Blogs by Andrew Zellmer, ALC
May 31, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 5/22/22–5/28/22
16 tracts sold in Iowa last week, bringing an average dollar per acre of $14,158, average dollar per tillable acre...
May 23, 2022
Late-Spring Frost Hits Willamette Valley
Oregon winemakers are assessing the damage after a severe late frost struck the Willamette Valley region. The week...
May 23, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 5/15/22–5/21/22
16 Iowa tracts sold at public auction last week, bringing an average dollar per acre of $9,556; average dollar per...
May 16, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 5/8/22–5/14/22
The appraisal team tracked six auctions in Iowa last week, bringing an average dollar per acre of $9,829, average...
May 9, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 5/1/22–5/7/22
We tracked 10 auctions in Iowa last week. The average dollar per acre was $12,708, average dollar per tillable...
May 2, 2022
Land Auction Results - April 2022
During the month of April we saw 73 tracts sell at public auction in Iowa, bringing over 8,600 acres to the market....
May 2, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 4/24/22–4/30/22
Iowa had eleven tracts sell last week, nine of which met our criteria for calculating $/CSR2. The average...
April 26, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 4/17/22–4/23/22
It was a slower week last week, with only seven tracts selling in Iowa (only two of these tracts met our criteria...
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April 19, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 4/10/22–4/16/22
Iowa saw 33 tracts sell last week (up from the prior week's 17 tracts.) The average dollar per acre was...
April 12, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 4/3/22–4/9/22
17 tracts sold last week in Iowa, bringing an average dollar per acre of $11,101, average dollar per tillable of...
April 4, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 3/27/22–4/2/22
Iowa saw 18 tracts sell last week, with an average dollar per acre of $11,530, average dollar per tillable acre of...
April 1, 2022
Iowa Land Values Update - 2022 Quarter 1
Peoples Company tracks agricultural auctions across the state of Iowa. From this data, we calculate the average...
April 1, 2022
Land Auction Results - March 2022
Auctions picked up in March, bringing 92 tracts to the Iowa Market – up from February’s 74 tracts. ...
March 29, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 3/20/22–3/26/22
The appraisal team tracked 22 auctions in Iowa last week, totalling 2,160 acres. These tracts brought an...
March 22, 2022
Do Your Due Diligence
What does it take to become competent in your daily appraisal work? USPAP 2020-2022 sets guidelines for competency...
March 22, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 3/13/22–3/19/22
There were 19 auctions we were able to track results for this week, bringing an average dollar per acre of $12,986,...
March 14, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 3/6/22–3/12/22
20 tracts went up for auction last week, representing 2,067 acres in the Iowa market and bringing an average dollar...
March 8, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 2/27/22–3/5/22
Iowa saw 2,880 acres change hands last week, bringing an average dollar per acre of $13,544, average dollar per...
March 1, 2022
Land Auction Results - February 2022
In a typical year, February is considered a slow month in terms of Iowa auction sales. So far, 2022 is not a...
February 28, 2022
Weekly Auction Results: 2/20/22–2/26/22
Auction activity picked up this week, and Iowa saw 32 tracts or 3,087 acres sell at public auction (this is up from...
