Crooked Creek Ranch

Farm Description

Located 12 miles north of Broadus, Montana with great access off of a well-maintained county road and consisting of approximately 12,020± total acres the ranch has 10,760± deeded acres, 640± State of Montana acres and 620± BLM lease acres. With 370± acres of pivot-irrigated ground and 430± acres of flood-irrigated ground the ranch produces roughly 2,800 ton of quality hay annually. Under current management the owners are able to sell approximately 1,500 large round bales annually. Owner-rated at 400 head of mother cows, 75 head of heifers and an adequate number of bulls the ranch is able to consistently sustain these numbers while typically keeping their calves on feed through mid-February. The Crooked Creek Ranch has a total of nine artesian wells, one which provides water to the buildings and corrals and two that provides water to approximately 20 miles of pipeline that supplies water to approximately 23 tanks throughout the pastures. The remaining six wells supply water to individual tanks. In addition, the ranch has approximately 71 water right claims on the Powder River which provide ample irrigation water. There are two homes on the property, a 70' x 80' machine shed/commodity storage, a 40' x 80' insulated shop with concrete floor, a 40' x 80' insulated calving barn with a heated vet/tack room, a 40' x 60' airplane hangar with a concrete floor, two sets of metal corals, a backgrounding lot and the 2015 Valley 8,000 center pivot. With approximately 6 miles of river bottoms the ranch has exceptional hunting. The ranch has roughly 1,000± acres of wheat base and a hunting lease which provide alternate sources of income.