Table 1 7. Milk Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Milk cow herd 
Total 
Cows and heifers that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Total 
Milk cows 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
242 
35,050 
242 
18,598 
242 
17,740 
213 
16,452 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
111 
1,033 
111 
474 
111 
298 
86 
559 
1 0 to 1 9 
7 
204 
7 
125 
7 
106 
7 
79 
20 to 49 
43 
2,813 
43 
1,652 
43 
1,426 
41 
1,161 
50 to 99 
29 
3,864 
29 
2,153 
29 
2,103 
27 
1,711 
1 00 to 1 99 
23 
5,894 
23 
3,275 
23 
2,990 
23 
2,619 
200 to 499 
25 
13,225 
25 
6,982 
25 
6,880 
25 
6,243 
500 to 999 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
1 ,000 or more 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
“ 
" 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
1,210 
13,228 
951 
7,222 
(X) 
(X) 
768 
6,006 
Milk cow herd 
Cattle and calves sales 
Milk sales 
Total 
Cattle 
Calves 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
180 
10,873 
6,330 
162 
4,936 
140 
5,937 
147 
(D) 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
56 
(D) 
207 
47 
178 
29 
(D) 
17 
174 
1 0 to 1 9 
6 
66 
(D) 
4 
27 
5 
39 
6 
421 
20 to 49 
38 
727 
417 
34 
411 
32 
316 
43 
(D) 
50 to 99 
28 
1,330 
641 
28 
585 
25 
745 
29 
7,297 
1 00 to 1 99 
23 
2,039 
1,433 
21 
879 
23 
1,160 
23 
12,244 
200 to 499 
25 
4,433 
2,712 
25 
2,008 
22 
2,425 
25 
27,403 
500 to 999 
3 
1,546 
830 
3 
848 
3 
698 
3 
12,381 
1 ,000 or more 
1 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2,500 or more 
“ 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
594 
3,818 
3,421 
499 
2,840 
202 
978 
2 
(D) 
Table 18. Cattle and Calves - Number Sold Per Farm by Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle, including calves weighing 500 pounds or more 
Calves weighing less than 
500 pounds 
Number sold 
Cattle and calves 
Total 
Cattle on feed 
(see text) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
774 
14,691 
9,751 
661 
7,776 
11 
153 
342 
6,915 
Farms by number of cattle 
and calves sold - 
1 to 9 
556 
1,722 
1,408 
454 
1,205 
1 
(D) 
181 
517 
1 0 to 1 9 
81 
(D) 
(D) 
75 
(D) 
7 
98 
44 
(D) 
20 to 49 
66 
1,899 
1,397 
63 
1,071 
1 
(D) 
55 
828 
50 to 99 
35 
2,444 
1,677 
34 
1,327 
1 
(D) 
28 
1,117 
1 00 to 1 99 
24 
3,294 
2,206 
24 
1,649 
1 
(D) 
22 
1,645 
200 to 499 
11 
3,579 
1,954 
10 
1,554 
- 
11 
2,025 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Table 19. Hogs and Pigs - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total hogs and pigs 
318 
4,737 
244 
3,645 
Total hogs and pigs - Con. 
Farms with- 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
1 to 24 
283 
2,225 
209 
1,181 
used for breeding - Con. 
25 to 49 
24 
825 
23 
797 
Farms with - Con. 
50 to 99 
2 
(D) 
6 
490 
1 00 to 1 99 
6 
(D) 
3 
360 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
200 to 499 
3 
840 
3 
817 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other hogs and pigs 
278 
3,912 
191 
2,701 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
250 
1,933 
163 
981 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
25 to 49 
19 
604 
19 
626 
used for breeding 
160 
825 
116 
944 
50 to 99 
3 
255 
5 
322 
Farms with- 
1 00 to 1 99 
3 
360 
2 
(D) 
1 to 24 
157 
705 
108 
568 
200 to 499 
3 
760 
2 
(D) 
25 to 49 
3 
120 
7 
(D) 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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