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Illinois grazing rates

Pastureland cash rent averages $49.00/acre (USDA NASS, 2025).

Midwest · Illinois

This week

Feeder Cattle Index
$359.19/​cwt
national
Feeder cattle
$356.73/​cwt
817 lb avg, IL

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

What grass rents for

State cash rent
$49.00/​acre
USDA NASS, 2025 survey
Top counties by pastureland cash rent (38 of Illinois’s counties reporting)
County$/acreYear
Ogle County$72.50/acre2025
Adams County$69.50/acre2025
Carroll County$69.50/acre2025
Stephenson County$68.50/acre2025
Marshall County$68.00/acre2025
Whiteside County$59.50/acre2025
Franklin County$58.50/acre2025
McLean County$58.50/acre2025
Washington County$54.50/acre2025
Marion County$54.00/acre2025
Monroe County$51.00/acre2025
Warren County$50.00/acre2025
Fulton County$49.50/acre2025
Christian County$49.50/acre2025
Jo Daviess County$49.00/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 Illinois pastureland cash rents run per acre?

Pastureland cash rent averages $49.00/acre (USDA NASS, 2025).