Farmland sales in Clay County, Illinois
12 farm sales of 10 acres or more in the last 12 months. The middle price of 11 sales of 20 acres or more over the last 12 months was $7,250 an acre (middle half $5,804 to $10,607).
All of Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana together: the September 2026 update, with the biggest buyers and unusual prices.
The latest sales
| Date | Where | Acres | Price | $/acre | Note | Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026* | Hoosier township, Clay County, IL | 40 | $360,000 | $9,000 | ||
| May 1, 2026* | Pixley township, Clay County, IL | 20 | $145,000 | $7,250 | ||
| Apr 1, 2026* | Louisville township, Clay County, IL | 40 | $452,500 | $11,313 | ||
| Feb 27, 2026* | Oskaloosa township, Clay County, IL | 40 | $350,000 | $8,750 | ||
| Feb 5, 2026* | Larkinsburg township, Clay County, IL | 45 | $270,000 | $6,000 | ||
| Feb 1, 2026* | Songer township, Clay County, IL | 10 | $45,000 | $4,500 | ||
| Jan 20, 2026* | Louisville township, Clay County, IL | 25.5 | $143,000 | $5,608 | ||
| Jan 1, 2026* | Songer township, Clay County, IL | 47 | $540,000 | $11,489 | ||
| Dec 1, 2025* | Bible Grove township, Clay County, IL | 40 | $608,000 | $15,200 | ||
| Dec 1, 2025* | Blair township, Clay County, IL | 40 | $396,000 | $9,900 | ||
| Oct 1, 2025* | Clay City, Clay County, IL | 23.1 | $162,573 | $7,050 | ||
| Oct 1, 2025* | Clay City, Clay County, IL | 24.1 | $108,360 | $4,500 | ||
| Oct 1, 2025* | Clay City, Clay County, IL | 22.1 | $81,659 | $3,700 | ||
| Aug 1, 2025* | Songer township, Clay County, IL | 60 | $525,000 | $8,750 | ||
| Jul 1, 2025* | Hoosier township, Clay County, IL | 75 | $360,000 | $4,803 | ||
| Jul 1, 2025* | Xenia township, Clay County, IL | 22.5 | $112,500 | $5,000 | ||
| Jul 1, 2025* | Hoosier township, Clay County, IL | 12.9 | $39,000 | $3,014 | ||
| Jul 1, 2025* | Songer township, Clay County, IL | 40 | $400,000 | $10,000 | ||
| Jun 1, 2025* | Larkinsburg township, Clay County, IL | 10 | $20,000 | $2,000 | ||
| Jun 1, 2025* | Hoosier township, Clay County, IL | 20 | $160,650 | $8,033 | ||
| May 1, 2025* | Songer township, Clay County, IL | 39 | $507,000 | $13,000 | ||
| May 1, 2025* | Songer township, Clay County, IL | 120 | $609,138 | $5,076 | ||
| May 1, 2025* | Blair township, Clay County, IL | 40 | $500,000 | $12,500 | ||
| Apr 7, 2025* | Clay City, Clay County, IL | 28 | $180,600 | $6,450 | ||
| Apr 7, 2025* | Oskaloosa township, Clay County, IL | 40 | $477,000 | $11,925 |
* Dated by the deed; the state file this was read from does not carry the recording date for these rows.
Usual here: $7,500 an acre, the middle of 53 sales of 20 acres or more over the last 24 months (middle half $5,000 to $10,000). A sale marked unusual sits well outside that; possible reasons above the usual: a house or buildings, timber or hunting ground, a building site or development land, or a neighbor paying more for the piece next door; below: a family or neighbor sale, a part interest, wooded, wet or poorer ground, no road access, or a land contract.
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A sale is listed when it carries a price and acres and a whole interest changed hands in a normal sale: gifts, family and related-party sales, quit claims, foreclosures and the like are left out, the same rule as Field Scout and the Farmland Atlas. Township and town are where the state places the sale; no parcel is pinned. None of this is an appraisal. Source: Illinois Department of Revenue, MyDec transfer declarations (PTAX-203), farm parcels, read Oct 18, 2026.
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