Castro County, Texas Cash Rent
Non-irrigated cropland cash rent, Castro County, 2026
$49.00 per acre
Up $12.50 (34.2%) from 2025.
2026 cash rent by land type
Non-irrigated cropland
$49.00 per acre
Up $12.50 (34.2%) from 2025.
CV 6.3%
Irrigated cropland
$145.00 per acre
Down $9.00 (5.8%) from 2025.
CV 4.3%
Pasture
$19.50 per acre
Up $6.00 (44.4%) from 2025.
CV 6.1%
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Cash rent history, 2016 to 2026
| Year | Non-irrigated cropland | Irrigated cropland | Pasture |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $49.00 | $145.00 | $19.50 |
| 2025 | $36.50 | $154.00 | $13.50 |
| 2024 | $32.50 | $151.00 | $12.00 |
| 2023 | $33.00 | $129.00 | $12.00 |
| 2022 | $33.00 | $123.00 | $6.80 |
| 2021 | $28.50 | $132.00 | $11.50 |
| 2020 | $36.00 | $97.00 | Not published |
| 2019 | $36.00 | $98.00 | $11.00 |
| 2018 | No county release. NASS published no Texas county estimates for 2018. | ||
| 2017 | Not published | $97.00 | $10.00 |
| 2016 | $28.00 | Not published | $13.00 |
A dash means NASS did not publish a Castro County figure that year. Missing years are never estimated or filled in.
How Castro County compares, 2026
Compared with the 67 counties in the NASS Northern High Plains, Southern High Plains, Northern Low Plains and Southern Low Plains districts. Each comparison counts only the counties with a published figure for that land type and year.
Non-irrigated cropland
- Regional median: $33.00 per acre across 56 counties. Castro County is $16.00 (48.5%) above it.
- 89th percentile among 56 High Plains and Rolling Plains counties.
- Texas average: $35.50 per acre. Castro County is $13.50 (38.0%) above it.
Irrigated cropland
- Regional median: $114.50 per acre across 22 counties. Castro County is $30.50 (26.6%) above it.
- 66th percentile among 22 High Plains and Rolling Plains counties.
- Texas average: $125.00 per acre. Castro County is $20.00 (16.0%) above it.
Pasture
- Regional median: $8.75 per acre across 60 counties. Castro County is $10.75 (122.9%) above it.
- 99th percentile among 60 High Plains and Rolling Plains counties.
- Texas average: $8.60 per acre. Castro County is $10.90 (126.7%) above it.
Non-irrigated cropland rent in neighboring counties, 2026
| County | Non-irrigated cropland |
|---|---|
| Deaf Smith County | $31.50 |
| Hale County | $50.00 |
| Lamb County | $65.50 |
| Parmer County | $36.50 |
| Randall County | $35.50 |
| Swisher County | $39.00 |
Average non-irrigated cropland rent of the 6 neighbors with a published 2026 figure: $43.00 per acre. Castro County is $6.00 (14.0%) above that average.
Rank in the Northern High Plains district, 2026
Among the counties in the NASS Northern High Plains district with a published figure for each land type, highest rent first.
- #2 of 20 in Northern High Plains on non-irrigated cropland, tied with 1 other county.
- #6 of 13 in Northern High Plains on irrigated cropland.
- #1 of 21 in Northern High Plains on pasture.
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Common questions
What is the average non-irrigated cropland cash rent in Castro County?
$49.00 per acre in 2026, according to the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey. Up $12.50 (34.2%) from 2025.
What is the average irrigated cropland cash rent in Castro County?
$145.00 per acre in 2026, according to the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey. Down $9.00 (5.8%) from 2025.
What is the average pasture cash rent in Castro County?
$19.50 per acre in 2026, according to the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey. Up $6.00 (44.4%) from 2025.
How does Castro County cash rent compare with nearby counties?
Castro County's 2026 non-irrigated cropland rent of $49.00 per acre is in the 89th percentile among 56 High Plains and Rolling Plains counties. The regional median is $33.00 per acre.
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Cash rents across the Texas South Plains and Panhandle
Methodology and sources
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Cash Rents Survey, retrieved through the Quick Stats database. Figures are cash rent in dollars per acre.
NASS publishes state estimates in early August and county estimates in late August.
County estimates on this page run from 2016 to 2026. NASS released no Texas county estimates for 2018.
NASS withholds a county figure when too few operators report or when publishing it would disclose an individual operation. Those years show as a dash in the history table.
CV is the coefficient of variation NASS reports with each estimate. Lower means a more precise estimate.
Regional medians and percentiles cover the 67 counties in the NASS Northern High Plains, Southern High Plains, Northern Low Plains and Southern Low Plains districts, counting only counties with a published figure for that land type and year. The percentile is the share of those counties below Castro County, with ties counted as half.
Texas average is the NASS state-level estimate for the same land type and year.
Neighboring counties are those that share a border, from the U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file. Counties that touch only at a corner are not counted. The neighbor comparison uses the same land type as the headline, and the neighbor average counts only neighbors with a published figure.
District rank orders the counties in the same NASS district that published that land type for the year, highest rent first. Tied counties share a rank.
Listings are Veritas listings whose map location falls inside Castro County, matched by GPS against Census county boundaries.
Data last retrieved from NASS on October 20, 2026.