Cash rent for pasture: Wayne County, Utah
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
- Wayne County's rent is 1.1 times the Utah average and 0.6 times the US average.
- It is the 8th highest of the 17 Utah counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has risen 17.7%, from $7.90 to $9.30 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Wayne figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2022 it combined Wayne into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Wayne County | Utah | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $9.30 | $8.20 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $13.50 | $5.50 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $12.50 | $5.30 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $5.80 | $4.10 | $15 |
| 2022 | Combined into "other counties" | $4.10 | $14 |
| 2021 | $7.90 | $4.50 | $13 |
| 2020 | $8.30 | $4.90 | $13 |
| 2019 | $10 | $4.30 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $7.90 | $4.80 | $12.50 |
Every Utah county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $1.20 an acre in Tooele County to $26.50 an acre in Weber County.
- Under $4.80 (3 counties)
- $4.80 to under $6.10 (3 counties)
- $6.10 to under $10 (4 counties)
- $10 to under $14 (3 counties)
- $14 and over (4 counties)
- Not published separately (12 counties, $11 an acre combined)
NASS combined Beaver County, Carbon County, Daggett County, Davis County, Garfield County, Grand County, Iron County, Morgan County, Piute County, Salt Lake County, San Juan County and Wasatch County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weber County | $26.50 | 13.1% |
| 2 | Duchesne County | $15 | 20.8% |
| 3 | Sevier County | $14 | 22.8% |
| 3 | Utah County | $14 | 19.6% |
| 5 | Cache County | $13 | 20.8% |
| 6 | Washington County | $11.50 | 44.0% |
| 7 | Rich County | $10 | 25.4% |
| 8 | Wayne County This county | $9.30 | 25.1% |
| 9 | Uintah County | $6.40 | 37.8% |
| 10 | Sanpete County | $6.20 | 16.7% |
| 11 | Box Elder County | $6.10 | 15.6% |
| 12 | Emery County | $5.40 | 9.9% |
| 13 | Summit County | $5.10 | 22.8% |
| 14 | Millard County | $4.80 | 11.1% |
| 15 | Kane County | $2.90 | 7.3% |
| 16 | Juab County | $1.90 | 24.6% |
| 17 | Tooele County | $1.20 | 17.6% |
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.