Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
52,878 
6,705 
11,281 
13,058 
13,523 
5,357 
500 or more 
27,952 
14,101 
6,425 
4,462 
2,018 
360 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
777,943 
25,276 
26,882 
38,754 
61,075 
59,428 
number 
38,208,825 
11,111,738 
4,281,019 
4,738,334 
5,064,696 
3,341,049 
Beef cows 
farms 
727,906 
18,340 
21,238 
28,537 
47,586 
54,302 
number 
28,956,553 
4,454,835 
3,439,993 
3,869,665 
4,380,966 
3,204,147 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
261,017 
1,165 
1,491 
2,065 
4,082 
5,189 
1 0 to 49 
333,205 
5,138 
6,187 
8,338 
15,367 
22,157 
50 to 99 
71,184 
3,222 
4,260 
5,408 
10,966 
17,399 
too to 199 
36,428 
3,224 
3,786 
5,587 
11,261 
8,334 
200 to 499 
20,564 
3,328 
3,716 
6,071 
5,620 
1,183 
500 or more 
5,508 
2,263 
1,798 
1,068 
290 
40 
Milk cows 
farms 
64,098 
7,808 
6,628 
11,896 
16,052 
6,419 
number 
9,252,272 
6,656,903 
841,026 
868,669 
683,730 
136,902 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
16,463 
131 
184 
386 
1,126 
1,236 
10 to 49 
17,869 
97 
306 
1,375 
9,343 
4,885 
50 to 99 
15,351 
296 
1,374 
8,029 
5,325 
298 
100 to 199 
7,359 
985 
4,056 
2,065 
250 
- 
200 to 499 
3,712 
2,961 
703 
40 
8 
- 
500 or more 
3,344 
3,338 
5 
1 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
742,665 
29,889 
30,963 
42,944 
65,182 
60,976 
number 
51,785,789 
25,757,497 
6,131,704 
5,267,269 
4,822,010 
2,695,168 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
740,978 
30,566 
31,811 
44,546 
67,544 
65,070 
number 
69,759,776 
40,695,405 
6,885,128 
6,219,742 
5,756,142 
3,378,403 
$1,000 
76,380,153 
51,815,456 
6,912,490 
5,596,075 
4,716,564 
2,641,938 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
380,865 
13,945 
13,036 
19,579 
32,181 
31,846 
number 
12,927,750 
4,929,993 
1 ,247,572 
1,475,186 
1 ,622,443 
1,018,313 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
639,747 
28,547 
29,941 
41,937 
62,748 
59,923 
number 
56,832,026 
35,765,412 
5,637,556 
4,744,556 
4,133,699 
2,360,090 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
33,880 
6,810 
5,716 
6,155 
5,954 
3,830 
number 
25,468,575 
23,472,087 
961,446 
523,513 
294,932 
119,088 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
63,246 
8,358 
4,069 
3,042 
3,498 
3,299 
number 
66,026,785 
56,139,626 
5,913,430 
2,254,888 
885,875 
226,649 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
41,688 
282 
399 
679 
1,480 
2,015 
25 to 49 
3,435 
60 
79 
136 
348 
393 
50 to 99 
2,161 
54 
114 
174 
372 
341 
100 to 199 
1,469 
81 
148 
222 
347 
261 
200 to 499 
2,115 
259 
420 
554 
515 
214 
500 or more 
12,378 
7,622 
2,909 
1,277 
436 
75 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
27,984 
2,103 
1,333 
1,387 
1,919 
1,884 
number 
5,709,339 
4,869,038 
364,515 
218,762 
94,232 
41,544 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
55,006 
8,206 
3,932 
2,863 
3,192 
2,941 
number 
60,317,446 
51,270,588 
5,548,915 
2,036,126 
791,643 
185,105 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
55,882 
8,871 
4,317 
3,128 
3,402 
3,123 
number 
199,115,305 
175,912,993 
15,905,448 
4,657,968 
1,619,110 
401,845 
$1,000 
22,492,61 1 
20,228,046 
1,557,818 
443,566 
155,149 
40,607 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
88,338 
1,010 
1,298 
1,996 
3,773 
4,258 
number 
5,364,844 
1,264,964 
688,053 
628,452 
540,970 
393,700 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
65,690 
812 
1,141 
1,723 
3,227 
3,617 
number 
2,967,908 
528,628 
428,571 
400,962 
348,060 
238,833 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
53,754 
824 
1,123 
1,732 
3,135 
3,433 
number 
3,947,609 
1,356,748 
524,173 
443,972 
411,994 
270,274 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
504,795 
7,867 
8,067 
12,335 
22,398 
23,355 
number 
3,621,348 
105,286 
80,477 
119,205 
228,729 
219,902 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
486,972 
7,493 
7,728 
11,875 
21,617 
22,481 
number 
3,077,664 
84,429 
70,976 
102,889 
199,677 
191,152 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
108,360 
1,222 
1,355 
2,487 
5,121 
6,285 
number 
418,968 
25,804 
13,197 
21,988 
44,217 
45,401 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
128,456 
759 
825 
1,257 
2,586 
3,702 
number 
2,621,514 
57,583 
79,017 
143,710 
228,877 
206,429 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
63,844 
376 
465 
781 
1,672 
2,335 
number 
1 ,247,784 
34,345 
55,357 
87,771 
136,818 
125,410 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
198,272 
2,020 
2,624 
3,534 
6,815 
7,800 
number 
350,715,978 
307,700,313 
27,091,290 
8,249,521 
1,909,318 
774,613 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
193,553 
585 
1,194 
2,833 
6,485 
7,548 
400 to 3,199 
1,103 
46 
34 
72 
185 
213 
3,200 to 9,999 
482 
30 
45 
283 
87 
30 
10,000 to 19,999 
1,199 
90 
794 
251 
47 
9 
20,000 to 49,999 
1,292 
657 
534 
90 
11 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
256 
230 
23 
3 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
387 
382 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
26,749 
543 
483 
714 
871 
1,147 
number 
110,297,133 
76,325,225 
16,222,754 
1 1 ,733,340 
3,702,910 
555,632 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
136 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
