The sale of farmland in eastern Brooking County, S.D., for $7,100 per acre topped the survey of land auction results from November and December 2016. Most other cropland in eastern South Dakota brought between $4,000 and $6,500 per acre at auctions held before the beginning of the new year. See details below.

Brookings County cropland brings $7,100/a
About 128 acres of cropland in Brookings County, S.D., sold for $7,100 per acre at an auction in the fall of 2016. It was part of a 288-acre tract that averaged $3,218 per acre. The remainder of the ground was mostly pasture. Certified wetland determinations had been completed on the cropland. — Auction conducted and managed by United Country/Advantage Land Co., Brookings, S.D. Phone: 605-692-2525. Website: advantagelandco.com.

$6,025 per acre for Miner County land
Approximately 157 acres in Miner County, S.D., that had been donated to a local church brought $6,025 per acre at an auction last fall. Nearly all of the property was tillable and had a soil rating of 0.917 and a productivity index of 83.4. — Auction managed and conducted by Sutton Auctioneer and Land Broker, Sioux Falls, S.D. Phone: 605-336-6315. Website: suttonauction.com.

$5,600 per acre buys land near Sioux Falls
About 100 acres in Minnehaha County, S.D., 7 miles outside of Sioux Falls, sold for $5,600 per acre. The land included some level productive cropland and excellent hunting and wildlife habitat areas along the Big Sioux River, according to the sale bill. — Auction managed and conducted by Sutton Auctioneer and Land Broker, Sioux Falls, S.D. Phone: 605-336-6315. Website: suttonauction.com.

‘Cattlemen’s paradise, hunter’s haven’ sells
Two farms in Turner County, S.D., sold for about $4,000 per acre recently. A 136-acre tract with a soil productivity rating of 63.8 sold for $4,250 per acre, and 168 acres that was all in grass with “heavy, deep, wooded draws, and hundreds of cedar and deciduous trees,” according to the sale bill, sold for $4,100 per acre. The land overlooked the Turkey Ridge Valley. “A cattleman’s paradise or hunter’s haven,” the sale bill proclaimed. About 105 acres of the property had been in the Conservation Reserve Program for the past 25 years. — Auction managed and conducted by Wieman Land and Auction, Marion S.D. Phone: 800-251-3111. Website: wiemanauction.com.

Clay County land sold
Approximately 195 acres of cropland in Clay County, S.D., sold for $6,000 per acre. — Auction managed and conducted by Westra Atkins Land and Auction LLC, Beresford S.D. Phone: 605-310-6941. Website: westraatkins.com.

$6,300 per acre buys Moody County land
A 160-acre farm in Moody County, S.D, sold for $6,300 per acre in November. “It had a mixture of productive cropland, along with some areas that may provide a haven for deer, pheasants, wild turkeys and other wildlife,” the sale bill said. The farm had an overall weighted productivity index of 75.4 and had a gently rolling to rolling topography — Auction managed and conducted by Burlage Peterson Realty, Brookings, S.D. Phone: 605-692-7102. Website: burlagepeterson.com.

Pifer’s Auction and Realty, Moorhead, Minn., published the following summary of its January through June North Dakota and South Dakota auction results.