Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Flog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
13 
2,626 
7,001 
138 
45,554 
573 
1,390 
694 
1,682 
number 
132 
60,630 
84,230 
3,000 
8,896,920 
8,258 
30,527 
1,254 
23,180 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
9 
1,769 
6,137 
105 
2,438 
471 
1,018 
691 
1,433 
10 to 49 
4 
473 
618 
12 
15,468 
51 
164 
3 
112 
50 to 99 
- 
262 
151 
13 
14,028 
28 
119 
- 
66 
too to 199 
- 
80 
59 
6 
6,763 
19 
67 
- 
51 
200 to 499 
- 
34 
20 
2 
3,551 
3 
19 
- 
18 
500 or more 
- 
8 
16 
- 
3,306 
1 
3 
- 
2 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,180 
60,383 
480,834 
12,449 
42,703 
5,396 
14,464 
7,754 
20,374 
number 
52,508 
1,652,029 
22,476,198 
13,358,706 
6,780,173 
224,736 
476,285 
105,918 
491,779 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
1,157 
48,384 
511,061 
13,724 
41,459 
3,369 
9,489 
3,861 
15,473 
number 
58,850 
1,545,536 
31,683,205 
23,878,831 
5,989,840 
229,837 
497,538 
72,117 
434,538 
$1,000 
45,123 
1,298,711 
28,623,794 
36,355,727 
3,517,488 
247,741 
394,838 
63,905 
448,784 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds .. 
farms 
707 
23,027 
274,341 
2,103 
32,520 
1,323 
5,949 
1,755 
6,856 
number 
20,622 
423,152 
7,918,273 
159,685 
3,178,998 
42,785 
144,549 
21,235 
85,026 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
916 
40,174 
437,983 
13,724 
38,259 
2,860 
7,935 
2,923 
12,289 
number 
38,228 
1,122,384 
23,764,932 
23,719,146 
2,810,842 
187,052 
352,989 
50,882 
349,512 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
8 
1,072 
3,311 
13,724 
2,514 
493 
240 
32 
618 
number 
441 
86,831 
604,991 
23,262,267 
198,439 
77,168 
27,562 
13,895 
142,642 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
40 
4,846 
12,815 
529 
1,844 
19,269 
3,129 
2,510 
6,739 
number 
3,240 
350,391 
311,993 
429,061 
178,637 
56,769,979 
893,682 
18,055 
1,707,154 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
27 
4,228 
11,671 
172 
1,358 
7,806 
2,712 
2,416 
5,326 
25 to 49 
4 
250 
582 
55 
183 
1,207 
93 
57 
288 
50 to 99 
1 
128 
264 
29 
111 
715 
49 
27 
184 
100 to 199 
5 
78 
125 
21 
49 
465 
23 
2 
129 
200 to 499 
1 
40 
86 
60 
69 
664 
27 
5 
210 
500 or more 
2 
122 
87 
192 
74 
8,412 
225 
3 
602 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
16 
2,137 
5,330 
159 
903 
8,760 
1,326 
1,131 
2,862 
number 
534 
43,283 
34,928 
17,128 
17,397 
5,112,682 
61,876 
4,501 
119,435 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
37 
4,058 
10,662 
503 
1,627 
17,518 
2,604 
1,983 
5,769 
number 
2,706 
307,108 
277,065 
411,933 
161,240 
51,657,297 
831,806 
13,554 
1,587,719 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
38 
3,594 
9,602 
610 
1,535 
21,267 
1,636 
1,682 
5,339 
number 
9,601 
689,185 
530,801 
1 ,086,700 
330,650 
178,652,065 
3,381,812 
24,666 
3,783,992 
$1,000 
995 
96,504 
70,515 
153,824 
47,421 
19,938,509 
252,394 
2,633 
547,841 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
40 
8,642 
16,765 
434 
1,368 
1,443 
3,699 
35,207 
10,058 
number 
6,268 
396,542 
887,937 
41,359 
48,395 
30,530 
56,279 
3,038,007 
383,874 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
30 
6,544 
11,463 
359 
1,047 
988 
2,724 
27,497 
7,063 
number 
4,856 
223,489 
539,369 
15,853 
28,821 
18,510 
30,624 
1,601,067 
227,334 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
30 
4,250 
8,987 
390 
831 
775 
1,107 
26,616 
4,532 
number 
1,762 
209,080 
516,351 
50,588 
29,682 
35,179 
16,209 
2,520,352 
245,394 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
445 
65,145 
158,418 
2,523 
10,315 
4,777 
15,445 
20,010 
183,263 
number 
2,154 
322,071 
832,907 
15,947 
73,527 
22,968 
81,812 
83,703 
1,958,423 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
420 
61,025 
151,310 
2,402 
9,999 
4,601 
14,643 
19,279 
181,656 
number 
1,974 
267,200 
734,418 
13,246 
65,377 
20,496 
69,365 
74,563 
1 ,635,556 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
52 
4,347 
18,008 
419 
1,926 
336 
818 
1,347 
76,068 
number 
233 
11,025 
57,667 
1,538 
5,286 
726 
1,917 
3,069 
322,867 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
106 
12,358 
27,790 
310 
1,203 
2,314 
8,040 
47,036 
18,201 
number 
5,248 
161,115 
509,717 
7,084 
19,429 
26,344 
85,504 
1 ,445,743 
208,213 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
73 
4,124 
1 1 ,608 
189 
484 
911 
2,318 
33,365 
6,414 
number 
3,245 
52,048 
217,972 
3,784 
7,818 
7,992 
1 7,024 
795,066 
86,955 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
60 
23,922 
56,061 
794 
6,923 
4,270 
29,628 
18,850 
29,232 
number 
875 
(D) 
1,713,205 
144,125 
774,636 
747,317 
341,893,532 
339,994 
2,144,729 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
60 
23,839 
55,980 
775 
6,799 
4,232 
25,635 
18,840 
29,049 
400 to 3,199 
- 
63 
63 
16 
91 
21 
579 
10 
115 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
4 
3 
- 
13 
7 
411 
- 
34 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
9 
11 
1 
16 
5 
1,129 
- 
15 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
4 
1 
1 
3 
2 
1,258 
- 
9 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
2 
239 
- 
7 
100,000 or more 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
1 
377 
- 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
1 
2,363 
5,606 
75 
920 
535 
7,618 
2,701 
3,604 
number 
(D) 
642,747 
904,364 
3,099 
492,157 
702,870 
105,351,979 
49,020 
871,451 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
3 
2,678 
5,811 
116 
1,189 
703 
8,921 
3,161 
4,237 
number 
32 
(D) 
363,975 
16,785 
506,412 
600,875 
200,534,846 
83,409 
1,076,114 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
1 
231 
490 
9 
132 
96 
2,565 
283 
464 
number 
(D) 
768,695 
908,458 
455 
324,326 
1,247,564 
170,859,736 
15,437 
1,579,668 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
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