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South Dakota
Across the 63 South Dakota counties NASS published directly for 2026, the median pasture rent was $47 an acre. The spread ran $10 in Fall River County to $66 in Lake — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | $57.50 | 75th percentile |
| Beadle | $56.50 | 71st percentile |
| Bennett | $16.50 | 17th percentile |
| Bon Homme | $51.50 | 60th percentile |
| Brookings | $58 | 78th percentile |
| Brown | $53 | 62nd percentile |
| Brule | $50 | 56th percentile |
| Buffalo | $42 | 40th percentile |
| Butte | $13.50 | 9th percentile |
| Campbell | $35 | 33rd percentile |
| Charles Mix | $54.50 | 66th percentile |
| Clark | $51 | 58th percentile |
| Clay (most recent published: 2025) | $61 | 81st percentile |
| Codington | $60 | 87th percentile |
| Corson (most recent published: 2025) | $18 | 22nd percentile |
| Custer | $10.50 | 3rd percentile |
| Davison | $64 | 94th percentile |
| Day | $49.50 | 55th percentile |
| Deuel | $59.50 | 83rd percentile |
| Dewey | $12 | 7th percentile |
| Douglas | $53.50 | 64th percentile |
| Edmunds | $44 | 44th percentile |
| Fall River | $10 | lowest |
| Faulk | $47 | 52nd percentile |
| Grant | $57.50 | 75th percentile |
| Gregory | $35 | 33rd percentile |
| Haakon | $20 | 23rd percentile |
| Hamlin | $64.50 | 96th percentile |
| Hand | $45.50 | 47th percentile |
| Hanson | $56 | 68th percentile |
| Harding | $11.50 | 6th percentile |
| Hughes | $30.50 | 29th percentile |
| Hutchinson | $60.50 | 88th percentile |
| Hyde | $47 | 52nd percentile |
| Jackson | $16.50 | 17th percentile |
| Jerauld | $47 | 52nd percentile |
| Jones | $19.50 | 21st percentile |
| Kingsbury | $64 | 94th percentile |
| Lake | $66 | highest |
| Lawrence | $16 | 13th percentile |
| Lincoln | $58.50 | 80th percentile |
| Lyman | $30 | 28th percentile |
| Marshall | $39.50 | 39th percentile |
| McCook | $56.50 | 71st percentile |
| McPherson | $44 | 44th percentile |
| Meade | $15 | 10th percentile |
| Mellette | $21 | 26th percentile |
| Miner | $61.50 | 91st percentile |
| Minnehaha | $56 | 68th percentile |
| Moody | $58 | 78th percentile |
| Oglala Lakota (most recent published: 2025) | $6.80 | lowest |
| Pennington | $16.50 | 17th percentile |
| Perkins | $16 | 13th percentile |
| Potter | $42.50 | 42nd percentile |
| Roberts | $46 | 48th percentile |
| Sanborn | $65 | 98th percentile |
| Spink | $53 | 62nd percentile |
| Stanley | $19 | 20th percentile |
| Sully | $36 | 36th percentile |
| Todd | $20.50 | 25th percentile |
| Tripp | $37 | 37th percentile |
| Turner | $59.50 | 83rd percentile |
| Union | $61 | 90th percentile |
| Walworth | $34 | 31st percentile |
| Yankton | $59.50 | 83rd percentile |
| Ziebach | $10.50 | 3rd percentile |
Grazing fee, 2025
South 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): $36.50 (88th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per cow-calf pair: $44/month (79th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per head: $42/month (88th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
Every year on record, 1979–2025
The record runs deep: $10.13 per AUM in 1979, $36.50 in 2025 — 47 published years.
| Year | $/AUM | $/pair/mo | $/head/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $36.50 | $44 | $42 |
| 2024 | $35.50 | $42 | $40 |
| 2023 | $36 | $44 | $39 |
| 2022 | $37 | $44 | $43 |
| 2021 | $33 | $38 | $37 |
| 2020 | $27.50 | $34 | $33 |
| 2019 | $29.50 | $36.50 | $35 |
| 2018 | $31.50 | $40.50 | $34 |
| 2017 | $31.50 | $39 | $35 |
| 2016 | $31.50 | $37 | $31 |
| 2015 | $32 | $39 | $32.50 |
| 2014 | $30 | $35 | $32.50 |
| 2013 | $27.90 | $33.30 | $28.50 |
| 2012 | $26 | $31.50 | $27 |
| 2011 | $24.20 | $29 | $27 |
| 2010 | $22.90 | $27 | $24.50 |
| 2009 | $22.90 | $25.60 | $23 |
| 2008 | $21.70 | $25.20 | $23 |
| 2007 | $21 | $25.20 | $23 |
| 2006 | $20.30 | $24 | $21 |
| 2005 | $18.40 | $21.90 | $19.50 |
| 2004 | $17.60 | $21.50 | $19.20 |
| 2003 | $17.30 | $20.20 | $19.20 |
| 2002 | $16.90 | $19.10 | $18 |
| 2001 | $15.70 | $18.30 | $17.20 |
| 2000 | $15.50 | $17.60 | $16.40 |
| 1999 | $14.70 | $17.20 | $14.90 |
| 1998 | $14.20 | $16.50 | $14.80 |
| 1997 | $14 | $16.40 | $14.40 |
| 1996 | $13.20 | $15 | $14.80 |
| 1995 | $13.90 | $16.30 | $14 |
| 1994 | $13.20 | $15.80 | $14 |
| 1993 | $12.60 | $15.10 | $14.20 |
| 1992 | $12.44 | $14.95 | $13.39 |
| 1991 | $12.74 | $15.34 | $12.27 |
| 1990 | $12.53 | $14.43 | $12.39 |
| 1989 | $10.65 | $12.19 | $11.62 |
| 1988 | $9.98 | $11.70 | $11 |
| 1987 | $8.61 | $10.32 | — |
| 1986 | $9.19 | $11.33 | $11.59 |
| 1985 | $9.10 | $10.99 | $6.88 |
| 1984 | $9.71 | $11.85 | $9.29 |
| 1983 | $11.54 | $13.56 | — |
| 1982 | $11.09 | $13.05 | — |
| 1981 | $11.97 | $14.35 | — |
| 1980 | $11.79 | $13.05 | — |
| 1979 | $10.13 | $12.20 | $9.45 |
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