+/-160 Acres of Productive Badus Township Lake County, SD Land

This Land is Available with Full Possession for the 2024 Crop Year! 

We will offer the following real property at auction at the land located from Ramona, SD – 1 mile east on Co. Hwy. (225^th St.), 4 miles north on Co. Hwy. 451^st Ave. and 2 miles east on 221^st St. to the SE Corner of the land at the Jct. of 221^st St. & 453^rd Ave.; from Madison, SD (Jct. Hwy’s. #81 & #34 – Pizza Ranch Corner) – 12 miles north in Hwy. #81 to 221^st St., then 1 mile west on 221^st St.; from the Oldham Corner on Hwy. #81 – 3 miles south on Hwy. #81 and 1 mile west on 221^st St.; or from Arlington, SD – 2 miles south to the Hwy. #14 & #81 Curve, then continue 10 miles south on Hwy. #81 to 221^st St., then 1 mile west on 221^st St.

SALE DATE: TUESDAY MAY 14, 2024                      SALE TIME: 10:00 AM

This auction presents a great opportunity to purchase a productive parcel of farmland with some high quality soils, a relatively high percentage tillable, some existing drain tile and a few existing strategically located terraces.  This land is available to the buyer to farm or lease as they desire, with immediate full possession of the land on sale day!  This land is well located within 1 mile of Hwy. #81 and just 1 mile south of the Lake-Kingsbury County Line, and the nearby communities of Ramona, Oldham, Madison, Arlington and other area communities, and also is conveniently the SD Soybean Processors Terminal at Volga, SD, as well as other nearby area grain markets and points of interest.  According to FSA information this +/-160 acre farm has approximately 149.46 acres of cropland with a 64.40 acre corn base with a 139 bu. PLC yield and a 65.20 acre soybean base with a 39 bu. PLC yield.  According to info. obtained from the Lake County Assessor this farm has an Overall Soil Rating of .743; similarly, Surety Agri-Data Info. indicates this land has a weighted soils productivity index a 73.6.  According to the owners some visual evidence, there is some existing drain tile on the property.  The general topography of this land is gently rolling to rolling with some lower lying areas in a couple of lowland pockets and drainage.  According to US Fish and Wildlife there are no existing wetland easements on the property.

Any tillage completed on the land will pass at “No Cost” to the buyer.  This is a very desirable 160 acre parcel of land that would serve as an excellent addition to an area row crop farming operation and/or investment property.

LEGAL DESC.:  The SE ¼ of Sec. 2, T. 108N., R. 53W., (Badus Twp.), Lake County, SD.

TERMS: A 15% nonrefundable downpayment on the day of the sale, with immediate full possession for the 2024 crop year, and the balance on or before July 1, 2024.  Marketable Title will be conveyed and an owner’s title insurance policy will be provided with the cost of the owner’s policy, to be divided 50-50 between the buyer and seller, with the closing agent’s fee to be paid by the sellers (Unke Law Office – Salem, SD or his designee).  All of the 2023 RE taxes payable in 2024 in the amount of $3,226.48 will be paid by the sellers, with the buyer to be responsible for all of the 2024 RE taxes payable in 2025.  The total acres being sold are based on the acres as stated on the county tax records, with acres understood to be – more or less. The sellers do not warranty or guarantee that the existing fences lie on the true and correct boundary and new fencing, if any, will be the responsibility of the purchaser pursuant to SD law.  FSA cropland, yields, bases & other information is estimated and not guaranteed and are subject to county committee approval.  Information contained herein is deemed to be correct but is not guaranteed.  This property is sold in “AS IS” CONDITION and subject to any existing easements, restrictions, reservations or highways of record if any, as well as any or all Lake County Zoning Ordinances.  The RE licensees in this transaction are acting as agents for the agent for the owners.  Sold subject to confirmation of the Owners.

This is a parcel of land that is well suited to serve as an addition to an area farming operation or investment. To make arrangements for absentee bidding or other information contact the auctioneers.

RODNEY JATON, STEVEN JATON & MIKE JATON – Owners   Michael E. Unke – Unke Law Office – Attorney & Closing Agent for the Sellers  Salem, SD – ph. 605-425-3131

CHUCK SUTTON – Auctioneer & Land Broker – Sioux Falls, SD – ph. 605-336-6315

JARED SUTTON, CAI – Auctioneer & RE Broker Assoc. – Flandreau, SD – ph. 605-864-8527

WAYNE BESSMAN – RE Auctioneer – Madison, SD – ph. 605-270-4980

CHIP WOSJE – RE Auctioneer – Nunda, SD – ph. 605-480-2847