Iowa Farmland Prices for August 2023 Recent Sales Data
Current Average Price Per Acre for Farmland in Iowa
Check out the table below of all the auction results from August Iowa land sales sold by auction. For the month of August, the price per acre average of land in Iowa increase to $13,257.83 per acre, compared to July’s per acre average price of $12,584. A year ago, the average price per acre was similar at $13,441.36 per acre in August of 2022. Reach out to us for an opinion on what we think your farm is worth if you are considering selling.
Number of Farmland Acres Sold in Iowa During August 2023
If you take a look at the graph to the right you will see an increase in farmland acres sold at auction from July to August. In July, we saw 5,192.09 acres sold at auction compared to 8,335.92 acres sold this month. If you are thinking of selling, now is the time to reach out to learn more about the process! Fill out this form to get started today and one of our auctioneers or land brokers will contact you shortly!
Price Per CSR2 Point Iowa Farmland
The price per CSR2 point increase $7 from July and is currently at $168/CSR2 point. A year ago Price per CSR2 was $173/CSR2 point. This value is used to help calculate what your farm is worth. If you don’t know your farm’s CSR2 soil rating reach out to us for a soil map and evaluation if you are thinking of selling land in Iowa.
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Jason holds Auctioneer or Land Broker licenses in Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. His DreamDirt team is composed of auctioneers, land brokers, and realtors. They specialize in farmland sales primarily serving the heirs to family farms all across Iowa and surrounding states. We offer risk-free selling experiences and work hard to maximize the value of our client's assets using highly effective auction methods, technology, and powerful advertising.
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Iowa Farmland Sales Auction Results Aug 2023
| County | Total Acres | Tillable Acres | Price Per Tillable Acre | CSR2 | $ per Tillable CSR2 | Price | % Tillable | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grundy | 178.4 | 172.02 | $15,900.00 | 85 | $187.06 | $2,836,560.00 | 96.42 | 8/1/23 |
| Polk | 80 | 77.69 | $14,000.00 | 76.6 | $182.77 | $1,120,000.00 | 97.11 | 8/1/23 |
| Story | 200 | 194.59 | $17,700.00 | 88.1 | $200.91 | $3,540,000.00 | 97.30 | 8/1/23 |
| Ida | 152 | 151.32 | $16,800.00 | 88.6 | $189.62 | $2,553,600.00 | 99.55 | 8/1/23 |
| Dickinson | 150.73 | 139.66 | $16,800.00 | 88.33 | $190.20 | $2,532,264.00 | 92.66 | 8/2/23 |
| Benton | 115.5 | 109.29 | $21,200.00 | 92.1 | $230.18 | $2,448,600.00 | 94.62 | 8/2/23 |
| O’Brien | 160 | 151.77 | $15,400.00 | 94.3 | $163.31 | $2,464,000.00 | 94.86 | 8/4/23 |
| O’Brien | 160 | 152.47 | $14,100.00 | 91.4 | $154.27 | $2,256,000.00 | 95.29 | 8/4/23 |
| Cerro Gordo | 120.95 | 115.98 | $15,900.00 | 83.8 | $189.74 | $1,923,105.00 | 95.89 | 8/3/2023 |
| Polk | 31.21 | 29.96 | $24,050.00 | 87.9 | $273.61 | $750,600.50 | 95.99 | 8/3/2023 |
| Palo Alto | 117 | 115.20 | $14,700.00 | 85.4 | $172.13 | $1,719,900.00 | 98.46 | 8/3/2023 |
| Van Buren | 80 | 47.53 | $8,400.00 | 37.4 | $224.60 | $672,000.00 | 59.41 | 8/8/23 |
| O’Brien | 40 | 23.79 | $13,750.00 | 93 | $147.85 | $550,000.00 | 59.48 | 8/10/23 |
| Shelby | 37.8 | 23.68 | $15,200.00 | 67.3 | $225.85 | $574,560.00 | 62.65 | 8/10/23 |
| Lee | 75.96 | 51.72 | $7,900.00 | 56.3 | $140.32 | $600,084.00 | 68.09 | 8/10/23 |
| Dubuque | 73.43 | 51 | $10,500.00 | 38.7 | $271.32 | $771,015.00 | 69.45 | 8/9/23 |
| Van Buren | 20 | 13.92 | $9,600.00 | 55.4 | $173.29 | $192,000.00 | 69.60 | 8/8/23 |
| Jefferson | 34.67 | 26.76 | $4,800.00 | 52.1 | $92.13 | $166,416.00 | 77.18 | 8/8/23 |
| Van Buren | 96 | 74.6 | $9,800.00 | 64 | $153.13 | $940,800.00 | 77.71 | 8/8/23 |
| Jefferson | 79.31 | 65 | $6,950.00 | 57.9 | $120.03 | $551,204.50 | 81.96 | 8/8/23 |
| Clay | 80.41 | 76.09 | $10,500.00 | 72.8 | $144.23 | $844,305.00 | 94.63 | 8/8/23 |
| Van Buren | 68 | 64.45 | $8,500.00 | 45.8 | $185.59 | $578,000.00 | 94.78 | 8/8/23 |
| Clay | 80.26 | 76.63 | $8,900.00 | 70.3 | $126.60 | $714,314.00 | 95.48 | 8/8/23 |
| Howard | 79 | 75.70 | $14,175.00 | 84.5 | $167.75 | $1,119,825.00 | 95.82 | 8/9/23 |
| Floyd | 150 | 144.30 | $13,850.00 | 85.2 | $162.56 | $2,077,500.00 | 96.20 | 8/9/23 |
| Howard | 79 | 77 | $13,775.00 | 86 | $160.17 | $1,088,225.00 | 97.47 | 8/9/23 |
| Pocahontas | 113.92 | 113.08 | $11,400.00 | 83.8 | $136.04 | $1,298,688.00 | 99.26 | 8/10/23 |
| Story | 87 | 86.74 | $18,800.00 | 88 | $213.64 | $1,635,600.00 | 99.70 | 8/11/23 |
| O’Brien | 179.79 | 179.79 | $16,900.00 | 96.2 | $175.68 | $3,038,451.00 | 100.00 | 8/9/23 |
| Story | 79 | 79 | $16,600.00 | 88.5 | $187.57 | $1,311,400.00 | 100.00 | 8/11/23 |
| Webster | 115.92 | 80.77 | $8,600.00 | 81.8 | $105.13 | $996,912.00 | 69.68 | 8/16/23 |
| Hardin | 153 | 120.60 | $9,500.00 | 79.6 | $119.35 | $1,453,500.00 | 78.82 | 8/18/23 |
| O’Brien | 26.27 | 22.14 | $9,200.00 | 91.1 | $100.99 | $241,684.00 | 84.28 | 8/18/23 |
| Marshall | 124.5 | 111.78 | $10,500.00 | 84.8 | $123.82 | $1,307,250.00 | 89.78 | 8/15/23 |
| Osceola | 149.89 | 138 | $13,600.00 | 92.2 | $147.51 | $2,038,504.00 | 92.07 | 8/16/23 |
| Marshall | 139.6 | 129.33 | $13,300.00 | 88.5 | $150.28 | $1,856,680.00 | 92.64 | 8/15/23 |
| Shelby | 73.221 | 68 | $14,100.00 | 51.7 | $272.73 | $1,032,416.10 | 92.87 | 8/14/23 |
| Chickasaw | 40.82 | 38.22 | $15,100.00 | 86.3 | $174.97 | $616,382.00 | 93.63 | 8/17/23 |
| Chickasaw | 72.64 | 68.35 | $13,900.00 | 75.6 | $183.86 | $1,009,696.00 | 94.09 | 8/17/23 |
| Chickasaw | 121.62 | 114.75 | $14,200.00 | 71.5 | $198.60 | $1,727,004.00 | 94.35 | 8/17/23 |
| Chickasaw | 88.72 | 84.25 | $15,300.00 | 83.6 | $183.01 | $1,357,416.00 | 94.96 | 8/17/23 |
| Osceola | 80.8 | 77 | $17,200.00 | 91.9 | $187.16 | $1,389,760.00 | 95.30 | 8/17/23 |
| Shelby | 102.749 | 98 | $15,600.00 | 58.3 | $267.58 | $1,602,884.40 | 95.38 | 8/14/23 |
| Shelby | 39 | 38 | $11,000.00 | 60.5 | $181.82 | $429,000.00 | 97.44 | 8/14/23 |
| Webster | 210 | 205.11 | $11,500.00 | 81.8 | $140.59 | $2,415,000.00 | 97.67 | 8/16/23 |
| Hardin | 96 | 94.6 | $14,100.00 | 87.3 | $161.51 | $1,353,600.00 | 98.54 | 8/18/23 |
| Webster | 118.34 | 116.84 | $13,250.00 | 78.8 | $168.15 | $1,568,005.00 | 98.73 | 8/18/23 |
| Shelby | 50.499 | 50 | $13,100.00 | 57.6 | $227.43 | $661,536.90 | 99.01 | 8/14/23 |
| Pocahontas | 71.13 | 71.13 | $13,500.00 | 85.5 | $157.89 | $960,255.00 | 100.00 | 8/15/23 |
| Hardin | 131 | 136.82 | $10,600.00 | 82.4 | $128.64 | $1,388,600.00 | 104.44 | 8/18/23 |
| Muscatine | 193.31 | 175.81 | $12,600.00 | 79.6 | $158.29 | $2,435,706.00 | 90.95 | 8/23/23 |
| Sac | 76.37 | 72 | $17,025.00 | 90 | $189.17 | $1,300,199.25 | 94.28 | 8/23/23 |
| Sac | 78.79 | 78.79 | $18,500.00 | 90.1 | $205.33 | $1,457,615.00 | 100.00 | 8/23/23 |
| Chickasaw | 34.38 | 33.62 | $13,200.00 | 87.1 | $151.55 | $453,816.00 | 97.79 | 8/24/23 |
| Chickasaw | 80.76 | 80.76 | $15,600.00 | 80.4 | $194.03 | $1,259,856.00 | 100.00 | 8/24/23 |
| Cerro Gordo | 80 | 77.40 | $13,800.00 | 85.4 | $161.59 | $1,104,000.00 | 96.75 | 8/24/23 |
| Mahaska | 168 | 121 | $14,200.00 | 80.1 | $177.28 | $2,385,600.00 | 72.02 | 8/24/23 |
| Tama | 80 | 76.29 | $12,500.00 | 86.7 | $144.18 | $1,000,000.00 | 95.36 | 8/25/23 |
| Tama | 80 | 71.57 | $10,500.00 | 79 | $132.91 | $840,000.00 | 89.46 | 8/25/23 |
| Montgomery | 118.5 | 105.73 | $5,500.00 | 58.5 | $94.02 | $651,750.00 | 89.22 | 8/25/23 |
| Calhoun | 146.56 | 135.63 | $13,000.00 | 84.9 | $153.12 | $1,905,280.00 | 92.54 | 8/25/23 |
| Greene | 77.93 | 77.93 | $12,100.00 | 69.3 | $174.60 | $942,953.00 | 100.00 | 8/29/23 |
| Winneshiek | 178.81 | 134.34 | $7,750.00 | 40.3 | $192.31 | $1,385,777.50 | 75.13 | 8/29/23 |
| Dickinson | 72.76 | 72.76 | $11,600.00 | 80 | $145.00 | $844,016.00 | 100.00 | 8/29/23 |
| Dickinson | 66.48 | 64.83 | $11,400.00 | 84.4 | $135.07 | $757,872.00 | 97.52 | 8/29/23 |
| Dickinson | 159.86 | 159 | $10,200.00 | 78.5 | $129.94 | $1,630,572.00 | 99.46 | 8/29/23 |
| Bremer | 85.34 | 81.97 | $14,000.00 | 87.4 | $160.18 | $1,194,760.00 | 96.05 | 8/29/23 |
| Mitchell | 153.39 | 148.92 | $13,800.00 | 84.3 | $163.70 | $2,116,782.00 | 97.09 | 8/30/23 |
| Mitchell | 155.16 | 148 | $8,800.00 | 66.3 | $132.73 | $1,365,408.00 | 95.39 | 8/30/23 |
| Clay | 159.54 | 159.54 | $18,700.00 | 93.8 | $199.36 | $2,983,398.00 | 100.00 | 8/30/23 |
| Henry | 118.5 | 107.84 | $13,000.00 | 85.6 | $151.87 | $1,540,500.00 | 91.00 | 8/30/23 |
| Mahaska | 75.49 | 75.49 | $14,100.00 | 86 | $163.95 | $1,064,409.00 | 100.00 | 8/30/23 |
| Greene | 36.24 | 34.79 | $14,275.00 | 88.3 | $161.66 | $517,326.00 | 96.00 | 8/30/23 |
| Humboldt | 85.09 | 85.09 | $14,750.00 | 86.1 | $171.31 | $1,255,077.50 | 100.00 | 8/30/23 |
| Mitchell | 155 | 140.60 | $15,000.00 | 84.7 | $177.10 | $2,325,000.00 | 90.71 | 8/30/23 |
| Floyd | 139.74 | 127.10 | $12,100.00 | 85.2 | $142.02 | $1,690,854.00 | 90.95 | 8/30/23 |
| Calhoun | 47.85 | 47.85 | $13,900.00 | 85 | $163.53 | $665,115.00 | 100.00 | 8/31/23 |
| Calhoun | 42.57 | 37.88 | $11,700.00 | 83.4 | $140.29 | $498,069.00 | 88.98 | 8/31/23 |
| Louisa | 81.04 | 79.5 | $16,950.00 | 91 | $186.26 | $1,373,628.00 | 98.10 | 8/31/23 |
| Louisa | 75.04 | 70.08 | $15,700.00 | 85.7 | $183.20 | $1,178,128.00 | 93.39 | 8/31/23 |
| Louisa | 80 | 71.13 | $7,850.00 | 75.4 | $104.11 | $628,000.00 | 88.91 | 8/31/23 |
| Sioux | 69.95 | 67.43 | $15,600.00 | 92.4 | $168.83 | $1,091,220.00 | 96.40 | 8/31/23 |
| O’Brien | 78.41 | 74.34 | $16,700.00 | 95.7 | $174.50 | $1,309,447.00 | 94.81 | 8/31/23 |
| 8335.919 | 7719.43 | $13,257.83 | 79.11 | $168.75 | $111,427,236.65 | 92.60 |
Iowa Land Prices at A Glance
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