, Ballinger, TX (Runnels County)

This is a true “Diamond in the Rough”! This ranch is one of the few, if not the only large high fenced properties in all of Runnels County. This is a beautiful ranch with incredible views from the hill tops. The main portion of the ranch is 1,340 acres and is all high fenced (about 3-4 years ago) with high tensile single knot wire. There is a 160 acre section that encompasses the highest elevation portion of the ranch, about 2,100 feet, The 160 acre portion of the ranch is high fenced on 3 sides. The ranch is excellent rolling terrain and is scattered with live oak, pin oak, red oak, mesquite trees and juniper and good native grass. There are 3 cultivated fields of approximately 30, 50 and 75 acres. There have been no domestic livestock on the ranch for 3 years and the rangeland is in excellent condition. The ranch has not been hunted in 3-4 years and has been stocked with releases from the scientific breeder pens of the Diamond D Ranch with genetics ranging from 170-180 B&C. The native bucks on the ranch scored in the 150’s. The ranch has approximately 22 earthen ponds, access to the O. H. Ivie water pipeline that runs along the western boundary of the ranch. The Ivie pipeline is a 36” raw water pipeline and could be used for irrigation, fill stock tanks and to provide additional water to wildlife and livestock. Water is also provided to the ranch throught the Runnels County Water System and is the main supply for water provided to the residences and the barns.