John joined Hall and Hall to set up and run our Kansas office in 2010. He has marketed farms, ranches, equestrian centers, cattle feed yards, and agricultural water rights throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona. Born and raised in Kansas, John grew up around ranching and ranch real estate. John attended Kansas State University, became a licensed pilot and joined his father at Doug Wildin & Associates Ranch Brokers in 1978. Since then he has successfully marketed hundreds of thousands of acres of farm and ranch real estate. He has spent his career developing personal and business relationships with many agricultural producers throughout the United States and serving their real estate needs in an ethical and service oriented manner. His decades of farming and ranching experience served as a background for his broad working knowledge of all phases of livestock and farm production agriculture. John loves the outdoors and relishes time spent at his second home in the Colorado mountains. John resides in Hutchinson, Kansas and has two grown children.
The Marley Ranch is located in southern Arizona in the Sonoran Desert, with rolling grasslands and rimmed with high mountains. It is west of the Santa Cruz River, which has been the historic path of the Spanish Conquistadors and Father Kino. It is midway between Nogales, Arizona, on the Mexico-Arizona Border and Tucson, Arizona, to the north. The ranch has been in the Marley family's ownership for over 75 years and consists of 178± square sections within the ranch boundary, with the capacity to run 1,600 cattle.
Offered in cooperation with:
Jim Webb of Hebbard & Webb, Inc.
M: 602-524-8017
P: 602-524-8017
hwincre@aol.com
Marley Ranch is a large ranch about 20 miles wide (East-West) and about 15 miles North-South on the West side. Batamote Road is the major ranch road, a dirt road that serves as the division between the west and east sides of the ranch. All the roads within the ranch are maintained by the ranch. The ranch comprises deeded Land and six grazing leases of land within the ranch boundary. The Arizona State Land Grazing Lease is the primary lease. Livestock water is derived from wells, pipelines, stock ponds, and two irrigation wells. There are 28 major pastures with smaller traps and branding corrals scattered around the ranch. The ranch is predominantly rolling hills with large washes. The grasses are grama and lovegrass, with Mesquite and Palo Verde trees, Ocotillos, barrel and cholla cactus, Hackberry Trees, and some Arizona Sycamores in the canyons and washes. The headquarters is on Arivaca Road on the south side of the ranch. There are shipping pens with scales at the headquarters.
The Marley Ranch is for sale for the first time in over 75 years. The ranch is in the high Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona cow country. It is in a prime area with a large block of deeded land with direct access off the main highway. The Marley Ranch is a large Arizona ranch with opportunities for future higher and better uses. This outstanding ranch property is an extraordinary montage of rolling hills interspersed with large washes and deep canyons, all surrounded by scenic mountains. Add in an enjoyable year-round climate, along with close proximity to the Green Valley and Tucson, making the Marley Ranch a true one-of-a-kind property that rarely comes to the market.
The Marley Ranch is located about 20 miles south of Tucson, Arizona on the west side of Interstate 19 at Amado, Arizona. The paved Arivaca Road is on the south side of the ranch. The east boundary of the ranch borders the community of Green Valley, and about 19 miles to the west, the ranch borders the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge.
The Marley Ranch is located in the southern central part of Pima County, with the ranch headquarters on Arivaca Road, within the northern boundary of Santa Cruz County. The ranch adjoins the small community of Amado near the southeast corner of the ranch. There are large ranches that neighbor the Marley Ranch and smaller horse properties along Arivaca Road. Major shopping and services are available in Green Valley and Tucson.
The climate in this area is four seasons with mild winters and warm summers. The average annual rainfall is estimated to be between 14 and 16 inches.
The rangeland slopes to the south and southeast on the east side and slopes to the south and southwest on the west side. There are ridges divided by large washes with deeper canyons on the north end leading up to the higher elevations. The rangeland has perennial grasses such as grama and lovegrass. Shrubs on the ranch include mesquite, catclaw, ocotillo, and Palo Verde trees. There are mesquite, hackberry, and willow trees along the drainages.
17,265.07± acres deeded land
97,014.40± acres State Grazing Lease #05-1938
2,500.00± acres BLM Black Hills Allotment #AZ06119
6,370.23± acres Freeport McMoRan Sierrita Grazing License
1,819.08± acres Caterpillar, Inc. Grazing Lease
6,337.00± acres Pima County Land Adverse Use
2.00± acres AZ Land & Water Trust Lease
114,279.47± acres total or 178.56 sections
The carrying capacity based on the State Land allowed use is 996.5 animal units (AU). The BLM carry capacity is 34 AU. 570 AU are allocated to the deeded land for a total of 1,600 AU during normal rainfall years. Actual use will vary depending on rainfall.
Marley Ranch runs from 3,109’ above sea level at the homestead on the east side up to 4,700’ above sea level on the Colorado Mountains. The ranch is primarily 3,200’ to 3,800’ above sea level.
The improvements at the headquarters on Arivaca Road in Santa Cruz County include a ranch manager's double-wide mobile home, three small ranch hand houses, and a mobile home. There is a shop, hay shed, tack room, covered horse pens, shipping corrals with a scale, and a feed yard. There is an irrigation well and two domestic wells at the headquarters. At the homestead on the Interstate 19 frontage road in Pima County, the improvements include an owner’s residence and a separate bunkhouse that are currently non-habitable, and a guest house and residence occupied by ranch hands. Additionally, there is a tack room and feed shed adjacent to covered horse pens. There is an irrigation well and two domestic wells at this location. There is also a dirt airstrip at the homestead, which, when maintained, can accommodate twin-engine aircraft. There are 19 wells scattered across the ranch (10 solar-equipped), 52+ miles of pipeline, 60 dirt stock ponds, 28 pastures, several large working corrals, numerous small branding corrals, and traps. The ranch is fenced on the perimeter.
There are two grandfathered Irrigation wells registered with the Department of Water Resources. There are four domestic wells, 19 stock wells, 15 of which are operating, 10 wells powered by solar, four powered by generators, and one electric, serving 52 miles of pipelines with storage and troughs, and 60 dirt stock ponds more or less.
Pima County and Santa Cruz County Real Estate Taxes were $23,790 for 2025.
Cattle and equipment are not included.
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