Farmland sales in Mercer County, Illinois
20 farm sales of 10 acres or more in the last 12 months. The middle price of 16 sales of 20 acres or more over the last 12 months was $10,292 an acre (middle half $6,387 to $12,099).
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 23, 2026* | Abington township, Mercer County, IL | 75 | $775,000 | $10,333 | ||
| Sep 3, 2026* | Abington township, Mercer County, IL | 20 | $120,000 | $6,000 | ||
| Aug 21, 2026* | Preemption township, Mercer County, IL | 34.1 | $165,000 | $4,839 | ||
| Jul 31, 2026* | New Boston township, Mercer County, IL | 50.4 | $310,000 | $6,151 | ||
| Jul 23, 2026* | Duncan township, Mercer County, IL | 158.1 | $1,376,000 | $8,703 | ||
| Jul 23, 2026* | Ohio Grove township, Mercer County, IL | 139.9 | $1,751,300 | $12,516 | ||
| Jul 3, 2026* | Richland Grove township, Mercer County, IL | 120 | $1,020,000 | $8,500 | ||
| Feb 27, 2026* | New Boston township, Mercer County, IL | 95.7 | $612,352 | $6,400 | ||
| Feb 11, 2026* | Abington township, Mercer County, IL | 15 | $127,500 | $8,500 | ||
| Jan 30, 2026* | Suez township, Mercer County, IL | 75.6 | $1,000,000 | $13,231 | ||
| Jan 26, 2026* | Preemption township, Mercer County, IL | 80 | $820,000 | $10,250 | ||
| Jan 16, 2026* | Duncan township, Mercer County, IL | 10 | $96,500 | $9,650 | ||
| Dec 31, 2025* | New Boston township, Mercer County, IL | 50.4 | $320,000 | $6,349 | ||
| Dec 19, 2025* | New Boston township, Mercer County, IL | 17.7 | $154,300 | $8,708 | ||
| Dec 11, 2025* | Preemption township, Mercer County, IL | 11.2 | $150,000 | $13,453 | ||
| Dec 10, 2025* | Preemption township, Mercer County, IL | 65.6 | $1,155,088 | $17,600 | ||
| Dec 10, 2025* | Ohio Grove township, Mercer County, IL | 139.9 | $1,679,040 | $12,000 | ||
| Dec 10, 2025* | Mercer township, Mercer County, IL | 66.4 | $796,560 | $12,000 | ||
| Dec 4, 2025* | Suez township, Mercer County, IL | 93.2 | $1,013,256 | $10,872 | ||
| Nov 3, 2025* | Preemption township, Mercer County, IL | 113 | $1,400,000 | $12,394 | ||
| Sep 19, 2025* | New Boston township, Mercer County, IL | 200 | $1,818,100 | $9,091 | ||
| Sep 19, 2025* | New Boston township, Mercer County, IL | 208.8 | $1,581,900 | $7,575 | ||
| Sep 10, 2025* | Greene township, Mercer County, IL | 148.3 | $823,176 | $5,550 | ||
| Sep 10, 2025* | Greene township, Mercer County, IL | 161.9 | $947,349 | $5,850 | ||
| Aug 20, 2025* | Mercer township, Mercer County, IL | 164 | $1,005,375 | $6,130 |
* Dated by the deed; the state file this was read from does not carry the recording date for these rows.
Usual here: $8,313 an acre, the middle of 34 sales of 20 acres or more over the last 24 months (middle half $6,201 to $11,950). 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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