Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch in Barnesville GA

Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch

A Turnkey Working Ranch & Farm-to-Table Enterprise in the Heart of Lamar County, Georgia

156 Perdue Road | Barnesville, Georgia 30204 | 17.25 Acres

Tucked into the rolling countryside of Lamar County, just a short drive from the historic

charm of Barnesville, Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch is the rare kind of property that

arrives fully realized. This is not simply a home on acreage — it is a complete, purpose-

built agricultural enterprise where every fence line, every building, and every acre has

been thoughtfully developed to support a life lived close to the land. For over a decade,

this ranch has been home to a family that raised cattle the way it was done before

industrialization ever entered the picture: slowly, personally, and with an unwavering

commitment to quality. Whoever takes the reins next inherits not just infrastructure, but

a legacy of natural, regenerative stewardship that has already won the loyalty of

customers across Georgia.

The Homestead

At the center of the property sits a beautiful, customized and well-appointed home. You

truly must see this home to appreciate it. Every detail of the home is well thought out,

and that is evident from the moment you walk through the door. Comfortable and

efficient, this primary residence boasts 1,176 square feet on the main level, with a

matching 1,176 square foot daylight basement, giving the household 2,352 total square

feet of living and flex space. A wraparound porch and deck crown the top floor, offering

sweeping views over the pastures and a natural gathering place for morning coffee or

evening sunsets. Below, a brick patio extends the living space outdoors at ground level,

shaded and private. The home is built for real self-sufficiency: dual-zone HVAC keeps

every room comfortable year-round, a 350-amp electrical service provides ample power

for a working property, and a 24kW Generac backup generator with automatic

switchover means the lights — and the well pump — never go dark, even when the grid

does. A 500-gallon buried propane tank and a private residential well producing 5 to 8

gallons per minute round out a home designed to run independently, comfortably, and

quietly for years to come.

Built for Horses and Cattle, From the Ground Up

Step outside the home and the property reveals itself as a fully operational livestock

facility, with every structure purpose-built for daily ranch work. A timber frame carport,

27 by 41 feet, offers covered parking and storage with power, water, ceiling fans, and

motion-activated lighting — practical comforts that make everyday chores easier.

For the horse lover, a two-stall horse barn measuring 36 by 16 feet includes two run-out

stalls, automatic waterers, an upper hay loft, and lower storage, all overlooking a lighted

75 by 150 foot riding arena and pasture — ready for evening rides long after the sun goes

down.

The true centerpiece of the working ranch, however, is the cattle handling facility: a

substantial 40 by 60 foot structure with a 16 by 60 foot enclosed lean-to that houses an

office, a half bath, and a generous storage and workshop area lined with shelving. The

facility sits on a gravel base with power, water, and lighting throughout, and is equipped

with a Tarter 180-degree, 20-head Cattlemaster sweep system complete with slide gates

and alleyway, feeding directly into a Rancher XL hydraulic chute with integrated scales

and headgate. A six-paddock layout allows cattle to be sorted, moved, and worked with

remarkable efficiency, all backed by dedicated 200-amp electrical service.

Supporting structures extend the ranch's working capacity even further: a 40 by 60 foot

equipment shelter with power, water, and a gravel base; a 40 by 20 foot hay shed with

power and motion lighting; an 18 by 40 foot feed shelter outfitted with troughs and

restraint gates for hay and feed storage; and three 18 by 25 foot run-in shelters scattered

across the more open pastures, giving livestock shade and shelter wherever they graze. A

final 12 by 20 foot closed-in shed with its own porch, built-in shelving, power, water, and

motion lighting offers yet another flexible storage or workspace option.

Land Designed to Work

The 17.25 acres have been developed with the same intentionality as the buildings upon

them. A graveled circular drive leads visitors in, while a dedicated gravel road runs

directly back to the cattle handling facility, keeping ranch traffic separate from the home.

The entire perimeter is fenced and cross-fenced into seven distinct pastures, with

multiple gates positioned throughout for easy livestock movement. Nineteen acres of

pasture are equipped with irrigation, and most carry power as well, allowing for precise

management of forage across the growing season. Every pasture has been tilled and

reseeded in crabgrass or Jessup fescue, ensuring quality grazing is already established

and ready for the next herd.

Water is abundant and redundant here. Beyond the homes residential well, the property

boasts a new well drilled to 500 feet producing an impressive 18 to 20 gallons per

minute, plus a dedicated irrigation-assist well at 125 feet delivering roughly 30 gallons

per minute for use during irrigation season — a rare and valuable feature for any

agricultural operation in the region.

For those who love to host or travel, the ranch offers two RV hookups — one with 50-

amp service and one with 30-amp — both fully equipped with power, water, and sewer,

along with a dedicated RV dump station. Eighteen young pecan trees, a mix of Creek and

Avalon varieties, are already in the ground and under irrigation, the beginnings of a

future orchard. A terraced garden area, planted with fruit trees, berry bushes, and its

own automatic watering system, offers a private space for growing the family's own

produce alongside the ranch's livestock operation.

A Turnkey Farm-to-Table Enterprise

What truly sets this property apart is a fully built-out, state-licensed ranch store, meat

processing facility, and commercial kitchen — a 3,000 square foot building situated on

its own surveyed two acres, giving the next owner the ability to sell directly to the public

from day one. The building serves three distinct functions under one roof: a state-

licensed meat processing and cut shop, a fully equipped commercial kitchen, and a state-

licensed retail grocery store, each designed to support a direct-to-consumer business

model that eliminates the middleman entirely.

The facility includes a full bathroom and a second-floor office and storage area, and runs

on its own dedicated 200-amp electrical service backed by a 24kW Generac generator

with automatic switchover — ensuring the cold chain never breaks, even during a power

outage. A 500-gallon propane tank, graveled parking front and back, and double

receiving doors at the rear streamline daily deliveries and operations. Inside,

commercial-grade cold storage anchors the entire operation: a 14 by 24 foot sub-zero

walk-in freezer, an 8 by 14 foot hanging cooler for aging, a 48 by 20 foot cut shop and

kitchen, and an 8 by 16 foot cool room just off the kitchen. Together, these spaces give an

incoming operator everything needed to process, package, and sell beef, pork, chicken,

and more — without a single additional build-out required.

The Ready to Eat Brand

The brand “Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch” includes a premium beef strip jerky, beef and

pork snack stick and an all-beef summer sausage product line that is sold not only in the

ranch store but also nationally. The ready-to-eat line has been in production for over 5

years and has grown every year. The growth of the product line necessitated the

complete revamping of all the labels and cartons. All products carry a GS-1 UPC

identifier, all labels and packaging have been approved for distribution nationally by the

USDA and all include required nutrition facts panels. Cartons and labels rival other

national brands and are outperforming in their current marketplaces.

The brand has been approved for membership to SUSTA, the “Southern United States

Trade Association” that opens doors for small custom producers of US products

internationally. The membership includes a cost share component for marketing and

upgrading products for export as well as cost sharing to attend market trade shows

nationally and internationally. The 2027 cost share component caps at $50,000 and the

third year as high as $750,000 for successful brands.

A Legacy of Natural Stewardship

This ranch has been home to Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch, a naturally-raised beef

operation built on a philosophy that predates modern industrial agriculture. No

antibiotics. No hormones. No vaccines. Instead, cattle here have been raised the way they

were in the earliest years of American ranching — grown slowly on pasture, personally

known and inspected by the family that raised them, and finished at roughly 30 months

before being processed at a local, family-run, organic-certified abattoir and dry-aged for

two weeks to develop deep, natural flavor.

“Grown locally, we combine todays knowledge of genetics, nutrition, and health

management with regenerative agriculture practices, animal husbandry, and welfare.

Thousand Hills cattle are personally cared for. I know each one of them, manage each

one of them, and will inspect each one of them before processing. This is my promise to

you,” the ranch's founder has said of the operation — a philosophy that has been built

into every fence post, every pasture, and every square foot of the processing facility on

this land.

Over the years, that promise has extended beyond the ranch's own cattle to include other

natural producers of natural proteins. Naturally raised beef, chicken, pasture-raised

eggs, non-GMO pork, and even wild-caught frozen seafood, all offered through the

property's own retail store to a loyal base of customers throughout Georgia. For a buyer

looking to step into an already-thriving natural food enterprise, or simply to enjoy one of

the most completely developed livestock properties in the region and brand in the

nation, Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch offers something exceedingly rare: land, buildings,

water, and infrastructure that have already been built — and a story already worth

telling.