Table 20. Livestock and Poultry— Inventory and Sales: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Inventory 



Farms 



Number 



Value< 

 ($1,000) 



Sales 



Farms 



Value 

 ($1,000) 



Livestock and poultry 1987_. 



1982. 



1978, 

 Poultry 1987_. 



1982_ 



1978_ 

 Livestock - 1987. 



1982. 



1978. 



Any cattle, hogs, or sheep 19B7. 



1982. 

 1978. 



(Dattle and calves 1987. 



1982. 



1978. 

 Clows and heifers that had calved 1987. 



1982. 



1978. 

 Beef cows 1987. 



1982. 



1978. 

 Milk cows 1987. 



1982. 



1978. 



Hogs and pigs 1987.. 



1982. 

 1978. 



Feeder pigs sold 1987. 



1982. 

 1978. 



Sheep and lambs^ 1987. 



1982. 

 1978. 



Horses and ponies 1987. 



1982. 

 1978. 



Chickens 3 months old or older^ 1987. 



1982. 

 1978. 



Hens and pullets of laying age 1987. 



1982. 

 1978. 



Broilers and other meat-type chickens 1987. 



1982. 



1978. 

 Turkeys 1987. 



1982. 



1978. 



740 485 

 674 760 

 506 589 

 142 884 

 117 915 

 102 089 

 597 602 

 556 844 

 404 500 



570 650 

 544 465 

 401 133 



365 854 

 369 720 

 260 102 

 250 303 

 258 219 

 163 793 

 134 669 

 119 804 

 111 120 

 115 633 

 138 415 

 52 673 



203 768 



174 004 



140 691 



(X) 



(X) 



(X) 



1 028 



742 



341 



26 951 



12 379 



3 367 



31 276 

 38 004 

 37 575 

 25 419 

 30 501 



32 470 



52 458 



33 657 



34 387 

 59 149 

 46 254 

 30 126 



2 104 430 



1 602 642 



1 310 309 



1 240 193 



880 724 



749 219 



864 237 



721 918 



561 090 



650 467 

 500 344 

 398 392 



134 3B9 

 110 348 

 113 215 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



515 327 



389 617 



284 800 



44 203 



40 277 



34 422 



752 



380 



377 



8 034 



6 452 



3 531 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



'Data are estimated; see text. 



^alue of sales includes sheep, lambs, and wool sold. 



^Sales for 1987 include pullets of less than 3 months old. 



Table 21. Poultry— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 



'Sales for 1987 include pullets of less than 3 months old. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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