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280 ± ACRE FARM REAL ESTATE AUCTION
TILLABLE, PASTURE, AND TIMBER FOR HUNTING

St. Joseph, Missouri area

January 23, 2010  10:00 a.m.

Auction Location:  Community Center in Helena, MO

Sellers:  Heirs of Kathryn Bunse

Ron and Carmen Bunse, Hubert and Donna Beattie

4 Tracts - 3 High quality tillable tracts and 1 hunting, hay and pasture tract

Auctioneer’s Note: The Bunse family is offering these farms to the highest bidder. The tillable tracts 1,2 & 3 are of excellent soil type and quality. Tract 4 is a pasture, hay and timber with excellent hunting and site potential.  No leases are in place for 2010. This is your chance to purchase high quality land in parcel sizes that will fit your budget. 

Tract 1: 40 acres in 28-59-33 lying west of  county road 261.  34.7 tillable acres. 

Tract 2: 70 acres in 28-59-33 and 27-59-33 lying east of CR 261.  64.1 tillable acres of mostly highly productive bottom land.

Directions to Tracts 1 & 2: From Helena take Z south 1 mile to V, then east 2 miles to CR 261, then north 1/4 mile.  From St. Joseph take U.S. 36 east to MO 31 north to Route V, then go west 3.1 miles to CR 261, then north ¼ mile. Or from Tracts 3 & 4 go 1 mile north on UU, then east ¾ mile on V, then north ¼ mile on CR 261.

Tracts 1 & 2 will be offered individually and then in combination until the highest possible total bid is obtained.

Tract 3: 95 acres of terraced tillable land in sections 5 & 4 of 58-33.  80 acres tillable , 7.7 acres in CRP along north and south borders.   2017 CRP contract pays $652.00 a year.  Access from UU on the east and CR 265 on the west side.

Tract 4: 75 acres in 4-58-33, with 44.9 acres of pasture and hay land rated tillable by USDA.  Balance 30 acres of timber and draws.  Bordered by UU on the west and CR 267 on the north.

Directions to Tracts 3 & 4: From Helena take Z south to V, then east 1 1/2 miles to UU, then south 1 mile. From  St. Joseph take U.S. 36 east to MO 31 north 3.7 miles to P, then go west 3.4 miles to UU, then north 5 miles.
Tracts 3 & 4 will be offered individually and in combination until highest total bid is obtained.

Terms & Conditions

• Property will be offered in individual tracts, then offered in combinations to arrive at the highest dollar possible.

• Registered buyers will be required to provide certified funds or letter of credit.

• 10% down day of sale payable to escrow and closing agent Andrew County Title Insurance and Abstracts, Inc.,  Savannah, Missouri. 

• Balance due at final closing on or before Feb. 26, 2010.

• Purchase contracts prepared by Ralph Hicks, Attorney, St. Joseph, MO

• Announcements day of the auction take precedence over printed material or oral statements. The information contained herein has either been given to us by the owner of the property or obtained from sources that we deem reliable.  

• All acres are based on estimates. Actual acreage could be more or less. The prospective buyer should verify all information contained herein. Smith Auctioneers, LLC. represent the seller in this transaction.
• Seller is highly motivated, but reserves the right to reject the final bid on any tract(s).

For more information call
Mark Cleveland  660-412-7040 • Mark Smith 660-734-1762 • Mike Smith 660-375-1836