Cattle Ranching Land For Sale

Cattle ranching in the American West is a tradition that has been handed down from generation to generation. If you are looking to purchase land to start your own operation or add to an existing one, Fay Ranches’ experienced agents can help you find the property with the capacity, resources, permits and possibilities that you want. From Oregon to Montana, Idaho to Texas, our inventory and access to the best agricultural and cattle production properties is unmatched. Our agents have decades of experience buying and selling farms and ranches across the country and boots on the ground experience. Whether you seek a year-round operation with winter pastures or a seasonal, easy-to-operate ranch that boasts excellent production, we can help you find what you are looking for.

The investment value of a cattle operation can depend on many factors: water, grass, hay fields, facilities and topography. Our experienced agents are skilled in finding properties to suit our clients’ unique needs and desires. If you are planning to sell, Fay Ranches’ agents will help you navigate the sales process to accurately price your land, prepare it for sale and market it using our extensive marketing platform with unrivaled industry reach to help you sell.

Along with our vast network of agents within the Fay Ranches family, we also have an established network of relationships and partnerships across the United States that offer our clients unparalleled reach and direct contact with some of the most qualified landowners and investors from coast to coast. Our reach gives buyers access to some of the most exclusive cattle ranches and farms in the country. Our agents are partners are deeply rooted in the areas they serve, providing clients with access to the most significant properties and unmatched industry knowledge.

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Sale Pending

Lakes of Gibbons Creek

College Station, Texas

This Texas ranch is a world-class and extraordinary example of natural resource and rangeland restoration undertakings over the course of several decades following an intense use of portions of the surface to secure lignite. The resources that were put to work on this restoration project have resulted in an extensive ranch with rolling rangelands of both improved and native grasses, heavily wooded bottomlands (and some hilltops), and incredible water features.

New Listing

Ragged Mountain Ranch

Somerset, Colorado

Ranches of this size are very rare in this part of Colorado. With miles of National Forest border, including two inholdings, numerous ponds, a small reservoir, seasonal creeks, irrigated hay fields, dark timber, aspen groves, Stunning views from everywhere on the ranch offer many opportunities for possible future homesites. The elk and mule deer hunting is superb, with large herds of elk and solitary big bulls and bucks cruising the ranch.

Dome Mountain Ranch

Emigrant, Montana

This stunning ranch has incredible views in all directions ranging from mountain ranges, the Yellowstone River, the famed Paradise Valley and into Yellowstone National Park. The land transitions through three ecosystems from the river bottom riparian area to the Absaroka Mountain Range’s forested mountains. There are also three lakes on the ranch. The ranch is well improved with a beautiful log home and guest homes and the Dome Mountain Guest Ranch structures along the river.

Arrow Ranch

Wisdom, Montana

Known as the Land of 10,000 Haystacks, the Upper Big Hole Valley is quietly famous for its quality hay, incredible scenery, and small-town charm. The Arrow Ranch is one of the most productive ranches in the Upper Big Hole Valley both recreationally and agriculturally. This is not just hyperbole. The Upper Big Hole and specifically the Arrow Ranch is where everything is measured in the thousands, as in tons of hay, trout, and elk.

Lucky 7 Ranch

McDermitt, Nevada

This fully functioning Nevada ranch boasts all the efficiencies expected of a high desert outfit with the capacity to run 3,360 AUs± efficiently. Lucky 7 transforms its native grass into a high-quality protein through its reputation calf crop year after year. With decades of careful management, it has been an industry leader and will continue that trend by economically running cows and calves and by capitalizing on the economies of scale offered by its geographical location and size.

Revised Listing

Montana Little Valley Ranch

Avon, Montana

This western Montana ranch in the Avon Valley is about 50± miles from Helena. The core of the deeded acres and leased acres are comprised of mountain meadows and timbered hills. The majority of the ranch’s leased acres reach higher elevations in the Garnet Range. Strickland Creek and Davis Creek emerge in the Garnets, watering the ranch’s wildlife and livestock. With a resident elk herd that numbers several hundred during the fall season, Little Valley is a dream ranch for the sportsman.

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Northern Plains Grassland & Cattle Ranch

Belle Fourche, South Dakota

This is an opportunity to invest in a very large production ranch in the heart of cattle country in South Dakota. Offering an exceptional feed base with an above-average water supply, quality fences, and excellent access. The livestock working facilities are strategically positioned for efficiency and the main headquarters and outbuildings are in excellent working condition.

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Revised Listing

Little Eight Mile Ranch on the Lemhi River

Leadore, Idaho

Fay Ranches is honored to bring this property to market. Nestled at the base of the continental divide in north-central Idaho, this ranch is one of the most scenic and prolific sporting ranches in the Rocky Mountain West. Comprised of 8,163± deeded acres and 65,486± leased acres, totaling 73,649± acres, the ranch is expansive, featuring 9.25± miles of the Lemhi River, a private, wild trout fishery, plus countless miles of spring creeks and mountain streams. This is a true river-to-mountain offering that has more miles of fishable trout water than any ranch we know of on the market today.

Price Reduced

Rocking Chair Ranch

Dubois, Wyoming

This legacy Wyoming property checks all the boxes with multiple residential dwellings, a working ranch and expansion options – all within a majestic setting that is rarely available in today’s intermountain West. The property’s expansive and varied landscape, encompassing 75,000± total acres, provides year-round recreational activities for all ages and interests, making this ranch ideal for multi-generational or expansive families. The Wyoming ranch offers horseback riding, atv trails, big game hunting, and more.

New Listing

Jefferson Springs Ranch

Whitehall, Montana

This property boasts 1.6± miles of Jefferson River frontage to the east and the Tobacco Root Mountains and thousands of acres of contiguous public land to the west. Forested canyons, rolling hills, and river bottom provide habitat suitable for a variety of wildlife, including moose, elk, mule and white-tailed deer, antelope, upland game birds, and waterfowl. This ranch includes 400± acres under center pivot irrigation. Located an hour from Bozeman, Montana, land this size in the Jefferson River valley rarely comes to market.

Carancahua Bend Ranch

Sargent, Texas

Huge development potential combined with exceptional duck hunting and saltwater fishing situated less than 90 miles from Houston’s Galleria is the key component of this extraordinary property. A ranch with a diverse waterfowl habitat and proximity to the big waters of the bay produces excellent duck hunting. This is a working cattle ranch with everything it takes to raise beef: fencing, water wells and troughs, loafing sheds, and a top-notch set of pens. 6 water wells/troughs are spread across the ranch.

Little Belt Elk Ranch

White Sulphur Springs, Montana

This historic and stunning Montana ranch is situated in the Little Belt Mountain Range and offers a nearly incomparable spectrum of wildlife habitats to attract game. The combination of grassy meadows, large basins, spring seeps, aspen groves, and mature timber provides shelter, food, and sanctuary for a plethora of species. Eagle and Sheep Creeks flow through portions of the property, which provide endless fishing adventures for the avid angler. It is set up for a large-scale Cattle ranch.

Recently Sold

Rock Creek Cattle Ranch

Philipsburg, Montana

Generational ranches are very special, and this Montana ranch for sale is no different. It offers acreage, river frontage, and has surrounding forests to roam and enjoy the rugged nature of Rock. Rock Creek has flowed through this valley for thousands of years, etching its history into the canyon walls. Fertile soil, lush grass, and approximately 1.5 miles of river frontage offer an abundance of recreational opportunities and untamed beauty.

Four Creeks Sporting Ranch

Big Timber, Montana

With over 10 miles of live water and wildlife-rich terrain, the Four Creeks Sporting Ranch creates a private outdoor sanctuary that one can enjoy year-round. Located south of Big Timber, Montana, and adjoining millions of acres of beautiful public land the private ranch offers its new owner wide open spaces on a blank canvas. The property has limited improvements and is not protected by a conservation easement.

Sale Pending

Brackett Ranch

Jordan Valley, Oregon

This sprawling Oregon desert ranch for sale is divided by the border between South East Oregon and South West Idaho. This is big cow country made up of rolling sage and grass-covered hills with deep draws. The ranch has the capacity to run 1,000 plus cows year around. The cattle are outside grazing much of the year coming in in the fall to wild meadows and a few months of wild hay feeding.

New Listing

North Fork Willow Creek Ranch

Choteau, Montana

Scenic and productive working cattle ranch within a short drive to the quaint community of Choteau, Montana. The ranch features a creekside historic home, updated for comfort and convenience plus a complete set of working facilities including barns and corrals to support current livestock operations. Lush creek bottomlands, irrigated hay meadows, and dryland pasture for cattle grazing. Enjoy the backdrop of the Rocky Mountain Front and the gateway to the Bob Marshall Wilderness.

Hidden Springs Ranch

Riverton, Wyoming

This Wyoming cattle ranch offers low overhead, low operating costs, and big production, along with outstanding big game and bird hunting opportunities. It is home to huge mule deer, pronghorn antelope, Rocky Mountain elk, and some of the best chukar hunting available. All the improvements make this a turnkey cattle ranch, including the main home, ranch hand home, bunkhouse, shop, barn, and efficient cattle working facility. Countless “hidden” springs are scattered across the acreage.

Price Reduced

Chandler Hereford Ranch

Baker City, Oregon

A rare opportunity to purchase a piece of Western history in Oregon. The Chandler family has raised registered Hereford Cattle at this very location for a continuous period of 131 years. This well-established “Grass Ranch” provides all the necessary ingredients for a discerning purchaser to continue managing the ranch as a year-round cow/calf operation, or to change the operation to a very productive summer cattle grazing enterprise.

Hereford Burnt River Ranch

Hereford, Oregon

A fantastic grazing ranch with irrigated pastures and alfalfa. This Oregon ranch lies in the lush, burnt River Valley with exceptional grass and excellent water rights. The bonus is the prolific wildlife found on the ranch, with elk and mule deer making up much of what folks love about this area. The peace and solitude of this ranch is something special.

Recently Sold

North Boulder River Ranch

Cardwell, Montana

Nestled in the shadow of Bull Mountain and surrounded by the Elkhorn, Boulder, and Highland Mountains sits this exceptional unspoiled 2,687± acre wildlife-rich ranch. Located just 50 minutes west of Bozeman Montana in the tightly held North Boulder River Valley, land this size in this valley rarely comes to market.

Price Reduced

Running M Ranch

Navasota, Texas

This Texas property is a true gentlemen’s cattle ranch and is well set up to continue running as a high-end cattle operation or can be used as a recreational ranch or as an investment for future development. The property boasts a classic ranch home overlooking a 20-acre fishing lake, several more large lakes, over 2 miles of Navasota River frontage, and almost a mile of frontage. Pastures on the western side of the property are improved while the bottomland near the river remains native pasture.