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 
80 
39 
10 
11 
500 or more 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,884 
3,927 
3,566 
2,587 
1,875 
2,977 
number 
107,333 
128,126 
67,726 
33,773 
18,754 
34,630 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,884 
3,924 
3,561 
2,585 
1,871 
2,954 
number 
107,309 
128,051 
67,542 
33,689 
18,618 
34,475 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
76 
271 
691 
1,069 
1,129 
1,769 
10 to 49 
798 
3,046 
2,765 
1,494 
736 
1,117 
50 to 99 
780 
530 
93 
20 
4 
55 
100 to 199 
213 
61 
12 
2 
2 
13 
200 to 499 
17 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
4 
18 
32 
19 
29 
43 
number 
24 
75 
184 
84 
136 
155 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3 
18 
27 
16 
29 
41 
10 to 49 
1 
- 
5 
3 
- 
2 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,730 
3,454 
2,971 
2,082 
1,485 
2,360 
number 
58,019 
67,297 
33,430 
16,639 
9,235 
24,993 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
1,929 
3,985 
3,655 
2,627 
1,851 
617 
number 
82,031 
87,195 
40,898 
16,764 
6,485 
1,001 
$1,000 
53,293 
52,285 
23,261 
8,762 
3,063 
423 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
1,456 
3,084 
2,779 
1,901 
1,205 
375 
number 
37,532 
44,727 
22,509 
9,577 
3,894 
669 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
1,775 
3,442 
2,972 
1,958 
1,187 
287 
number 
44,499 
42,468 
18,389 
7,187 
2,591 
332 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
28 
73 
80 
112 
103 
220 
number 
1,186 
921 
946 
1,298 
(D) 
1,581 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
21 
62 
71 
98 
97 
206 
25 to 49 
2 
4 
1 
11 
6 
14 
50 to 99 
1 
7 
8 
3 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
16 
47 
37 
79 
62 
125 
number 
116 
249 
383 
410 
(D) 
448 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
25 
58 
68 
87 
88 
165 
number 
1,070 
672 
563 
888 
(D) 
1,133 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
16 
42 
45 
69 
59 
95 
number 
686 
898 
1,192 
770 
(D) 
550 
$1,000 
170 
114 
98 
82 
(D) 
33 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
36 
74 
87 
97 
113 
243 
number 
1,662 
3,970 
3,427 
2,115 
2,373 
2,975 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
32 
53 
63 
78 
81 
152 
number 
1,023 
2,287 
1,797 
1,205 
1,186 
1,324 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
30 
65 
67 
81 
77 
52 
number 
2,873 
1,865 
1,532 
1,276 
745 
233 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
573 
1,288 
1,082 
1,128 
1,225 
3,694 
number 
4,112 
8,295 
6,432 
6,751 
6,269 
24,394 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
552 
1,218 
1,049 
1,075 
1,179 
3,563 
number 
3,779 
7,446 
6,044 
6,224 
5,836 
22,019 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
130 
347 
321 
369 
465 
188 
number 
885 
1,251 
961 
980 
917 
219 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
90 
208 
258 
351 
585 
1,240 
number 
2,352 
5,654 
6,341 
7,350 
9,694 
17,964 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
46 
135 
192 
278 
512 
581 
number 
1,561 
3,269 
3,750 
4,037 
6,213 
3,392 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
119 
313 
384 
451 
685 
1,091 
number 
505,672 
12,515 
15,451 
26,565 
24,431 
28,531 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
107 
307 
384 
444 
682 
1,086 
400 to 3,199 
9 
6 
- 
7 
3 
5 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
21 
65 
91 
101 
142 
129 
number 
4,237 
7,931 
(D) 
42,808 
(D) 
61,859 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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