Vaughn-Roth Land Brokers is honored to represent the late Gene and Bettie Horst family with the sale of this premium Verdigris River property via online auction. Located in northwest Greenwood County (5-miles from Chase County and 3-miles from Lyon County), this parcel totals 320 +/- acres and is a beautiful Flint Hills headquarter unit with excellent hunting appeal. The property features 115 +/- acres of primarily class I Reading Silt Loam bottomland cropland, 1-mile of the Verdigris River, 170 of topography change, productive native and cool season pastures and hay meadows, pipe cattle pens with concrete bunks and aprons for feeding cattle, two build sites with homes, beautiful views for miles in all directions of the Verdigris River Valley and surrounding Flint Hills, and wonderful hunting along the Verdigris River. You arent going to want to miss your opportunity to invest in this high-quality tract as acreages of this size along the Verdigris River rarely hit the open market!

This parcel is located along the Verdigris River west of Madison in the big open Flint Hills grass area just east of the open range. The parcel totals 320 +/- acres in size and is a beautiful headquarter unit that is set up extremely well for a diversified farm and ranching operation. Composed of premium bottomland cropland, diversified native and cool season pastures and meadows, pipe pens for feeding cattle, and two build sites with homes already in place, this property is ready to move to and start or expand your operation!

Crop acreage on the property is located in three level to gently rolling fields that total roughly 115 +/- acres with over 85% Reading Silt Loam class I bottomland soils. Crop acreage is of exceptional quality for the area and offers great potential for strong crop yields and/or high yielding feed production for feeding livestock. Crop acreage on the property is fully fenced, allowing for cattle to be ran on wheat pasture or stalks over the winter months (all acreage on the property is fenced allowing for utilization of the whole property for a cattle operation). Areas to the southwest of the western build site (over 80% Reading and Ivan bottomland soils) and to the east of the eastern build site (over 80% Kenoma Silt Loam upland soils) were farmed in the past and could be converted back to crop production if desired adding an additional 30+/- acres of cropland to the property. Grass acreage on the parcel consists of a mixture of native, brome, and fescue pastures, meadows, and grass traps offering a great combination of summer grazing, cool season hay ground, and cool season traps for starting/backgrounding cattle. In addition to the grass acreage on the property, the tract also includes multiple sets of pipe pens for holding and feeding cattle. The eastern set of pens on the property includes roughly 400 of fence line concrete bunks with concrete aprons. The pipe pens on the property lay adjacent to the crop acreage on the parcel allowing cattle to be fed in the pens during the winter months while also allowing them access to wheat pasture or stalks on the crop ground. A large pit silo is also located near the eastern set of pens for storing silage.

The property includes two build sites adding to the strong appeal of the property as a headquarter unit and to those looking for a place to stay when they come to hunt. Both sites include multiple outbuildings and as well as a home on each. The western build site includes a 2250sf 4-bedroom dwelling with attached garage, multiple outbuildings, pipe pens with loadout, and a grain bin. The eastern build site includes a 1650sf 3-bedroom dwelling, a 800sf detached garage, a 2000sf machine shed with concrete floor built in 2018, a nice set of pens with concrete bunks and apron, and a pit silo. This Eastern build site features rural water service and fiber internet and would make a nice location to build your dream home overlooking the Verdigris River Valley below.

In addition to the wonderful agricultural attributes the property possesses it also is an excellent hunting unit. The tract is very secluded being located in the large open Flint Hills area known for growing and holding trophy Whitetail Deer. The property acts as the primary travel corridor during the rut with a full 1-mile of the Verdigris River running through the middle of the parcel. The area surrounding the property features large landowners providing minimal hunting pressure giving deer the opportunity to reach full maturity, a desired attribute to serious hunters that is challenging to attain as you move east into areas with smaller parcels and heavier hunting pressure. The parcel also offers wonderful locations and pinch points for adding food plots to the property with productive bottomland type soils throughout the tract (in addition to the 115-acres of tillable land already on the property for holding wildlife). The Verdigris River features large Oak and Cottonwood trees offering great roost areas for turkeys. The parcel features many areas of thick cover for deer bedding and quail cover. This is a very rare opportunity to purchase excellent hunting that includes a full mile of the Verdigris River!

Overall, this is a top of the line agricultural and hunting property that shouldn't be overlooked. Tracts of with these features are very challenging to get your hands on and very rarely hit the open market. Please give Henry Ott a call at 620-437-7340 to set up your property showing!

For hunters and investors looking to purchase the property an excellent farm tenant is already in place on the property who would be interested in continuing to rent the property in the future if the new buyer needed a farm tenant.

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Auction Info: This property will be offered via online auction beginning at noon on April 15th with a dynamic closing beginning at noon on April 17th.

Earnest Money: $100,000 due day of the auction.

Possession: Property has an agricultural lease for the 2025 crop/grazing/hay year already in place. Buyer will receive 2025 rent. Possession of agricultural land will be after the harvest of the 2025 after-wheat bean crop. Western dwelling is already empty with full possession of it at closing. Eastern dwelling is leased through May 1st with full possession being at closing or after May 1st, whichever is later.

Closing: On or before May 22nd, 2025.

2024 Taxes: $5663.10

Driving Directions from Madison: From the intersection of 99 HWY and 58 HWY head west on 365th Street for roughly 3-miles to T Rd. Head south on T Rd for mile to 360th St. Head west on 360th St for just over 2 miles to the intersection of 360th St and R Rd and the property will start on the south side of the road.

Legal Description: N2 of Section 24-22S-10E of the 6th PM; Greenwood County, KS (320 +/- Acres)

Disclosures:

* Improvements on the property sell in as is, where is condition.

* An injection well is located in the NE corner of the property. Buyer receives a small annual payment from this well.