Montana Ranch and Farmland Land Auctions

Montan Auctions

Montana land auctions assist sellers of Montana ranches and farmlands to entertain buyers to bring top dollar for Montana real estate.  Employing detailed land analysis and market plans to produce and host Montana real estate auctions, Certified Auctioneers create win-win solutions for sellers in Big Sky Country.

Montana's terrain and climate varies across its 93 million acres with 18.3 million acres of Montana farmland, 0.5 million woodland, and 41 million used as pasture.  Approximately 3.5 million acres are Land Conservations or Wetland Reserves. 

Montana Farmland Real Estate

Nicknamed the Treasure State, it is the fourth largest state in the United States.  Centrally located, Helena is the state capital.  The western half of the state is mostly rugged mountains and deep valleys, whereas the eastern portion is predominantly rolling hills and plains.  Lumber, tourism, and hard rock mining are prevalent in the western half.  To the east, buyers find more grain fields, ranches, oil drilling, and coal mining. 

In 2003, there were 28,000 Montana farms averaging 2,146 acres each.  Although the government owns a third of the land, it also leases large portions to farmers and ranchers for crops and livestock production.

What crops rank in the top ten when compared with the 50 states?  In 2003, Montana croplands ranked as follows:
    No. 2 Durum wheat (14.5 million bushels)
    No. 3 Spring wheat (60.5 million bushels)
    No. 3 Barley (34 million bushels)
    No. 6 Sugar beets (1.3 million hundredweight)
    No. 3 Garbanzo beans (150,000 hundredweight)
    No. 4 Lentils (273,000 hundredweight)
    No. 4 Dry edible peas (452,000 hundredweight)
    No. 2 Flaxseed (221,000 bushels)
    No. 8 Pinto beans (209,000 hundredweight)

Capitalizing on the agricultural sector, residents have added large food processing industries that add value to the farm products.  For example, the state harvests 5,400 acres of wheat annually.  Raw wheat may be worth $3.67 per bushel.  However, ground into flour it brings $15 per bushel and baking the flour into bread raises the value to $111 per bushel.

Montana ranch property

Common value-added products made in the state include bread, baked goods and mixes, breakfast cereals, pizza crusts, pasta, safflower and canola oil, ice cream, beer, food seasonings, jams and sauces, meat snacks, smoked fish, boxed beef and pork, and candy.  Montana also produces feed for farm animals. 

Idaho shares the western border with Montana.  North and South Dakota lie to the east, Wyoming to the south, and Canada's British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan to the north.

United Country Real Estate has offices in the following towns:  Belt, Choteau, Craig, Dillon, Glendive, Great Falls, Hamilton, Helena, Lewistown, Malta, Missoula, Shelby, Sheridan, and Whitefish.  Our auctioneers have the ability to produce land auctions and host events for property auction sales.  For more information about land auctions and Certified Auctioneers, contact United Country Certified Real Estate at 229-726-0065 or call toll free at 800-711-9175.