050 per acre. The seller was Zanobia Farm & Ranch Inc. Farm & Ranch Realty Inc. handled the sale.
Marion County. Almost 1,766 acres of quality pasture, dryland and recreational land, including a home and farm site, in the Durham, Kan., area sold at auction Aug. 18. The offering was split into 14 tracts. Tracts 1, 2 and 3 were pasture and sold for an average of $3,500 per acre. Tracts 4, 5, 8, 11 and 13 were crop and hay ground and sold for an average of $4,050 per acre. Tract 6 was hunting habitat along the river and sold for $4,400 per acre. Tract 9 was 80 acres of established wind turbine royalties and sold for $6,000 per acre. Tract 12 included a farm residence and shops on 1 acre and sold for $300,000. Tract 14 was a 1-acre build site along K-15 highway, and it sold for $133,000. Tracts 7 and 10 were turnkey livestock-feeding facilities with bunk lines, rural water meters, indoor working facilities and other infrastructure. They sold for $4,050 and $7,000 per acre, respectively. The seller was the Dudley Donahue Living Trust. Farmers National Co. handled the sale.
Bourbon County. About 283 acres of highly productive bottom ground and wildlife habitat near Fort Scott, Kan., sold at auction Aug. 7. The land sold in two tracts for an average across both tracts of $4,300 per acre. The seller was the Richard H. Perry Trust. Farmers National Co. handled the sale.
Editor's note: If you are a real estate agent or land broker and would like to include a land auction in this monthly report, please email jennifer.latzke@farmprogress.com or call 620-253-5497.