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Washington
Across the 14 Washington counties NASS published directly for 2026, the median pasture rent was $10.30 an acre. The spread ran $1.90 in Okanogan County to $82.50 in Snohomish — 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 | $2.40 | 11th percentile |
| Asotin | $3 | 25th percentile |
| Benton | $15 | 61st percentile |
| Clallam (most recent published: 2023) | $65 | 84th percentile |
| Clark (most recent published: 2022) | $66 | 82nd percentile |
| Columbia (most recent published: 2024) | $14.50 | 41st percentile |
| Cowlitz (most recent published: 2017) | $36 | 29th percentile |
| Douglas (most recent published: 2023) | $5 | 25th percentile |
| Ferry (most recent published: 2025) | $2.80 | 2nd percentile |
| Franklin (most recent published: 2023) | $11 | 45th percentile |
| Garfield (most recent published: 2025) | $8 | 31st percentile |
| Grant | $3.30 | 32nd percentile |
| Grays Harbor (most recent published: 2025) | $42.50 | 79th percentile |
| Island (most recent published: 2024) | $139 | 97th percentile |
| Jefferson | $53 | 82nd percentile |
| King (most recent published: 2025) | $58.50 | 88th percentile |
| Kittitas (most recent published: 2025) | $35.50 | 69th percentile |
| Klickitat | $5.20 | 39th percentile |
| Lewis (most recent published: 2025) | $37 | 74th percentile |
| Lincoln | $2.90 | 18th percentile |
| Okanogan | $1.90 | 4th percentile |
| Pacific (most recent published: 2025) | $14 | 50th percentile |
| Pend Oreille (most recent published: 2012) | $8 | 34th percentile |
| Pierce (most recent published: 2025) | $55 | 83rd percentile |
| San Juan | $36 | 75th percentile |
| Skagit | $57 | 89th percentile |
| Snohomish | $82.50 | 96th percentile |
| Spokane | $6.10 | 46th percentile |
| Stevens (most recent published: 2025) | $10.50 | 45th percentile |
| Thurston | $33 | 68th percentile |
| Wahkiakum (most recent published: 2021) | $42 | 66th percentile |
| Walla Walla (most recent published: 2020) | $25 | 50th percentile |
| Whatcom (most recent published: 2024) | $60 | 72nd percentile |
| Whitman (most recent published: 2025) | $5 | 21st percentile |
| Yakima | $14.50 | 54th percentile |
Grazing fee, 2025
Washington 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): $17 (12th percentile among the states publishing this rate)
- per head: $19/month (23rd percentile among the states publishing this rate)
Every year on record, 1979–2025
The record runs deep: $7.29 per AUM in 1979, $17 in 2025 — 47 published years.
| Year | $/AUM | $/pair/mo | $/head/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17 | — | $19 |
| 2024 | $16 | $19 | $18 |
| 2023 | $16 | — | — |
| 2022 | $16 | — | — |
| 2021 | $14.50 | — | — |
| 2020 | $14.50 | — | $17 |
| 2019 | $14.50 | $17.50 | $17 |
| 2018 | $14.50 | $16.50 | $16 |
| 2017 | $14 | $16.50 | $16 |
| 2016 | $14 | $16 | $15 |
| 2015 | $13 | $17 | $15.50 |
| 2014 | $13.50 | $16.50 | $15 |
| 2013 | $13.50 | $15 | $14.50 |
| 2012 | $12 | $14.50 | $14.50 |
| 2011 | $12 | $14 | $13 |
| 2010 | $12 | $15 | $13 |
| 2009 | $11 | $13 | $12.80 |
| 2008 | $11.50 | $13.40 | $14.10 |
| 2007 | $12.10 | $13.70 | $12.20 |
| 2006 | $9.60 | $12 | $12.20 |
| 2005 | $9.70 | $12.50 | $12.20 |
| 2004 | $10.80 | $12.50 | $10.80 |
| 2003 | $11.20 | $11.70 | $11.20 |
| 2002 | $9.60 | $11 | $9.60 |
| 2001 | $9.10 | $11.80 | $10.20 |
| 2000 | $8.90 | $11.20 | $9.90 |
| 1999 | $10 | $11.30 | $11.20 |
| 1998 | $10 | $10.50 | $10.50 |
| 1997 | $9 | $9.60 | $9.30 |
| 1996 | $8.70 | $9 | $10.30 |
| 1995 | $8.50 | $9.70 | $9.90 |
| 1994 | $8.30 | $10 | $10.40 |
| 1993 | $7.80 | $10.60 | $10.50 |
| 1992 | $10.69 | $13.01 | $11.02 |
| 1991 | $7.81 | $9.26 | $8.81 |
| 1990 | $7.82 | $8.67 | $8.30 |
| 1989 | $7.94 | $9.28 | $9.06 |
| 1988 | $7.28 | $9.25 | $9 |
| 1987 | $9.55 | — | $11.28 |
| 1986 | $9.77 | $9.07 | $8.54 |
| 1985 | $8.07 | $9.04 | $11.02 |
| 1984 | $8.74 | $10.08 | $8.49 |
| 1983 | $9.65 | $8.18 | $12.44 |
| 1982 | $6.67 | $7.76 | $10.17 |
| 1981 | $8.18 | $8.61 | $9.69 |
| 1980 | $7.39 | $7.81 | $9.27 |
| 1979 | $7.29 | $8.52 | $7.35 |
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