Rates / Colorado / Baca County
Baca County, Colorado pastureland cash rent averages $6.70/acre (USDA NASS, 2025). Colorado pasture rent runs $28.00/pair/mo per cow-calf pair and $23.50/AUM (USDA NASS, 2025 survey). Grass hay is $231/ton this week (USDA AMS). Feeding that hay costs about $3.93 per pair per day.
State-level series shown for context; the county figure above is Baca County’s own.