Steffes Group Inc.
Auctioneer's Note
An incredible and rare opportunity awaits with two turn-key operations coming up for public auction! Tract 1 is located southwest of Arlington MN, on MN-5, this impressive 1,300-cow dairy features a double 24 rapid exit parlor, solid separator manure system, lagoons, feed pad, shop and a commodity building. Tract 2 is located south of Gaylord, MN on 441st Ave, this 500-cow dairy offers versatility as either a transition farm or a fully operational milking facility. Feed sources and manure application acres are readily available, making these facilities a seamless addition to any operation. Don't miss this short-notice auction - opportunities like this are rare!
 
SOLD
TRACT 1 = $1,695,750
TRACT 2 = $777,000
 
LAND LOCATION
Tract 1: From Arlington, MN, 3.8 miles southwest on MN-5 W/5th Ave SW. The farm is on the north side of the road. 25738 State Hwy 5, Arlington, MN 55307
Tract 2: From Gaylord, 4.8 miles south on MN-22 S, 3.0 miles east on 320th St, 1.9 miles south on 441st Ave. The farm is on the west side of the road. 33834 441st Ave, Arlington, MN 55307
 
OPENING: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
CLOSING: TUESDAY, MARCH 4, beginning at 1:00PM CDT
 
 
 
 
AUCTION INFORMATION

SIBLEY COUNTY, MN – DRYDEN & SIBLEY TOWNSHIP

Total Acres: 106.19±

PID #: 22-3508-000 & 12-2407-000

To Be Sold in 2 Tracts!

TRACT 1:
Land Location: From Arlington, MN, 3.8 miles southwest on MN-5 W/5th Ave SW. The farm is on the north side of the road.

Description: SECT-24 TWP-113 RANG-28 66.19A OF E 1/2 OF SW 1/4 & OF W 41.5A OF SE 1/4 EX RR

Property Address: 25738 State Hwy 5, Arlington, MN 55307

Total Acres: 66.19±

Cropland Acres: 18.58±

PID #: 12-2407-000

Soil Productivity Index: 91.4

Soils: Canisteo clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes (34.2%), Okoboji silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes (21.5%), Harps clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes (21.5%), Clarion loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes (12.5%), Nicollet clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes (8.0%), Glencoe clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes (2.3%)

CRP Contract: Annual contract payment $236.00; contract is through 9/30/2028

Taxes (2024): $5,182.00

Dairy Details

Parlor

  • 75’x40’
  • Boumatic Expressway double 24 parallel rapid exit parlor with auto take offs, milk weights and ID
  • LP heat
  • In-floor heat
  • Tunnel ventilation
  • Rubber traffic mats
  • 3” low line
  • Twin transfer pumps
  • Adjacent to parlor: herdsman office, managers office, break room, bathrooms, vet room

Milkhouse

  • (2) Boumatic 8,000 gal. bulk milk tanks
  • Plate cooler
  • Buffer tank
  • Auto wash
  • Chemical induction

Mechanical Room

  • (2) Variable speed Kaeser Omega vacuum pumps with Twin VFD’s
  • OPTI flow speed controllers
  • Guardian CIP system
  • Aurora teat dip pump system (leased)
  • LP water heaters
  • Free heaters
  • Water softener system
  • 600-gal Mueller waste milk tank
  • Plate cooler water storage tanks
  • GEA Intelli Blend EZ induction system
  • 80 gal. air compressor
  • In-floor heat LP boiler

(2) Wells

3-phase electric

750kw stationary On Demand generator, Detroit diesel

Holding Area

  • Pneumatic crowd gate
  • 120’x28’ holding pen, sloped, grooved concrete
  • Twin return/sorting lanes
  • Twin alleyway concrete foot baths
  • (22) Overhead fans
  • (4) Exhaust fans

Center Barn (West of Holding Area)

  • 290’Lx96’W
  • (198) Total free stalls
  • Tunnel ventilation – VFD thermostat
  • Tinted poly side panels
  • Grooved concrete
  • Insulated roof

Feed Alley

  • 18’ Feed alley w/16’W x 14’T overhead door

North Free Stall Pen

  • 160’L x 38’W
  • (66) 48” free stalls
  • Headlocks & feed rail
  • (2) Overhead fans
  • (2) Exhaust fans
  • (3) Auto water fountains

North Pen Pack/Vet Room

  • 80’L x 25’W (17’pen pack + 8’ alley)
  • 50’L x 25’W (Vet room & calving/treatment pens)
  • Treatment chutes
  • (1) Auto water fountain

South Free Stall Pen

  • 290’L x 38’W
  • (132) 48” free stalls
  • Headlocks & feed rail
  • (4) Overhead fans
  • (4) Exhaust fans
  • (4) Auto water fountains

Cattle Load Out (Located on north side of breezeway)

  • Cement pad w/holding pen
  • Ground or semi load option

North Barn

  • 600’Lx96’W double row free stall barn
  • 20’W drive thru feed alley
  • (2) 16’W x 14’T overhead doors
  • (528) 48” free stalls
  • (4) 290’L x 38’W free stall pens
  • Rubber feed area mats & stamped concrete
  • Full headlocks
  • Tunnel ventilation: (16) fans west wall & (16) fans east wall
  • Tinted poly sidewalls
  • (20) Overhead fans
  • (12) Exhaust fans
  • (12) Auto water fountains

Solids Separator Room

  • 30’x30’
  • Concrete stub wall
  • Doda solids separator, 15 hp

South Barn

  • 650’L x 96’W double row free stall barn
  • 20’W Drive thru feed alley
  • (2) 16’W x 14’T overhead doors
  • (536) 48” free stalls
  • (2) 300’L x 38’W free stall pens (west side)
  • (2) 330’L x 38’W free stall pens (east side)
  • Full headlocks
  • Stamped concrete
  • (12) Auto water fountains
  • (41) Overhead fans
  • (14) Exhaust fans
  • Tinted poly sides
  • Tunnel ventilation: (16) fans west wall & (16) fans east wall

(1,262 free stall count for the dairy)

Shavings room

  • 30’x40’

Shop

  • 72’x50’
  • Insulated
  • Full concrete
  • In-floor heat, LP boiler
  • Floor drain
  • (2) Overhead doors, 24’x14’

Feed Mixing Pad

  • 150’x100’
  • Full concrete

Commodity Shed

  • 78’x32’
  • (5) Feed bays
  • Monoslope
  • Steel frame construction
  • Concrete sub wall
  • Concrete dividers

Feed Pad

  • 225’x95’
  • Full concrete

Leachate Collection Area with pump

Manure System

  • (2) Lagoons, 18-million-gal capacity
  • Scrape to center
  • Flush floom system
  • Solids separator

Septic inspection could not be completed due to winter conditions. If the septic system is later found to be non-compliant, the buyer will be responsible for the inspection at a later date and any necessary upgrades or repairs to bring it into compliance at their own expense.

TRACT 2:
Description: SECT-35 TWP-112 RANG-28 SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4

Total Acres: 40±

Cropland Acres: 15.36±

PID #: 22-3508-000

Soil Productivity Index: 94.1

Soils: Webster clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes (34.9%), Clarion loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes (20.6%), Canisteo­Glencoe complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes (17.9%), Nicollet clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes (16.4%), Canisteo clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes (9.7%), Nicollet clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes (0.5%)

Taxes (2024): $3,636.00

Dairy Details

Milking Parlor

  • 46’L x 36’W
  • Double 12 parallel parlor with rapid reel exit
  • Boumatic milking system
  • Auto take offs
  • (4) Exhaust fans (east wall)
  • Overhead radiant heat
  • (3) Overhead doors: (2) Cattle (1) Man Door
  • Grooved concrete

Milk Room

  • 12’L x 24’W
  • (2) Bulk Tanks, (1) Boumatic Dari-Kool (4,000 gallon) Model = DKF4000    S/N # 34167G, (1) Boumatic Glacier Cooler (6,000 gallon) Model = DKF6000    S/N # 40082G

Northside Utility Room 

  • 38’L x 16’W
  • Attached bathroom

Southside Utility Room

  • 49’L x 40’W (insulated & heated)
  • 16’L x 16’ loft office
  • 10’L x 24’W generator room w/ (1) Cummins generator
  • (3) Overhead doors: (1)20’W x 14’T, (1) 10’W x 8’T, (1) 8’W x 8’T
  • Insulated and heating available
  • (1) Sutorbilt 5Hp vacuum pump
  • (1) Boumatic Air Star 5Hp vacuum pump
  • (1) Bulk Tank
  • (1) Pasteurizer

Holding Area (West of Milking Parlor)

  • 58’L x 38’W
  • Crowd gate
  • (4) Foot baths
  • (4) Exhaust fans
  • (9) Overhead fans
  • Grooved concrete

(Center breeze way located west of holding pen. Connects to north, center, and south barns.)

Center Barn Pens (west of holding area)

  • 80’L x 91’W
  • 17’W center feed alley w/ 17’W x 14’ overhead door (west wall)

North Pen Pack 

  • 80’L x 37’W (25’W pen pack + 12’W alley)
  • Headlocks
  • (2) Auto water fountains
  • (3) Overhead fans
  • (1) Sliding door (west wall)

Calf Warming Room

  • 15’L x 24’W

South Pen Pack

  • 80’L x 37’W (25’W pen pack + 12’W alley)
  • Headlocks
  • (2) Auto water fountains
  • (3) Overhead fans
  • (1) Sliding door (west wall)

Cattle Load Out (Located on north side of breezeway)

  • Cement pad w/holding pen
  • Ground or semi load options

North Barn Free Stalls / Pen packs

  • 414’L x 92’W double row barn w/attached exterior Monoslope 20’L x 20’W commodity shed
  • Tunnel ventilation: (16) fans east wall

Drive-Thru Feed Alley

  • 414’L x 17’W
  • 17’W x 14’ Tall overhead doors (west & east end)

Gravity Flow Manure System Room (North wall)

  • 13’L x 17’W

Northwest Pen Pack

  • 194’L x 38’W (28’W pen pack + 10’W alley)
  • Headlocks
  • (2) Auto water fountains
  • (2) Exhaust fans
  • (5) Overhead fans
  • Grooved concrete

Southwest Pen Pack

  • 194’L x 37’W (27’W pen pack + 10’W alley)
  • Headlocks
  • (2) Auto water fountains
  • (2) Exhaust fans
  • (5) Overhead fans
  • Grooved concrete

Northeast Free Stall Pen

  • 200’L x 38’W
  • (80) 60” stalls
  • Headlocks
  • (2) Auto water fountains
  • (1) Exhaust fan
  • (5) Overhead fans
  • Grooved concrete

Southeast Free Stall Pen

  • 200’L x 37’W
  • (84) 60” stalls
  • Headlocks
  • (2) Auto water fountains
  • (1) Exhaust fan
  • (5) Overhead fans
  • Grooved concrete

South Barn Free stall

  • 420’L x 92’W double row free stall barn
  • Tunnel ventilation: (14) fans east wall
  • 18’W drive thru feed alley 
  • (2) 16’W x 14’ overhead doors 
  • (4) 200’L x 37’W free stall pens
  • (346) 48” stalls
  • Headlocks
  • (8) Auto water fountains
  • (8) Exhaust fans
  • (16) overhead fans
  • Grooved concrete
  • Insulated roof

South Manure Pump/Separator Room

  • 55’L x 25’W
  • 16’W x 14’T overhead door
  • (1) GEA Houle Pump
  • (1) 15Hp Screw press separator

Note: (510) free stall count for the dairy.

Out Buildings/Concrete Pads

Hoop Barn 

  • 120’L x 45’W
  • (2) 16’W sliding end doors
  • 3’ Side wall curtain
  • 20” Wooden side wall
  • (1)  Auto water fountain

Hoop Barn Open Structure

  • 74’L x 55’W
  • Frame only
  • 2’ Wooden side wall

Mixing Concrete Pad

  • 147’L x 100’W

Monoslope Commodity Shed

  • 31’L x 34’W
  • (3) Commodity bays
  • Concrete poured walls

Generator (South of holding area)

Septic inspection could not be completed due to winter conditions. If the septic system is later found to be non-compliant, the buyer will be responsible for the inspection at a later date and any necessary upgrades or repairs to bring it into compliance at their own expense.

TERMS: Ten percent down upon signing purchase agreement, payable by cash or check. Balance due at closing within 30 days. This is a 5% buyer’s premium auction.

CONTACT 
Eric Gabrielson at Steffes Group, (701) 238-2570 or (320) 693-9371
Randy Kath at Steffes Group, (701) 429-8894 or (320) 693-9371
Steffes Group, Inc., 23579 MN Hwy 22 South, Litchfield, MN 55355