Land Talk Weekly
In response to the need for up-to-date land price information - in real-time - Jim Rothermich created “The Land Talker" in the spring of 2016. Surveys published by various organizations have a time lag and can quickly become outdated. "The Land Talker" provides a means to keep current on land price information with this blog and his monthly newsletter. To get auction results as they happen, follow Jim on Twitter (@theLandTalker).

Iowa Land Auction Prices, February 8-14, 2025
Sioux County tops the market this week at $17,200/acre. There’s lots of cold weather in the forecast this week. Cattle prices are setting all-time record highs right now.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, February 1-7, 2025
Top honors go to Plymouth County with a sale at $22,600/acre. Snow is in the forecast this week. We need precipitation, anyway it comes.

ASFMRA Land Report - 2/5/25
Talkin’ dirt on today’s edition of the ASFMRA Land Report on RFD-TV.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, January 25-31, 2025
Sioux County tops the market again with a sale at $19,400/acre. I will be at the Iowa Farm Power Show on Wednesday. Looking forward to seeing all the new farm equipment!

Iowa Land Auction Prices, January 18-24, 2025
Clay County wins top price honors with a sale at $16,800/acre. We’re finally getting some warmer weather in the extended forecast. Groundhog Day will be here soon!

Iowa Land Auction Prices, January 11-17, 2025
Lyon County tops the market this week with 80 acres at $21,700/acre. We’ll see a little bit of a warmup later in the week.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, January 4-10, 2025
Plymouth County takes top honors this week with a sale at $20,600/acre. There’s plenty of cold weather in the extended forecast, but little snow.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, December 28, 2024-January 3, 2025
Washington County tops the market at $16,025/acre. Auction volume picks up after this week. Cheers to 2025!

Iowa Land Auction Prices, December 21-27, 2024
Sioux County tops the market for this week and the 2024 year with a whopping $26,750/acre sale on 76 acres. There are only a few auctions to finish out the year and January 2025 appears to have low volume.

LandHero is 25% Off Through 12/31/24!
To celebrate the holidays, LandHero is having its biggest sale of the year!

Iowa Land Auction Prices, December 14-20, 2024
Lyon County takes top honors with a sale at $23,900/acre. There is limited auction volume to the end of the year, and not many auctions are booked in January so far.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, December 7-13, 2024
Sioux County tops the market again with a sale at $21,800/acre. There’s good auction volume for about another week, and then it really slows down.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, November 30-December 6, 2024
Carroll County tops the market with a sale at $17,900/acre. Auction volume looks good for the first three weeks of December. If you are a buyer, take advantage as 2025 auction volume may go down.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, November 23-29, 2024
Lyon County takes top honors this week with a sale at $19,900/acre. The first three weeks of December will be active with land auctions - take advantage of the supply being offered.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, November 16-22, 2024
Calhoun County tops the market with a sale at $17,500/acre. We continue to see strong auction results not only in Iowa, but all over the Midwest. This is the last week in November and auction activity is brisk.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, November 9-15, 2024
Lyon County does it again with a $24,250/acre sale. I’m seeing some strong auction results in Iowa and surrounding states. November is the busiest month of the year for land auctions.

Big Volume in November - A conversation with Tommy Grisafi
Tommy Grisafi of ATI Pro Media and I talk about my latest newsletter with October auction results, expected auction volume for November, and more.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, November 2-8, 2024
Lyon County tops the market with a $21,000/acre sale. We are in the busy time for land auctions.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, October 26-November 1, 2024
Sioux County does it again with a sale at $23,400/acre. There are over 20,000 acres on deck to be auctioned in the next 30 days, plenty of opportunity to buy land.

Iowa Land Auction Prices, October 19-25, 2024
Iowa County takes top honors with a sale at $17,000/acre. This land had been in CRP for 40 years and has several years left – a very strong sale for CRP. Harvest is nearing the end and fall field work and fertilizer application are beginning. This is my favorite time of year.