Tract #1: 89.59+/- Acres Rice County, KS

247.07+/-Acres, Rice County, Kansas

Selling in 2 Tracts on our

UNRESERVED ONLINE AUCTION

February 25th, 2025

Bidding opens February 11, 2025, and ends February 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.

Description: This 247.07+/- acres of Rice County, KS, land sells in 2 tracts, with no combination of tracts. Seller’s mineral rights go to the buyers. Buyers receive 100% of all crops planted at the time of the auction. Buyer will succeed to the seller’s crop insurance policy on crops standing at the time of the auction and pay the premium. This is your opportunity to invest in highly productive Rice County, KS, farmland that has been unavailable for decades. Closing on or before March 20, 2025. 

Tract 1: 89.59+/- acres

Description: This outstanding tract is 100% cropland with 94.3% Prime soils and 4.84 acres are soils of statewide importance per USDA-NRCS. It has an excellent FSA base and payment yields.  Located 4 miles north of Little River, KS, on paved 26th Rd and 1.5 miles west on Ave E. Grain delivery is to Central Prairie Coop in Little River, KS. All cropland is planted to 2025 wheat. The buyer receives 100% of the planted wheat to carry to harvest. No crop input reimbursement is required.  

The bidding increments will be $50/acre. The final sale price will be calculated based on total acres times the highest bid.

Plan to Attend the Informational Meeting & Auction:

Celebration Centre

1145E. US 56 Hwy

Lyons, KS 67554

BigIron Realty Agents will be at the Celebration Centre, in Lyons, KS, on February 25, 2025, from 9:00 am until the conclusion of the online auction. Please come during the time scheduled to discuss the land. BigIron Realty Representatives will be there to assist buyers with registering to bid, making online bids, and to answer questions. You do not have to be present to bid online, but you are required to be available by phone.

BIDDING PROCESS: You may place bids on this land for 14 days beginning February11, 2025. If a bid is received within five minutes of the scheduled close time on ANY tract, the bidding period is automatically extended to five minutes on ALL tracts. This will continue until there is a five-minute period where no bids are placed. NOTE: Do not wait until the day the auction closes to register to bid online. All bidders must be approved to bid, so register at least 24 hours prior to the auction, or call 800-887-8625 for assistance.

Legal Description: N 1/2of N ½, 25-18-7 less E 2,310 feet & less road RW

2024 Taxes: $1,310.22

Land Location: From Little River, KS, go north on paved 26th Rd for 4 miles to Ave. E then go west 1.5miles. Signs are posted.

FSA Info                     Base              PLC Yield  

              Wheat            25.50                  49                   

              Gr. Sorg.        56.60                  62                   

              Corn               00.20                  77                   

              Soybeans       00.30                  26

              Barley             01.10                  43

              Total                83.70

Mineral Rights: Seller’s mineral rights pass to the buyer.

Possession: Ownership transfers at closing. 

Owners: Howard M. Behnke Trust & Crystal A. Behnke Trust

Title Services: Security 1^st Title, 108 East Ave. S, Lyons, KS  67554

For more information, contact listing agents:

Kyle Campbell, 620-200-2193

Mike Campbell, 620-899-6989

Terms:   All tracts sell ‘AS-IS’ subject to all rights of way and easements, whether recorded or not, and to oil and gas leases of record if any. The land is accepted by the Bidder with no representation or warranty of any kind from the seller or from BigIron Realty, including, but not limited to: the lands condition, it’s suitability for any activity or use, its compliance with environmental protection, pollution, or land use laws, regulations, orders, or requirements, the disposal, existence in, on, or under the land of any hazardous materials or substances. Acreages are based on USDA/FSA records considered reliable and may differ from deeded or taxable acres.  Bidders are responsible for conducting their own inspections and due diligence concerning the property. Bidding on this land begins February 11, 2025, and ends February 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. unless there are bidding extensions. If a bid is received within five minutes of the scheduled close time on ANY tract, the bidding period is automatically extended to five minutes on ALL tracts.  Buyer(s) will receive 100%all crops planted at the time of the auction. Buyer(s) will succeed to the seller’s crop insurance policy on each crop standing at the time of the auction and pay the crop insurance premium.  The successful buyer(s) will be required to enter into a written purchase agreement immediately after the sale with a 10% non-refundable down payment made payable to Security 1^st Title, 108 East Ave. S, Lyons, KS 67554(620-257-1831). The earnest money deposit can be made by personal check, company check, or wire transfer. The balance is due in certified funds at closing on or before March 20, 2025. The seller will provide marketable title to the buyer(s) evidenced by title insurance. Title insurance and closing costs are split 50/50 between buyer(s) and seller. Buyer(s) will pay additional title insurance required by a buyer's lender 100%. The 2025 property taxes will be paid by the buyer. The property will not be sold subject to financing. Have all financial arrangements made prior to the auction. Announcements made day of sale take precedence overprinted material and previously made oral statements. The written purchase agreement, to be signed by the seller and buyer(s) after the auction, is the sole and controlling document of this sale and supersedes any and all other terms, whether verbal, written, expressed, or implied, and shall be the sole and controlling document for this real estate transaction. BigIron Realty is working for the seller.