Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
20,564 
3,203 
3,615 
5,916 
5,832 
1,278 
500 or more 
5,508 
2,227 
1,758 
1,117 
313 
41 
Milk cows 
farms 
64,098 
7,643 
6,460 
11,730 
16,231 
6,580 
number 
9,252,272 
6,627,817 
839,087 
871,089 
702,574 
144,301 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
16,463 
129 
169 
391 
1,103 
1,207 
1 0 to 49 
17,869 
97 
287 
1,266 
9,215 
5,047 
50 to 99 
15,351 
277 
1,245 
7,847 
5,626 
326 
too to 199 
7,359 
894 
4,002 
2,181 
279 
- 
200 to 499 
3,712 
2,910 
750 
44 
8 
- 
500 or more 
3,344 
3,336 
7 
1 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
742,665 
29,005 
30,218 
42,118 
63,918 
59,402 
number 
51,785,789 
25,554,028 
6,097,236 
5,280,438 
4,862,165 
2,673,587 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
740,978 
29,670 
31,012 
43,729 
66,105 
63,349 
number 
69,759,776 
40,490,702 
6,847,809 
6,201,594 
5,780,247 
3,399,488 
$1,000 
76,380,153 
51,594,575 
6,904,437 
5,605,597 
4,750,578 
2,674,188 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
380,865 
13,613 
12,706 
19,172 
31,425 
30,648 
number 
12,927,750 
4,902,486 
1 ,233,520 
1 ,456,553 
1,612,731 
1,010,972 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
639,747 
27,704 
29,187 
41,181 
61,481 
58,476 
number 
56,832,026 
35,588,216 
5,614,289 
4,745,041 
4,167,516 
2,388,516 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
33,880 
6,595 
5,703 
6,120 
5,981 
3,873 
number 
25,468,575 
23,432,461 
977,782 
532,906 
301,169 
122,079 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
63,246 
8,270 
4,052 
3,057 
3,462 
3,240 
number 
66,026,785 
56,059,133 
5,883,288 
2,316,638 
925,352 
227,856 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
41,688 
277 
386 
668 
1,438 
1,968 
25 to 49 
3,435 
55 
83 
133 
335 
377 
50 to 99 
2,161 
50 
116 
161 
367 
341 
100 to 199 
1,469 
79 
142 
224 
349 
259 
200 to 499 
2,115 
250 
407 
562 
516 
220 
500 or more 
12,378 
7,559 
2,918 
1,309 
457 
75 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
27,984 
2,067 
1,311 
1,401 
1,889 
1,847 
number 
5,709,339 
4,863,896 
352,646 
234,680 
94,166 
41,293 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
55,006 
8,121 
3,916 
2,882 
3,165 
2,888 
number 
60,317,446 
51,195,237 
5,530,642 
2,081,958 
831,186 
186,563 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
55,882 
8,762 
4,321 
3,147 
3,355 
3,075 
number 
199,115,305 
175,646,844 
15,965,422 
4,820,529 
1,650,315 
407,646 
$1,000 
22,492,611 
20,195,568 
1,573,463 
456,222 
157,822 
41,207 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
88,338 
976 
1,259 
1,960 
3,628 
4,158 
number 
5,364,844 
1,252,974 
672,118 
620,705 
539,182 
393,059 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
65,690 
782 
1,102 
1,699 
3,099 
3,524 
number 
2,967,908 
521,893 
415,100 
395,832 
347,749 
239,817 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
53,754 
798 
1,085 
1,704 
3,016 
3,347 
number 
3,947,609 
1 ,347,038 
513,152 
442,229 
409,610 
274,323 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
504,795 
7,657 
7,908 
11,971 
22,038 
22,635 
number 
3,621,348 
103,906 
79,241 
115,890 
224,196 
210,646 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
486,972 
7,293 
7,573 
1 1 ,522 
21,272 
21,804 
number 
3,077,664 
83,156 
69,809 
99,899 
195,112 
183,844 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
108,360 
1,193 
1,320 
2,436 
5,066 
6,141 
number 
418,968 
25,665 
12,881 
21,970 
43,610 
44,694 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
128,456 
750 
796 
1,228 
2,494 
3,562 
number 
2,621,514 
57,385 
61,148 
153,249 
217,481 
202,565 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
63,844 
371 
451 
761 
1,599 
2,261 
number 
1 ,247,784 
34,286 
48,814 
89,762 
134,116 
122,877 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
198,272 
1,999 
2,578 
3,489 
6,684 
7,566 
number 
350,715,978 
307,531,478 
27,237,835 
8,257,914 
1,913,119 
770,523 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
193,553 
569 
1,145 
2,789 
6,354 
7,312 
400 to 3,199 
1,103 
46 
34 
70 
184 
215 
3,200 to 9,999 
482 
30 
44 
283 
88 
30 
10,000 to 19,999 
1,199 
90 
793 
252 
47 
9 
20,000 to 49,999 
1,292 
653 
538 
90 
11 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
256 
229 
24 
3 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
387 
382 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
26,749 
540 
482 
698 
851 
1,146 
number 
110,297,133 
76,255,225 
16,234,712 
1 1 ,790,587 
3,701,959 
555,554 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
31,089 
1,312 
1,602 
1,090 
1,163 
1,129 
number 
204,941,679 
169,392,083 
25,993,742 
6,466,407 
1,185,143 
447,999 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
4,634 
420 
425 
523 
330 
208 
number 
176,802,415 
116,528,324 
31,581,066 
22,015,070 
5,563,996 
771,852 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
32,935 
9,524 
5,033 
1,645 
1,152 
1,121 
number 
8,463,194,794 
6,968,451,584 
1,296,193,832 
168,902,026 
24,795,462 
2,597,287 
Farms with- 
1 to 1 ,999 
16,514 
93 
145 
356 
703 
956 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
110 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
