About
Merit Auctions is headquartered in Fort Madison, Iowa, as well as a location in Urbana, Indiana. The auction and real estate brokerage company focuses on equipment and farmland in the Midwest and beyond. The team is no stranger to the auction landscape, with over 100 combined years of experience. Among the company’s accomplished team of auctioneers & real estate brokers are Jim Huff, Zach Hiner and John Probasco, among others.
We offer our customers a top-tier auction experience specializing in virtual online & live real estate auctions as well as timed online and live farm equipment auctions.
John and his wife Brenda reside on a hay and row crop farm near Moulton, IA. they also maintain a cow/calf operation. John brings over 20 years of real estate and auction experience, obtaining his real estate license in 2001 and his Illinois Auctioneers License in 2010. John specializes in AG land and farm equipment auctions that has spanned from the Central Valley of California to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. In his spare time, John enjoys spending time with his three children and their families.
