Rates / South Dakota / Stanley County
Stanley County, South Dakota pastureland cash rent averages $25.50/acre (USDA NASS, 2025). South Dakota pasture rent runs $44.00/pair/mo per cow-calf pair and $36.50/AUM (USDA NASS, 2025 survey). Grass hay is $156/ton this week (USDA AMS). Feeding that hay costs about $2.66 per pair per day.
State-level series shown for context; the county figure above is Stanley County’s own.