LAND AUCTION

Bid By Phone Land Auction

160+/- Total Acres in Seward County, Kansas

Selling in One Individual Tract

Legal Description:

160 +/- acres located in the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Thirty-one (31), Range Thirty-two (32) West of the 6th P.M., Seward County, Kansas

Bidding Pool Closes:

Thursday, February 26, 2026 - 10:00am CST

To participate in the auction, you must register and place a bid in the bidding pool prior to the above listed date and time. If you are not registered and have not submitted an initial bid by the bidding pool deadline, you will not be able to participate in the auction. 

MINERALS: The entirety of the seller’s mineral interest will sell with the land. All of the minerals are believed to be intact, open, and unleased.

TAXES: The 2025 real estate taxes totaled $182.47. The 2026 real estate taxes will be prorated to the date of closing.

POSSESSION: All acres are currently open. The buyer will receive immediate possession on all acres upon closing.

INPUT EXPENSES: The buyer will be responsible for a total of $5,193.30 in expenses related to four (4) chemical applications for weed control. This expense will be due at closing. Click here to view the invoice and application notes.  

MANNER OF SALE: This real estate will be offered in 1 individual tract only. No acres will be divided.

SALE METHOD: The real estate will be offered for sale by private phone auction. Buyers must register and place an initial bid prior to February 26, 2026 – 10:00am CST to be included in the bidding pool. All bids must be submitted to Mike Burkhart by telephone at 620-430-2000. After the bidding pool deadline, all active bidders will be informed of the high bid and allowed to advance their bids. The auctioneer will contact each bidder in the bidding pool for advancement of bids starting on Thursday, February 26, 2026 – 10:00am CST. Bids will be accepted until no further advances are made. All bidding parties will remain confidential. Bidding increments will be at the sole discretion of the auction company. Bidders agree that once a bid is submitted the bid will be honored.

TERMS: The successful bidder will pay a $25,000.00 earnest money deposit to be paid down the day of sale with the signing of the contract. Buyer and seller will split the cost of title insurance & escrow fees 50/50. Balance of purchase price will be due at closing, on or before March 30, 2026, or upon such terms as may be acceptable to the sellers. Personal and corporate checks are acceptable for the down payment with the final payment to be made in certified funds. Earnest money will be held by First American Title in Garden City, KS in their trust account. First American Title will also serve as the closing agent and will prepare and complete all title work. Financing, if necessary, must have been arranged and approved prior to the auction.

EVIDENCE OF TITLE: Seller will provide title insurance to the buyer in the amount of the purchase price, with the premium to be paid one-half by the seller and one-half by the buyer. Escrow fee will be split 50/50.

FSA INFORMATION: All information is deemed correct. Acreage figures are considered approximate and are from reliable sources. However, it is the buyer’s responsibility to do their own due diligence. Future FSA payments, if any, will follow the crops and new buyer.

INSPECTIONS: Each potential buyer is responsible for having conducted their own independent inspection and due diligence concerning pertinent facts about the property prior to signing the contract. Neither the seller or Burkhart Real Estate & Auction, its agents, or representatives, are making any warranties about the property, either expressed or implied.

Announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over any printed advertising.

SELLER: St. Anthony Catholic Church of Fowler, Kansas