Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Moody County$252
- 2Union County$252
- 3Lincoln County$244
- 4Clay County$241
- 5Minnehaha County$221
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Fall River County$23.50
- 2Lawrence County$25
- 3Custer County$28.50
- 4Meade County$31
- 5Bennett County$32
Biggest increases, 2025→2026
- 1Todd County+26.8% (+$9.50)
- 2Hyde County+19.6% (+$15)
- 3Custer County+18.8% (+$4.50)
- 4Hughes County+16.2% (+$12.50)
- 5Mellette County+15.1% (+$6.50)
Biggest drops, 2025→2026
- 1Butte County−29.2% (−$16.50)
- 2Jackson County−15.8% (−$7.50)
- 3Lawrence County−13.8% (−$4)
- 4Hamlin County−9.3% (−$18)
- 5Meade County−8.8% (−$3)
All 66 counties
South Dakota cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Aurora County | Central | $139 | — | $57.50 | +9.4% |
| Beadle County | Central | $140 | $220 | $56.50 | +9.4% |
| Bennett County | Southwest | $32 | — | $16.50 | −5.9% |
| Bon Homme County | Southeast | $160 | $235 | $51.50 | −2.4% |
| Brookings County | East Central | $205 | $259 | $58 | −1.0% |
| Brown County | North Central | $166 | $200 | $53 | +0.6% |
| Brule County | Central | $110 | — | $50 | −3.5% |
| Buffalo County | Central | — | — | $42 | — |
| Butte County | Northwest | $40 | $122 | $13.50 | −29.2% |
| Campbell County | North Central | $79.50 | — | $35 | −6.5% |
| Charles Mix County | Southeast | $142 | — | $54.50 | −2.1% |
| Clark County | Northeast | $170 | — | $51 | +12.6% |
| Clay County | Southeast | $241 | $303 | — | +13.1% |
| Codington County | Northeast | $175 | — | $60 | −0.6% |
| Corson County | Northwest | $50.50 | — | — | +9.8% |
| Custer County | Southwest | $28.50 | — | $10.50 | +18.8% |
| Davison County | East Central | $153 | — | $64 | −3.8% |
| Day County | Northeast | $159 | — | $49.50 | +6.7% |
| Deuel County | Northeast | $181 | — | $59.50 | −0.5% |
| Dewey County | Northwest | $47 | — | $12 | −6.0% |
| Douglas County | Southeast | $143 | — | $53.50 | −0.7% |
| Edmunds County | North Central | $112 | — | $44 | −5.9% |
| Fall River County | Southwest | $23.50 | — | $10 | — |
| Faulk County | North Central | $112 | — | $47 | +0.9% |
| Grant County | Northeast | $155 | — | $57.50 | −1.3% |
| Gregory County | South Central | $73 | — | $35 | −8.7% |
| Haakon County | West Central | $53.50 | — | $20 | +7.0% |
| Hamlin County | Northeast | $176 | — | $64.50 | −9.3% |
| Hand County | Central | $108 | — | $45.50 | +4.9% |
| Hanson County | East Central | $184 | — | $56 | 0% |
| Harding County | Northwest | $32.50 | — | $11.50 | 0% |
| Hughes County | Central | $89.50 | $168 | $30.50 | +16.2% |
| Hutchinson County | Southeast | $165 | — | $60.50 | −4.1% |
| Hyde County | Central | $91.50 | — | $47 | +19.6% |
| Jackson County | West Central | $40 | — | $16.50 | −15.8% |
| Jerauld County | Central | $105 | — | $47 | −6.2% |
| Jones County | South Central | $35.50 | — | $19.50 | +7.6% |
| Kingsbury County | East Central | $158 | — | $64 | −2.5% |
| Lake County | East Central | $180 | $271 | $66 | −1.6% |
| Lawrence County | West Central | $25 | — | $16 | −13.8% |
| Lincoln County | Southeast | $244 | $261 | $58.50 | +5.2% |
| Lyman County | South Central | $102 | — | $30 | +8.5% |
| Marshall County | Northeast | $153 | — | $39.50 | +2.7% |
| McCook County | East Central | $214 | — | $56.50 | +10.9% |
| McPherson County | North Central | $99.50 | — | $44 | −5.2% |
| Meade County | West Central | $31 | — | $15 | −8.8% |
| Mellette County | South Central | $49.50 | — | $21 | +15.1% |
| Miner County | East Central | $146 | — | $61.50 | 0% |
| Minnehaha County | East Central | $221 | $241 | $56 | +4.2% |
| Moody County | East Central | $252 | — | $58 | +0.4% |
| Oglala Lakota County | Southwest | — | — | — | — |
| Pennington County | West Central | $37 | — | $16.50 | −1.3% |
| Perkins County | Northwest | $39 | — | $16 | −6.0% |
| Potter County | North Central | $111 | — | $42.50 | +13.8% |
| Roberts County | Northeast | $179 | — | $46 | +2.9% |
| Sanborn County | East Central | $138 | — | $65 | +7.0% |
| Spink County | North Central | $139 | — | $53 | +10.3% |
| Stanley County | West Central | $48.50 | — | $19 | +14.1% |
| Sully County | Central | $96.50 | — | $36 | −0.5% |
| Todd County | South Central | $45 | — | $20.50 | +26.8% |
| Tripp County | South Central | $70.50 | — | $37 | −2.1% |
| Turner County | Southeast | $218 | $306 | $59.50 | +10.1% |
| Union County | Southeast | $252 | $269 | $61 | +7.2% |
| Walworth County | North Central | $105 | — | $34 | +7.7% |
| Yankton County | Southeast | $194 | $315 | $59.50 | 0% |
| Ziebach County | Northwest | — | — | $10.50 | — |
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.