Farmland sales in Lee County, Illinois
21 farm sales of 10 acres or more in the last 12 months. The middle price of 18 sales of 20 acres or more over the last 12 months was $10,954 an acre (middle half $8,419 to $13,956).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026* | Viola township, Lee County, IL | 80 | $1,160,000 | $14,500 | ||
| Aug 26, 2026* | Harmon township, Lee County, IL | 37.5 | $440,000 | $11,743 | ||
| Aug 10, 2026* | Marion township, Lee County, IL | 70 | $581,646 | $8,309 | ||
| Aug 10, 2026* | Marion township, Lee County, IL | 157.9 | $1,318,876 | $8,350 | ||
| Jul 17, 2026* | East Grove township, Lee County, IL | 40 | $385,770 | $9,644 | ||
| Jun 24, 2026* | Alto township, Lee County, IL | 80 | $879,439 | $11,000 | ||
| Apr 21, 2026* | Alto township, Lee County, IL | 112.2 | $1,224,000 | $10,908 | ||
| Apr 20, 2026* | Brooklyn township, Lee County, IL | 15.2 | $212,500 | $13,971 | ||
| Apr 15, 2026* | Willow Creek township, Lee County, IL | 147.5 | $2,039,320 | $13,824 | ||
| Apr 13, 2026* | Alto township, Lee County, IL | 36.3 | $432,000 | $11,904 | ||
| Mar 20, 2026* | Wyoming township, Lee County, IL | 11.8 | $59,050 | $5,000 | ||
| Feb 3, 2026* | Wyoming township, Lee County, IL | 75 | $1,199,200 | $16,000 | ||
| Jan 30, 2026* | Brooklyn township, Lee County, IL | 23.7 | $257,500 | $10,865 | ||
| Jan 12, 2026* | Marion township, Lee County, IL | 40 | $280,000 | $7,000 | ||
| Jan 9, 2026* | Viola township, Lee County, IL | 80 | $1,174,971 | $14,687 | ||
| Dec 18, 2025* | Harmon township, Lee County, IL | 89.5 | $423,282 | $4,732 | ||
| Dec 5, 2025* | Amboy township, Lee County, IL | 41 | $574,000 | $14,000 | ||
| Dec 2, 2025* | Wyoming township, Lee County, IL | 206.2 | $1,691,086 | $8,200 | ||
| Nov 10, 2025* | Amboy township, Lee County, IL | 43.5 | $375,000 | $8,625 | ||
| Nov 7, 2025* | Amboy township, Lee County, IL | 14.6 | $340,000 | $23,240 | with buildings | |
| Oct 29, 2025* | Viola township, Lee County, IL | 160 | $2,352,000 | $14,700 | ||
| Sep 11, 2025* | Willow Creek township, Lee County, IL | 31 | $340,560 | $11,000 | ||
| Sep 5, 2025* | May township, Lee County, IL | 137.5 | $1,512,500 | $11,000 | ||
| Aug 12, 2025* | East Grove township, Lee County, IL | 61.4 | $483,168 | $7,870 | ||
| Jul 15, 2025* | East Grove township, Lee County, IL | 100.6 | $1,089,000 | $10,827 |
* Dated by the deed; the state file this was read from does not carry the recording date for these rows.
Usual here: $11,000 an acre, the middle of 57 sales of 20 acres or more over the last 24 months (middle half $8,625 to $13,815). 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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