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Farmland auctions around Kansas gathered some momentum in September and October, according to submitted reports. Demand seems to be holding steady for dryland and pastureland in central and eastern Kansas.
Here are recent notable land sales:
Nemaha County. About 226 acres of dryland north of Seneca and just south of the Nebraska state line sold at auction Oct. 29 for $8,761 per acre. The seller was the Meier family. Midwest Land & Home, Washington, Kan., handled the sale.
Clay County. About 116 acres of dryland southwest of Clay Center sold at auction Oct. 23 for $5,215 per acre. The seller was Samantha Hauger. Midwest Land & Home handled the sale.
Seward County. Two circles of irrigated ground totaling about 320 acres, northwest of Liberal, sold at auction Oct. 22. The offering included one well permitted for 413 acre-feet of water at a rate of 720 gallons per minute and all irrigation equipment except the engine and generator. The seller’s mineral interests and gas production rights also transferred to the buyer, with existing gas production income particularly attractive to bidders. It sold for $3,750 per acre. The seller was the Crow Family Trust. Farm & Ranch Realty Inc., Colby, Kan., handled the sale.
Sumner County. About 76 acres of dryland southeast of Conway Springs sold at auction Oct. 21 for approximately $2,224 per acre. The seller was the Glen Mourning and Joyce Mourning Revocable Living Trust. Gene Francis & Associates handled the sale.
Wallace County. About 1,150 acres of dryland and Conservation Reserve Program land northwest of Sharon Springs sold at auction Oct. 20. The sale was split into three tracts, all located along the improved gravel road with easy access to Highway 27. Tract 1 was 325 acres and sold for $1,700 per acre. Tract 2 was about 510 acres and sold for $1,600 per acre. Tract 3 was 320 acres with about 97 acres of CRP land that expires in 2031, and it sold for $1,200 per acre. Gooch Farms was the seller. Farm & Ranch Realty Inc. handled the sale.
Sedgwick County. A 20-acre parcel that included a house with a pond and outbuildings west of Goddard sold at auction Sept. 30 for $32,000 per acre. The sellers were Chad and Dulce Stone. Gene Francis & Associates handled the sale.
Sedgwick County. A 61-acre pasture northwest of Park City sold at auction Sept. 30 for about $7,213 per acre. The seller was the Robert and Dorothy Brink Revocable Living Trust. Gene Francis & Associates handled the sale.
Pottawatomie County. About 228 acres of pasture north of Westmoreland sold at auction Sept. 10. The land was split into five total tracts with an average final price per acre of about $3,859. The Carol E. Threewit Revocable Trust was the seller. Gene Francis & Associates handled the sale.