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Cash rent for pasture: Clayton County, Iowa
The average cash rent farmers paid per acre for pasture, from USDA's yearly cash rents survey.
Up to dateYearly. States at the end of July, counties in August. Last published Aug 21, 2026. Next expected August 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Clayton County, 2026
$65 an acre
Up 31.3% from $49.50 in 2025
Iowa, 2026
$68.50 an acre
Up 5.4% from $65 in 2025
United States, 2026
$16.50 an acre
Up 6.5% from $15.50 in 2025
Clayton CountyIowaUnited States
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What the numbers say
- Clayton County's rent is 0.9 times the Iowa average and 3.9 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 43rd lowest of the 88 Iowa counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2019 it has risen 2.4%, from $63.50 to $65 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Clayton figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2017 and 2020 it combined Clayton into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Clayton County | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $65 | $68.50 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $49.50 | $65 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $60 | $63.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $50 | $60.50 | $15 |
| 2022 | $46 | $59.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | $59.50 | $58 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $54 | $13 |
| 2019 | $63.50 | $59 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $54 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $54 | $12.50 |
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Every Iowa county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $41 an acre in Hamilton County to $91 an acre in Pottawattamie County.
- Under $56 (17 counties)
- $56 to under $62 (16 counties)
- $62 to under $68 (18 counties)
- $68 to under $75.50 (19 counties)
- $75.50 and over (18 counties)
- Not published separately (11 counties, $69 an acre combined)
NASS combined Black Hawk County, Chickasaw County, Delaware County, Fremont County, Howard County, Humboldt County, Kossuth County, Mills County, Osceola County, Shelby County and Winnebago County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pottawattamie County | $91 | 4.9% |
| 2 | Plymouth County | $90.50 | 8.7% |
| 3 | Audubon County | $89 | 4.7% |
| 3 | Johnson County | $89 | 5.9% |
| 5 | Cass County | $87.50 | 3.4% |
| 6 | Sioux County | $86 | 5.2% |
| 7 | Woodbury County | $83.50 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Union County | $83 | 3.9% |
| 9 | Tama County | $82 | 9.5% |
| 10 | Adair County | $81 | 3.4% |
| 11 | Adams County | $80 | 4.1% |
| 12 | Buchanan County | $79 | 10.2% |
| 12 | Des Moines County | $79 | 9.4% |
| 14 | Ringgold County | $77.50 | 6.7% |
| 15 | Page County | $76.50 | 4.4% |
| 16 | Taylor County | $76 | 3.5% |
| 17 | Monona County | $75.50 | 16.4% |
| 17 | Muscatine County | $75.50 | 6.6% |
| 19 | Benton County | $75 | 4.4% |
| 20 | Montgomery County | $74.50 | 5.1% |
| 21 | Ida County | $74 | 6.6% |
| 22 | Crawford County | $73.50 | 8.0% |
| 22 | Sac County | $73.50 | 10.1% |
| 24 | Iowa County | $73 | 7.5% |
| 25 | Fayette County | $72.50 | 6.5% |
| 25 | Grundy County | $72.50 | 9.9% |
| 25 | Jackson County | $72.50 | 7.3% |
| 28 | Cedar County | $72 | 5.8% |
| 29 | Mitchell County | $71.50 | 5.3% |
| 29 | Scott County | $71.50 | 5.6% |
| 31 | Jefferson County | $71 | 6.0% |
| 31 | Washington County | $71 | 4.9% |
| 33 | Dubuque County | $70 | 10.2% |
| 34 | Bremer County | $69.50 | 12.7% |
| 35 | Mahaska County | $68 | 10.5% |
| 35 | Monroe County | $68 | 4.1% |
| 35 | Warren County | $68 | 4.3% |
| 38 | Clarke County | $67.50 | 5.8% |
| 38 | Davis County | $67.50 | 11.9% |
| 40 | Clinton County | $67 | 11.6% |
| 40 | Lee County | $67 | 5.3% |
| 42 | Madison County | $66 | 5.6% |
| 42 | Wayne County | $66 | 11.7% |
| 44 | Appanoose County | $65.50 | 7.9% |
| 45 | Clayton County This county | $65 | 12.6% |
| 45 | Lucas County | $65 | 11.9% |
| 47 | Jones County | $64.50 | 5.1% |
| 48 | Louisa County | $64 | 6.4% |
| 49 | Hancock County | $63.50 | 14.0% |
| 49 | Story County | $63.50 | 7.4% |
| 51 | Carroll County | $63 | 4.7% |
| 51 | Clay County | $63 | 4.1% |
| 53 | Decatur County | $62 | 3.9% |
| 53 | Emmet County | $62 | 10.7% |
| 53 | Franklin County | $62 | 12.0% |
| 56 | Guthrie County | $61.50 | 5.0% |
| 57 | Lyon County | $60.50 | 4.7% |
| 58 | Greene County | $60 | 4.7% |
| 58 | O Brien County | $60 | 14.8% |
| 58 | Worth County | $60 | 14.1% |
| 61 | Cherokee County | $59.50 | 5.7% |
| 61 | Winneshiek County | $59.50 | 6.4% |
| 63 | Palo Alto County | $59 | 4.1% |
| 63 | Poweshiek County | $59 | 3.5% |
| 63 | Wright County | $59 | 2.0% |
| 66 | Harrison County | $58.50 | 6.7% |
| 66 | Polk County | $58.50 | 11.1% |
| 68 | Linn County | $58 | 4.9% |
| 69 | Marshall County | $57.50 | 9.5% |
| 70 | Henry County | $56.50 | 4.0% |
| 71 | Butler County | $56 | 12.7% |
| 72 | Buena Vista County | $55.50 | 5.9% |
| 72 | Dallas County | $55.50 | 4.9% |
| 74 | Hardin County | $54.50 | 6.1% |
| 75 | Calhoun County | $53.50 | 4.4% |
| 75 | Wapello County | $53.50 | 5.8% |
| 77 | Floyd County | $53 | 5.7% |
| 78 | Cerro Gordo County | $52.50 | 6.8% |
| 79 | Dickinson County | $52 | 5.3% |
| 80 | Pocahontas County | $51 | 6.1% |
| 81 | Webster County | $50 | 5.6% |
| 82 | Keokuk County | $49.50 | 7.4% |
| 82 | Marion County | $49.50 | 7.4% |
| 82 | Van Buren County | $49.50 | 3.8% |
| 85 | Boone County | $48 | 13.2% |
| 86 | Jasper County | $47.50 | 5.3% |
| 87 | Allamakee County | $46.50 | 4.8% |
| 88 | Hamilton County | $41 | 14.9% |
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey. County estimates released Aug 21, 2026; state and US estimates released Jul 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "RENT, CASH, PASTURELAND - EXPENSE, MEASURED IN $ / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Precision: NASS's coefficient of variation for Clayton is 12.6% (lower means more precise). Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
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.