Cash rent for pasture: Phillips County, Colorado
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Chart by TallyTill · tallytill.com
What the numbers say
- Phillips County's rent is 2.2 times the Colorado average and the same as the US average.
- It is the 2nd highest of the 42 Colorado counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2019 it has risen 26.9%, from $13 to $16.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Phillips figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2017, 2020 and 2025 it combined Phillips into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Phillips County | Colorado | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $16.50 | $7.60 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $7 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $12.50 | $6.70 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $13.50 | $6.10 | $15 |
| 2022 | $10.50 | $6.20 | $14 |
| 2021 | $12 | $5.90 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $6.20 | $13 |
| 2019 | $13 | $6.10 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $5.60 | $12.50 |
Every Colorado county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $2.80 an acre in Moffat County to $23.50 an acre in Conejos County.
- Under $4.80 (7 counties)
- $4.80 to under $6.40 (9 counties)
- $6.40 to under $9.40 (9 counties)
- $9.40 to under $12 (8 counties)
- $12 and over (9 counties)
- Not published separately (22 counties, $9.10 an acre combined)
NASS combined Adams County, Alamosa County, Broomfield County, Chaffee County, Clear Creek County, Costilla County, Custer County, Denver County, Dolores County, Eagle County, Gilpin County, Hinsdale County, Jefferson County, Lake County, Mineral County, Ouray County, Pitkin County, Rio Grande County, San Juan County, San Miguel County, Summit County and Teller County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conejos County | $23.50 | 13.7% |
| 2 | Phillips County This county | $16.50 | 19.0% |
| 3 | Yuma County | $16 | 19.5% |
| 4 | Logan County | $14 | 19.5% |
| 5 | Sedgwick County | $13.50 | 7.2% |
| 6 | Kit Carson County | $13 | 7.3% |
| 7 | Archuleta County | $12 | 51.9% |
| 7 | Douglas County | $12 | 8.8% |
| 7 | Saguache County | $12 | 8.8% |
| 10 | La Plata County | $11 | 29.0% |
| 10 | Washington County | $11 | 7.5% |
| 12 | Grand County | $10 | 16.1% |
| 12 | Jackson County | $10 | 31.8% |
| 14 | Morgan County | $9.80 | 6.5% |
| 14 | Weld County | $9.80 | 6.4% |
| 16 | Elbert County | $9.50 | 37.2% |
| 17 | Boulder County | $9.40 | 3.7% |
| 18 | Cheyenne County | $9.20 | 6.9% |
| 19 | Gunnison County | $8.70 | 3.1% |
| 20 | Arapahoe County | $8.40 | 8.9% |
| 21 | Larimer County | $7.60 | 4.1% |
| 22 | Kiowa County | $7.30 | 6.6% |
| 23 | Lincoln County | $6.60 | 5.8% |
| 23 | Prowers County | $6.60 | 12.3% |
| 25 | Routt County | $6.50 | 16.0% |
| 26 | Baca County | $6.40 | 16.1% |
| 27 | Bent County | $6.20 | 7.3% |
| 28 | Pueblo County | $6.10 | 5.9% |
| 29 | Crowley County | $6 | 10.0% |
| 30 | El Paso County | $5.70 | 10.4% |
| 31 | Montezuma County | $5.60 | 7.8% |
| 32 | Mesa County | $5.50 | 19.8% |
| 33 | Delta County | $4.90 | 8.3% |
| 34 | Huerfano County | $4.80 | 7.9% |
| 34 | Montrose County | $4.80 | 8.6% |
| 36 | Las Animas County | $4.10 | 6.6% |
| 37 | Garfield County | $4 | 4.7% |
| 37 | Rio Blanco County | $4 | 4.8% |
| 39 | Fremont County | $3.40 | 10.8% |
| 40 | Otero County | $3.10 | 11.9% |
| 41 | Park County | $2.90 | 8.3% |
| 42 | Moffat County | $2.80 | 10.7% |
What this measures
NASS asks farm operators what they pay in cash rent per acre, separately for irrigated cropland, non-irrigated cropland and pasture. State figures come out at the end of July; county figures follow in August. When too few farms in a county answer, NASS combines that county with others and publishes one "other counties" figure, so some counties have no figure of their own.