Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
228 
13 
27 
57 
80 
51 
500 or more 
31 
- 
- 
3 
7 
14 
7 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
9,998 
82 
635 
1,358 
2,640 
3,020 
2,263 
number 
260,695 
1,306 
13,704 
34,279 
66,212 
84,687 
60,507 
Beef cows 
farms 
9,961 
82 
635 
1,352 
2,626 
3,010 
2,256 
number 
259,864 
1,306 
(D) 
34,088 
65,888 
84,498 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,185 
38 
224 
440 
867 
920 
696 
10 to 49 
5,559 
41 
363 
742 
1,455 
1,678 
1,280 
50 to 99 
817 
3 
30 
107 
201 
284 
192 
100 to 199 
302 
- 
13 
55 
84 
89 
61 
200 to 499 
88 
- 
5 
8 
15 
35 
25 
500 or more 
10 
- 
- 
- 
4 
4 
2 
Milk cows 
farms 
86 
- 
2 
14 
26 
19 
25 
number 
831 
- 
(D) 
191 
324 
189 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
69 
2 
11 
19 
13 
24 
10 to 49 
16 
- 
- 
3 
6 
6 
1 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
8,449 
59 
582 
1,099 
2,267 
2,562 
1,880 
number 
152,929 
450 
8,020 
19,599 
38,606 
51,133 
35,121 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
8,638 
80 
534 
1,172 
2,311 
2,644 
1,897 
number 
182,203 
737 
8,905 
23,319 
46,345 
58,020 
44,877 
$1,000 
118,464 
422 
5,632 
15,140 
28,074 
39,602 
29,593 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
6,279 
53 
378 
811 
1,693 
1,937 
1,407 
number 
80,448 
384 
4,008 
9,903 
23,177 
24,962 
18,014 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
6,869 
55 
433 
973 
1,806 
2,103 
1,499 
number 
101,755 
353 
4,897 
13,416 
23,168 
33,058 
26,863 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
396 
4 
42 
89 
127 
84 
50 
number 
9,948 
44 
1,447 
6,190 
998 
864 
405 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
347 
4 
33 
73 
118 
72 
47 
25 to 49 
32 
- 
- 
10 
9 
12 
1 
50 to 99 
11 
- 
5 
4 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
4 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
242 
_ 
14 
57 
71 
62 
38 
number 
1,115 
- 
205 
242 
289 
241 
138 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
322 
4 
42 
74 
100 
70 
32 
number 
8,833 
44 
1,242 
5,948 
709 
623 
267 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
213 
_ 
19 
63 
63 
40 
28 
number 
44,423 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
411 
(D) 
340 
$1,000 
2,037 
- 
182 
(D) 
41 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
440 
- 
28 
67 
128 
148 
69 
number 
11,170 
- 
591 
1,641 
2,378 
4,651 
1,909 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
319 
- 
21 
54 
91 
107 
46 
number 
6,107 
- 
258 
822 
1,222 
2,793 
1,012 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
246 
- 
16 
48 
67 
83 
32 
number 
5,457 
- 
159 
971 
1,243 
2,030 
1,054 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
6,060 
28 
339 
867 
1,830 
1,916 
1,080 
number 
36,787 
158 
1,568 
5,153 
10,740 
12,156 
7,012 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
5,826 
25 
326 
843 
1,795 
1,837 
1,000 
number 
33,986 
143 
1,462 
4,673 
9,958 
1 1 ,392 
6,358 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,177 
2 
97 
176 
390 
359 
153 
number 
3,277 
(D) 
(D) 
535 
1,025 
913 
606 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,770 
14 
93 
334 
547 
484 
298 
number 
30,892 
110 
1,746 
5,148 
9,162 
8,791 
5,935 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,105 
7 
75 
227 
332 
286 
178 
number 
13,129 
72 
825 
2,677 
3,727 
3,595 
2,233 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,015 
14 
117 
359 
700 
541 
284 
number 
2,562,561 
317 
47,606 
459,450 
587,763 
307,975 
1,159,450 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,923 
14 
110 
345 
661 
525 
268 
400 to 3,199 
20 
- 
5 
- 
10 
1 
4 
3,200 to 9,999 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
10,000 to 19,999 
44 
- 
1 
10 
19 
10 
4 
20,000 to 49,999 
18 
- 
1 
2 
9 
4 
2 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
6 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
367 
- 
28 
80 
106 
105 
48 
number 
1,255,207 
- 
110,464 
415,386 
238,998 
229,740 
260,619 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
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