JY Bagby Ranch Offering Brochure

PHYSICAL & OPERATIONAL DESCRIPTION
Currently, in addition to the 500 pairs the owner runs on the Ranch and the USFS Grazing Permit, they take on approximately 500 lease cattle as well.
It is estimated that between the USFS Permit and the deeded acreage, the Ranch can summer 1,000 pairs.
The Permit is private – the Ranch does not share this grazing allotment with any other permittees. The Permit was recently renewed with the USFS
for an additional ten years.
In discussion with the Ranch Manager, if a new owner were to consider running yearling cattle versus a cow-calf model, he estimates that the Ranch
could comfortably carry about 1,700 head. However, it is the Ranch Manager’s opinion that the Grazing Permit is more suitable to run pairs versus
yearlings and run the yearling cattle on the deeded acreage. The Ranch is currently grazed conservatively – increased carrying capacity may be
achieved with additional pasture fencing.
Once cattle are gathered off the Permit, calves are processed and given pre-conditioning vaccinations preparing them for the upcoming weaning with
shipping in early November. Cows are kept on the Ranch until early December before they are shipped back to their winter pasture.
Since 2019, the Ranch has constructed approximately five and a half miles of new jack-leg and worm fencing. Consistent with Big Hole Valley
tradition, “worm” fence was constructed lining the Ranch entrance as well as along a portion of the Ranch’s southern border with the USFS. Virtually
all interior fence lines are jack-rail construction. Fencing both the perimeter and interior of the Ranch has been a priority for the owner and Ranch
management.
The timber on the Ranch has been extensively managed – dead fall removed, older timber harvested and any disturbed ground cleaned and re-seeded
with mountain brome, slender wheat grass, western wheat grass, orchard grass, Nevada blue grass and an annual rye grass. These management efforts
have generated a healthy forest and additional grazing acres.
About 1,600 acres of the Ranch have been identified through soil surveys as “high production soil”. Of that, around 800 to 950 acres are fertilized per
year as set by production goals with 188 lbs/acre of a Nitrogen-Phosphorous-Sulphur-Pot-Ash mix purchased from Lakeland.
GRAZING PERMIT
United States Forest Service Grazing
Permit No. 20104
Monument C&H Allotment
Adjacent to the western border of the
Ranch, the USFS Grazing Lease provides
for 300 cow-calf pairs to graze from mid-
July to mid-October. This private allotment
connects to the Ranch and provides lush
mountain grass for cattle during the
summer grazing months.
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