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Idaho
Across the 27 Idaho counties NASS published directly for 2026, the median pasture rent was $16.50 an acre. The spread ran $9.20 in Idaho County to $50 in Lincoln — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ada | $12 | 26th percentile |
| Adams | $30 | 91st percentile |
| Bannock | $12.50 | 31st percentile |
| Bear Lake | $16 | 41st percentile |
| Benewah (most recent published: 2025) | $8.40 | 24th percentile |
| Bingham | $22 | 72nd percentile |
| Blaine | $15.50 | 35th percentile |
| Boise (most recent published: 2019) | $20.50 | 81st percentile |
| Bonner | $10.50 | 17th percentile |
| Bonneville | $16.50 | 48th percentile |
| Boundary | $17.50 | 54th percentile |
| Butte (most recent published: 2009) | $1.90 | 2nd percentile |
| Camas | $11 | 20th percentile |
| Canyon (most recent published: 2025) | $58 | 98th percentile |
| Caribou (most recent published: 2025) | $8.30 | 17th percentile |
| Cassia | $12 | 26th percentile |
| Clark | $25 | 80th percentile |
| Clearwater | $19 | 59th percentile |
| Custer | $16 | 41st percentile |
| Elmore (most recent published: 2025) | $7.80 | 12th percentile |
| Franklin (most recent published: 2024) | $19 | 62nd percentile |
| Fremont | $39 | 94th percentile |
| Gem | $9.40 | 6th percentile |
| Gooding | $25 | 80th percentile |
| Idaho | $9.20 | 2nd percentile |
| Jefferson | $28 | 87th percentile |
| Jerome (most recent published: 2025) | $40 | 88th percentile |
| Kootenai | $19 | 59th percentile |
| Latah | $9.80 | 13th percentile |
| Lemhi | $25 | 80th percentile |
| Lewis (most recent published: 2023) | $7.60 | 11th percentile |
| Lincoln | $50 | 98th percentile |
| Madison (most recent published: 2024) | $39 | 90th percentile |
| Minidoka (most recent published: 2024) | $44 | 98th percentile |
| Nez Perce (most recent published: 2025) | $7.10 | 2nd percentile |
| Oneida | $9.50 | 9th percentile |
| Owyhee | $16.50 | 48th percentile |
| Payette (most recent published: 2025) | $34 | 83rd percentile |
| Power (most recent published: 2023) | $8 | 15th percentile |
| Teton | $21.50 | 69th percentile |
| Twin Falls (most recent published: 2023) | $37.50 | 82nd percentile |
| Valley | $21 | 65th percentile |
| Washington (most recent published: 2023) | $6.70 | 8th percentile |
Grazing fee, 2025
Idaho 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): $20.50 (27th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per cow-calf pair: $23/month (7th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per head: $22/month (38th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
Every year on record, 1979–2025
The record runs deep: $6.47 per AUM in 1979, $20.50 in 2025 — 47 published years.
| Year | $/AUM | $/pair/mo | $/head/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $20.50 | $23 | $22 |
| 2024 | $20 | $24 | $20 |
| 2023 | $19 | $23.50 | $20 |
| 2022 | $19 | $22.50 | $19.50 |
| 2021 | $19 | $22.50 | $19.50 |
| 2020 | $18.50 | $22.50 | $19.50 |
| 2019 | $18 | $21 | $19 |
| 2018 | $18 | $22.50 | $19 |
| 2017 | $18 | $22 | $18.50 |
| 2016 | $18 | $22 | $18.50 |
| 2015 | $17 | $20 | $18.50 |
| 2014 | $16.50 | $19 | $18.50 |
| 2013 | $15.50 | $19 | $15.50 |
| 2012 | $15.30 | $17.40 | $15.50 |
| 2011 | $14.50 | $16.50 | $15 |
| 2010 | $12 | $15 | $14 |
| 2009 | $12.60 | $15.90 | $14 |
| 2008 | $12.60 | $16.30 | $14.10 |
| 2007 | $13.80 | $16.50 | $14.60 |
| 2006 | $12.80 | $15 | $13.50 |
| 2005 | $12.50 | $14.60 | $13 |
| 2004 | $12.20 | $14.20 | $12.60 |
| 2003 | $12 | $14 | $12.60 |
| 2002 | $11.70 | $13.70 | $12.20 |
| 2001 | $11.50 | $13.40 | $12 |
| 2000 | $10.90 | $13 | $11.50 |
| 1999 | $11.10 | $13 | $11.80 |
| 1998 | $10.80 | $12.80 | $11.50 |
| 1997 | $10.40 | $12.50 | $11.20 |
| 1996 | $10.20 | $12.20 | $10.40 |
| 1995 | $10.10 | $12.20 | $10.40 |
| 1994 | $9.70 | $11.60 | $10.30 |
| 1993 | $9.25 | $11.10 | $10.20 |
| 1992 | $9.49 | $10.85 | $8.85 |
| 1991 | $10.18 | $11.59 | $9.55 |
| 1990 | $8.42 | $10.73 | $8.40 |
| 1989 | $6.93 | $8.23 | $8.61 |
| 1988 | $6.99 | $8.56 | $8.02 |
| 1987 | $6.60 | $7.53 | $6.29 |
| 1986 | $7.51 | $9.13 | — |
| 1985 | $6.97 | $7.72 | — |
| 1984 | $7.83 | $8.81 | $8.68 |
| 1983 | $8.02 | $8.85 | $7.37 |
| 1982 | $7.98 | $9.53 | — |
| 1981 | $8.20 | $10.12 | — |
| 1980 | $6.61 | $8.15 | — |
| 1979 | $6.47 | $8.59 | $8.18 |
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