General Cattle Ranch Employee needed near Augusta, MT

Cobb Charolais Ranch

Email

[email protected]

Phone

406-562-3670 (landline)

Location

Augusta, MT

Job Type

Full Time, Year round

Salary

negotiable $2,200/month to start

Posted

November 14, 2026

Housing Offered?

Yes

Experience

2-5 yrs

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How to Apply

Via Email

Via Phone

Employee needed for general ranch work on a family ranch located in foothills of Rocky Mountains west of Augusta, Montana. Ranch is scenic 20,000 acres with calving herds of 500-plus mother cows along with seedstock bull development facilities at small mechanized feedlot. No horses we only use ATV’s and pickups. Work is varied throughout the year, with required skills dependent on the work season.

Only qualified applicants need to apply, minimum 2 years’ experience cattle ranch work:

** employee must be physically fit, able to complete tasks in time required

** welding experience required, along with some vehicle/machine maintenance. Any construction/building maintenance experience a plus

** Calving experience 2 years or more, including pulling first calf heifers and newborn calf care. Simple record-keeping in notebook for calving records

** newborn calf tagging, cattle vaccinating, and sickness doctoring, we use low-stress cattle handling methods

** can operate large tractors to feed hay to cowherd

** Ability to run or learn to run irrigation pivots, learn mechanized auger/belt feeding equipment in small feedlot for seedstock bull development

** can do barbed wire fencing repairs in rugged foothills country

** Other ranch duties as needed

** Must be able to work with other employees as a team

** Must be able to pass criminal background check and random drug testing.

** Salary is negotiable $2,200 to start. Job includes housing in 2 bedroom furnished house, possibly share house with another employee. All utilities paid, including fiber-optic internet, and beef provided. Job can start December 1^st to January 1st. Pays overtime (half-time in addition to regular salary) during calving season mid-February to end of April. Salary raises depend on work quality.