Cash rent for pasture: Hot Springs 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
- Hot Springs County's rent is 1.4 times the Wyoming average and 0.6 times the US average.
- It is tied for the 5th highest of the 18 Wyoming counties NASS published for 2026.
- Since 2017 it has risen 42.9%, from $7 to $10 an acre.
- Gaps are years with no separate Hot Springs figure: NASS ran no county survey in 2018, and in 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025 it combined Hot Springs into "other counties". Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Hot Springs County | Wyoming | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $10 | $7.30 | $16.50 |
| 2025 | Combined into "other counties" | $7.50 | $15.50 |
| 2024 | Combined into "other counties" | $6.70 | $15.50 |
| 2023 | Combined into "other counties" | $5.90 | $15 |
| 2022 | $3.90 | $5.50 | $14 |
| 2021 | $4.90 | $4.80 | $13 |
| 2020 | Combined into "other counties" | $5 | $13 |
| 2019 | Combined into "other counties" | $4.40 | $13 |
| 2018 | No county survey that year | No figure | $12.50 |
| 2017 | $7 | $4.80 | $12.50 |
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.
| 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 This 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.