General Ranch Hand
Employer: Eaton Livestock Incorporated
Location: Terry, MT
Workers needed: 5
Pay: $18.62/hour
Season: Nov 19, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027
Experience: 1 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
- Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
- Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
- Break ice as needed.
- Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
- Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
- Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.
Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
- Move equipment or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.
- Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. -
- Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
- Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures. Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.
- Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as calving and helping with animal births.
- Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
- Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.
- Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals.
- Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient kitchen facilities, which are in working order, and includes refrigeration, a space for food preparation, cooking accessories, and utensils, appliances and dishwashing facilities so that workers can provide their own meals. Employer will provide transportation once a week to assure workers have access to stores where they can purchase groceries. Additionally employer will provide workers with a 2011 Buick Enclave that can be used to travel to stores where they can purchase groceries.
Transport: Employer will provide transportation from the airport to the place of employment, and from the place of employment back to the airport. Employer will purchase airline tickets for employees or reimburses employees for ticket purchases.
Experience wanted: 1 months
Workers should have the ability to obtain a valid US driver's license.
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