Farm land sales are still going strong in Western Illinois.  Dale Jones says the land he auctioned off over the weekend sold for more than the average cost of land. 

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The average cost per acre in Illinois is 58-hundred dollars.  Jones says the auction brought out bidders from at least three surrounding states, including Iowa and Missouri.  The property is located three miles west of Aledo.  The four tracts totaled around 470 acres.