AUCTION TERMS:  Cash - A 10% nonrefundable downpayment on the day of the sale with the balance on or before February 4, 2026.  Marketable Title will be conveyed and an owner’s title insurance policy will be provided with the cost of the owner’s policy and the closing agent’s fee to be divided 50-50 between the buyer(s) and sellers. All of the 2025 RE taxes payable in 2026 will be paid by the sellers, with the buyer(s) to pay all of the 2026 RE taxes payable in 2027.  The total acres being sold will be sold in accordance with the acres as stated on the county assessor’s records, with the acres understood to be “more or less”. The sellers do not guarantee that existing fences lie on the true and correct boundary and any new fencing, if any, will be the responsibility of the purchaser(s) pursuant to SD Law. FSA cropland acres, yields, bases, payments & other information are estimated and not guaranteed and if divided into multiple parcels will be subject to an FSA reconstitution & County Committee Approval and also are subject to pending action and implementation of the New Farm Bill. Information contained herein is deemed to be correct but is not guaranteed and buyers are encouraged to do their own due diligence and inspection.  This property is sold in “AS IS” CONDITION and subject to any existing easements, restrictions, reservations or highways of record if any, as well as any or all Union County Zoning Ordinances. The RE licensees in this transaction are acting as agents for the seller.  Sold subject to confirmation of the Trustee.

INTERNET BIDDING TERMS:

• *DO NOT REGISTER ONLINE IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE LIVE ONSITE AUCTION!!
• Bidders who wish to Bid online for the property must be registered at least 24 Hours Prior to the Auction. Bidders may contact Sutton Auctioneers & Land Brokers, LLC at 605-336-6315 or office@suttonauction.com.
• Bidders who wish to bid online must provide Sutton Auctioneers & Land Brokers, LLC with a Bank Letter of Pre-Approval prior to bidding online. Bidders will not be automatically approved and online bidders will be manually approved for the auction.
• Sutton Auctioneers & Land Brokers, LLC has the right to require a wire or electronic transfer of funds if the bidder is unable to meet in person with a representative from the auction company. 
• By making a bid, Bidder accepts the terms and conditions below and will be bound by them.
• Announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over written or advertised announcements, but do not alter, in any way, the terms and conditions of the sale.

2 Choice Farms Consisting of +/-168.43 Acres of Highly Productive Union County, SD Cropland  – Consisting of +/-120 Acres of Irrigated Cropland in Elk Point Twp. & +/-48.43 Acres of High Percentage Tillable Cropland in Civil Bend Twp. – Both with Highly Productive Soils & Extremely High Percentages Tillable!

We will offer the following Land at Public Auction “On Site” at Farm #1 – Located from Elk Point, SD (Jct. of Union Co. Hwy. #1B & 325th St./Co. Hwy. #9) – 1 Mile E. on 325th St./Co. Hwy. #9, then 1/10 Mile South on 478th Ave to the NW corner of the land.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 16, 2025                                   Sale Time: 11:00 AM

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: ATTENTION – Row Crop Operators & Investors!! The Heirs of Elizabeth Schmitz have awarded Sutton Auctioneers and Land Brokers, LLC the privilege to offer these Two Choice Parcels of Union County Land at Public Auction. This land has been in the Schmitz Family for many decades; thus, this auction provides a “Once in a Lifetime Opportunity” to purchase these Union County, SD farms.  Additionally, these farms have excellent location being located within a close proximity to Elk Point, SD, near to Southeast Farmers Coop Elevator & other nearby grain markets and points of interest.  Each of these parcels will be available to farm or lease as the buyer should desire for the 2026 crop year.  If you are in the market for land as an addition to a row crop or farming operation or as an investment, you will want to inspect these choice farms and make plans to be in attendance at this auction!