COTTONWOOD SPRINGS RANCH
Cottonwood Springs Ranch is located in New Mexico’s Chaves and Eddy Counties with
excellent access to the regional trade area via New Mexico State Highway 285. The ranch is
closer to Artesia, but Roswell is only a few miles farther to the north. The ranch consists of two
BLM allotments commonly known as Felix River South Unit and the Cottonwood Unit. The
Cottonwood Unit BLM allotment consists of 6,000.74 deeded acres, 13,964.61 State Leased
acres, and 9,456 BLM leased acres. The Felix River South allotment is comprised of 3,177.64
deeded acres, 3,900 State leased acres, and 6,096 BLM leased acres. From the intersection of US
285 and Pearson Rd (North of Artesia, NM), the headquarters of the Cottonwood Springs Ranch
can be accessed approximately 15 miles West of this four lane highway.
The headquartersconsists of a three bedroom home, a pre-engineered metal shop and storage building, tack storage, and horse pens. Livestock working facilities with scales have experienced thousands of
tons of cattle sorted and loaded at this location over the years. An older shearing barn is located
about one mile South of the headquarters location. These pens also serve as shipping facilities.
Two electric submersible livestock wells provide water for the Cottonwood unit and the Felix
River South unit has two additional wells with one solar equipped and the other pumped with a
generator, all with an average depth of 450'. There are approximately 40 miles of buried 1.25’
poly pipeline throughout the ranch that carry water to multiple livestock drinkers and storage
tanks scattered efficiently across ten pastures and one trap. Terrain is flat to rolling centrally and
east with increased elevation as you travel west. Grasses found are primarily gramma, tobosa,
side oats and filaree when proper moisture conditions exist. Far western pastures have been
recently sprayed to eliminate greasewood and encourage grass growth. A well maintained ranch
investment in southeastern New Mexico cattle country priced at:
$ 7,500,000.00.
DEEDED 9,178 Acres
STATE 17,865 Acres
BLM 15,552 Acres
TOTAL 42,595 Acres MOL
SECTIONS 66.55 Sections
RATED 981 AU