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North Dakota grazing rates

North Dakota pasture rent runs $27.50/pair/mo per cow-calf pair and $25.00/AUM (USDA NASS, 2024 survey). Pastureland cash rent averages $23.50/acre (USDA NASS, 2025).

Northern Plains · North Dakota

This week

Feeder Cattle Index
$359.19/​cwt
national

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

What grass rents for

NASS pastureland rent
$25.00/​AUM
USDA NASS, 2025 survey
Cow-calf pair rent
$27.50/​pair/​mo
USDA NASS, 2024 survey
State cash rent
$23.50/​acre
USDA NASS, 2025 survey
Top counties by pastureland cash rent (50 of North Dakota’s counties reporting)
County$/acreYear
Dickey County$47.00/acre2025
Sargent County$41.50/acre2025
McIntosh County$41.50/acre2025
Richland County$40.50/acre2025
LaMoure County$36.00/acre2025
Foster County$34.00/acre2025
Stutsman County$33.00/acre2025
Eddy County$33.00/acre2025
Ransom County$31.50/acre2025
Logan County$31.00/acre2025
Kidder County$30.00/acre2025
Burleigh County$30.00/acre2025
Cass County$30.00/acre2025
Griggs County$29.50/acre2025
Emmons County$29.00/acre2025
$/AUM by year, ND
$25$182010: $18.12012: $182013: $182014: $19.22015: $20.52016: $212017: $192018: $24.52019: $182020: $212021: $232022: $23.52023: $252024: $232025: $25201020142017202020232025

Source: USDA NASS Cash Rents, USDA NASS, 2025 survey.

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 does pasture rent cost in North Dakota?

North Dakota pasture rent runs $27.50/pair/mo per cow-calf pair and $25.00/AUM (USDA NASS, 2024 survey).

What do North Dakota pastureland cash rents run per acre?

Pastureland cash rent averages $23.50/acre (USDA NASS, 2025).