Table 65. Summary by 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. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
662 
88 
112 
251 
182 
21 
500 or more 
185 
65 
69 
36 
11 
1 
Milk cows 
farms 
517 
87 
17 
16 
39 
38 
number 
130,736 
126,873 
1,444 
1,131 
409 
227 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
378 
- 
5 
1 
26 
31 
1 0 to 49 
29 
- 
3 
2 
12 
7 
50 to 99 
12 
1 
1 
10 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
11 
1 
6 
3 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
22 
20 
2 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
65 
65 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
10,949 
495 
457 
760 
1,250 
1,070 
number 
1,816,055 
1,334,698 
134,806 
126,394 
97,839 
39,497 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
11,570 
503 
488 
812 
1,371 
1,274 
number 
3,211,467 
2,483,888 
186,719 
188,254 
172,881 
83,433 
$1,000 
4,321,308 
3,657,124 
188,293 
177,481 
152,345 
69,564 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
4,568 
172 
168 
303 
578 
591 
number 
239,372 
84,642 
29,591 
34,188 
37,337 
23,390 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
10,403 
484 
466 
781 
1,306 
1,190 
number 
2,972,095 
2,399,246 
157,128 
154,066 
135,544 
60,043 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
415 
149 
31 
44 
58 
40 
number 
2,085,520 
2,060,973 
10,258 
6,649 
4,825 
1,136 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,001 
18 
12 
18 
42 
40 
number 
727,301 
705,426 
9,053 
252 
2,289 
2,186 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
887 
3 
5 
17 
22 
27 
25 to 49 
55 
2 
- 
1 
8 
6 
50 to 99 
23 
- 
2 
- 
7 
4 
100 to 199 
12 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
200 to 499 
6 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
500 or more 
18 
13 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
396 
11 
6 
16 
17 
17 
number 
145,140 
141,912 
646 
79 
339 
193 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
874 
16 
12 
15 
42 
38 
number 
582,161 
563,514 
8,407 
173 
1,950 
1,993 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
956 
21 
12 
20 
43 
36 
number 
2,784,645 
2,745,521 
19,647 
508 
4,527 
3,765 
$1,000 
208,763 
203,732 
2,756 
(D) 
(D) 
404 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,509 
27 
22 
34 
96 
61 
number 
401,376 
256,639 
49,888 
27,749 
29,674 
7,732 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,141 
18 
19 
33 
86 
55 
number 
135,588 
34,085 
39,797 
18,437 
20,847 
5,103 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,056 
26 
21 
28 
87 
52 
number 
435,338 
326,633 
41,533 
22,162 
19,220 
7,278 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
14,210 
184 
239 
411 
695 
723 
number 
110,360 
4,772 
2,868 
3,141 
7,131 
7,426 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
13,638 
176 
238 
391 
675 
703 
number 
88,735 
2,059 
2,546 
2,804 
6,200 
6,262 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
3,071 
34 
48 
76 
153 
204 
number 
11,618 
453 
353 
231 
1,518 
1,273 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,168 
11 
11 
31 
59 
53 
number 
34,757 
2,245 
201 
2,546 
911 
1,660 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,111 
7 
2 
19 
36 
32 
number 
20,388 
1,226 
(D) 
1,633 
1,398 
1,668 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,271 
22 
18 
67 
96 
144 
number 
4,195,691 
4,073,073 
614 
31,000 
2,161 
3,537 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,253 
17 
18 
59 
96 
144 
400 to 3,199 
12 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
526 
6 
2 
2 
13 
24 
number 
881,505 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
213 
1,325 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
561 
10 
3 
4 
12 
10 
number 
2,872,844 
2,851,603 
(D) 
(D) 
142 
1,130 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
61 
1 
1 
- 
5 
8 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
250 
705 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
296 
2 
4 
10 
8 
10 
number 
37,956 
(D) 
216 
(D) 
401 
1,225 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
294 
2 
4 
9 
8 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
100 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
