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Acres’ Top 10 December Land Sales
Discover the top ten largest land sales of December 2024, featuring key details and crop histories from Acres' national database.
Discover February 2025's top 10 largest land sales in the U.S., compiled from Acres' up-to-date database.
Using Acres’ nationwide land transaction database, we’ve compiled a list from our curated data of the top ten highest value land sales over 40 acres from across the country for February 2025. The Acres team works diligently to update our database weekly, so these rankings may evolve as new data comes in. Want access to the most recent and reliable land sales data? Connect with our team here.
1. Elkhart County, Indiana– $23,138 per acre
Sold By: Halderman Auction House
- Sale Price: $1,755,000 (75.85 acres at $23,138/acre)
- Key Details: Four tracts of land sold to create a property that has 70 tillable acres with woods on the remaining 5.85 acres that make wonderful space for hunting and other recreational activities.
- Crop History: The property boasts an NCCPI soil score of 70.2/100 with 66 of the purchased acres having been historically used in corn production.
2. Grant County, Wisconsin– $22,700 per acre
Sold By: Peoples Company
- Sale Price: $1,376,755 (60.65 acres at $22,700/acre)
- Key Details: This property includes multiple sheds and an abandoned two-story home. 54.5 of the purchased are tillable making the tillable price per acre $25,262.
- Crop History: Historically, roughly 22 of the purchased acres have been used in corn production and roughly 19 of the purchased acres have been used in soybean production. The land has an NCCPI soil score of 83.1/100.
3. Sangamon County, Illinois– $19,000 per acre
Sold By: Cory Craig Auctions
- Sale Price: $1,520,000 (80 acres at $19,000/acre)
- Key Details: This property was part of a 160 acre sale broken up into two 80 acre tracts (the second tract is ranked sixth on this list).
- Crop History: Crop history indicates that the property rotates between corn and soybeans annually and plants on 78.24 of the purchased acres. This property has an NCCPI soil score of 85.7/100.
4. Douglas County, Illinois – $18,900 per acre
Sold By: First Mid Agricultural Services
- Sale Price: $1,332,450 (70.5 acres at $18,900/acre)
- Key Details: This purchase is tract 1 of the sale (the second tract is in fifth place on this list) and 70.1 of the purchased acres are tillable. The comingled 6-year corn average is 205.7 bu/acre and the 6-year soybean average is 66 bu/acre for all 4 tracts listed.
- Crop History: 68 of the purchased acres have been historically used in corn production and the property has an NCCPI soil score of 87.4/100.
5. Douglas County, Illinois – $18,900 per acre
Sold By: First Mid Agricultural Services
- Sale Price: $1,294,839 (68.51 acres at $18,900/acre)
- Key Details: This purchase is tract 2 of the sale (the first tract is in fourth place on this list) and 68.5 of the purchased acres are tillable. The co-mingled 6-year corn average is 205.7 bu/acre and the 6-year soybean average is 66 bu/acre for all 4 tracts listed.
- Crop History: 65 of the purchased acres have been historically used in corn production and the property has an NCCPI soil score of 85.6/100.
6. Sangamon County, Illinois – $18,525 per acre
Sold By: Cory Craig Auctions
- Sale Price: $1,482,000 (80 acres at $18,525/acre)
- Key Details: This property was part of a 160 acre sale broken up into two 80 acre tracts (the second tract is ranked sixth on this list).
- Crop History: Crop history indicates that the property rotates between corn and soybeans annually and plants on 77.36 of the purchased acres.This property has an NCCPI soil score of 81/100.
7. Christian County, Illinois – $18,375 per acre
Sold By: Cory Craig Auctions
- Sale Price: $1,113,709 (60.61 acres sold at $18,375/acre)
- Key Details: 60.04 tillable acres with a NCCPI soil score of 80.5/100. This property has a corn base of 25.74 acres with a PLC yield of 144 bushels/acre and a soybean base of 25.79 acres with a PLC yield of 40 bushels/acre.
- Crop History: 30 of the acres have historically been used in corn production and 26 of the acres have been used in soybean production.
8. Christian County, Illinois – $18,350 per acre
Sold By: Cory Craig Auctions
- Sale Price: $1,088,889 (59.34 acres sold at $18,350/acre)
- Key Details: 57.65 acres of cropland with a NCCPI soil score of 81.3/100. This property has a corn base of 29.2 acres with a PLC yield of 144 bushels/acre and a soybean base of 28.4 acres with a PLC yield of 40 bushels/acre.
- Crop History: 56 of the acres have historically been used in soybean.
9. O’Brien County, Illinois – $17,200 per acre
Sold By: Zomer Company Realty & Auction
- Sale Price: $1,325,432 (77.06 acres sold at $17,200/acre)
- Key Details: 71.8 tillable acres with a NCCPI soil score of 75.8/100. This property has a corn base of 29.8 acres with a PLC yield of 159 bushels/acre and a soybean base of 27 acres with a PLC yield of 50 bushels/acre.
- Crop History: 40 of the acres have historically been used in soybean production.
10. Iroquois County, Illinois – $17,000 per acre
Sold By: Sullivan Auctioneers
- Sale Price: $1,360,000 (80 acres sold at $17,000/acre)
- Key Details: 76.7 of the acres are tillable and have an NCCPI soil score of 71/100.
- Crop History: 76 of the purchased acres have historically been used in soybean production.
