Cash rent for pasture: Quay County, New Mexico
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
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What the numbers say
- Quay County's rent is 1.2 times the New Mexico average and 0.3 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 3rd highest of the 16 New Mexico counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2008 it has risen 48.5%, from $3.30 to $4.90 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Quay figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Quay County | New Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $4.90 | $4.20 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $5.80 | $4.10 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $6.50 | $3.70 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $6.20 | $3.60 | $15 |
| 2022 | $5.20 | $3.30 | $14 |
| 2021 | $4.90 | $3.20 | $13 |
| 2020 | $3.50 | $3 | $13 |
| 2019 | $3.30 | $2.80 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $4.10 | $3.20 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $3.30 | $3 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | $4.40 | $3 | $12 |
| 2013 | $3.80 | $2.80 | $12 |
| 2012 | $2.90 | $2.80 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $3.30 | $2.40 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $2.80 | $2.20 | $11 |
| 2009 | $3.10 | $2.40 | $11 |
| 2008 | $3.30 | $2.70 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | $2.30 | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | $2 | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | $1.80 | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | $1.70 | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | $1.60 | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | $1.60 | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | $1.60 | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | $1.70 | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | $1.70 | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | $1.50 | $8.80 |
| 1997 | No figure | $1.30 | No figure |
| 1995 | No figure | $1.80 | No figure |
| 1994 | No figure | $1.60 | No figure |
Every New Mexico county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $1.50 an acre in Cibola County to $8.80 an acre in Curry County.
- Under $1.80 (2 counties)
- $1.80 to under $2.80 (4 counties)
- $2.80 to under $3.50 (3 counties)
- $3.50 to under $4.90 (3 counties)
- $4.90 and over (4 counties)
- Not published separately (17 counties, $4.20 an acre combined)
NASS combined Bernalillo County, Catron County, Colfax County, Doña Ana County, Eddy County, Grant County, Hidalgo County, Los Alamos County, Luna County, McKinley County, Mora County, Otero County, San Juan County, Sierra County, Socorro County, Taos County and Valencia County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curry County | $8.80 | 8.0% |
| 2 | Union County | $6.20 | 7.5% |
| 3 | Quay County This county | $4.90 | 5.6% |
| 3 | Roosevelt County | $4.90 | 7.5% |
| 5 | Harding County | $4.30 | 10.4% |
| 6 | De Baca County | $3.70 | 9.5% |
| 7 | Guadalupe County | $3.50 | 11.9% |
| 8 | San Miguel County | $3.20 | 15.9% |
| 9 | Chaves County | $2.80 | 8.9% |
| 9 | Lincoln County | $2.80 | 8.4% |
| 11 | Torrance County | $2.20 | 7.7% |
| 12 | Rio Arriba County | $2.10 | 11.6% |
| 13 | Lea County | $1.80 | 9.5% |
| 13 | Sandoval County | $1.80 | 35.5% |
| 15 | Santa Fe County | $1.60 | 9.2% |
| 16 | Cibola County | $1.50 | 8.7% |
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.