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Arkansas grazing rates

Pastureland cash rent averages $22.00/acre (USDA NASS, 2025).

Southeast · Arkansas

This week

Feeder Cattle Index
$359.19/​cwt
national
Feeder cattle
$348.03/​cwt
772 lb avg, AR

Source: USDA AMS via LivestockValue and HayValue, week of Aug 2, 2026

What grass rents for

State cash rent
$22.00/​acre
USDA NASS, 2025 survey
Top counties by pastureland cash rent (51 of Arkansas’s counties reporting)
County$/acreYear
Washington County$34.50/acre2025
Benton County$33.50/acre2025
Carroll County$30.00/acre2025
Madison County$29.50/acre2025
Perry County$29.00/acre2025
Stone County$29.00/acre2025
Marion County$28.50/acre2025
Howard County$28.00/acre2025
Pope County$27.50/acre2025
Craighead County$27.00/acre2025
Lafayette County$27.00/acre2025
Fulton County$25.50/acre2025
Cleburne County$25.00/acre2025
Jefferson County$25.00/acre2025
Independence County$24.50/acre2025

Source: USDA NASS Cash Rents.

Published benchmarks

Some figures are published rates, not CustomGrazing listing data. Each one names its source.

FigureValueSource
US average pastureland cash rent$15.50/acreUSDA NASS Cash Rents, 2025
Kansas Flint Hills summer lease occupancy97.2% of bluestem pasture under contract, 2024–25K-State Bluestem Pasture Report, 2025
Observed asking prices, full care$30–50/AUMasking prices observed in public listings, July 2026
Observed asking prices, Texas pair rate$30–40/pair/monthasking prices observed in public listings, July 2026
Observed asking prices, custom care$1.25–2.50/head/dayasking prices observed in public listings, July 2026

Common questions

What do Arkansas pastureland cash rents run per acre?

Pastureland cash rent averages $22.00/acre (USDA NASS, 2025).