Cash rent for pasture: Big Horn County, Wyoming
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, Big Horn County's rent was 3.0 times the Wyoming average and 1.5 times the US average.
- It is the highest of the 20 Wyoming counties NASS published for 2025.
- From 2009 to 2025 it rose 275.0%, from $6 to $22.50 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Big Horn figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2015 or 2018, in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2026 it combined Big Horn into "other counties", and NASS had no figure available in 2008. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Big Horn County | Wyoming | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Combined into "other counties" | $7.30 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | $22.50 | $7.50 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | $24 | $6.70 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | $21 | $5.90 | $15 |
| 2022 | $15 | $5.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | $12.50 | $4.80 | $13 |
| 2020 | $14 | $5 | $13 |
| 2019 | $11 | $4.40 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $8 | $4.80 | $12.50 |
| 2016 | $6.80 | $5.30 | $13 |
| 2015 | No county survey that year | No figure | $14 |
| 2014 | $5.80 | $5 | $12 |
| 2013 | Combined into "other counties" | $4.50 | $12 |
| 2012 | Combined into "other counties" | $4.80 | $11.50 |
| 2011 | Combined into "other counties" | $4.50 | $11.50 |
| 2010 | $6 | $4 | $11 |
| 2009 | $6 | $4 | $11 |
| 2008 | Not available | $4 | $10.50 |
| 2007 | No figure | $4 | $10 |
| 2006 | No figure | $4.50 | $10.80 |
| 2005 | No figure | $4 | $10.30 |
| 2004 | No figure | $4 | $9.60 |
| 2003 | No figure | $3.50 | $9 |
| 2002 | No figure | $3.80 | $9.20 |
| 2001 | No figure | $3.50 | $9.20 |
| 2000 | No figure | $3.50 | $8.50 |
| 1999 | No figure | $4 | $8.90 |
| 1998 | No figure | No figure | $8.80 |
| 1995 | No figure | $3.50 | No figure |
| 1994 | No figure | $3.10 | No figure |
Every Wyoming county, 2026
Darker shading means a higher figure. Values run from $4 an acre in Natrona County to $15 an acre in Lincoln County.
- Under $5.80 (3 counties)
- $5.80 to under $7.80 (4 counties)
- $7.80 to under $8.10 (2 counties)
- $8.10 to under $11 (5 counties)
- $11 and over (4 counties)
- Not published separately (5 counties, $12 an acre combined)
NASS combined Big Horn County, Sublette County, Sweetwater County, Teton County and Washakie County into "other counties", so they have no figure of their own.
Big Horn: not published separately.
| Rank | County | Figure (dollars an acre) | Precision (CV) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County | $15 | 24.7% |
| 2 | Park County | $13.50 | 29.3% |
| 3 | Fremont County | $13 | 8.2% |
| 4 | Sheridan County | $11 | 6.0% |
| 5 | Goshen County | $10 | 7.0% |
| 5 | Hot Springs County | $10 | 10.8% |
| 7 | Uinta County | $8.20 | 12.8% |
| 8 | Crook County | $8.10 | 6.1% |
| 8 | Niobrara County | $8.10 | 6.6% |
| 10 | Converse County | $7.90 | 11.8% |
| 11 | Weston County | $7.80 | 14.5% |
| 12 | Albany County | $6.20 | 13.6% |
| 12 | Campbell County | $6.20 | 9.1% |
| 12 | Laramie County | $6.20 | 5.6% |
| 15 | Platte County | $5.80 | 11.3% |
| 16 | Johnson County | $5 | 6.8% |
| 17 | Carbon County | $4.40 | 7.2% |
| 18 | Natrona County | $4 | 10.6% |
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.