Southwest Missouri Ranches for Sale - 144 Properties (2024)

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Who owns most of the land in Missouri? ›

Pioneer Forest is the largest private landowner in Missouri, with 146,000 acres.

What is the cost of land in Missouri? While the price of land for sale in Missouri varies based on the type of land, its special features and various other factors, as of 2022, the average non-irrigated cropland was $8,318 per acre, while irrigated cropland was selling for $9,144.

According to the 2023 Missouri Farm Land Values Opinion Survey conducted by MU Extension in collaboration with the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), The average price for non-irrigated cropland is $8,618 per acre, while irrigated cropland fetches around $9,678 per acre.

You'll find ranches throughout the state, with a high concentration in southern Missouri and the Ozarks areas southwest of the state.

Leo Drey owns more land--160,000 acres in the Ozarks--than any other private landowner in Missouri.

Governor Kehoe said. “China is our nation's most hostile foreign adversary, and Missouri cannot allow individuals and companies associated with the Chinese Communist Party to buy and exploit Missouri land.”

(1) “Agricultural land”, any tract of land in this state consisting of more than five acres, whether inside or outside the corporate limits of any municipality, which is capable, without substantial modification to the character of the land, of supporting an agricultural enterprise, including but not limited to land ...

There are 2,584 available properties to buy in Southwest Missouri listed at $434,948 on average, with each acre priced at $17,699. For more matching properties near here, browse land for sale in Missouri.

Missouri's terrain contributes greatly to its agricultural diversity. Fertile soil, great for growing crops, is plentiful across the state. The Ozark Plateau, the largest part of Missouri, is covered in forested hills and known for its large lakes and clear rivers.

The state with the cheapest land in the U.S. is Arizona, where one acre costs an average of $4,200. The state with the most expensive land in the U.S. is Rhode Island, where one acre costs a whopping $350,400. The average acreage of property in the U.S. is 10,871 square feet, or a quarter of an acre.

What is the largest ranch in Missouri? ›

For the right price, you can become the owner of the largest cattle ranch in Missouri. Circle A Ranch is up for sale, consisting of over 18,000 acres split between locations north of Huntsville, and east of the Lake of the Ozarks around Iberia.

Major products include livestock, poultry, forest products and crops. Among crop production, soybeans, corn, cotton and rice are predominant with Missouri consistently ranking in the top 10 nationwide for the production of those four major commodities. By dollar value, soybeans are Missouri's number one crop.

About 93% of land in MO is privately held (Van Dien 2022). 3.8% is owned by the federal government (Table 1), and 3.2% is owned by state, county, or municipal governments (Vincent 2020).

The nation's largest private landowners are the Emmerson family in California who own over 2.4 million acres. The bulk of that land is dedicated to timber in Northern California. But the most headline-worthy transaction of 2022 was the Four Sixes Ranch in Texas.

Federal land is managed for many purposes, such as the conservation and development of natural resources, grazing and recreation. The federal government owns 3.79 percent of Missouri's total land, 1,675,400 acres out of 44,248,320 total acres.