Land sales are popping up everywhere, as is typical for this time of the year. Most of these sales are land auctions. It seems it takes a land auction to get the farmer-buyers and investors to move the farms. By comparison, the farms listed for sale are not seeing much activity.

BigIron Realty of Columbus, Neb., a licensed real estate broker in eight states, compiles the reports for this column, but not all sales are handled by BigIron each month. Contact Big Iron at 800-887-8625. The following are several of the most recent sales.

Eastern Nebraska

Butler County: Just over 158 acres sold for $480,000. This is a one-of-a-kind property that has access to a 56-acre shared private lake stocked with fish, over 56 acres in the Conservation Reserve Program filled with quail and pheasants, and 46 acres of timber and bottom land where turkey and deer make their home. The land also includes a building site with a home and Quonset. — Compliments of Farmers National Co.

Southwest and Southern Nebraska

Gosper, Frontier and Red Willow counties: Slightly over 2,823 acres sold at online auction for almost $3.63 million in seven tracts. These tracts were mostly all dryland crop ground; a few had improvements. — Compliments of BigIron Realty

Frontier County: A total of 81 acres sold for $164,000. This is excellent dryland crop ground with all Class II soils, and a county road accessible on two sides. — Compliments of Agri Affiliates Inc.

Northwestern Nebraska

Deuel County: Just over 396 acres sold for $285,000. This is a dryland farm with a 7,600-bushel grain bin located on the north side of the half section. — Compliments of BigIron Realty

Cheyenne County: Slightly over 274  acres sold for $250,500. This property contains 274 acres of dryland crop ground 9 miles northwest of Sidney. The property has access on blacktop roads, just 1 mile west of grain facilities. — Compliments of Agri Affiliates Inc.