Table 1 1 . Cattle and Calves - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
United States 
Alabama 
Alaska 
Arizona 
Arkansas 
California 
INVENTORY - Con. 
Cattle and calves - Con. 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
26,586 
_ 
1 
5 
8 
97 
2007 
50,009 
12 
7 
7 
75 
264 
number, 2012 
14,386,188 
- 
(D) 
272,175 
235 
488,131 
2007 
16,098,910 
5,513 
139 
367,647 
1,965 
571,541 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 19 
farms 
4,262 
- 
- 
- 
7 
5 
number 
59,942 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
67 
20 to 49 
farms 
6,798 
- 
- 
- 
11 
number 
207,869 
- 
- 
- 
- 
291 
50 to 99 
farms 
5,138 
- 
- 
- 
- 
27 
number 
346,954 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,573 
100 to 199 
farms 
3,915 
- 
1 
- 
1 
18 
number 
527,369 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2,343 
200 to 499 
farms 
3,673 
- 
1 
16 
number 
1,113,941 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
5,148 
500 or more 
farms 
2,800 
- 
- 
4 
- 
20 
number 
12,130,113 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
478,709 
SALES 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms, 2012 
50,556 
73 
8 
104 
123 
1,554 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
35,512,120 
28,113 
(D) 
762,957 
28,225 
6,945,102 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms, 2012 
740,978 
17,620 
71 
3,364 
22,116 
12,594 
2007 
798,290 
21,356 
75 
4,078 
23,731 
12,681 
number, 2012 
69,759,776 
612,863 
1,000 
676,935 
954,433 
3,671,078 
2007 
74,071,936 
711,735 
1,026 
672,947 
992,422 
3,553,530 
$1,000, 2012 
76,380,153 
429,349 
1,085 
700,307 
766,476 
3,259,325 
2007 
61,209,970 
408,276 
768 
585,479 
625,996 
2,536,571 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 9 
farms 
282,191 
6,744 
44 
1,808 
7,227 
5,363 
number 
1,253,072 
32,453 
182 
6,886 
35,113 
20,318 
lOto 19 
farms 
143,213 
4,186 
13 
470 
4,997 
1,622 
number 
1,935,049 
56,411 
(D) 
6,091 
68,727 
21,604 
20 to 49 
farms 
154,668 
4,109 
9 
367 
5,773 
1,733 
number 
4,710,280 
123,499 
257 
10,869 
176,547 
52,943 
50 to 99 
farms 
72,805 
1,579 
4 
200 
2,431 
977 
number 
4,953,741 
106,474 
246 
13,700 
163,127 
68,117 
100 to 199 
farms 
41,363 
596 
1 
213 
1,029 
784 
number 
5,601,678 
77,662 
(D) 
30,757 
133,923 
108,889 
200 to 499 
farms 
29,720 
288 
165 
404 
939 
number 
8,881,388 
81,980 
- 
50,803 
120,576 
290,442 
500 or more 
farms 
17,018 
118 
- 
141 
255 
1,176 
number 
42,424,568 
134,384 
- 
557,829 
256,420 
3,108,765 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds, 
sold 
farms, 2012 
380,865 
12,774 
30 
2,106 
14,953 
5,347 
2007 
414,324 
14,931 
27 
1,988 
15,461 
6,174 
number, 2012 
12,927,750 
230,706 
192 
183,670 
262,630 
1,252,820 
2007 
13,695,252 
286,857 
258 
157,825 
277,679 
1 ,353,352 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 9 
farms 
195,838 
6,697 
23 
1,206 
7,270 
2,408 
number 
802,322 
29,135 
81 
4,110 
32,016 
8,168 
lOto 19 
farms 
77,173 
2,932 
5 
240 
3,670 
661 
number 
998,055 
37,725 
(D) 
3,024 
47,704 
8,586 
20 to 49 
farms 
68,093 
2,389 
2 
282 
3,013 
698 
number 
1,965,021 
67,130 
(D) 
8,201 
85,842 
20,674 
50 to 99 
farms 
20,858 
521 
122 
751 
377 
number 
1,358,468 
32,916 
- 
7,835 
47,896 
25,337 
100 to 199 
farms 
9,649 
160 
- 
106 
182 
311 
number 
1,252,813 
19,797 
- 
14,021 
23,237 
40,842 
200 to 499 
farms 
6,140 
61 
- 
91 
55 
402 
number 
1 ,778,287 
17,103 
- 
26,197 
14,522 
123,832 
500 or more 
farms 
3,114 
14 
- 
59 
12 
490 
number 
4,772,784 
26,900 
- 
120,282 
11,413 
1,025,381 
Cattle, including calves weighing 500 pounds 
or more, sold 
farms, 2012 
639,747 
14,294 
66 
2,614 
18,889 
1 1 ,228 
2007 
681,126 
17,202 
67 
3,186 
19,437 
11,122 
number, 2012 
56,832,026 
382,157 
808 
493,265 
691,803 
2,418,258 
2007 
60,376,684 
424,878 
768 
515,122 
714,743 
2,200,178 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 9 
farms 
292,875 
7,894 
42 
1,555 
8,572 
5,020 
number 
1,177,811 
32,381 
154 
5,451 
36,985 
18,160 
lOto 19 
farms 
113,384 
2,748 
12 
292 
4,088 
1,455 
number 
1,504,867 
35,940 
(D) 
3,766 
54,290 
19,157 
20 to 49 
farms 
113,249 
2,191 
9 
289 
3,737 
1,471 
number 
3,402,136 
64,493 
254 
8,665 
1 1 0,743 
45,070 
50 to 99 
farms 
52,197 
828 
2 
132 
1,406 
854 
number 
3,528,878 
55,302 
(D) 
9,279 
93,991 
58,623 
100 to 199 
farms 
31,319 
337 
1 
149 
551 
769 
number 
4,217,350 
43,693 
(D) 
20,005 
72,458 
106,347 
200 to 499 
farms 
23,504 
208 
117 
306 
857 
number 
6,975,994 
58,944 
- 
37,843 
90,373 
263,139 
500 or more 
farms 
13,219 
88 
- 
80 
229 
802 
number 
36,024,990 
91,404 
- 
408,256 
232,963 
1,907,762 
-continued 
348 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
