Carroll County tops the market with 2 sales at $17,500/acre. March is active with land auctions.

Cherokee County rings the bell this week with a sale at $19,000/acre. March is going to be an active month for land auctions.

Lyon County tops the market this week with a sale at $25,600/acre. Several strong sales this week.

In this RFD-TV Land Report segment for the ASFMRA, I share insights from Iowa’s 2025 farmland auction market — including record-setting sales and what’s driving current land values across the region.

Iowa ag banker Alan Rosendahl joins me to break down current Iowa farmland values and auction trends.

Floyd County rings the bell this week at $17,400/acre. Warm weather is in the extended forecast. Will there be some field work in February?

Listen in on my visit with good friend, Tommy Grisafi, as we chat about Iowa farmland on his Ag Bull Podcast.

Franklin County tops the week with a sale at $15,700/acre. Warmer weather is in the extended forecast. Auction activity looks good for the next 30 days.

Cerro Gordo County tops the market this week at $14,700/acre. Unfortunately, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow which means six more weeks of winter. On my latest Land Talker TV episode, I visited with Bill Rubis of Permanent Farming who knows all about building deep pit cattle buildings.

Tune in to Land Talker TV with guest Bill Rubis of Permanent Farming. We discuss what’s driving today’s farmland and livestock markets, shifting ag facilities and labor, estate planning and generational transitions, the impact of outside investors, and why better market data and transparency matter more than ever.

Lyon County has top honors this week with a sale at $22,750/acre. An analysis of my 2025 auction data will be released in my next newsletter which will go out February 2. Do you think land market conditions went down, were stable, or went up? I think you will be surprised.

Sioux County rings the bell this week with a sale at $26,250/acre. Johnson County takes honorable mention with a strictly ag land sale at $20,000/acre, likely a new price record for land purchased to raise corn/soybeans.

Lyon County tops the market this week with a sale at $22,000/acre. Several sale barns were touting record high prices for feeder cattle.

Happy New Year! Fremont County finishes 2025 strong with a sale at $13,500/acre. There are over 6,000 acres coming to auction in January.

Due to the Christmas holidays, there’s only one auction to report and Sioux County brings it again with a sale at $28,000/acre.

Dubuque County in Northeast Iowa rings the bell this week with a sale at $21,700/acre. Auction activity usually falls around holiday season. Wishing a Merry Christmas to all!

Three weeks in a row, Sioux County wins top prize with a sale at $28,600/acre. There are about one and a half more weeks of auctions for the year.

Sioux County does it again with a new price record of $32,000/acre, shattering the old price record for the state and Sioux County.

Sioux County tops the market this week at $22,500/acre. It was a short week for auctions due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Ida County tops the market this week with a sale at $20,500/acre. It was a busy week for land auctions in Iowa and surrounding states - robust land prices are not just an Iowa thing.