Roundup Base Property Available for $22 Million

Brand Rock Ranch covers 18,108 total acres west of Roundup MT, including 8,207 deeded acres, 9,261 public acres and 640 state acres.

It’s about 50 miles north of the Billings School of PZP Darting and Public Deception.

The property consists of three parcels, two with grazing preference on BLM lands, according to the agent’s listing.

The Operator Information Report at RAS tied the ranch to authorization 2500711.

The Allotment Information Report tied the authorization to these parcels:

  • OIL WELL
  • ELIASSON IND
  • CURRANT CREEK
  • ALKALI CREEK WEST

The allotments offer a combined 1,973 active AUMs on 9,482 public acres according to the Allotment Master Report.

That’s equivalent to 164 wild horses, or 17.3 wild horses per thousand public acres.

The bureaucrats and ranchers tell us that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).

The land ratio is on the low side.  You must acquire approximately 8,200 deeded acres to access 9,500 public acres, or 1.16 public acres per deeded acre.

Properties with ratios of three to five might be more attractive from the viewpoint of profitability and return on investment.

Brand Rock Ranch Allotments 10-07-24

Fundraiser for Sunny Hills 24

Advocates with Wild Horse Connection, still denying any responsibility for the roundup, will hold an estate sale this weekend to provide food and shelter for the horses until they find new homes, according to an ad on Craigslist.

Western Horse Watchers estimates the cost of hay for 24 former wild horses to be around $3,600 per month.

RELATED: Advocates Want You to Pay for Their Errors.

Contaminated Feed Linked to Deaths of Rodeo Horses

Preliminary tests indicate that a shipment of feed to the Beutler & Son ranch contained monensin, an additive used in the beef and dairy industries, according to a report by KOCO News of Oklahoma City.

The substance is toxic to horses.

In a statement on socialist media, the manufacturer confirmed that it was an isolated case, likely due to a faulty cleanout procedure and sensor malfunction.

The remarks suggest that the feed came from a batch plant, where the same equipment is used for multiple products.

RELATED: Owner Blames Feed as Dozens of Rodeo Horses Die.

BLM Weighs Four New ORPs

Four new projects have been opened in ePlanning and draft environmental assessments have been posted for public review.

Comments will be accepted through September 3.

These and other such pastures support three tenets of rangeland management.

Taxpayers foot the bill for removal, processing, transport and stockpiling of wild horses.

Ranchers who graze livestock in their stead profit handsomely from the arrangement because they pay almost nothing for it.

RELATED: BLM Seeks Off-Range Pastures for Wild Horses and Burros.

Bales Getting Smaller?

A few years ago twenty bales would fit in the bed of the truck with no room to spare.

But lately there’s space for sacks of grain as shown in the following photo.

Another example of shrinkflation?

They may be getting smaller but they were heavy and the flakes were dense.

Maybe the grower has increased the compaction of his baling machine.

The price on July 31 was $30 per bale, 20 bales minimum, compared to $19 three years ago.

That puts the cost of feed at $150 per AUM assuming five bales per month per horse.

Forage on public lands in the western U.S. sells for $1.35 per AUM.

Now do you see why more and more wild horses are being forced into taxpayer-funded feedlots as more and more livestock occupy their lawful homes?

RELATED: Price of Hay Eases Slightly?

Bales Getting Smaller 07-31-24

Price of Hay Eases Slightly?

A bale of alfalfa-grass mix sold for $30 today, 20 bales minimum, down from $34 in March.

The feed store did not indicate if this was a special offer or the new rate.

A horse would need around five bales per month, putting the cost of feed at $150 per AUM.

The poor ranchers, forced to live in multi-million-dollar base properties, pay $1.35 per AUM on public lands managed by the BLM and Forest Service.

Three years ago, before Bidenomics kicked in, the same bale fetched $19.

RELATED: Price of Hay Defies Gravity.

Indian Lakes Off-Range Corrals Open to Public on May 31

Participants will be escorted by wagon according to today’s announcement.

Registration is required and tours are limited to 20 persons each.

The privately owned facility has a capacity of 7,600 animals and the population as of January 11 was 3,804 wild horses and one wild burro.

The corrals support three tenets of rangeland management.

RELATED: Sour Grapes: Advocates Criticize Indian Lakes Wild Horse Deaths.

Tour of Gray Horse ORP Set for June 22

The privately owned ranch covers approximately 26,000 acres of grassland in northeastern Oklahoma according to yesterday’s news release.

The January Facility Report shows two pastures, Gray Horse East, with a capacity of 1,735 mares, and Gray Horse West with a capacity of 1,015 geldings.

The populations as of January 1 were 1,783 mares and 775 geldings.

These animals were removed from public lands in the western U.S. and sent here to die not because of inadequate resources but because the bureaucrats have assigned most of their food to privately owned livestock.

Thus, the facility plays an important role in achieving and maintaining AMLs, sometimes referred to as ranching superiority in the lawful homes of wild horses.

RELATED: BLM to Extend Gray Horse ORP Contract?

Price of Hay Defies Gravity

The feed store collected $34 per bale today for alfalfa-grass mix, 20 bales minimum, no change from December.

The single-bale price was $35.

Three years ago the price was $19.

A horse would need around five bales per month, putting the cost at $170 per AUM.

At that rate, you’ll burn through your $1,000 adoption incentive in six months.

Ranchers pay $1.35 per AUM on public lands.

RELATED: Price of Hay Unchanged, Still Too High.

Price of Hay Unchanged, Still Too High

A bale of alfalfa-grass mix sold for $34 yesterday, 20 bales minimum, no change from last month.

The single-bale price was $35.

Although it’s off its high of $36 per bale earlier this year, it’s up 79% from the summer of 2021, when Bidenomics was unleashed on the American people.

An average horse would need around five bales per month, putting the cost at $170 per AUM.

The poor ranchers, forced to live in multi-million-dollar base properties, pay $1.35 per AUM to access forage on public lands.

Curiously, a headline today on Drudge says “Animal shelters across USA overflowing.”

RELATED: Cost of Hay Dropped Slightly!