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Farmland · Marion County, Illinois

Marion County
is home ground.

Salem, Odin, Alma, Sandoval — this is the ground Mitch Cain farms and works every day. 21 farms and $11.6 million closed here since 2018, and right now there's a live online auction running east of Salem: 70± acres across three tracts, tillable, timber and hunting.

21
Farms sold
Marion County
$11.6M
Farm volume closed
since 2018
1,801
Acres closed
across 21 farm sales
$1.79M
Top sale
232.32 acres · Odin
Bidding open now
70± acres · 3 tracts · tillable, timber & hunting — east of Salem, IL
Online-only auction · Ends August 23, 2026
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Recent farm sales in Marion County

232.32 acres · Odin, IL
Marion County · Dec 2021
$1.79M
177.39 acres · Alma, IL
Marion County · Jul 2023
$1.21M
142.86 acres · Salem, IL
Marion County · Dec 2021
$1.19M
176 acres · Salem, IL (England Rd)
Marion County · Jun 2025
$1.06M
80 acres · Salem, IL (Route 37)
Marion County · Jan 2025
$960K
76.08 acres · Sandoval, IL (Fairman Rd)  Online auction
Marion County · Apr 2026
$806K
What trades here

Row crop and recreational ground, Salem to Odin.

Marion is home ground — literally. Mitch farms in Marion County, and the team's 21 closings here since 2018 span a mix of straight row crop and recreational timber and hunting ground, running from Salem out to Odin and Alma.

Salem alone accounts for three of the county's six largest recent sales, from 80 acres up to 176 acres — plus the online auction running right now, 70± acres east of town. Odin and Alma round out the bigger tracts, both clearing $1.2 million.

The Sandoval auction result — 76.08 acres for $806,448 — is proof the online-auction format works here too, not just on the biggest farms in the region.

With bidding open right now on the Salem tracts, Marion County is the one place on this site where you can watch the market move in real time.

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