The River View Ranch operates on 200,000± acres of land in two different counties in northern Utah. Nearly 150,000 acres of the ranch are near Grouse Creek in Northwestern Utah located along the Utah/Nevada border. The winter range encompasses around 50,000 acres near Vernon, Utah. We are selling River View Ranch as a turn-key operation complete with homes, furnishings, ranch equipment and machinery, cattle, grazing permits, water rights, trophy elk hunting rights, and mineral rights. The total deeded acres of the ranch are 40,820± acres. There are an additional 138,118± acres in BLM and State grazing leases along with 21,328± acres associated with the Grouse Creek Livestock Association. In total, there are around 9,445 AUMs capable of supporting over 1,000 cattle. There are over 71 deeded water rights with 191 water shares. The River View Ranch cattle operation includes just over 800 mother pairs, 100 first-calf heifers, and 45 bulls. The majority are all Black Angus with a few Red Angus. Additional information, including water rights information, grazing permits, and parcel numbers can be provided to interested parties.
Offered at $19.5million.
The ranch is being sold as a turn-key operation. This includes the following:
• All of the federal and state leases will transfer to the new owner.
• All of the Grouse Creek Livestock Association memberships.
• All of the equipment currently used at the ranch (see the equipment list in the brochure).
• All of the water rights and shares owned and used by the ranch (see the water rights list in the brochure).
• All of the cattle. My numbers are approximate, but there are around 850 mother pairs, about 40 bulls, and another 100 or so first-year heifers. The total size is close to 1,000 head.
• All of the homes on the ranch. There are currently 6 homes in Grouse Creek and 1 home in Vernon. These are smaller homes that vary in quality and are used by the employees or guests.
• All of the mineral rights that are owned by the ranch. This could be a hugely valuable asset should a new owner choose to prospect for gold. There is a lot of speculation that on the lands along the Utah and Nevada border there is gold and other minerals. The current owner has not done any mining, but they have been approached by companies to sell the mineral rights separately. They don't want to split it off from the ranch. I would be happy to tell you more about the potential mining opportunities.
• All of the pivots and watering equipment. Currently, there are around 1,100 acres that are under pivot (being watered to grow alfalfa and hay). There are 12 pivots that range from watering 50 to 150 acres. There is sufficient land and water rights to expand this if an owner chooses.
• All of the hunting rights. The ranch receives 5 bull elk tags from the state. Right now they sell those tags for around $10,000 to $12,000 per tag.
• The ranch manager is Shorty Williams. He knows everything about the ranch and the operations and he is key to continuing to run it successfully.
