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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
896 
119 
126 
164 
311 
104 
500 or more 
1,743 
1,363 
130 
134 
72 
13 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
12,566 
1,480 
293 
450 
779 
681 
number 
2,399,249 
1,951,402 
92,433 
93,967 
99,124 
48,869 
Beef cows 
farms 
10,925 
335 
197 
386 
725 
662 
number 
583,594 
171,632 
68,300 
86,689 
95,940 
48,578 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,173 
46 
25 
45 
129 
120 
1 0 to 49 
2,704 
45 
28 
59 
103 
137 
50 to 99 
801 
41 
14 
38 
85 
228 
100 to 199 
542 
34 
17 
55 
217 
153 
200 to 499 
479 
62 
52 
146 
181 
23 
500 or more 
226 
107 
61 
43 
10 
1 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,931 
1,223 
106 
72 
76 
31 
number 
1,815,655 
1,779,770 
24,133 
7,278 
3,184 
291 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
457 
1 
4 
7 
18 
20 
1 0 to 49 
62 
1 
3 
5 
26 
11 
50 to 99 
52 
2 
1 
24 
25 
- 
100 to 199 
110 
24 
48 
31 
7 
- 
200 to 499 
258 
206 
47 
5 
- 
- 
500 or more 
992 
989 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
13,380 
1,525 
356 
488 
911 
758 
number 
2,971,282 
2,467,003 
107,577 
89,879 
120,012 
45,612 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
12,594 
1,632 
370 
577 
970 
878 
number 
3,671,078 
3,012,905 
146,388 
190,530 
163,608 
57,377 
$1,000 
3,259,325 
2,780,508 
132,574 
120,574 
106,289 
46,367 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
5,347 
1,120 
164 
235 
381 
349 
number 
1,252,820 
1,031,346 
27,761 
84,146 
66,046 
14,618 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
1 1 ,228 
1,520 
351 
563 
912 
829 
number 
2,418,258 
1,981,559 
118,627 
106,384 
97,562 
42,759 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
262 
91 
22 
23 
35 
35 
number 
712,651 
695,725 
7,854 
3,020 
3,423 
1,381 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,437 
29 
16 
16 
56 
51 
number 
111,893 
83,405 
6,396 
3,198 
4,249 
1,292 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,228 
10 
5 
5 
40 
35 
25 to 49 
95 
4 
2 
2 
4 
5 
50 to 99 
52 
2 
4 
1 
6 
7 
100 to 199 
39 
6 
- 
2 
2 
4 
200 to 499 
11 
2 
1 
4 
3 
- 
500 or more 
12 
5 
4 
2 
1 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
732 
20 
11 
10 
29 
32 
number 
8,322 
(D) 
782 
522 
448 
353 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,179 
21 
16 
15 
51 
44 
number 
103,571 
(D) 
5,614 
2,676 
3,801 
939 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,163 
22 
13 
15 
47 
52 
number 
290,488 
226,570 
19,882 
9,077 
13,286 
3,411 
$1,000 
51,526 
43,219 
2,135 
(D) 
2,629 
737 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,224 
78 
56 
66 
171 
164 
number 
668,517 
329,950 
137,839 
47,545 
41,894 
17,989 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
3,222 
58 
53 
49 
134 
131 
number 
306,987 
129,035 
77,837 
16,092 
23,305 
9,147 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
2,593 
65 
45 
56 
126 
137 
number 
440,092 
264,035 
75,680 
24,402 
20,310 
1 1 ,524 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
14,932 
301 
179 
284 
645 
680 
number 
142,555 
7,178 
3,522 
4,489 
7,682 
10,110 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
14,353 
284 
177 
266 
605 
642 
number 
107,774 
4,456 
2,795 
3,585 
5,311 
8,254 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,959 
46 
27 
57 
133 
215 
number 
10,452 
655 
213 
683 
678 
1,191 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,474 
50 
26 
54 
122 
126 
number 
140,042 
13,546 
5,938 
17,385 
19,139 
9,443 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,133 
27 
15 
34 
65 
71 
number 
62,844 
5,432 
1,801 
10,934 
9,467 
6,790 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,744 
70 
51 
72 
206 
231 
number 
19,000,779 
18,533,857 
218,479 
32,388 
39,715 
9,918 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,653 
25 
42 
68 
196 
228 
400 to 3,199 
39 
5 
3 
2 
8 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
4 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
4 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
5 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
8 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
31 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
873 
31 
9 
7 
25 
22 
number 
4,633,558 
4,379,015 
(D) 
(D) 
182,461 
2,184 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
136 California 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
