Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
336 
153 
40 
5 
8 
178 
500 or more 
16 
9 
9 
- 
1 
17 
Milk cows 
farms 
3,096 
2,824 
2,228 
1,926 
1,787 
3,593 
number 
32,358 
1 1 ,406 
6,578 
4,816 
4,084 
8,162 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,614 
2,573 
2,127 
1,872 
1,757 
3,521 
10 to 49 
1,465 
240 
96 
54 
30 
72 
50 to 99 
16 
9 
5 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
73,511 
118,586 
94,366 
72,257 
54,563 
104,721 
number 
2,190,064 
2,032,597 
983,423 
549,710 
326,069 
1,236,472 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
81,229 
136,744 
113,339 
89,826 
66,112 
19,863 
number 
2,741,758 
2,523,926 
1,064,787 
486,478 
192,962 
30,025 
$1,000 
2,027,865 
1,727,721 
686,510 
289,328 
106,019 
13,335 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
43,071 
77,471 
63,302 
47,384 
31,319 
10,754 
number 
937,915 
978,114 
457,181 
224,882 
95,301 
18,095 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
74,423 
121,355 
96,447 
71 ,477 
47,741 
10,275 
number 
1,803,843 
1,545,812 
607,606 
261,596 
97,661 
1 1 ,930 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
2,783 
2,307 
414 
61 
39 
4 
number 
60,364 
36,979 
4,602 
160 
67 
6 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
3,647 
6,355 
6,518 
6,447 
7,439 
10,759 
number 
134,453 
114,110 
96,906 
57,770 
62,771 
148,508 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2,621 
5,193 
5,691 
5,944 
7,084 
10,418 
25 to 49 
457 
630 
494 
356 
277 
238 
50 to 99 
300 
358 
229 
124 
51 
64 
100 to 199 
162 
125 
90 
16 
19 
4 
200 to 499 
83 
46 
10 
7 
1 
13 
500 or more 
24 
3 
4 
- 
7 
22 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
2,003 
3,386 
3,237 
3,018 
3,389 
4,436 
number 
22,813 
25,815 
21,152 
14,504 
14,661 
23,713 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
3,137 
5,383 
5,466 
5,348 
6,115 
8,585 
number 
111,640 
88,295 
75,754 
43,266 
48,110 
124,795 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
3,416 
5,875 
6,040 
6,099 
6,649 
5,143 
number 
179,772 
180,655 
116,904 
72,762 
52,074 
22,382 
$1,000 
20,863 
20,147 
1 1 ,760 
7,811 
5,728 
2,020 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
5,500 
10,100 
9,674 
10,173 
12,429 
28,481 
number 
357,913 
442,059 
302,160 
230,312 
202,970 
351,392 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
4,608 
8,130 
7,690 
7,830 
9,027 
18,199 
number 
219,201 
267,747 
171,823 
127,148 
104,296 
157,302 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
4,423 
7,955 
7,635 
7,850 
9,126 
6,815 
number 
249,793 
294,301 
179,356 
122,779 
83,711 
31,317 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
30,779 
54,700 
51,077 
49,754 
53,710 
192,566 
number 
275,589 
422,338 
316,369 
288,398 
280,630 
1,304,145 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
29,650 
52,638 
49,244 
47,876 
51,645 
186,455 
number 
235,628 
354,576 
272,889 
249,098 
245,060 
1,088,593 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
10,343 
19,338 
18,470 
18,261 
18,779 
7,013 
number 
58,034 
77,109 
51,520 
41,332 
33,154 
8,999 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
5,573 
1 1 ,946 
13,541 
15,460 
21,440 
51,666 
number 
227,002 
316,772 
278,639 
247,551 
302,370 
557,352 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
3,537 
7,591 
8,641 
10,203 
14,524 
13,905 
number 
129,785 
175,793 
156,428 
138,805 
146,778 
70,340 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
10,780 
21,599 
24,620 
25,994 
31,612 
61,351 
number 
1,105,744 
775,922 
741,204 
686,513 
741,483 
954,243 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
10,573 
21,378 
24,531 
25,979 
31,592 
61,331 
400 to 3,199 
194 
221 
86 
13 
20 
20 
3,200 to 9,999 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
3 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
1,491 
2,981 
3,453 
3,829 
4,878 
6,400 
number 
329,276 
368,026 
157,166 
175,039 
89,414 
640,175 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,714 
3,502 
4,171 
4,528 
5,461 
5,417 
number 
240,938 
412,950 
236,525 
215,050 
236,017 
114,825 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
235 
407 
532 
499 
623 
432 
number 
180,340 
68,049 
43,144 
25,006 
18,048 
7,520 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
1,413 
2,477 
2,668 
2,628 
2,778 
2,496 
number 
899,064 
634,050 
275,877 
203,840 
159,259 
82,513 
Farms with- 
1 to 1 ,999 
1,302 
2,407 
2,652 
2,626 
2,778 
2,496 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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