CUSTER COUNTY MARKET

Custer County, Colorado Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Westcliffe, Custer County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Colorado. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Custer County by the Numbers

Custer County has 274 farms on 99,280 acres (about 362 acres each). Together they sold $5.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, horses and poultry & eggs.

Beekeepers tend about 14 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Custer County already sell straight to the public, about $82,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Custer County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,244 head of cattle, 634 egg-laying hens and 590 horses and ponies in Custer County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 518 people run or help run farms in Custer County, with an average age of 61. 42% of them are women. 26 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.