Corn Belt
Missouri farmland value and cash rent on the Land Market Index
Northern Missouri leans toward Corn Belt cropland, while the Ozarks are mostly pasture and hay. The farm-real-estate average blends those landscapes.
Missouri farm real estate averaged $5,200 per acre in 2026, above the U.S. figure of $4,500.
2026 averages
- Farm real estate
- $5,200 / acre
- +4.0% from 2025
- Cropland
- $5,310 / acre
- +3.1% from 2025
- Pasture
- $2,850 / acre
- +3.6% from 2025
- Cropland cash rent
- $158 / acre
- +0.6% from 2025
- Pasture cash rent
- $39.5 / acre
- +2.6% from 2025
Dollars per acre. A state average is not the price of a specific farm.
Annual estimates
| Series | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm real estate | $4,230 | $4,610 | $4,800 | $5,000 | $5,200 | +4.0% |
| Cropland | $4,400 | $4,720 | $4,910 | $5,150 | $5,310 | +3.1% |
| Pasture | $2,450 | $2,560 | $2,650 | $2,750 | $2,850 | +3.6% |
| Cropland cash rent | $147 | $149 | $156 | $157 | $158 | +0.6% |
| Irrigated cropland cash rent | $202 | $209 | $210 | $212 | $226 | +6.6% |
| Non-irrigated cropland cash rent | $139 | $141 | $148 | $148 | $145 | −2.0% |
| Pasture cash rent | $35 | $36.5 | $37.5 | $38.5 | $39.5 | +2.6% |
What the rows mean
- Farm real estate
- Average value of all land and buildings used for agricultural production, including dwellings, if sold under current market conditions with a reasonable time on the market.
- Cropland
- Average value of land used for field crops, vegetables, or hay, including idle cropland and cropland in conservation programs. Land that alternates between crops and pasture is valued as cropland.
- Pasture
- Average value of land normally grazed by livestock. Animals do not have to be on the land during the survey year.
- Cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for cropland. NASS measures this as rent expense in dollars per acre. Share rents are not included.
- Irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Non-irrigated cropland cash rent
- Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland, in dollars per acre.
- Pasture cash rent
- Average cash rent for pastureland, in dollars per acre.
Counties
- Audrain County $6,387 2022 census
- Carroll County $5,366 2022 census
- Dunklin County $6,938 2022 census
- Lafayette County $7,328 2022 census
- New Madrid County $6,704 2022 census
- Nodaway County $5,499 2022 census
- Saline County $6,325 2022 census
- Stoddard County $6,814 2022 census
Nearby states
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Sources
- Land Values 2026 Summary, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, released 2026-07-31. Text tables. ESMIS archive.
- Quick Stats cash rent expense, dollars per acre, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Retrieved 2026-10-25.
State and U.S. survey estimates. Blank cells were not published. Year-over-year rent changes in this file are calculated from those estimates. Land-value changes are the percents printed in the summary. Rent changes are calculated from the published yearly estimates. U.S. government figures are public domain and were not adjusted. A blank or “withheld” cell was not published.