$4,500,000

Otero County Irrigated Farm & Horse Property

La Junta , Otero County , Colorado

295.00
ACRES

4
BEDROOMS

2
BATH

2140
SQ FT

uncovered arena • pen • hay barn • fenced • pond • 4 barns

Property description

This exceptional 295± acre irrigated farm and feedlot spans two parcels and includes a 4-bedroom, 2-bath home with a wrap-around porch, mature landscaping, and a finished basement. Designed for cattle and hay operations, it features an 800-head feedlot, pipe roping arena, tack shed, irrigated grass trap, grain bins, a 120' x 65' hay shed (2023), calving barn, small platform scale, and 2,040 sf shop. The feedlot includes six pens, auto waterers, a hydraulic chute, cattle scales, and a semi-loadout.
The North Farm has 130 acres, 119 pivot-irrigated, with a 15-acre-foot collection pond, 109 shares each of Catlin Canal and Larkspur Ditch, and both gravity and pump-fed water systems. It produces high-quality alfalfa and grass hay, up to 5 tons/acre annually.
The South Farm also totals 130 acres with 100 pivot-irrigated acres, a 10-acre-foot collection pond, 120 Otero Canal shares, Catlin shares can be transferred from the North Farm through a 12” underground pipeline. Re-seeded to alfalfa in 2024. Located near paved roads in the Swink School District.

Details

Home Features

Home, farmstead, and feedlot = approx. 20 acres
 2,140 sf home includes 4 bedrooms, two bathrooms and a finished basement.
 The house has cedar siding with a 12’ wide wrap-around porch on three sides
 The house has central air, mature landscape and an automatic sprinkler system for the yard
 South Swink domestic water tap
 Located directing off from County Road 24
 Swink School District
o Farmstead includes:
 120x65 three-sided hay barn, constructed in 2023
 120 x 220 pipe roping arena with return alley, holding pens, and catch pen
 Metal sided 360 sf tack shed with electricity
 1,480 sf calving barn
 3 horse/cattle pens
 4 acres irrigated grass trap that is accessible to the fields
 2,040 sf metal equipment shed with electricity and concrete floor
 500 bu Hopper grain bin with electricity
 5,000 bu grain bin with supporting augers with electricity
 Small platform scales and scale house
 16’ x 8’ wood-sided storage shed with electricity
 The south farm is fully fenced
o Feedlot includes:
 800 head capacity, divided among six pens
 Pipe construction
 Concrete bunks
 Tire and concrete water tanks on automatic floats
 Adjudicated well that is rated at 15 gal/min. The well services the feedlot, horse pens, grass trap pasture, and an additional hydrant at the house. The well pumps into a 12,000-gallon water storage tank
 Metal/pipe working area with hydraulic squeeze chute
 Cattle sorting pens/ hospital pens with water tank
 Cattle scale house with electricity
 Concrete-based semi-loading chute with metal pipe and tub
 Large feedlot entry-way to accommodate multiple trucks at a time
 The feedlot and farmstead are perimeter fenced with continuous metal fencing.

Lot Features

North Farm: 130 acres with 119 acres under pivot irrigation. The North farm has a 15-acre-foot collection pond to supply the pivot. Zimmatic pivot was installed in 2014
• North Farm Water Shares:
o 109 shares of Catlin Canal
o 109 shares of Larkspur Ditch
North Farm has a 64-acre/64-share water conservation easement with Otero County Land Trust. The remaining 45 shares and 66 acres are unencumbered by the easement. These acres are on the east side of the farm and border County Road 24.
• The North farm has two headgates directly off the Catlin Canal, with no lateral ditches to the farm ground.
• Headgate #194 gravity feeds the north collection pond.
• Headgate #193 has a 12” Fischer lift pump, powered by a 20-horsepower electric motor, that pumps water to the South farm and waters the North farm pivot corners.
• The North farm has a South Swink domestic water tap currently used to water cattle in the winter on field pasture. The property is not fenced and requires the installation of electric fencing if used in the winter for field pasture.
• For the past 28 years, the farm has produced high-quality alfalfa and grass hay mix. The farm produces three grass hay cuttings a year and averages about 5 tons per acre. It also produces four alfalfa cuttings a year.
• The farm has a corn and wheat base.
• Property is accessible from paved County Road 24.
South Farm: 130 total acres with 100 acres under pivot irrigation. The South farm has a 10-acre-foot collection pond to supply the pivot. Zimmatic pivot was installed in 2018.
• South Farm Water Shares:
o 120 shares of Otero Canal water, supplied directly from the Otero Canal to the collection pond via a 12” underground pipeline.
• Catlin Canal Water Shares:
o Catlin Canal water shares can be transferred to the South farm as needed via a 12” underground pipeline that goes under County Road Z.
• Pivot corners are irrigatable with concrete ditch and risers
• The South farm has multiple access points off from paved County Road Z and County Road 24
• For the past 28 years, the farm has raised alfalfa/grass hay, averaging 5 tons/ acre. The farm was re-seeded to alfalfa in 2024.
• The South farm has a base for corn and wheat.

Horse Facility Features

The Otero County Irrigated Farm is well-established for equine activities. The property is currently used for roping and riding. The horses have large turnouts along with 4 acres of irrigated pasture. An ideal tack shed is just west of the home and situated conveniently between the horse pens and the arena. The farm produces top-quality alfalfa hay and grass/alfalfa hay for all of your feeding needs.
 120 x 65 three-sided hay barn, constructed in 2023
 120 x 220 pipe roping arena with return alley, holding pens, and catch pen
 Metal-sided 360 sf tack shed with electricity
 1,480 sf calving barn
 3 horse/cattle pens
 4 acres irrigated grass trap that is accessible to the fields
 2,040 sf metal equipment shed with electricity and concrete floor