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Nebraska
Across the 71 Nebraska counties NASS published directly for 2026, the median pasture rent was $40.50 an acre. The spread ran $11.50 in Scotts Bluff County to $80 in Wayne — 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 | $40.50 | 50th percentile |
| Antelope | $50.50 | 73rd percentile |
| Arthur | $19 | 16th percentile |
| Banner | $12.50 | 4th percentile |
| Blaine | $22 | 26th percentile |
| Boone (most recent published: 2025) | $42 | 65th percentile |
| Box Butte | $13.50 | 5th percentile |
| Boyd | $36.50 | 43rd percentile |
| Brown | $26 | 32nd percentile |
| Buffalo | $44 | 53rd percentile |
| Burt | $79 | 98th percentile |
| Butler (most recent published: 2024) | $54.50 | 88th percentile |
| Cass | $45.50 | 55th percentile |
| Cedar | $76 | 94th percentile |
| Chase | $19.50 | 18th percentile |
| Cherry | $17.50 | 13th percentile |
| Cheyenne (most recent published: 2025) | $14 | 5th percentile |
| Clay (most recent published: 2025) | $42 | 65th percentile |
| Colfax | $60.50 | 85th percentile |
| Cuming | $77 | 96th percentile |
| Custer (most recent published: 2025) | $35.50 | 48th percentile |
| Dakota | $63.50 | 89th percentile |
| Dawes | $17 | 11th percentile |
| Dawson | $46.50 | 58th percentile |
| Deuel (most recent published: 2025) | $16 | 17th percentile |
| Dixon | $61.50 | 88th percentile |
| Dodge (most recent published: 2024) | $63.50 | 92nd percentile |
| Douglas (most recent published: 2023) | $61.50 | 90th percentile |
| Dundy | $21 | 23rd percentile |
| Fillmore | $34 | 41st percentile |
| Franklin | $38.50 | 46th percentile |
| Frontier | $31.50 | 39th percentile |
| Furnas | $34 | 41st percentile |
| Gage | $58 | 84th percentile |
| Garden | $15 | 6th percentile |
| Garfield | $30.50 | 37th percentile |
| Gosper | $46.50 | 58th percentile |
| Grant (most recent published: 2025) | $14 | 5th percentile |
| Greeley (most recent published: 2025) | $52 | 88th percentile |
| Hall (most recent published: 2023) | $41.50 | 59th percentile |
| Hamilton (most recent published: 2024) | $41.50 | 62nd percentile |
| Harlan | $38.50 | 46th percentile |
| Hayes | $21.50 | 25th percentile |
| Hitchcock | $23.50 | 29th percentile |
| Holt | $47 | 62nd percentile |
| Hooker | $18 | 15th percentile |
| Howard | $54 | 80th percentile |
| Jefferson | $47 | 62nd percentile |
| Johnson | $56 | 81st percentile |
| Kearney (most recent published: 2023) | $37.50 | 46th percentile |
| Keith | $17 | 11th percentile |
| Keya Paha | $39.50 | 49th percentile |
| Kimball (most recent published: 2024) | $13 | 4th percentile |
| Knox | $48.50 | 66th percentile |
| Lancaster | $53 | 77th percentile |
| Lincoln | $30 | 35th percentile |
| Logan | $26 | 32nd percentile |
| Loup | $20.50 | 20th percentile |
| Madison | $57 | 82nd percentile |
| McPherson | $22.50 | 27th percentile |
| Merrick (most recent published: 2020) | $45.50 | 65th percentile |
| Morrill | $16 | 8th percentile |
| Nance | $53.50 | 78th percentile |
| Nemaha | $46.50 | 58th percentile |
| Nuckolls | $48 | 64th percentile |
| Otoe | $50 | 71st percentile |
| Pawnee (most recent published: 2025) | $47 | 78th percentile |
| Perkins | $25.50 | 30th percentile |
| Phelps (most recent published: 2023) | $40.50 | 55th percentile |
| Pierce | $75 | 92nd percentile |
| Platte | $77 | 96th percentile |
| Polk (most recent published: 2022) | $50.50 | 81st percentile |
| Red Willow | $20.50 | 20th percentile |
| Richardson | $48.50 | 66th percentile |
| Rock | $30 | 35th percentile |
| Saline | $41 | 51st percentile |
| Sarpy (most recent published: 2025) | $42 | 65th percentile |
| Saunders | $52.50 | 75th percentile |
| Scotts Bluff | $11.50 | lowest |
| Seward | $49 | 68th percentile |
| Sheridan | $16 | 8th percentile |
| Sherman | $52 | 74th percentile |
| Sioux | $12 | 2nd percentile |
| Stanton | $74 | 91st percentile |
| Thayer (most recent published: 2025) | $43.50 | 71st percentile |
| Thomas | $20.50 | 20th percentile |
| Thurston | $61 | 87th percentile |
| Valley | $49.50 | 70th percentile |
| Washington (most recent published: 2023) | $51.50 | 79th percentile |
| Wayne | $80 | highest |
| Webster | $45.50 | 55th percentile |
| Wheeler | $37 | 44th percentile |
| York (most recent published: 2023) | $47 | 69th percentile |
Grazing fee, 2025
Nebraska 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): $47.50 (96th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per cow-calf pair: $56/month (93rd percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per head: $46.50/month (96th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
Every year on record, 1979–2025
The record runs deep: $11.20 per AUM in 1979, $47.50 in 2025 — 47 published years.
Per-AUM trend
| Year | $/AUM | $/pair/mo | $/head/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $47.50 | $56 | $46.50 |
| 2024 | $47 | $55.50 | $45 |
| 2023 | $44.50 | $52 | $43.50 |
| 2022 | $44 | $52 | $43 |
| 2021 | $49 | $58 | $44 |
| 2020 | $47 | $55 | $44 |
| 2019 | $40.70 | $46.30 | $44 |
| 2018 | $46 | $52 | $35 |
| 2017 | $39.80 | $45 | $39 |
| 2016 | $41 | $46.30 | $41 |
| 2015 | $39 | $45 | $36 |
| 2014 | $38 | $44.50 | $35 |
| 2013 | $33.50 | $40.50 | $34 |
| 2012 | $28.50 | $35 | $32 |
| 2011 | $27.30 | $32.90 | $27.40 |
| 2010 | $25.60 | $31 | $27.40 |
| 2009 | $24.80 | $29.30 | $26.50 |
| 2008 | $25 | $29.70 | $28 |
| 2007 | $23 | $27.50 | $25 |
| 2006 | $24 | $28.50 | $26 |
| 2005 | $22.50 | $27.50 | $25 |
| 2004 | $23 | $27.50 | $25.20 |
| 2003 | $21.60 | $26 | $23.40 |
| 2002 | $20.90 | $25 | $22 |
| 2001 | $20.60 | $24.60 | $21.50 |
| 2000 | $20 | $24 | $21 |
| 1999 | $19 | $23 | $19.70 |
| 1998 | $19 | $23 | $19 |
| 1997 | $18.80 | $22.20 | $18.50 |
| 1996 | $18 | $21.40 | $18 |
| 1995 | $17.60 | $21 | $16.80 |
| 1994 | $17.50 | $20.90 | $17.50 |
| 1993 | $17 | $20.10 | $16.30 |
| 1992 | $14.83 | $17.85 | $16.11 |
| 1991 | $14.83 | $17.96 | $20.92 |
| 1990 | $15.78 | $18.89 | $15.16 |
| 1989 | $13.13 | $15.89 | $12.75 |
| 1988 | $10.40 | $12.50 | $10.40 |
| 1987 | $10.29 | $12.16 | $8.65 |
| 1986 | $9.75 | $11.70 | $7.55 |
| 1985 | $11.25 | $13.01 | $9.28 |
| 1984 | $12.64 | $14.81 | $10.49 |
| 1983 | $13.18 | $15.88 | $10.79 |
| 1982 | $13.80 | $16.67 | $11.10 |
| 1981 | $13.81 | $16.60 | $10.87 |
| 1980 | $11.96 | $13.92 | $11.07 |
| 1979 | $11.20 | $13.15 | $10.74 |
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