Going Rate for Pasture Board with Amenities in Your Area?

[Spudsmyguy]

I’m currently pasture boarding one of my horses, he shares with a very submissive TB mare. Pasture is putting it nicely as it’s basically dirt with nothing but weeds growing so they are supplemented with hay and my guy gets a ration balancer along with grain which I provide. The barn has a shared tack room, a small covered arena (footing is so-so, deep in places, not enough in others), and that’s about it. They did have jumps but they belonged to the former barn manager so when she left she took them with her. All they have left are about 4 or 5 poles and a couple of barrels.

I’m paying $375 and it is expected to go up at the turn of the year. What do you think? This is in the PNW and just want to find out what the going rate is in other areas.

[Luseride]

Georgia - $200 per month. Pasture, run in shelter, a horse and a mule on a couple of acres. Feed twice daily plus round bale hay. Access to 100’ x 220’ sand arena with jumps and timed event props. and 30 acres of trails. Tack room, restroom in barn.

[ghst13]

I have one of my horses in pasture board in a high COL area, although the barn is further out (75 minutes from work) so slightly less expensive. It’s hard to find any pasture board in this area that isn’t self-care or renting someone’s field. There isn’t a ton of land available and most full care board is stall board. 6 acre grass field shared with 2 other pasture board horses plus 1-3 additional stall board horses half the day. Grained twice a day, fly sprayed in summer, round bales in winter, blanket changes in winter for an extra $25/month. Good size grass ring with decent footing and full course of jumps, small sand ring that tends to be deep, access to trails. Shared heated/cooled tack room, but restroom is a porta-potty. Really good management that keeps a close eye on all the horses.

I pay $400/month, but only a basic grain is included in board so I supply my own senior feed for another ~$150/month. Feels like a bargain since most stall board is at least $700 (no indoor ring) or $800-900 (indoor ring).

[Scribbler]

We dont have pasture board with amenities. You can put your horse out on old dairy pasture that’s waiting for condos. Nowhere to ride. Or you can be in a barn with an arena with maybe seasonal pasture and winter dry lots.

[clanter]

We are boarding a Goat for a woman… $100 per month

[luvmyhackney]

I paid 550.00 for outdoor board with a dry lot plus additional hay up charge in the winter. Only amenities were some trails, paddock to ride in, nice wash stall, and amazing care.

I’m in a high cost of living but horsey area. I purchased my own place last November.

[lenapesadie]

Field board is getting scarce here if one wants amenities and to be within a reasonable distance of civilization.

However, there’s a small trend in a couple of barns that are set up for individual turnouts w run in sheds. Pay same price as full board, still have stall, but horse lives outside 24/7. $600 - $750 depending on what feed program you need.

[candyappy]

In my area it looks like $350-$400 for the few I looked at. Probably some cheaper options in the Mid $200 range.

[joiedevie99]

I pay mid $400s for my retired horse to be on turnout board, with hay 24/7 and grain once a day. Pasture is available, but he’s prone to obesity so he’s on a dry lot. The barn has two riding areas (one hilly grass, one small arena with ok footing), and trails.

[LilDunFilly]

I pay $150 (SoCal) but it is 1. someone’s personal property/not a boarding facility, 2. no amenities, 3. the middle of nowhere.

[Obsidian_Fire]

Pasture board with nothing but a shelter and fencing, is pushing $300 and that’s “self care”. No arena, nothing, at a local place. This is where prices are heading.
I’m currently paying $250 for self care - and I do everything including buy my own bedding. I do have all the amenities I’d like, but with other boarders to ‘share the costs’ I think keeps the price down a touch.
Everywhere I look, well first off pasture board is an anomaly anymore, prices are headed north of $500/mo and that’s on the cheaper end.

[trubandloki]

Pasture board is not easy to find in my area typically. I would assume the cost would be similar to stall board, if I could find pasture board, because the barn has to walk out to feed and care for my beast instead of finding them nicely tucked in their stall before/after turn out.

[GraceLikeRain]

We have two broad buckets around here. A fenced pasture and self care without riding amenities (or low quality ones) for $150-200/month. The other end is at nice boarding barns with full amenities and run in sheds for $450-550. There is one barn around here that charges $700 because they have the amenities of a $1,200 base board set up and chose to do roomy run in sheds with small groups rather than a traditional barn

[Lunabear1988]

It’s rare here but I think it’s typically $400/$450.

[Djones]

Alabama- I recently charged 200/month for a large dry lot and the owner supplied their own hay and did their own feeding/chores. Access to a lighted arena, washrack, trails. Had I fed their hay it would have been 300/month.

[petesperson]

I board in NJ about 30 mins from Philadelphia. Horse has her own pen and shed, but some others at the farm are in groups of 2-3, with larger pens/pastures. Morning grain, supplements provided, hay 24/7, indoor with good footing, outdoor jumping area, and limited trail riding. Barn with crossties and tack storage. Outdoor bathing area. Great care. $500.

[TheJenners]

@Spudsmyguy

I’m paying $375 and it is expected to go up at the turn of the year. What do you think? This is in the PNW and just want to find out what the going rate is in other areas.

Also the PNW, and honestly… you got it good. Indoor anything is going to pop you over $400 regardless of the other amenities or “amenities.” You didn’t mention barn, shelter, tack room, etc? A woman on the island charges $500 for a stall and a 12xwhatever (depends) run out, usually like 40’, because she has a covered arena. Said cover though is so danged high that wind and rain can blow in easily, the “walls” are about knee high so good luck keeping a horse inside if it wants out, and only part of the arena is covered, so the footing is wonky because the ends get rain and the center doesn’t. Or you can put your horse in a small muddy turnout with a shelter if the runouts are too small for your tastes. Another barn only offers small paddocks (40x40 to 40x100) with a shelter but has a huge outdoor arena with professional footing and an extra large indoor arena with professional footing. Both barns supply hay. Second barn, not sure what they charge but probably $400+ and owner has to muck the paddocks.

There is a place right outside the city limits with iffy fencing on a busy road that is pasture board (literally no other amenities, I do think there is storage for hay/feed? and a water hose) for like $100/mo or something, but it’s also a self-care situation. Doubt there is insurance of any sort and if you want to ride you are doing so in the heavily treed pasture with other horses. So pick yer poison.

All of my examples are mid- to low-end examples. Other barns charge way way more. One barn charged $585 when I inquired back in 2007. Others are $500 to $750 that I know of off the top of my head, generally with hands off BOs/BMs, without covered/indoor arenas.

[Spudsmyguy]

There is a small shelter, big enough for one horse. There is a tack room and a barn with about 6 stalls of which 4 have attached paddocks. I have to say, the hay is top quality and the barn is very clean. However, turnouts are never picked out and the footing inside the shelter is nothing but dried out manure. They’re going to be working on the footing in the arena this weekend, trying to get it level and distributed more evenly. So all things considered, I guess it’s not too bad where I am.

[angelika]

Bay Area here, we have dry lot pasture board. (4 per pasture) There is some grass in the early Spring but the rest of the year is dry and winter can be muddy. Horses live out 24/7 unless raining and then they come in to stalls. Fed 3x a day alfalfa/orchard grass. Fed grain and client provided supplements. We have a covered arena and an outdoor arena, nice footing and lots of jumps. Shared tack room. $550 a month, which is a good price around my area. Stable board with turnout is around $850.

[beowulf]

I had a hard time answering this because “pasture board” really means anything here from full self-care and full providing feed, to owner provides feed and barn-staff dump feed/turnout. I also was trying to figure out what “amenities” meant… Do you mean indoor, outdoor, pasture and access to barn/tack room? Or… something else?

In my area (Massachusetts) you cannot keep a horse in moderate work over the winter without an indoor. The cold is fine but the ice in outdoor rings makes riding dangerous at anything more than a walk. An indoor is a required amenity for most, if not all riders here.

Going rate for full board with indoor is $1000-1300.
Going rate for self-care with an outdoor, no indoor is $300-600.
Going rate for full board no indoor is $600-800.
(There are no self-care options with indoors that I am aware of)

Very few barns have the set up for 24/7 turnout. I don’t know any competition/show barns near me that offer any sort of 24/7 regime.

So I would say those who have access to these things are very lucky indeed.