Farmland sales in McDonough County, Illinois
29 farm sales of 10 acres or more in the last 12 months. The middle price of 26 sales of 20 acres or more over the last 12 months was $11,051 an acre (middle half $8,456 to $15,475).
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 1, 2026* | Lamoine township, McDonough County, IL | 30.6 | $155,000 | $5,074 | ||
| Sep 21, 2026* | Hire township, McDonough County, IL | 159.1 | $1,050,000 | $6,601 | ||
| Sep 18, 2026* | Colchester township, McDonough County, IL | 83.7 | $821,000 | $9,805 | ||
| Sep 15, 2026* | New Salem township, McDonough County, IL | 80 | $1,300,000 | $16,250 | ||
| Aug 5, 2026* | New Salem township, McDonough County, IL | 83 | $1,659,800 | $20,000 | ||
| Jun 29, 2026* | Lamoine township, McDonough County, IL | 80 | $600,000 | $7,500 | ||
| Jun 1, 2026* | Scotland township, McDonough County, IL | 86.1 | $860,900 | $10,000 | ||
| Jun 1, 2026* | Chalmers township, McDonough County, IL | 73.4 | $543,308 | $7,400 | ||
| May 19, 2026* | Macomb township, McDonough County, IL | 16.4 | $188,255 | $11,500 | ||
| May 4, 2026* | Macomb township, McDonough County, IL | 74.3 | $700,000 | $9,426 | ||
| Apr 20, 2026* | Scotland township, McDonough County, IL | 80.8 | $1,373,260 | $17,000 | ||
| Apr 16, 2026* | Scotland township, McDonough County, IL | 80 | $1,488,000 | $18,600 | ||
| Apr 7, 2026* | Scotland township, McDonough County, IL | 26.8 | $351,080 | $13,100 | ||
| Mar 30, 2026* | Industry township, McDonough County, IL | 163 | $1,263,250 | $7,749 | ||
| Mar 16, 2026* | Sciota township, McDonough County, IL | 83.6 | $1,547,155 | $18,500 | ||
| Jan 23, 2026* | New Salem township, McDonough County, IL | 50 | $987,000 | $19,728 | ||
| Jan 12, 2026* | Walnut Grove township, McDonough County, IL | 41.4 | $621,600 | $15,000 | ||
| Jan 6, 2026* | Sciota township, McDonough County, IL | 37 | $565,000 | $15,270 | ||
| Jan 5, 2026* | Sciota township, McDonough County, IL | 83.3 | $1,282,974 | $15,400 | ||
| Jan 5, 2026* | Blandinsville township, McDonough County, IL | 53.5 | $765,193 | $14,300 | ||
| Jan 5, 2026* | New Salem township, McDonough County, IL | 80.6 | $1,249,610 | $15,500 | ||
| Dec 22, 2025* | New Salem township, McDonough County, IL | 121.9 | $4,516,860 | |||
| Dec 18, 2025* | Walnut Grove township, McDonough County, IL | 41.3 | $347,140 | $8,411 | ||
| Dec 18, 2025* | Walnut Grove township, McDonough County, IL | 40.4 | $347,140 | $8,590 | ||
| Dec 18, 2025* | Walnut Grove township, McDonough County, IL | 165 | $1,606,851 | $9,737 |
* Dated by the deed; the state file this was read from does not carry the recording date for these rows.
Usual here: $9,771 an acre, the middle of 70 sales of 20 acres or more over the last 24 months (middle half $7,401 to $15,650). 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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