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Kansas
Across the 99 Kansas counties NASS published directly for 2026, the median pasture rent was $24 an acre. The spread ran $10 in Morton County to $49 in Brown — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Allen | $31 | 71st percentile |
| Anderson | $33.50 | 86th percentile |
| Atchison | $41.50 | 97th percentile |
| Barber | $15 | 11th percentile |
| Barton | $22 | 44th percentile |
| Bourbon | $33.50 | 86th percentile |
| Brown | $49 | highest |
| Butler | $28 | 62nd percentile |
| Chase | $36 | 90th percentile |
| Chautauqua | $16.50 | 16th percentile |
| Cherokee | $44.50 | 98th percentile |
| Cheyenne | $12.50 | 6th percentile |
| Clark | $15 | 11th percentile |
| Clay | $35 | 89th percentile |
| Cloud | $40.50 | 96th percentile |
| Coffey | $33 | 83rd percentile |
| Comanche | $13 | 7th percentile |
| Cowley | $23 | 46th percentile |
| Crawford | $38 | 92nd percentile |
| Decatur | $16.50 | 16th percentile |
| Dickinson | $26 | 55th percentile |
| Doniphan (most recent published: 2025) | $50 | 99th percentile |
| Douglas | $32.50 | 80th percentile |
| Edwards | $18.50 | 29th percentile |
| Elk | $23.50 | 48th percentile |
| Ellis | $20 | 35th percentile |
| Ellsworth | $26 | 55th percentile |
| Finney | $14.50 | 10th percentile |
| Ford | $15.50 | 13th percentile |
| Franklin | $31.50 | 75th percentile |
| Geary | $31.50 | 75th percentile |
| Gove | $24.50 | 51st percentile |
| Graham | $20 | 35th percentile |
| Grant | $12 | 4th percentile |
| Gray | $18 | 26th percentile |
| Greeley | $17 | 20th percentile |
| Greenwood | $26 | 55th percentile |
| Hamilton (most recent published: 2025) | $14.50 | 11th percentile |
| Harper | $21.50 | 41st percentile |
| Harvey | $27.50 | 60th percentile |
| Haskell (most recent published: 2020) | $14.50 | 29th percentile |
| Hodgeman | $17 | 20th percentile |
| Jackson | $34 | 87th percentile |
| Jefferson | $31.50 | 75th percentile |
| Jewell | $30 | 65th percentile |
| Johnson | $31 | 71st percentile |
| Kearny | $11 | 3rd percentile |
| Kingman | $21 | 39th percentile |
| Kiowa | $17 | 20th percentile |
| Labette | $37.50 | 91st percentile |
| Lane | $16 | 14th percentile |
| Leavenworth | $39.50 | 95th percentile |
| Lincoln | $27 | 58th percentile |
| Linn | $38.50 | 93rd percentile |
| Logan | $13 | 7th percentile |
| Lyon | $33 | 83rd percentile |
| Marion | $25 | 52nd percentile |
| Marshall | $27.50 | 60th percentile |
| McPherson | $28.50 | 63rd percentile |
| Meade | $12 | 4th percentile |
| Miami | $32.50 | 80th percentile |
| Mitchell | $31.50 | 75th percentile |
| Montgomery | $27.50 | 60th percentile |
| Morris | $33 | 83rd percentile |
| Morton | $10 | lowest |
| Nemaha | $39.50 | 95th percentile |
| Neosho | $35 | 89th percentile |
| Ness | $20.50 | 37th percentile |
| Norton | $20 | 35th percentile |
| Osage | $30 | 65th percentile |
| Osborne | $23 | 46th percentile |
| Ottawa | $31.50 | 75th percentile |
| Pawnee | $17.50 | 24th percentile |
| Phillips | $25.50 | 53rd percentile |
| Pottawatomie | $30.50 | 68th percentile |
| Pratt | $18 | 26th percentile |
| Rawlins | $18 | 26th percentile |
| Reno | $21.50 | 41st percentile |
| Republic | $32.50 | 80th percentile |
| Rice | $19 | 31st percentile |
| Riley | $31 | 71st percentile |
| Rooks | $21.50 | 41st percentile |
| Rush | $19 | 31st percentile |
| Russell | $20.50 | 37th percentile |
| Saline | $30.50 | 68th percentile |
| Scott | $17 | 20th percentile |
| Sedgwick (most recent published: 2023) | $23 | 50th percentile |
| Seward | $14 | 9th percentile |
| Shawnee | $23.50 | 48th percentile |
| Sheridan | $21.50 | 41st percentile |
| Sherman | $18.50 | 29th percentile |
| Smith | $27 | 58th percentile |
| Stafford | $19.50 | 33rd percentile |
| Stanton (most recent published: 2024) | $10.50 | 3rd percentile |
| Stevens | $10.50 | 2nd percentile |
| Sumner | $22 | 44th percentile |
| Thomas | $18.50 | 29th percentile |
| Trego | $17 | 20th percentile |
| Wabaunsee | $30.50 | 68th percentile |
| Wallace | $16.50 | 16th percentile |
| Washington | $32.50 | 80th percentile |
| Wichita | $17 | 20th percentile |
| Wilson | $24 | 50th percentile |
| Woodson | $30.50 | 68th percentile |
| Wyandotte (most recent published: 2025) | $34.50 | 89th percentile |
Grazing fee, 2025
Kansas 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): $27 (69th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per cow-calf pair: $33/month (64th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per head: $30/month (81st percentile among the states publishing this rate)
Every year on record, 1979–2025
The record runs deep: $9.97 per AUM in 1979, $27 in 2025 — 47 published years.
Per-AUM trend
| Year | $/AUM | $/pair/mo | $/head/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $27 | $33 | $30 |
| 2024 | $30 | $35 | $29.50 |
| 2023 | $26 | $30.50 | $28.50 |
| 2022 | $23 | $28.50 | $30.50 |
| 2021 | $22.50 | $27 | $28 |
| 2020 | $20.50 | $25 | $25 |
| 2019 | $18.50 | $22 | $24 |
| 2018 | $21 | $27 | $22 |
| 2017 | $21 | $27 | $24.50 |
| 2016 | $18.50 | $24 | $21 |
| 2015 | $19 | $24 | $21.50 |
| 2014 | $18 | $22 | $21.50 |
| 2013 | $17 | $21 | $18.50 |
| 2012 | $16.50 | $20.50 | $18.50 |
| 2011 | $17 | $21 | $18.50 |
| 2010 | $15 | $19 | $15 |
| 2009 | $13.50 | $16.50 | $14 |
| 2008 | $14 | $17 | $13.50 |
| 2007 | $14 | $17 | $14 |
| 2006 | $13.50 | $16.50 | $14 |
| 2005 | $13.50 | $16.50 | $14 |
| 2004 | $13 | $16.50 | $13.50 |
| 2003 | $13.50 | $16.50 | $13.50 |
| 2002 | $13 | $16 | $13 |
| 2001 | $12.50 | $15.50 | $12.50 |
| 2000 | $12 | $14 | $12 |
| 1999 | $11.50 | $13 | $11.50 |
| 1998 | $12.90 | $14.80 | $11.90 |
| 1997 | $10.50 | $12.80 | $9.80 |
| 1996 | $12 | $14 | $11 |
| 1995 | $10.50 | $12 | $10.50 |
| 1994 | $11 | $12.50 | $10 |
| 1993 | $11.30 | $13.30 | $10.50 |
| 1992 | $10.99 | $13.17 | $9.18 |
| 1991 | $11.10 | $13.76 | $10.88 |
| 1990 | $10.58 | $12.45 | $8.55 |
| 1989 | $10.13 | $11.07 | $9.35 |
| 1988 | $9.42 | $11 | $8.48 |
| 1987 | $8.87 | $10.13 | — |
| 1986 | $8.17 | $9.31 | $7.43 |
| 1985 | $10.36 | $11.91 | $9.66 |
| 1984 | $9.59 | $11.75 | $8.45 |
| 1983 | $9.08 | $10.92 | $12.31 |
| 1982 | $9.59 | $11.56 | $9.04 |
| 1981 | $9.06 | $10.07 | $7.73 |
| 1980 | $9.16 | $11.13 | $9.25 |
| 1979 | $9.97 | $10.99 | $8.81 |
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