Rates / California / El Dorado County
El Dorado County, California pastureland cash rent averages $11.00/acre (USDA NASS, 2025). California pasture rent runs $30.00/pair/mo per cow-calf pair and $26.00/AUM (USDA NASS, 2024 survey). Grass hay is $146/ton this week (USDA AMS). Feeding that hay costs about $2.47 per pair per day.
State-level series shown for context; the county figure above is El Dorado County’s own.