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USDA NASS · 2026 county estimates

Missouri cash rent, county by county

What tenants paid per acre across 114 Missouri counties. For non-irrigated cropland, it runs from $16 in Camden County to $247 in Atchison County, with a county median of $117.

State avg · Non-irrigated cropland
$145/acre
2026 · −$3 (−2.0%) vs 2025
State avg · Irrigated cropland
$226/acre
2026 · +$14 (+6.6%) vs 2025
State avg · Pasture
$39.50/acre
2026 · +$1 (+2.6%) vs 2025

Highest non-irrigated cropland rent

  1. 1Atchison County$247
  2. 2Lafayette County$226
  3. 3Holt County$217
  4. 4Clinton County$200
  5. 5Saline County$196

Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent

  1. 1Camden County$16
  2. 2Carter County$19
  3. 3Dent County$20
  4. 4Washington County$22
  5. 5Taney County$24

Biggest increases, 2025→2026

  1. 1Benton County+49.0% (+$24.50)
  2. 2Taney County+37.1% (+$6.50)
  3. 3Dade County+34.7% (+$17)
  4. 4Franklin County+34.6% (+$18)
  5. 5Christian County+31.9% (+$11)

Biggest drops, 2025→2026

  1. 1St. Francois County−38.2% (−$39)
  2. 2Cedar County−35.6% (−$29)
  3. 3Ste. Genevieve County−35.4% (−$57)
  4. 4Osage County−27.9% (−$26.50)
  5. 5McDonald County−26.4% (−$16.50)
All 114 counties

Missouri cash rent table, 2026

$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published

Adair CountyNorth Central$121—$42+6.1%
Andrew CountyNorthwest$175—$51−2.8%
Atchison CountyNorthwest$247—$62.50−8.5%
Audrain CountyNortheast$179—$42.50+1.7%
Barry CountySouthwest$45—$32.50−25.0%
Barton CountySouthwest$83—$38.50−5.7%
Bates CountyWest$155—$46.50+4.7%
Benton CountyCentral$74.50—$32+49.0%
Bollinger CountySouth Central$68—$24.50+17.2%
Boone CountyCentral$143—$42−14.9%
Buchanan CountyNorthwest$164—$43.50−9.4%
Butler CountySoutheast$74.50——−15.8%
Caldwell CountyNorthwest$158—$46.50−4.2%
Callaway CountyCentral$131—$29.50−9.7%
Camden CountyCentral$16—$14—
Cape Girardeau CountySoutheast$117—$35.50+11.4%
Carroll CountyNorth Central$192—$53+3.8%
Carter CountySouth Central$19—$15.50−15.6%
Cass CountyWest$130—$46+6.6%
Cedar CountyWest$52.50—$41.50−35.6%
Chariton CountyNorth Central$156—$51−9.3%
Christian CountySouthwest$45.50—$38+31.9%
Clark CountyNortheast$157—$39.50−8.2%
Clay CountyNorthwest$175—$48+8.7%
Clinton CountyNorthwest$200—$45.50−10.3%
Cole CountyCentral$83.50—$35.50−19.7%
Cooper CountyCentral$144—$43.500%
Crawford CountyEast$24.50—$18−19.7%
Dade CountySouthwest$66—$38+34.7%
Dallas CountyCentral$31.50—$36−6.0%
Daviess CountyNorthwest$175—$49−7.9%
DeKalb CountyNorthwest$156—$52+4.0%
Dent CountySouth Central$20—$25−13.0%
Douglas CountySouth Central$31.50—$30−14.9%
Dunklin CountySoutheast————
Franklin CountyEast$70—$32+34.6%
Gasconade CountyEast$38—$26−9.5%
Gentry CountyNorthwest$160—$54−8.6%
Greene CountySouthwest$49.50—$45−3.9%
Grundy CountyNorth Central$165—$48.50+4.4%
Harrison CountyNorthwest$136—$45.50−6.8%
Henry CountyWest$96.50—$45−5.4%
Hickory CountyCentral$57.50—$34.50−19.0%
Holt CountyNorthwest$217—$54−0.5%
Howard CountyCentral$142—$56.50−6.6%
Howell CountySouth Central$47—$30−19.0%
Iron CountySouth Central——$22—
Jackson CountyWest$158—$41+27.4%
Jasper CountySouthwest$95.50—$41.50+4.9%
Jefferson CountyEast$52—$31.50−8.0%
Johnson CountyWest$105—$44.50−8.7%
Knox CountyNortheast$173—$600%
Laclede CountyCentral$38.50—$29.50+26.2%
Lafayette CountyWest$226—$46+8.1%
Lawrence CountySouthwest$68—$45.50+14.3%
Lewis CountyNortheast$176—$49−1.7%
Lincoln CountyEast$149—$40+5.7%
Linn CountyNorth Central$134—$48+4.7%
Livingston CountyNorth Central$185—$46.50+5.1%
Macon CountyNorth Central$135—$32−2.9%
Madison CountySouth Central$35.50—$26.50−16.5%
Maries CountyCentral$47—$29+13.3%
Marion CountyNortheast$185—$38−4.6%
McDonald CountySouthwest$46—$34.50−26.4%
Mercer CountyNorth Central$139—$52+17.8%
Miller CountyCentral$55—$26+19.6%
Mississippi CountySoutheast$183$251—+13.0%
Moniteau CountyCentral$84.50—$43.50−13.8%
Monroe CountyNortheast$171—$42+9.6%
Montgomery CountyEast$119—$37.50−13.8%
Morgan CountyCentral$64.50—$36−16.8%
New Madrid CountySoutheast$161$227—−7.5%
Newton CountySouthwest$59.50—$46.50+16.7%
Nodaway CountyNorthwest$192—$65.500%
Oregon CountySouth Central$27.50—$33−21.4%
Osage CountyCentral$68.50—$31−27.9%
Ozark CountySouth Central$31.50—$15.50—
Pemiscot CountySoutheast$157$185—−21.5%
Perry CountyEast$116—$44.50−14.1%
Pettis CountyCentral$149—$44+9.6%
Phelps CountyCentral——$33.50—
Pike CountyNortheast$148—$53.50+8.0%
Platte CountyNorthwest$168—$45−13.0%
Polk CountyCentral$47.50—$42+25.0%
Pulaski CountyCentral$29—$17−25.6%
Putnam CountyNorth Central$118—$52−9.9%
Ralls CountyNortheast$165—$38.50−6.2%
Randolph CountyNorth Central$144—$46.500%
Ray CountyNorthwest$187—$56.50+11.3%
Reynolds CountySouth Central$42.50—$13+19.7%
Ripley CountySouth Central$74—$25.50−18.2%
Saline CountyCentral$196—$56.50+10.1%
Schuyler CountyNorth Central$97—$53.50−11.0%
Scotland CountyNortheast$175—$58.50−2.8%
Scott CountySoutheast$176$260—−9.3%
Shannon CountySouth Central——$12—
Shelby CountyNortheast$177—$38.50+8.6%
St. Charles CountyEast$157——−9.8%
St. Clair CountyWest$109—$33.50−25.3%
St. Francois CountyEast$63—$21.50−38.2%
St. Louis CountyEast$142——+21.4%
Ste. Genevieve CountyEast$104—$31−35.4%
Stoddard CountySoutheast$113$208—+13.0%
Stone CountySouthwest——$30.50—
Sullivan CountyNorth Central$123—$45.50−2.4%
Taney CountySouth Central$24—$19+37.1%
Texas CountySouth Central$56.50—$33.50+2.7%
Vernon CountyWest$115—$37.50+15.6%
Warren CountyEast$107——−16.4%
Washington CountyEast$22—$31+12.8%
Wayne CountySouth Central$41.50—$25—
Webster CountySouth Central$37—$30−14.9%
Worth CountyNorthwest$188—$58−5.1%
Wright CountySouth Central$34.50—$30−1.4%

Counties NASS published only in 2025 show a dash for 2026; their pages carry the 2025 figure.

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Sources & method

Where these numbers come from

  • Every rent on these pages is a published estimate from the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey: the average cash rent paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pasture. We pull the 2024–2026 county and state series straight from Quick Stats.
  • NASS skips counties with too few survey reports, or withholds them to protect respondents, and lumps them into an "other counties" total. Those counties get no page here, and missing years show as a dash. We do not estimate, average or interpolate around the gaps.
  • The coefficient of variation (CV) is NASS's measure of sampling precision. Lower is tighter; the higher the CV, the wider the real range around the county figure.
  • "Bordering counties" are the ones that share a boundary under the Census Bureau county adjacency file, including across state lines.
  • An average rent is a benchmark, not a fair price for a specific field. Soil, drainage, fertility, improvements and lease terms all move the number.

Data last refreshed October 8, 2026.