County · Minnesota · USDA NASS 2025

Steele County

cropland

$258.00/ac

MN avg $199.00

Pasture

$42.00/ac

irrigated $214.00

Soil NCCPI

0.787

MN avg 0.610

Rank · cropland

11/84

percentile 87

Δ since 2019

+18%

MN +22%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Steele County at $258 per acre per year, with pasture at $42/acre and irrigated ground at $214/acre. The county's soils index 0.79 (NCCPI), above the Minnesota county average of 0.61 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is up 18% since 2019; Steele County ranks 11 of 84 Minnesota counties.

All counties · 84 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Martin	285.00	—	22.00	0.780
2	Sibley	278.00	—	—	0.779
3	Freeborn	276.00	301.00	49.50	0.793
4	Dodge	272.00	—	67.50	0.795
5	Renville	269.00	—	43.50	0.769
6	Blue Earth	266.00	—	60.00	0.725
7	Faribault	264.00	—	—	0.769
7	Mower	264.00	286.00	43.00	0.779
9	Waseca	260.00	—	—	0.776
10	Watonwan	259.00	—	41.00	0.773
11	Nicollet	258.00	—	—	0.750
11	Rice	258.00	270.00	52.50	0.746
11	Steele	258.00	214.00	42.00	0.787
14	Goodhue	256.00	259.00	48.00	0.698
15	Le Sueur	254.00	—	50.00	0.755
16	Nobles	252.00	—	70.00	0.781
17	Mcleod	251.00	—	—	0.751
17	Redwood	251.00	—	46.50	0.774
19	Kandiyohi	250.00	260.00	60.00	0.651
20	Murray	247.00	—	57.50	0.696
21	Winona	246.00	—	67.50	0.575
22	Cottonwood	244.00	—	48.00	0.770
23	Olmsted	240.00	—	47.50	0.706
23	Rock	240.00	—	76.50	0.715
25	Jackson	239.00	—	64.00	0.750
26	Dakota	238.00	312.00	50.00	0.666
27	Wabasha	233.00	—	56.00	0.664
28	Carver	231.00	—	—	0.762
28	Fillmore	231.00	—	63.50	0.727
30	Yellow Medicine	230.00	—	37.00	0.755
31	Swift	229.00	248.00	44.50	0.604
32	Brown	227.00	185.00	38.50	0.746
33	Chippewa	226.00	—	30.50	0.713
34	Lyon	222.00	—	52.50	0.687
35	Houston	220.00	—	45.50	0.515
35	Lincoln	220.00	—	66.50	0.624
37	Pipestone	213.00	—	67.00	0.661
38	Lac Qui Parle	212.00	183.00	41.50	0.690
38	Meeker	212.00	228.00	48.50	0.622
40	Scott	209.00	—	—	0.722
41	Grant	202.00	181.00	—	0.642
41	Traverse	202.00	—	—	0.602
43	Stevens	190.00	208.00	22.00	0.655
44	Stearns	186.00	219.00	40.50	0.566
45	Wright	175.00	178.00	24.50	0.709
46	Clay	170.00	—	16.00	0.530
47	Big Stone	169.00	156.00	51.00	0.616
48	Pope	155.00	208.00	37.50	0.553
49	Washington	153.00	233.00	19.50	0.536
50	Douglas	152.00	142.00	29.50	0.552
50	Norman	152.00	—	17.50	0.519
52	Wilkin	151.00	—	—	0.553
53	Hennepin	145.00	—	42.50	0.670
54	Mahnomen	143.00	—	19.00	0.542
55	Polk	137.00	232.00	33.50	0.513
56	Becker	125.00	—	26.50	0.466
57	Marshall	120.00	—	21.50	0.501
58	Todd	116.00	181.00	16.50	0.461
59	Benton	109.00	288.00	20.00	0.530
60	Otter Tail	97.50	195.00	24.50	0.459
61	Kittson	92.50	—	7.90	0.435
62	Morrison	92.00	161.00	19.50	0.442
63	Mille Lacs	91.50	—	15.00	0.543
64	Red Lake	88.00	—	27.00	0.538
65	Pennington	87.00	—	27.50	0.563
66	Chisago	83.00	—	24.00	0.544
67	Anoka	71.00	—	—	0.405
68	Roseau	64.50	—	15.00	0.406
69	Kanabec	62.50	—	24.00	0.535
70	Isanti	60.00	—	10.50	0.483
71	Sherburne	55.00	196.00	31.50	0.443
72	Pine	50.50	—	14.50	0.534
73	Beltrami	47.00	—	11.00	0.422
73	Lake Of The Woods	47.00	—	8.50	0.396
75	Clearwater	46.00	—	14.50	0.476
76	Crow Wing	43.50	—	17.50	0.352
77	Wadena	43.00	200.00	16.50	0.410
78	Itasca	30.50	—	10.50	0.433
79	Cass	25.00	151.00	23.50	0.420
80	Carlton	24.00	—	10.50	0.416
80	Koochiching	24.00	—	11.00	—
82	Aitkin	17.50	—	9.90	0.417
83	Hubbard	16.00	191.00	22.50	0.358
84	St. Louis	10.50	—	7.90	—

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Source: USDA NASS cash rents survey, county estimates, latest published year per series. Soil productivity from USDA SSURGO (NCCPI). Planning-grade market data — not an appraisal, legal, or financial advice. Free · instant · nobody calls you.