Rates / Montana / Fergus County
Fergus County, Montana pastureland cash rent averages $11.00/acre (USDA NASS, 2025). Montana pasture rent runs $32.50/pair/mo per cow-calf pair and $29.50/AUM (USDA NASS, 2025 survey). Grass hay is $195/ton this week (USDA AMS). Feeding that hay costs about $3.32 per pair per day.
State-level series shown for context; the county figure above is Fergus County’s own.