Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
896 
298 
380 
218 
382 
514 
500 or more 
1,743 
713 
742 
288 
698 
1,045 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
12,566 
8,265 
2,952 
1,349 
5,615 
6,951 
number 
2,399,249 
1,139,806 
937,898 
321,545 
972,951 
1,426,298 
Beef cows 
farms 
10,925 
7,411 
2,473 
1,041 
4,905 
6,020 
number 
583,594 
214,322 
290,893 
78,379 
244,191 
339,403 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,173 
5,020 
732 
421 
2,713 
3,460 
10 to 49 
2,704 
1,631 
766 
307 
1,307 
1,397 
50 to 99 
801 
341 
333 
127 
383 
418 
100 to 199 
542 
194 
263 
85 
225 
317 
200 to 499 
479 
154 
253 
72 
194 
285 
500 or more 
226 
71 
126 
29 
83 
143 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,931 
1,037 
563 
331 
834 
1,097 
number 
1,815,655 
925,484 
647,005 
243,166 
728,760 
1,086,895 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
457 
362 
56 
39 
221 
236 
10 to 49 
62 
48 
12 
2 
26 
36 
50 to 99 
52 
26 
7 
19 
30 
22 
100 to 199 
110 
40 
37 
33 
54 
56 
200 to 499 
258 
83 
85 
90 
111 
147 
500 or more 
992 
478 
366 
148 
392 
600 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
13,380 
8,699 
3,213 
1,468 
5,801 
7,579 
number 
2,971,282 
1,269,678 
1,298,024 
403,580 
1,185,505 
1,785,777 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
12,594 
7,939 
3,204 
1,451 
5,639 
6,955 
number 
3,671,078 
1,659,008 
1,518,242 
493,828 
1,659,324 
2,011,754 
$1,000 
3,259,325 
1,324,925 
1,468,257 
466,142 
1,482,072 
1,777,253 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
5,347 
3,268 
1,421 
658 
2,308 
3,039 
number 
1,252,820 
718,214 
384,659 
149,947 
576,320 
676,500 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
11,228 
6,950 
2,965 
1,313 
5,019 
6,209 
number 
2,418,258 
940,794 
1,133,583 
343,881 
1,083,004 
1,335,254 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
262 
148 
94 
20 
123 
139 
number 
712,651 
(D) 
404,052 
(D) 
381,341 
331,310 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,437 
1,164 
157 
116 
507 
930 
number 
111,893 
101,481 
7,501 
2,911 
20,226 
91,667 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,228 
1,021 
124 
83 
410 
818 
25 to 49 
95 
68 
11 
16 
40 
55 
50 to 99 
52 
37 
9 
6 
36 
16 
1 00 to 1 99 
39 
23 
6 
10 
10 
29 
200 to 499 
11 
6 
4 
1 
6 
5 
500 or more 
12 
9 
3 
- 
5 
7 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
732 
583 
70 
79 
264 
468 
number 
8,322 
5,825 
(D) 
(D) 
3,961 
4,361 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,179 
947 
140 
92 
401 
778 
number 
103,571 
95,656 
(D) 
(D) 
16,265 
87,306 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,163 
902 
148 
113 
400 
763 
number 
290,488 
216,104 
67,924 
6,460 
32,446 
258,042 
$1,000 
51,526 
37,807 
12,798 
920 
5,478 
46,048 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,224 
3,351 
525 
348 
1,747 
2,477 
number 
668,517 
233,883 
300,751 
133,883 
297,717 
370,800 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
3,222 
2,523 
432 
267 
1,340 
1,882 
number 
306,987 
114,628 
122,617 
69,742 
149,108 
157,879 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
2,593 
1,917 
422 
254 
1,083 
1,510 
number 
440,092 
130,779 
216,918 
92,395 
182,582 
257,510 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
14,932 
11,657 
2,130 
1,145 
6,212 
8,720 
number 
142,555 
105,570 
21,755 
15,230 
56,385 
86,170 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
14,353 
11,153 
2,093 
1,107 
5,955 
8,398 
number 
107,774 
79,518 
19,025 
9,231 
42,085 
65,689 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,959 
2,191 
473 
295 
1,245 
1,714 
number 
10,452 
7,312 
2,095 
1,045 
4,540 
5,912 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,474 
3,712 
388 
374 
1,691 
2,783 
number 
140,042 
83,750 
35,760 
20,532 
63,892 
76,150 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,133 
1,719 
219 
195 
785 
1,348 
number 
62,844 
34,447 
21,102 
7,295 
29,942 
32,902 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,744 
5,768 
606 
370 
2,347 
4,397 
number 
19,000,779 
11,994,215 
5,207,758 
1,798,806 
7,610,436 
11,390,343 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,653 
5,709 
594 
350 
2,321 
4,332 
400 to 3,199 
39 
24 
5 
10 
11 
28 
3,200 to 9,999 
4 
2 
- 
2 
2 
2 
10,000 to 19,999 
4 
4 
- 
- 
1 
3 
20,000 to 49,999 
5 
3 
- 
2 
1 
4 
50,000 to 99,999 
8 
5 
2 
1 
2 
6 
100,000 or more 
31 
21 
5 
5 
9 
22 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
873 
707 
97 
69 
285 
588 
number 
4,633,558 
3,223,692 
1,017,826 
392,040 
1,903,390 
2,730,168 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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