Catron County’s Cat Hill Trophy Elk and Cattle Ranch

REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE

With ownership going back to the late 1800’s, Cat Hill’s family has decided it’s time for a change, reducing this incredible legendary +/-3200 deeded acre ownership to the rock bottom price of $1000 per acre including the following: 5 water wells, power, a barndominium, trophy landowner elk, pronghorn and deer tags, plus an additional +/-1280 acres of State Grazing Lease. This is one of the states best ranch values.

Land With the +/-3200 deeded acres plus +/-1280 state grazing lease acres, totaling +/-4480 continuous acres (6.875 square miles), plus bordering additional public lands, you can put miles on your Polaris Ranger or Cam Am Defender and never get off your land.  Most landowners actually have the most fun and receive the most enjoyment by managing their holdings, setting trail cams, checking water, or watching your cattle put on a couple of pounds per day!  

Improvements An existing 40 x 80 barndominium with power, plumbing and water is perfectly set up for RV, travel trailer or can be completed by new owner to your specifications.

Recreation The Hunting

With 6 annual elk tags (always check regs), 3 mature bull rifle, 2 cow elk tags, 1 either sex archery tag and over-the-counter pronghorn antelope & mule deer tags, the freezer should be full!   After filling that bull elk tag, an upland enthusiast can pull a limit of doves off one of the 5 water tanks or get out your fox pro and work on those coyotes.  With private land bull elk hunts averaging $12,500 plus, and less than a 5% chance of drawing that public land tag, that’s quite an annual dividend to enjoy or collect.

All hunting rights and tags for 2026 convey to Buyer with a timely close.

Note: All harvest photos and trail cam pics were taken on Cat Hill Ranch.

Agriculture With a historic average carrying capacity of 50-70 animal units, Cat Hill Ranch can also provide additional cattle income.  Cattle prices are at a historic high and expected to continue for a few more years until supply catches up.

(Because it’s a State Lease, and not BLM or National Forest, Cat Hill’s grazing can also be sublet seasonally or annually.)

Water/Mineral Rights & Natural Resources With water being the gold, Cat Hill’s five producing water wells is Ft. Knox, with powered submersibles pumps and windmills, all making Cat Hill an incredible well-watered property, securing value for long-term game, cattle and land management.

General Operations Management Services

For out-of-state owners and/or non-local ownership, this Hayden Outdoors Team offers Ag Degreed land management consultants and management services to assist with grazing leases and land & game management services, either as a consultant or an ongoing basis, securing the very best the land can provide for today’s discriminating investor.

Region & Climate Cat Hill Trophy Elk & Cattle Ranch, located in Unit 12, is in the heart of Catron County, renown for producing world-class trophy elk, including a state record 440 class bull in recent years.

With sports mogul and billionaire Stan Kroenke quietly just completing the largest private land purchase in the United States in over a decade (+/-937,000 acres of New Mexico ranch land), is it your time and is New Mexico your place?

Location Nestled between the trophy elk producing towns of Quemado and Pie Town, NM the ranch is about 2.5 hrs. to Albuquerque International Airport, 4.5 hrs. to Phoenix, 5 hrs to Tucson and an hour to Springerville, AZ for private air.

With big game tag prices and hunts going through the roof, and land prices continuing to escalate, is it time for you to secure your family’s legacy ranch holding at an amazing $1000 per acre?

Call or email today for more information and your qualified showing.