649 Pepper Creek Road, Hay Springs, NE 69347 - Dawes County

Sand Canyon Ranch consists of 3,529.69 deeded acres west of the Mirage Flats, south of Hay Springs, Nebraska. This working cattle ranch sustains a year-round cow/calf operation, with feedlot pens to background 950 head of cattle. The 513.19 irrigated acres consist of three center pivots, offering a great opportunity to produce ample forage for cattle year-round on the ranch. Established shelter belts on both sides of the main headquarters, make this a great setup for calving.

A well-maintained gravel road leads to the ranch headquarters. The road splits the two main pivots, with a stackyard as well as a silage yard, both are individually fenced, sitting west of the ranch headquarters.

Sitting on good hard grass, the owner rates the carrying capacity at 300 head of cow/calf pairs year-round, with wetter years offering a higher carrying capacity. Along with the native pastures, the current owners have used the three center pivots for forage crops over the last seven years providing winter forage. The ranch is well-watered throughout all pastures with seven tanks on pipelines and wells with submersible pumps. Cross-fencing is in excellent shape with the majority of it new four-wire barbed wire.

Tract 1 1,468 +/- Acres (Exact acres to come from survey)

Grass Acres 1,279.40 +/-

Certified Irrigated Acres 133.24 +/-

Home, Shop, Barn & Feedlot Pens 56.05 +/-

Water Well Information

Well G-033529 drilled in 1970, 1,000 GPM, 39 static level, 165 pumping level, 200 well depth- 2008 Electric Reinke 8 Tower Wiper Pivot- Nozzle for 550 GPM @ 44 PSI

Tract 1 of this ranch offers 1,468 +/- acres consisting of 1,279 +/- grass acres, and 92.56 irrigated acres under a 2008 Reinke 8 tower wiper pivot with 133.24 certified irrigated acres with majority soil types of Tripp silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes and Alliance silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes. The headquarters includes a beautiful 3,360 square foot home with a 625 square foot heated attached garage, 40x60 insulated shop, calving barn, and vet shed for working cattle.

Accompanying the headquarters are eight lots set up for backgrounding up to 950 head of cattle with excellent working facilities and dual loadout chutes for semis and ground load trailers. With excellent, well-established shelter belts on both sides of the main headquarters, this makes a great setup for calving and protection for the calving lots!

Tract 1 also includes a fenced-off 6.25-acre silage/haystack yard to accommodate the feedlot. Pepper Creek and the Niobrara River meet on the south side of the ranch and this tract with just under a mile of the Niobrara River running through the Southeast corner enhancing the beauty of this ranch.