Rankings → Colorado
Colorado
Across the 42 Colorado counties NASS published directly for 2026, the median pasture rent was $7.45 an acre. The spread ran $2.80 in Moffat County to $23.50 in Conejos — which is the point: a state average tells you almost nothing about your own fence line. Find your county below; an entry marked with an older year is that county's most recent published figure, not a 2026 number.
Every county
| County | 2026 rate | Percentile in state |
|---|---|---|
| Adams (most recent published: 2025) | $8.40 | 62nd percentile |
| Alamosa (most recent published: 2025) | $7.30 | 53rd percentile |
| Arapahoe | $8.40 | 54th percentile |
| Archuleta | $12 | 82nd percentile |
| Baca | $6.40 | 39th percentile |
| Bent | $6.20 | 37th percentile |
| Boulder | $9.40 | 61st percentile |
| Chaffee (most recent published: 2025) | $18.50 | 96th percentile |
| Cheyenne | $9.20 | 58th percentile |
| Conejos | $23.50 | 99th percentile |
| Costilla (most recent published: 2024) | $9.90 | 72nd percentile |
| Crowley | $6 | 32nd percentile |
| Custer (most recent published: 2025) | $2.60 | 12th percentile |
| Delta | $4.90 | 23rd percentile |
| Dolores (most recent published: 2023) | $2.30 | 7th percentile |
| Douglas | $12 | 82nd percentile |
| Eagle (most recent published: 2025) | $1.90 | 3rd percentile |
| El Paso | $5.70 | 30th percentile |
| Elbert | $9.50 | 63rd percentile |
| Fremont | $3.40 | 8th percentile |
| Garfield | $4 | 12th percentile |
| Grand | $10 | 71st percentile |
| Gunnison | $8.70 | 56th percentile |
| Huerfano | $4.80 | 19th percentile |
| Jackson | $10 | 71st percentile |
| Jefferson (most recent published: 2024) | $2.90 | 11th percentile |
| Kiowa | $7.30 | 49th percentile |
| Kit Carson | $13 | 87th percentile |
| La Plata | $11 | 76th percentile |
| Lake (most recent published: 2023) | $5.50 | 43rd percentile |
| Larimer | $7.60 | 51st percentile |
| Las Animas | $4.10 | 15th percentile |
| Lincoln | $6.60 | 45th percentile |
| Logan | $14 | 92nd percentile |
| Mesa | $5.50 | 25th percentile |
| Moffat | $2.80 | 1st percentile |
| Montezuma | $5.60 | 27th percentile |
| Montrose | $4.80 | 19th percentile |
| Morgan | $9.80 | 67th percentile |
| Otero | $3.10 | 6th percentile |
| Ouray (most recent published: 2023) | $5.90 | 50th percentile |
| Park | $2.90 | 4th percentile |
| Phillips | $16.50 | 96th percentile |
| Prowers | $6.60 | 45th percentile |
| Pueblo | $6.10 | 35th percentile |
| Rio Blanco | $4 | 12th percentile |
| Rio Grande (most recent published: 2025) | $22.50 | 99th percentile |
| Routt | $6.50 | 42nd percentile |
| Saguache | $12 | 82nd percentile |
| San Miguel (most recent published: 2024) | $5.60 | 42nd percentile |
| Sedgwick | $13.50 | 89th percentile |
| Summit (most recent published: 2014) | $2.30 | 10th percentile |
| Teller (most recent published: 2024) | $5.30 | 38th percentile |
| Washington | $11 | 76th percentile |
| Weld | $9.80 | 67th percentile |
| Yuma | $16 | 94th percentile |
Grazing fee, 2025
Colorado is one of the 17 states NASS surveys for private grazing-land lease rates (paying to graze cattle on someone else's rangeland, distinct from leasing the land itself).
- per animal-unit-month (AUM): $23.50 (42nd percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per cow-calf pair: $28/month (36th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per head: $25/month (50th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
Every year on record, 1979–2025
The record runs deep: $8.12 per AUM in 1979, $23.50 in 2025 — 47 published years.
| Year | $/AUM | $/pair/mo | $/head/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $23.50 | $28 | $25 |
| 2024 | $22 | $25.50 | $23 |
| 2023 | $20 | $23.50 | $21 |
| 2022 | $19.50 | $23 | $20 |
| 2021 | $19.50 | $23.50 | $20 |
| 2020 | $19.50 | $23 | $20 |
| 2019 | $18.50 | $22.50 | $19.50 |
| 2018 | $19.50 | $23 | $18.50 |
| 2017 | $19 | $23 | $18 |
| 2016 | $17.50 | $21 | $19 |
| 2015 | $17 | $21 | $19 |
| 2014 | $17 | $20 | $19 |
| 2013 | $17.50 | $20 | $19 |
| 2012 | $17 | $19 | $18.50 |
| 2011 | $15.30 | $17.50 | $16.60 |
| 2010 | $15 | $17.10 | $16.50 |
| 2009 | $14.70 | $16.30 | $15.20 |
| 2008 | $14.50 | $16 | $14.50 |
| 2007 | $15 | $16.70 | $15.10 |
| 2006 | $14.50 | $16 | $15 |
| 2005 | $14.50 | $16 | $14.30 |
| 2004 | $13.50 | $15 | $14 |
| 2003 | $13 | $14.60 | $13.50 |
| 2002 | $12.60 | $14.90 | $12.80 |
| 2001 | $11.90 | $14.20 | $12.30 |
| 2000 | $11.80 | $14.40 | $12.20 |
| 1999 | $12 | $14.20 | $10.90 |
| 1998 | $11.80 | $13.90 | $11.50 |
| 1997 | $11.30 | $13.60 | $10.60 |
| 1996 | $11.40 | $13.20 | $10.70 |
| 1995 | $10.30 | $12 | $10.50 |
| 1994 | $10.20 | $12.10 | $10.20 |
| 1993 | $9.70 | $12 | $9.74 |
| 1992 | $10.11 | $12.35 | $9.54 |
| 1991 | $9.30 | $10.90 | $9.41 |
| 1990 | $10.20 | $12 | $9.55 |
| 1989 | $8.39 | $10.27 | $9.69 |
| 1988 | $8.43 | $10.20 | $7.91 |
| 1987 | $8.27 | $10.21 | $7.86 |
| 1986 | $8.28 | $10.18 | $9.45 |
| 1985 | $8.49 | $10.37 | $8.54 |
| 1984 | $8.92 | $8.88 | $8.66 |
| 1983 | $8.70 | $10.59 | $8.32 |
| 1982 | $9.04 | $10.61 | $9.14 |
| 1981 | $9.94 | $10.90 | $8.86 |
| 1980 | $8.26 | $9.93 | $8.28 |
| 1979 | $8.12 | $10.75 | $9.08 |
Sponsor Reaches ranchers setting or renewing a lease in Colorado comparing their own offer against every county in the state. Sponsor this page