Cash rent for pasture: Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
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
- In 2025, Oglala Lakota County's rent was 0.2 times the South Dakota average and 0.4 times the US average.
- It is the lowest of the 64 South Dakota counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2008 to 2025 it was unchanged at $6.80 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Oglala Lakota figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, and in 2017, 2022 and 2026 it combined Oglala Lakota into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Oglala Lakota County | South Dakota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $31 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $6.80 | $31 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $8 | $31.50 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $8 | $30 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $29.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | $7.30 | $26.50 | $13 |
| 2020 | $7.70 | $26 | $13 |
| 2019 | $7 | $26 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | $23 | $12.50 |
| 2017 | Combined into "other counties" | $25 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $7.10 | $24 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | $27 | $14 |
| 2014 | $9 | $22 | $12 |
| 2013 | $5.90 | $20 | $12 |
| 2012 | $6 | $17.50 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | $4.80 | $16 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $5.20 | $16 | $11 |
| 2009 | $7 | $17 | $11 |
| 2008 | $6.80 | $16 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | $13.80 | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | $12.90 | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | $12.30 | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | $11.60 | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | $11 | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | $10.90 | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | $11 | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | $11 | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | $10.20 | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | $9.70 | $8.80 |
| 1997 | No figure | $9.20 | No figure |
| 1996 | No figure | $9.10 | No figure |
| 1995 | No figure | $8.50 | No figure |
| 1994 | No figure | $9.70 | No figure |
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.
Oglala Lakota: not published separately.
| 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 | $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% |
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.