A well-organized self-cut farm with real per-species pricing and a barn full of extras, but the farm sells out variety by variety through the season, so what's available and what it costs shifts week to week.
2025 per-foot pricing varied by variety: Virginia Pine $8/ft, Scotch Pine & Norway Spruce $10/ft self-cut, White Pine $12/ft, Douglas Fir up to $15/ft self-cut (reduced to $10/ft pre-cut-only later in season). Trees sell out variety-by-variety through the season.
Christmas Ranch runs its pricing the way a lot of these Missouri farms don’t bother to: species by species, updated as the season goes on. That transparency cuts both ways for a visitor — it’s genuinely useful for budgeting, but it also means the deal you saw online in November might not be the deal on offer in December.
Using the 2025 numbers in the record, Virginia pine self-cut ran the cheapest at $8 per foot, Scotch pine and Norway spruce sat at $10 per foot, white pine came in at $12 per foot, and self-cut Douglas fir topped out at $15 per foot. That’s a wide spread on one lot — a 7-foot Virginia pine at $8/ft runs about $56, while the same height in Douglas fir at $15/ft runs about $105. If price matters more to you than species, Virginia pine is the value play here; if you want the fuller, softer-needled Douglas fir look, budget for nearly double.
The record notes the farm actively updates its website as fields sell out and varieties shift from self-cut to pre-cut-only — by mid-December in the 2025 season, several varieties had moved to pre-cut-only, including a price drop on Douglas fir to $10 per foot once it stopped being available to cut yourself. That’s a fair trade in one sense (a lower price) but it does mean you lose the field-walking, saw-in-hand part of the experience for that species. If cutting your own tree matters to you as much as the species does, going in the first couple of weekends is the way to guarantee both.
Two gaps stand out: whether the farm provides saws for self-cutting, and what payment methods it accepts. Neither is documented in the sources checked for this research. If you’re planning to cut your own, it’s worth a quick call to confirm you won’t need to bring your own tool, and bringing cash as a backup is the safer bet until you know otherwise.
Beyond the trees, Christmas Ranch’s barn sells hot cocoa, hot apple cider, and fresh-baked cookies — a genuinely appealing stop after a cold walk through the field — along with handmade wreaths and centerpieces. The farm also takes pre-orders for grave blankets, a detail that speaks to a farm serving a community with an established seasonal tradition rather than just a one-off transaction.
The farm sits in Clay County, a short drive northeast of Kansas City, making it a reasonably convenient option for the metro area. Days_open and hours in the record reflect the 2025 pattern (Friday through Monday, 9am to 5pm), but the farm’s Facebook page is the place to check for 2026’s actual schedule since that wasn’t confirmed as current at the time of this research.
If you have a specific species in mind and want the full choose-and-cut experience, don’t wait. This is a farm that rewards showing up early in the season, both for selection and for keeping your options open between cutting it yourself and buying pre-cut.
As early in the season as you can manage, since the farm's own website tracks trees selling out variety by variety and shifting some to pre-cut-only as the season goes on — waiting narrows your choice of species.
45 minutes to an hour to walk the field and cut, plus time in the barn for cocoa, cider, cookies, and wreath shopping.
Not documented with numbers, but a farm that sells inventory down by variety through the season implies real pressure on early weekends for the more affordable species like Virginia pine.
Not specified in the record.
Not addressed in the sources reviewed; expect an open field typical of self-cut lots unless told otherwise.
Skip Christmas Ranch, or at least call first, if you're set on a specific species late in the season, since the farm's site has shown varieties shifting to pre-cut-only or selling out entirely by mid-December, and confirm payment method and saw availability since neither is documented here.
In Clay County northeast of Kansas City, within reasonable driving distance of Reindeer Lane in Trimble and Fort Osage in Independence, both also in this directory.
2025 per-foot pricing varied by species: Virginia pine $8/ft, Scotch pine and Norway spruce $10/ft self-cut, white pine $12/ft, and Douglas fir up to $15/ft self-cut, later reduced to $10/ft once it went pre-cut-only. 2026 pricing hadn't been posted as of this research.
Maybe not. The farm's own website tracks trees selling out variety by variety through the season, with some varieties shifting to pre-cut-only by mid-December in 2025. Going early gives you the most choice.
Not confirmed in the sources reviewed. Call ahead if you're planning to cut your own and want to know whether to bring a saw.
The barn sells hot cocoa, cider, and fresh-baked cookies, plus handmade wreaths and centerpieces, and takes pre-orders for grave blankets.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Friday-Monday (2025 season pattern); check Facebook for 2026 schedule. Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $8. 2025 per-foot pricing varied by variety: Virginia Pine $8/ft, Scotch Pine & Norway Spruce $10/ft self-cut, White Pine $12/ft, Douglas Fir up to $15/ft self-cut (reduced to $10/ft pre-cut-only later in season). Trees sell out variety-by-variety through the season.
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
24818 NE 148th St, Excelsior Springs, MO 64024, in Clay County. It is one of 6 farms we track in Kansas City Region.
We track 6 farms in Kansas City Region, 5 of which let you cut your own tree. At $8 to start this one sits below the regional median of $12, undercutting 1 of the 2 priced farms we track here.
What sets it apart locally: it has a cocoa or cider stand, which most Kansas City Region farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 1 of the 6 farms we track in Kansas City Region had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
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Checked September 2026.