High Quality Greene County, Iowa Farmland Offered for Sale through the Sealed Bid Auction Method - I'm pleased to represent the beneficiaries of the Beverly L. Hoyt Revocable Trust in the sale of their 80-acre farm located southwest of Scranton, Iowa, locally known as the 'Slocum Farm'. The farmland will be offered through a Sealed Bid Auction with all bids for the property due before 4:00 PM (CST) on Thursday, February 12th, 2026. Bidders will have a single opportunity to bid on this farmland and a live auction will not follow the Sealed Bid Auction. Please contact Listing Agent or see Attachments for the Bid Submission Form. The farm consists of 76.69 FSA NHEL cropland acres and a CSR2 soil rating of 88.1, well above the Greene County, Iowa average CSR2 soil rating of 78.3. Prominent soil types include highly-productive Nicollet loam, Clarion loam, and Webster clay loam. A wetland determination completed in 2009 determined 75.99 of the acres to be Non-Wetland, indicating that drainage improvements can be made on the property. The remaining 0.70 cropland acres have not had a wetland determination done. Visit our website for more information regarding the sealed bid auction.
Scranton is located in Iowa. Scranton, Iowa has a population of 547. Scranton is less family-centric than the surrounding county with 16.13% of the households containing married families with children. The county average for households married with children is 24.69%.
The median household income in Scranton, Iowa is $46,635. The median household income for the surrounding county is $52,768 compared to the national median of $69,021. The median age of people living in Scranton is 41.3 years.
The average high temperature in July is 84.3 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 9.5 degrees. The average rainfall is approximately 33.9 inches per year, with 30.4 inches of snow per year.
