If the commissioners so appointed shall report to the court that the lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any lot, tract or portion thereof, are so situated that an assignment of dower, if any, and partition thereof, cannot be made without great prejudice to the owners, the court may, if satisfied that such report is just and correct, make an order that the sheriff sell the premises situate in his county, or any portion thereof, which is reported insusceptible of division, and including any dower interest therein, at public auction to the highest bidder.