$6,600,000
Description
Email for PDF Packet This property is located between John Day, Oregon and Prairie City, Oregon on both the north and south side of Highway 26. It consists of 8773.68 acres of which 1093 acres are flood irrigated for hay. It encompasses 1217 acres of active water rights. There are over 300 acres of early water rights. The land south of the highway has all of the irrigated meadows plus a 800 head feedlot. It has barns, corrals, and all of the infrastructure for calving out heifers and cows. The previous owner states that it will run about 650 mother cows. The meadows are excellent producers especially if they are fertilized. Part of the 8773.68 acres lies about 15 miles south of John Day. It consists of 640 acres next to the National Forest. It is a great place and an exceptional recreational spot. The land lying north of the highway goes in elevation from about 3000’ to upwards of 5000’. It is composed of early spring feed at the lower elevation running to bunchgrass and perennials at the higher elevations. There are good stands of timber throughout the upper reaches. It borders the USFS on the north side. An amazing amount of junipers have been cleared with pine trees seeded in their place. This has been an ongoing project for many years to replace the juniper with pine and reforest these areas. It is quite impressive. This is fenced and cross-fenced according to sections and water. Castle Creek and Cottonwood Creek along with Grub Creek run through the land. There are numerous springs with dirt tanks along with seeps that have started to run especially after the junipers have been taken out. Elk, deer, turkeys and the usual grouse are common here. There is a particular ridge where the owner and his family have harvested over 30 elk. That is just one area whereas they have gotten them all over the ranch. The family has also harvested numerous bucks with a few in the 30” range. He showed us one area that is famous in their family for getting the very large mule deer bucks. Cattle grazing in this area is handled by putting the cows in the bottom areas first as they are the ones that green up quickly in the spring. They then move up the mountain as the gates are opened and the salt moved. The amount of cattle put on the ranch on the north side depends on management objectives. It would depend on the weather, the length of stay you are anticipating, the grass left over from the previous year, and what type of cattle will be running on it. Grazing the south side is different because of the flexibility of having irrigated meadows. If you don’t need all of the hay then some of the meadow can be used to summer cows. Historically in this area 1.5 to 2 tons per animal for the winter is about normal although that will depend on how soon spring feed can be utilized. So, if you were running 300 head then about 600 tons would be needed with the rest of the meadow used for grazing. These are management decisions resulting from the flexibility of the productive land and water. There are three rental homes on the property plus a spacious home with a great view of the ranch. Also there is a ½ mile of the John Day River running through the ranch.
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