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 
$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. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,540 
530 
149 
90 
97 
548 
500 or more 
168 
106 
45 
30 
21 
216 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
76,351 
128,651 
104,461 
81,671 
62,861 
112,533 
number 
2,939,427 
3,004,109 
1 ,467,870 
788,571 
460,841 
1,011,171 
Beef cows 
farms 
74,364 
127,206 
103,406 
80,662 
61,866 
110,399 
number 
2,908,710 
2,992,560 
1,461,674 
783,836 
456,714 
1,003,453 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,609 
23,323 
39,397 
49,534 
47,321 
78,841 
10 to 49 
44,068 
94,564 
62,465 
30,643 
14,228 
30,050 
50 to 99 
18,467 
8,384 
1,357 
405 
231 
1,085 
100 to 199 
2,882 
771 
146 
67 
69 
301 
200 to 499 
322 
153 
34 
9 
15 
113 
500 or more 
16 
11 
7 
4 
2 
9 
Milk cows 
farms 
3,032 
2,860 
2,225 
1,926 
1,807 
3,445 
number 
30,717 
11,549 
6,196 
4,735 
4,127 
7,718 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,627 
2,604 
2,136 
1,876 
1,779 
3,378 
10 to 49 
1,385 
244 
89 
50 
28 
67 
50 to 99 
18 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
75,062 
119,738 
94,257 
71,639 
54,312 
97,703 
number 
2,171,326 
2,004,324 
979,921 
565,287 
363,098 
1,028,185 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
82,785 
137,497 
111,818 
87,363 
63,303 
18,675 
number 
2,708,064 
2,420,931 
1,026,847 
458,680 
182,181 
28,253 
$1,000 
1,980,353 
1,670,325 
658,387 
275,770 
100,303 
12,492 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
44,110 
77,876 
62,405 
45,900 
29,818 
10,169 
number 
923,546 
950,682 
440,253 
213,363 
89,296 
17,103 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
75,671 
121,543 
94,701 
69,379 
45,758 
9,599 
number 
1,784,518 
1 ,470,249 
586,594 
245,317 
92,885 
11,150 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
2,721 
2,211 
382 
61 
36 
4 
number 
57,914 
35,172 
4,202 
154 
61 
6 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
3,694 
6,467 
6,616 
6,435 
7,423 
10,345 
number 
131,456 
114,707 
96,937 
57,151 
72,486 
133,580 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2,683 
5,312 
5,788 
5,951 
7,062 
10,037 
25 to 49 
446 
628 
499 
346 
277 
223 
50 to 99 
297 
352 
228 
116 
49 
64 
100 to 199 
167 
121 
88 
14 
17 
3 
200 to 499 
78 
51 
9 
7 
3 
5 
500 or more 
23 
3 
4 
1 
15 
13 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
2,028 
3,444 
3,265 
3,005 
3,381 
4,235 
number 
22,676 
26,164 
21,199 
14,278 
14,549 
22,382 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
3,174 
5,454 
5,563 
5,328 
6,104 
8,249 
number 
108,780 
88,543 
75,738 
42,873 
57,937 
111,198 
Flogs and pigs soid 
farms 
3,456 
5,938 
6,123 
6,038 
6,582 
4,904 
number 
180,594 
177,299 
116,901 
70,773 
51,308 
21,066 
$1,000 
20,717 
19,844 
1 1 ,752 
7,588 
5,629 
1,895 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
5,673 
10,331 
9,828 
10,308 
12,604 
27,259 
number 
348,801 
442,966 
297,253 
225,313 
204,636 
329,736 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
4,733 
8,317 
7,779 
7,893 
9,089 
17,359 
number 
212,404 
268,087 
169,055 
122,702 
103,855 
146,751 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
4,543 
8,121 
7,672 
7,838 
8,915 
6,418 
number 
247,105 
289,920 
174,757 
119,418 
79,865 
29,383 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
31,598 
56,687 
52,811 
51,870 
56,042 
181,765 
number 
282,661 
425,493 
325,406 
299,218 
292,217 
1 ,242,754 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
30,426 
54,461 
50,816 
49,790 
53,799 
176,486 
number 
240,639 
356,674 
279,394 
256,352 
253,139 
1,042,343 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
10,613 
19,615 
18,634 
18,174 
18,379 
6,475 
number 
59,103 
77,041 
51,062 
40,798 
32,114 
8,243 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
5,765 
12,364 
13,947 
15,823 
21,815 
49,613 
number 
222,205 
319,797 
280,983 
248,111 
302,509 
532,293 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
3,652 
7,808 
8,726 
10,275 
14,442 
13,312 
number 
129,657 
174,383 
156,026 
137,202 
143,598 
67,217 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
11,108 
22,382 
25,241 
26,582 
32,206 
57,960 
number 
1,113,424 
791,652 
749,237 
692,518 
745,175 
898,917 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
10,901 
22,159 
25,155 
26,567 
32,186 
57,940 
400 to 3,199 
194 
223 
83 
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 
1,524 
3,081 
3,565 
3,859 
4,889 
6,073 
number 
328,835 
369,883 
159,581 
174,878 
88,261 
635,834 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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