Never before offered for sale, since the 1880’s, The Diamond Ranch has been owned by five generations of the same family. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to own one of Eastern Montana’s reputation grass ranches.
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Property Details
Total Acres. . . . . . . . . . 24,588 +-
Deeded Acres . . . . . . . 23,308 +-
State Lease Acre . . . . . . . 960 +-
BLM Acres. . . . . . . . . . . . 320 +-
The Diamond Ranch has for many years been operated as a cow/calf and yearling operation, typically running 275 yearlings and 500 cows. In 2012, the ranch summered 450 cow/calf pairs and 400 yearlings. The hay meadows along Rosebud Creek total approximately 672 acres, with 82 acres machine leveled and irrigated. They supply the ranch’s hay needs and on exceptional years have been known to produce enough hay to last three years. The ranch has a good set of support facilities: these include a ranch home, large shop, grain bin, two barns, a large multi-pen corral and alley system, and three pipelines to pastures with lengths of approximately 9 miles, 7 miles and 5.5 miles.
Water Resources
The Diamond Ranch is a classic Eastern Montana Ranch. It has four miles of Rosebud Creek flowing through its center. Hay meadows irrigated by the ranch’s senior water rights, line the creek bottom and produce the ranch’s winter feed. The creek bottom gives way to rolling hills covered with native prairie grasses, timbered ridges and sandstone outcroppings, where the current owners have found historic carvings. Elevations on the ranch range from 2850 feet on Rosebud Creek to 3275 feet at its highest. Snider Creek, Pony Creek and Sand Coulee are major drainages within the ranch collecting runoff that flows into Rosebud Creek.
The present day owners of The Diamond Ranch are very respectful of the legacy and history the ranch possesses. They have been great caretakers of the land and its resources by keeping stocking rates in line and developing water resources to better utilize and distribute grazing. Third generation owners, Russell and Genie May Garfield were charter members of the Northern Plains Resource Council. Genie May Garfield was also the president of the Rosebud Protective Association. Both Russell and Genie May Garfield instilled the importance of ranch management and stewardship to their family.
$9,330
Mineral Rights
All mineral rights owned by the seller will transfer at closing.
Location Details
The Diamond Ranch is located in the Rosebud Valley about 20 miles south of Rosebud, Montana, a small community on the banks of the Yellowstone River, and about 28 miles southeast of Forsyth, Montana, which is the county seat and a major trade center for this area. The ranch is in the Colstrip school district. Colstrip is a bustling community supported by local ranches, coal mining and electricity production, and lies about 15 miles to the west of the ranch headquarters. Major airports with commercial air service are located in Miles City & Billings, a one hour and two hour drive respectively from the ranch.
