Kurtz to sell 6,226 acres in several separate auctions

OWENSBORO, Ky. — During the next two months, Kurtz Auction and Realty will sell more than 6,200 acres of land in Kentucky and Indiana. This land ranges from flat row crop farmland to timber and hunting land, to reclaimed land with large lakes.

Just north of Princeton, Ind., 40 acres of cropland will sell on Nov. 5. East of Owensboro, Ky., 87 acres of cropland will sell in two tracts on Nov. 8. On Nov. 26, 661 acres of mostly cropland with a farm house near Sturgis will sell in seven tracts.

On Nov. 28, 4,025 acres will sell south of Madisonville, Ky., involving pasture/hay, crop and hunting land in tracts ranging from several hundred acres down to 1/4 acre. And on Nov. 29, 273 acres of mostly cropland with two homes will sell in 11 tracts between Clay and Providence.

On Dec. 4, 84 acres and a home will sell in six tracts east of Owensboro. Near Bowling Green, Ky., 50 acres of land in Warren County will be sold on Dec. 8; and 630 acres of crop/hunting land will be sold near Poseyville on Dec. 12. On Dec. 13, 100 acres of cropland and a brick home east of Henderson will be sold.

In the Magan community of Ohio County, Ky., 175 acres will be sold in five tracts, and 61 acres of Rough River cropland located northwest of Hartford will be sold – both at a date to be determined later.

These auctions are for individuals, estates, trusts and major corporations. This is perhaps the largest number of acres within a little over a month’s time that Kurtz has sold since 1945. Kurtz did sell 23,000 acres for the General Services Administration of the U.S. government when it sold Camp Breckenridge in Union County, Ky.

To learn more about these auctions, visit www.kurtzauction.com or call 270-926-8553.

Hatley estate set for auction to benefit Murray State

CLAY, Ky. — The Bill and Louise Hatley Estate will sell 295+/- acres of farmland and two homes near Clay (Webster County), with proceeds going to the Murray State University Foundation in order to establish the Bill & Louise Hatley Endowed Scholarship to benefit students at Murray State in engineering technology and technical education programs.

The real estate will be sold at auction in 10 tracts on Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. The farm, consisting of row crop farmland and timberland, has two homes, a large lake and lots of blacktop road frontage. Dr. Bob Jackson, president of the Murray State University Foundation working with Jason Hawkins, president of First United Bank and Trust and trustee of the Hatley Trust, engaged Kurtz Auction & Realty to conduct the auction.

Kurtz, a real estate auction firm covering mid-America since 1945, will be represented by Amy Whistle, CAI, auctioneer and a 14-year veteran in the real estate auction business. The public auction will be on the property south of Clay and will include farm machinery and other items. To learn more, call 800-264-1204 or email amy@kurtzauction.com

Southern Illinois ag, rec land sells for more than $13 million

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. — A recent auction for The Cline Group, of 4,396 acres of Illinois farm and hunting land, drew a crowd of approximately 400 to The Pavilion in Marion, Ill. By the end of the bidding, the land sold for a total of $13,056,280, with Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. conducting the event.

“We had 176 registered bidders from 10 states, and competition was intense for the tillable land, with both farmers and investors emerging as the high bidders on tracts. We also saw a lot of demand for the recreational land, with bidders from the area as well as from out of state. We had 43 different buyers, with a lot of interest in individual tracts,” said R.D. Schrader, president of the auction company.

The Oct. 17 auction included tillable land, pasture and wooded recreational land in Franklin, Williamson, Hamilton and Saline counties. Schrader said the end of the growing season marks a good time for landowners to sell.

“Tillable land prices are still strong relative to the current commodity prices, so there’s a good window of opportunity for farmers and investors alike,” he noted.

Individuals seeking information on buying or selling land and other assets may visit www.schraderauction.com or call 800-451-2709.