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North Dakota
Across the 50 North Dakota counties NASS published directly for 2026, the median pasture rent was $23 an acre. The spread ran $11.50 in Burke County to $46 in Dickey — 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 | $23 | 51st percentile |
| Barnes | $34 | 86th percentile |
| Benson | $22 | 43rd percentile |
| Billings | $16.50 | 15th percentile |
| Bottineau | $19.50 | 18th percentile |
| Bowman | $22 | 43rd percentile |
| Burke | $11.50 | 1st percentile |
| Burleigh | $28.50 | 75th percentile |
| Cass | $35.50 | 91st percentile |
| Cavalier (most recent published: 2020) | $13 | 12th percentile |
| Dickey | $46 | 99th percentile |
| Divide | $12 | 4th percentile |
| Dunn | $20.50 | 24th percentile |
| Eddy | $25.50 | 57th percentile |
| Emmons | $36 | 93rd percentile |
| Foster | $27 | 68th percentile |
| Golden Valley | $14.50 | 11th percentile |
| Grand Forks | $21.50 | 37th percentile |
| Grant | $27 | 68th percentile |
| Griggs | $27 | 68th percentile |
| Hettinger | $23 | 51st percentile |
| Kidder | $29 | 77th percentile |
| La Moure | $40.50 | 95th percentile |
| Logan | $34 | 86th percentile |
| McHenry | $22 | 43rd percentile |
| McIntosh | $34.50 | 89th percentile |
| McKenzie | $12 | 4th percentile |
| McLean | $20.50 | 24th percentile |
| Mercer | $21 | 31st percentile |
| Morton | $29.50 | 79th percentile |
| Mountrail | $13.50 | 9th percentile |
| Nelson | $27 | 68th percentile |
| Oliver | $23 | 51st percentile |
| Pembina | $21 | 31st percentile |
| Pierce | $22.50 | 47th percentile |
| Ramsey (most recent published: 2024) | $21 | 50th percentile |
| Ransom | $33 | 83rd percentile |
| Renville (most recent published: 2025) | $21 | 38th percentile |
| Richland | $32.50 | 81st percentile |
| Rolette | $21.50 | 37th percentile |
| Sargent | $42 | 97th percentile |
| Sheridan | $20.50 | 24th percentile |
| Sioux | $23.50 | 55th percentile |
| Slope | $15.50 | 13th percentile |
| Stark | $20.50 | 24th percentile |
| Steele | $26.50 | 62nd percentile |
| Stutsman | $28 | 73rd percentile |
| Towner | $21.50 | 37th percentile |
| Traill | $26.50 | 62nd percentile |
| Walsh | $21 | 31st percentile |
| Ward | $19.50 | 18th percentile |
| Wells | $26 | 59th percentile |
| Williams | $12.50 | 7th percentile |
Grazing fee, 2025
North Dakota 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): $25 (50th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
Every year on record, 1979–2025
The record runs deep: $6.29 per AUM in 1979, $25 in 2025 — 47 published years.
| Year | $/AUM | $/pair/mo | $/head/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $25 | — | — |
| 2024 | $23 | $27.50 | $24.50 |
| 2023 | $25 | $28.50 | — |
| 2022 | $23.50 | $27.50 | $24 |
| 2021 | $23 | $25 | — |
| 2020 | $21 | — | — |
| 2019 | $18 | $21 | $20 |
| 2018 | $24.50 | $32 | $19 |
| 2017 | $19 | $23 | $19 |
| 2016 | $21 | $25 | $20 |
| 2015 | $20.50 | $23 | — |
| 2014 | $19.20 | $22 | $18 |
| 2013 | $18 | $21.50 | $18 |
| 2012 | $18 | $21 | $17 |
| 2011 | $18 | $19.80 | $15.50 |
| 2010 | $18.10 | $19.80 | $18.50 |
| 2009 | $16 | $17.70 | $16.20 |
| 2008 | $15.80 | $17.80 | $15.50 |
| 2007 | $16 | $17.50 | $15.50 |
| 2006 | $14.50 | $16 | $15 |
| 2005 | $13.70 | $16 | $14.50 |
| 2004 | $13 | $14.20 | $13.50 |
| 2003 | $13.50 | $14.50 | $14 |
| 2002 | $12.50 | $13.50 | $12 |
| 2001 | $10.30 | $12.20 | $12.50 |
| 2000 | $10.90 | $12.50 | $12.50 |
| 1999 | $10.30 | $11.10 | $10.70 |
| 1998 | $10.20 | $11.40 | $11.10 |
| 1997 | $9.30 | $11 | $10 |
| 1996 | $10.60 | $12.50 | $10.30 |
| 1995 | $10.30 | $11.50 | $10.20 |
| 1994 | $9.75 | $11.30 | $11.40 |
| 1993 | $10 | $11.40 | $11.20 |
| 1992 | $10.04 | $10.78 | — |
| 1991 | $8.93 | $10.70 | — |
| 1990 | $8.52 | $10.18 | $8.85 |
| 1989 | $8.26 | $8.38 | $9.23 |
| 1988 | $7.67 | $9.11 | $8.88 |
| 1987 | $7.41 | $8.86 | — |
| 1986 | $7.63 | $9.14 | — |
| 1985 | $6.97 | $8.88 | — |
| 1984 | $8.23 | $9.62 | — |
| 1983 | $7.90 | $9.25 | — |
| 1982 | $8.34 | $9.92 | $10 |
| 1981 | $8.69 | $9.52 | — |
| 1980 | $6.35 | $7.24 | — |
| 1979 | $6.29 | $7.74 | $7.05 |
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