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Auction Result - Jan. 12, 2011
Illinois farmland auctions for $577K
OWENSBORO, Ky. — On Nov. 30, Kurtz Auction & Realty Company sold 150 acres in Gallatin County, Ill. The two tracts of mostly gently rolling cropland sold for $577,500 or $3,850 per acre.  The predominant soil types are Belknap and Uniontown Silt Loams.  There were no improvements on the property and no mineral rights involved in the sale.  The farm is located between Ridgway and Eldorado in southern Illinois and is five miles from a blacktop road. 
The buyers of this property were two farmland investors from Indiana.  For more information on this auction, contact Jason Blue at 800-264-1204 or Bill Kurtz at 270-926-8553, auctioneers with Kurtz Auction & Realty Company.
Upcoming auctions and results of past auctions are available at www.kurtzauc
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1/14/2011