Piloncillo Ranch is featured in the Spring 2025 issue of Texas LAND magazine. Click here to find out more.
- Less than 2 hours from San Antonio Airport
- Produced greatest performance horses
- Located in the “South Texas Golden Triangle”
The spectacular Piloncillo Ranch offering provides an extraordinary opportunity to acquire and own approximately 53,000± acres of a 106,000± acre legendary operation, situated in the famed South Texas Golden Triangle and steeped in remarkable history. (Offering herein is for a currently undivided interest (approximately 50 percent) of a jointly owned 100 percent holding).
Piloncillo Ranch is located 6 miles South of Catarina, Texas, which is 1 hour and 45 minutes from San Antonio. The sprawling ranch lies in Webb, Dimmit, and LaSalle counties, and is accessed by either FM 133 on the north end of the ranch, or US Hwy 83 which runs north to south through the ranch.
“Known as one of the best low-fence hunting ranches in South Texas, the properties long and deep ties to the American Quarter Horse Association, the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser’s Association and the oil and gas industry, provide incredible provenance and an unmatched pedigree,” said Bernard Uechtritz of Icon Global. “Sequestered within a patchwork of premier and renowned name large ranch holdings the Piloncillo provides a rare opportunity to make big, simply bigger and better.”
The region is legendary for producing trophy white-tailed deer. The 106,000± acre Piloncillo Ranch embodies the true South Texas ranching experience, combining the western heritage of cattle ranching, the joy of hunting with family and friends, and memory-making social hours that stretch late into the night.
This ranch is part of a larger family ranching legacy that produced some of the greatest performance horses in the cutting and roping industries. In an area of the state where cattle kingdoms were created, the Piloncillo Ranch’s Hereford cattle helped set industry standards. The ranch’s reputation as a hunting destination is equally impressive.
The terrain is mostly flat to rolling interrupted on the ranch’s east side of the ranch by an escarpment that runs from north to south. The elevation change offers opportunities to enjoy stunning sunsets. The soils on the ranch vary from fine sandy brown soils, which reflect the ranch name, Piloncillo, which translates to brown sugar, to deep fine loamy soils. The varying soils support a mixture of South Texas brush species as well as native grasses and beneficial forbs.
The protein provided by the vegetation and rich soil combined with the white-tailed deer genetics in this region provide great hunting opportunities. The ranch participates in an MLD deer management program and leases the hunting via a seasonal hunting lease operation. Javelina, bobwhite quail, scaled quail, mourning dove, white wing dove and feral pigs are present on the ranch as well.
Several small lakes located on the ranch offer fishing opportunities. Some of these lakes have deep water wells adjacent to them which allow the water levels to be maintained.
The improvements to the original ranch include the main ranch house that is set up for entertaining guests. A hunting camp lodge, several employee houses, numerous equipment and livestock barns, and several cattle pens located throughout the ranch. The ranch has a 5,000-foot private asphalt runway on the Northeast side.
Piloncillo Ranch has an extensive road system. Most of the roads were constructed and are maintained as part of the energy company lease that is in place. Portions of the perimeter are high fenced.
Currently the ranch operates a seasonal stocker grazing program from September through May. The number of cattle and length of grazing season are determined each September based on rainfall conditions during the growing season.
Contact Bernard Uechtritz with Icon Global for more information and the price.
53,000± Acres
Dimmit, Webb and La Salle Counties, Texas
Contact for Price
ICON GLOBAL and Capital Farm Credit
214-855-4000 • Info@Icon.Global
Icon.Global
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