A fifth generation Montanan, Wes was born and raised on his parents’ ranch in the Judith Basin. Since graduating from Montana State University with a B.S. in Agricultural Business, Finance Option and a minor in Economics in 1987, Wes has been involved in grain and livestock marketing throughout the Midwest and Pacific Northwest including nearly a dozen years with CHS, Inc. in Montana, South Dakota and Minnesota. During his eight-year stay in Minneapolis, he spent time as a floor broker at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange and served as president of CHS Inc.’s subsidiary, Country Hedging, Inc. Wes is also a past Director of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Wes has been with Hall & Hall Inc. since 2000 and has been a principal and director of the firm since 2003.
The Brand Rock Ranch was originally home to the Musselshell Valley Roundup, memorialized by brands etched in sandstone rocks on the ranch near Horsethief Creek nearly 150 years ago. A contiguous block of 18,108± acres that stretches over seven miles north and south and eight miles east and west, the ranch looks and operates much the same as it did a century ago. Horsethief and Currant Creeks meander through the ranch for over a dozen miles and the Musselshell River forms part of the southern boundary. The relatively mild winters and abundant cover allow for significant numbers of trophy-class bull elk as well as mule deer, whitetail deer, pronghorn antelope, upland gamebirds, waterfowl, and turkeys. The ranch is primarily native range and intermixed pines complemented by nearly 700 acres of irrigated and dry crops. In summary, here is a Montana hunting mecca with a significant livestock operation complimented by live water, multiple wells, miles of buried pipe, and other developed water throughout the ranch. The primary ranch improvements, feedlot, and sale barn are well located along US Highway 12 five miles west of Roundup and about 50 miles from an international airport.
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Well-appointed 7,351± contiguous acre foothills ranch 34 miles from Bozeman. New owner’s residence, 60’x110’ shop with attached residence, three guest cabins, pond, asphalt ranch roads, and horse facilities.
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