Land auctions continued at a steady pace through December. Here is a sample of those in Kansas and surrounding states.

Marshall County. About 78 acres of cropland and wooded draws in Marshall County sold at auction Nov. 21. The property, located 4 miles northeast of Marysville, Kan., sold for $9,043 per acre. The seller was the Griswold Family Trust. Midwest Land & Home of Washington, Kan., handled the sale.

Rawlins County. About 720 acres of Rawlins County cropland that included royalty production sold at auction Nov. 19. The land, located near McDonald, Kan., sold in four tracts. Tract 1 was 310 dryland acres, with highway access and royalty from a producing oil well, and it sold for $3,000 per acre. Tract 2 was 160 acres of dryland, and it sold for $2,600 per acre. Tract 3 was 80 acres of dryland, planted to wheat for the 2025 season, and it sold for $3,200 per acre. Tract 4, which sold for $2,000 per acre, was a quarter section with 91 acres of almost level farm ground and the remaining 70 acres in fenced pasture.  Archer Farms Inc. was the seller. The sale was handled by Farm & Ranch Realty Inc. of Colby, Kan.

Reno County. A quarter section of cropland located 6 miles west of Hutchinson, Kan., with excellent road access to market sold at auction Nov. 19. The sale also included the seller’s interest in an oil well on the property. It sold for $4,500 per acre. The sellers were Rudy T. Miller and Katie L. Miller. BigIron Auctions handled the sale.

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Rawlins County. On Nov. 12, 1,750 acres of farmland, including a country home and royalty production, also near McDonald, Kan., sold at auction. Tract 1 was 215 acres of irrigated ground with two irrigation wells permitted for 240 AF at 420 GPM and 331 AF at 643 GPM, and two irrigation pivots, located in the GMD 4 LEMA, which sold for $5,600 per acre. Tract 2 was 160 acres of dryland, with an injection well, and sold for $3,200. Tract 3 was 180 acres of dryland and 54 acres of grass pasture that sold for $1,800. Tract 4 was 150 acres of pasture that sold for $1,200 per acre. Tract 5 was 45 acres that included a 1,295-square-foot country home with a shop and other outbuildings that sold for $425,000. Tract 6 was 220 acres of dryland and 90 acres of pasture that sold for $1,700 per acre. Tract 7 was 605 acres of pasture that sold for $1,700 per acre. The seller was the Cahoj Living Trust, et al. Farm & Ranch Realty handled the sale.

Hitchcock County, Neb. About 900 acres of farmland in five tracts located east of Palisade, Neb., sold at auction Dec. 3. Tract 1 included 200 acres of irrigated and 94 acres of dryland, with an irrigation well permitted for 370 AF at 550 GPM and pivot irrigation equipment, that sold for $5,600 per acre. Tract 2 was a 90-acre irrigated circle with dryland corners and included an irrigation well permitted for 280 AF at 550 GPM and irrigation equipment, and it sold for $5,500 per acre. Tract 3 was 255 acres of pasture with an underground waterline and tanks, and it sold for $950 per acre. Tract 4 was 90 acres of dryland, and it sold for $2,400 per acre. And Tract 5 was a level quarter section with a center pivot, well and pump on the land that is currently enrolled in the DREP and CRP program with annual payments. It sold for $4,200 per acre. The sellers were Travis Barger and William Barger. The sale was handled by Farm & Ranch Realty Inc.

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Kit Carson County, Colo. Four tracts, totaling 1,235 acres in Kit Carson County, Colo., sold at auction Nov. 26. The land was in the vicinity of Flagler, Colo., with access to good country roads and easy access to Interstate 70. Tract 1, 620 acres of dryland north of Flagler, was one-third wheat, one-third wheat stubble and one-third corn stalks and sold for $1,850 per acre. Tract 2, 145 acres of wheat stubble ready for spring planting, sold for $1,850 per acre. Tract 3, 150 acres of corn stalks, sold for $1,900 per acre. And Tract 4, 320 acres of dryland, half planted to 2025 with wheat and half in stubble, sold for $1,800 per acre. The seller was Lonnie E. Brouwer. The sale was handled by Farm & Ranch Realty Inc.

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Baca County, Colo. About 1,850 acres of irrigated, dryland, grass and a grower lot, located north of Walsh, Colo., sold at auction in five tracts Oct. 31. Tract 1 was an irrigated section with dryland corners that sold for $1,400 per acre. Tract 2 was 99 irrigated acres and 186 acres that included a 1,200-foot bunk line and other grower lot improvements that sold for $1,350 per acre. Tract 3 was 123 irrigated acres and 203 dryland acres that included a 1,000-foot bunk line, and a load-out chute and other grower lot improvements, that sold for $1,300 per acre. Tract 4 was 334 irrigated acres and 203 dryland acres with an older farmstead that included a shop and grain bins that sold for $1,050 per acre. Tract 5 was 160 acres of dryland that sold for $600 per acre. The sellers were Timothy Hume and Ronald Drosselmeyer. The sale was handled by Farm & Ranch Realty Inc.

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