A Proven Track Record Across 40 States

When you are considering which auction company to trust with one of the most significant financial transactions of your life, credentials matter. Marketing claims are easy to make. A track record built over decades across thousands of transactions is not.

Over 10,000 Land Auctions and Counting

Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company has conducted over 10,000 land auctions across 40 states. This is not a number inflated by equipment sales or personal property auctions — these are land transactions, each with its own unique set of challenges involving tract planning, title work, legal documentation, marketing campaigns, and complex bidding processes.

Today, the Schrader team performs approximately 160 land auctions per year along with roughly 150 equipment auctions per year. This volume means the team is constantly sharpening its skills, refining its processes, and staying current with market conditions across different regions and property types.

A 99% Sell Rate

Taking a property to auction and actually getting it sold are two very different things. Any company can schedule an auction date, print brochures, and set up a venue. The true measure of an auction company's effectiveness is whether the property actually sells on auction day.

Last year, Schrader sold 99% of the farms taken to auction. That number reflects the full scope of what happens before an auctioneer ever calls for the first bid — the market research, the buyer outreach, the property preparation, the due diligence assembly, and the marketing campaign that brings qualified, motivated bidders to the room. A near-perfect sell rate does not happen by accident. It is the result of a disciplined, proven process executed by experienced professionals.

Five-Time Auction of the Year Award Winner

Industry recognition provides an independent measure of quality. Schrader has been honored with the Auction of the Year award five times, a distinction that reflects both the scale of the transactions and the professionalism with which they are conducted. These awards are evaluated by industry peers who understand the complexity involved in managing large-scale land auctions at the highest level.

Record-Setting Transactions

Schrader's experience includes some of the largest and most complex land transactions in the industry:

• Largest land auction: $55,000,000, conducted in Mercer and Fulton Counties, Illinois
• Largest private transaction: In excess of $80,000,000
• Most tracts in a single auction: Over 100 tracts offered on several occasions
• Most acres in a single auction: 92,312 acres in Natrona County, Wyoming — the largest auction the team has conducted from an acreage standpoint

These figures are not aspirational targets. They are completed transactions where Schrader's team, technology, and processes were tested at scale and performed. Managing an auction with nearly 100 tracts requires software capable of processing thousands of bidding combinations in real time, a team trained to manage a complex auction floor, and the organizational discipline to keep every detail on track across months of preparation.

Expertise Across Diverse Property Types

Schrader's experience spans a wide range of agricultural and rural properties. The company specializes in properties tied to agricultural production, recreation and hunting, and timber. This breadth of experience means the team understands how to value, market, and sell properties that serve very different purposes and attract very different buyer pools.

Client engagements range from 5 acres to tens of thousands of acres on any given year, serving everyone from major-scale institutions to small family farms. However, Schrader's particular strength — its niche — is helping clients with large, complex properties where the stakes are highest and the margin for error is smallest.

What a Track Record Like This Means for Sellers

For a farmland owner evaluating auction companies, these numbers answer the fundamental question of capability. Can this company handle my property? With over 10,000 auctions across 40 states, transactions as large as $80 million, and a 99% sell rate, the answer from Schrader is unambiguous. More importantly, this track record was built one client at a time — each auction representing a seller who trusted Schrader with their land and received results that justified that trust.