Lakeside, NE 69351(Sheridan County)

The Arapaho Ranch enjoys a nice balance of productive sub-irrigated hay meadows and well managed native grass pastures. There are 4 hay meadows comprising a total of 1,500 acres. The remainder of the ranch is cross fenced into 33 pastures. The fencing is in excellent condition and maintained on an annual basis. Water is provided via 29 windmills and various lakes throughout the ranch. There are well placed evergreen tree shelter belts and metal windbreaks scattered through the ranch. On the western side of the ranch there is a wire sorting pen for working cattle. The carefully tended sandhill pastures are a reflection of the excellent land stewardship that has utilized responsible grazing and blow-out prevention.

Improvements on the ranch include 2 homes, steel corrals, a sale barn, horse barn, calving barn, machine shop and numerous other outbuildings. The sale barn is a 40 X 60 Quonset with electricity, water and a furnace. The horse barn has 6 double stalls, 2 single stalls, 2 tack rooms and a full hay loft. The calving barn is a 99 X 30 barn built in 1985. It features 20 calving pens and a heated observation room. As you tour the ranch, you will notice the ranchs infrastructure was designed with one goal in mind; working cattle.

State Highway 250 offers a low traffic, paved access to the ranch. The head quarters are a quarter mile off the highway and it provides easy access to several pastures at any time of the year. The Arapaho Ranch is home to deer, antelope, grouse and other birds. The lakes throughout the ranch are along the migratory bird route, which includes the Sandhilll Crane. The Arapaho Ranch is being offered exclusively by James Land Company. To arrange a time to view this exceptional working cattle ranch call James Land Company today at 307-326-3104.