Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
812 
605 
132 
89 
500 or more 
242 
146 
57 
51 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
19,771 
18,322 
950 
562 
number 
731,903 
610,104 
74,088 
49,888 
Beef cows farms 
19,685 
18,244 
944 
557 
number 
722,787 
603,777 
72,702 
48,521 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,130 
4,913 
151 
88 
1 0 to 49 
10,835 
10,212 
417 
227 
50 to 99 
2,232 
1,975 
160 
99 
too to 199 
1,038 
849 
123 
69 
200 to 499 
364 
247 
72 
56 
500 or more 
86 
48 
21 
18 
Milk cows farms 
219 
197 
16 
11 
number 
9,116 
6,327 
1,386 
1,367 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
140 
129 
8 
3 
1 0 to 49 
30 
30 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
27 
25 
2 
2 
100 to 199 
8 
4 
3 
3 
200 to 499 
11 
8 
3 
3 
500 or more 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
16,904 
15,587 
865 
519 
number 
504,564 
389,936 
63,351 
48,683 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
17,620 
16,268 
893 
523 
number 
612,863 
463,829 
78,558 
58,916 
$1,000 
429,349 
319,239 
56,209 
42,453 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
12,774 
1 1 ,838 
614 
350 
number 
230,706 
180,740 
24,246 
17,598 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
14,294 
13,125 
785 
465 
number 
382,157 
283,089 
54,312 
41,318 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory farms 
689 
632 
19 
7 
number 
142,555 
125,686 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
585 
536 
15 
4 
25 to 49 
41 
40 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
25 
25 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
11 
8 
2 
1 
200 to 499 
5 
5 
- 
- 
500 or more 
22 
18 
2 
2 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
407 
371 
14 
2 
number 
15,312 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
554 
513 
12 
5 
number 
127,243 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs sold farms 
379 
349 
9 
6 
number 
446,448 
330,319 
(D) 
(D) 
$1,000 
33,424 
28,857 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
712 
684 
13 
7 
number 
21,114 
19,265 
(D) 
298 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
510 
490 
7 
4 
number 
11,913 
10,775 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
422 
400 
11 
10 
number 
18,879 
17,266 
(D) 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
9,932 
9,303 
332 
205 
number 
63,707 
58,205 
2,314 
1,500 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
9,542 
8,952 
310 
193 
number 
58,319 
53,632 
2,000 
1,233 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
1,954 
1,828 
69 
38 
number 
7,257 
6,670 
228 
131 
Goats, all inventory farms 
2,832 
2,712 
74 
42 
number 
52,749 
49,362 
1,602 
915 
Goats, all sold farms 
1,807 
1,738 
51 
33 
number 
23,855 
22,812 
671 
377 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
3,469 
3,285 
88 
52 
number 
9,435,605 
6,764,243 
1,483,071 
987,108 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,084 
2,944 
65 
32 
400 to 3,199 
31 
31 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
25 
19 
5 
5 
10,000 to 19,999 
175 
158 
7 
7 
20,000 to 49,999 
138 
126 
4 
4 
50,000 to 99,999 
7 
5 
2 
2 
100,000 or more 
9 
2 
5 
2 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
732 
690 
23 
9 
number 
5,457,121 
4,859,437 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 Alabama 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
