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Cash rent for pasture: Buffalo County, South Dakota
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
Buffalo County, 2026
$42 an acre
Up 1.2% from $41.50 in 2025
South Dakota, 2026
$31 an acre
Unchanged from $31 in 2025
United States, 2026
$16.50 an acre
Up 6.5% from $15.50 in 2025
Buffalo CountySouth DakotaUnited States
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What the numbers say
- Buffalo County's rent is 1.4 times the South Dakota average and 2.5 times the US average.
- It is the 26th lowest of the 63 South Dakota counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2023 it has fallen 11.6%, from $47.50 to $42 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Buffalo figure: in 2022 NASS combined Buffalo into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Buffalo County | South Dakota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $42 | $31 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $41.50 | $31 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $46 | $31.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $47.50 | $30 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $29.50 | $14 |
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Every South Dakota county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $10 an acre in Fall River County to $66 an acre in Lake County.
- Under $19 (12 counties)
- $19 to under $42 (13 counties)
- $42 to under $51.50 (12 counties)
- $51.50 to under $58.50 (13 counties)
- $58.50 and over (13 counties)
- Not published separately (3 counties, $19.50 an acre combined)
NASS combined Clay County, Corson County and Oglala Lakota County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake County | $66 | 7.9% |
| 2 | Sanborn County | $65 | 5.6% |
| 3 | Hamlin County | $64.50 | 4.0% |
| 4 | Davison County | $64 | 13.0% |
| 4 | Kingsbury County | $64 | 5.3% |
| 6 | Miner County | $61.50 | 4.9% |
| 7 | Union County | $61 | 5.3% |
| 8 | Hutchinson County | $60.50 | 4.1% |
| 9 | Codington County | $60 | 4.3% |
| 10 | Deuel County | $59.50 | 5.0% |
| 10 | Turner County | $59.50 | 4.3% |
| 10 | Yankton County | $59.50 | 4.8% |
| 13 | Lincoln County | $58.50 | 6.4% |
| 14 | Brookings County | $58 | 4.8% |
| 14 | Moody County | $58 | 4.7% |
| 16 | Aurora County | $57.50 | 5.0% |
| 16 | Grant County | $57.50 | 4.5% |
| 18 | Beadle County | $56.50 | 4.1% |
| 18 | McCook County | $56.50 | 5.5% |
| 20 | Hanson County | $56 | 7.0% |
| 20 | Minnehaha County | $56 | 7.4% |
| 22 | Charles Mix County | $54.50 | 4.4% |
| 23 | Douglas County | $53.50 | 4.9% |
| 24 | Brown County | $53 | 6.9% |
| 24 | Spink County | $53 | 6.1% |
| 26 | Bon Homme County | $51.50 | 5.4% |
| 27 | Clark County | $51 | 7.8% |
| 28 | Brule County | $50 | 5.4% |
| 29 | Day County | $49.50 | 7.3% |
| 30 | Faulk County | $47 | 4.9% |
| 30 | Hyde County | $47 | 4.2% |
| 30 | Jerauld County | $47 | 4.6% |
| 33 | Roberts County | $46 | 6.1% |
| 34 | Hand County | $45.50 | 3.8% |
| 35 | Edmunds County | $44 | 5.1% |
| 35 | McPherson County | $44 | 6.9% |
| 37 | Potter County | $42.50 | 4.3% |
| 38 | Buffalo County This county | $42 | 7.0% |
| 39 | Marshall County | $39.50 | 4.4% |
| 40 | Tripp County | $37 | 4.2% |
| 41 | Sully County | $36 | 9.4% |
| 42 | Campbell County | $35 | 4.4% |
| 42 | Gregory County | $35 | 7.9% |
| 44 | Walworth County | $34 | 5.8% |
| 45 | Hughes County | $30.50 | 8.2% |
| 46 | Lyman County | $30 | 7.1% |
| 47 | Mellette County | $21 | 4.4% |
| 48 | Todd County | $20.50 | 9.2% |
| 49 | Haakon County | $20 | 20.1% |
| 50 | Jones County | $19.50 | 6.7% |
| 51 | Stanley County | $19 | 8.6% |
| 52 | Bennett County | $16.50 | 7.2% |
| 52 | Jackson County | $16.50 | 4.2% |
| 52 | Pennington County | $16.50 | 5.6% |
| 55 | Lawrence County | $16 | 5.1% |
| 55 | Perkins County | $16 | 4.8% |
| 57 | Meade County | $15 | 6.5% |
| 58 | Butte County | $13.50 | 8.2% |
| 59 | Dewey County | $12 | 7.3% |
| 60 | Harding County | $11.50 | 5.2% |
| 61 | Custer County | $10.50 | 11.2% |
| 61 | Ziebach County | $10.50 | 13.4% |
| 63 | Fall River County | $10 | 8.1% |
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 Buffalo is 7.0% (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.