Historic Ranch Trades Hands

Consignment Auction in New Mexico Draws Hundreds to Ranch

Chris Clayton
By  Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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The auction for property off the Cedar Creek Ranch was held Tuesday west of Clayton, N.M. Hundreds of people attended the auction on the historic ranch. The couple who sold it, Richard and Connie Snyder, are moving to Kentucky to continue raising thoroughbred horses. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
The auction for property off the Cedar Creek Ranch was held Tuesday west of Clayton, N.M. Hundreds of people attended the auction on the historic ranch. The couple who sold it, Richard and Connie Snyder, are moving to Kentucky to continue raising thoroughbred horses. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
After 74 years, the Snyder family sold their nearly 30,000-acre ranch earlier this year to pack up and move their thoroughbred-horse ranch to Kentucky. Cedar Creek Ranch was effectively the heart of the Otto Ranch established in 1880. At one time, the Otto...

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Chris Clayton

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