The IX Ranch is a legacy ranch – it is huge, has a long history of stable ownership and a highly respected reputation in reputation ranch country. Its central Montana location is 80 miles northeast of Great Falls and adjacent to the town of Big Sandy. The current owners are the second owners in the ranch’s 128 year history. This professionally managed operation runs a cattle herd of 4,300. They traditionally winter around 3,200 bred cows and over 1,400 coming yearlings – mostly heifer calves – plus an appropriate number of bulls and ranch horses together with 6,000 tons of winter feed. The operation covers over 126,000± acres, of which 59,809± is deeded and the majority of the balance being State grazing leases. It is well and appropriately improved, with accommodations for a full crew including a manager as well as comfortable quarters for guests. Besides its position as one of Montana’s great cattle ranches, the IX boasts huntable populations of elk, mule deer, whitetail deer, antelope, mountain lion and five species of upland birds. It is also an extremely scenic ranch boasting a broad diversity of habitat types from productive meadows to rolling hills which give way to steeper mountain country with scatterings of aspens and evergreens. For more information on the IX Ranch visit the Hall and Hall website: http://hallhall.com/ranches-for-sale/properties/ix-ranch
