Texas Land Market Insights and Pricing

The Texas farm economy is largely driven by its vast livestock interests, which include cattle farming, breeding, and various feed crops. Cotton is also a large state crop, accounting for almost a third of all cotton grown in the United States. Based on the total acres currently listed for sale on Land.com, Texas is among the top three states in the country for land and rural property for sale. The overall value of farms, ranches, hunting land and other land for sale in the state amounts to almost $54 billion, and covers approximately 3 million acres. Of the 254 counties in the state, Comal County has the most farms, ranches and rural real estate for sale. Looking at data recently recorded through the Land Network Comparable Sales program, the most land and rural property sales were recorded in Smith County. Some suggested agricultural applications for land currently listed for sale in Texas include livestock, timber, row crop, aquaculture, orchard, poultry, or vineyard use. Outdoors enthusiasts can hunt for wildlife including whitetail deer, pig, dove, turkey, and quail on land for sale here, while anglers can cast for bass, catfish, and trout.