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 
1,059 
88 
144 
346 
373 
70 
500 or more 
786 
347 
214 
161 
52 
7 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
11,518 
372 
413 
728 
1,284 
1,147 
number 
814,027 
242,577 
104,981 
135,769 
141,802 
69,319 
Beef cows 
farms 
11,267 
291 
404 
716 
1,274 
1,138 
number 
683,291 
115,704 
103,535 
134,539 
141,491 
69,095 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,980 
4 
13 
25 
67 
71 
1 0 to 49 
4,154 
39 
66 
138 
283 
421 
50 to 99 
1,298 
32 
55 
96 
293 
470 
100 to 199 
988 
56 
87 
161 
449 
161 
200 to 499 
662 
94 
114 
260 
171 
15 
500 or more 
185 
66 
69 
36 
11 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
517 
87 
18 
17 
38 
37 
number 
130,736 
126,873 
1,446 
1,230 
311 
224 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
378 
6 
1 
26 
30 
1 0 to 49 
29 
- 
3 
2 
12 
7 
50 to 99 
12 
1 
1 
10 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
11 
1 
6 
4 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
22 
20 
2 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
65 
65 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
10,949 
509 
470 
797 
1,289 
1,089 
number 
1,816,055 
1,337,957 
136,070 
127,362 
95,770 
42,406 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
11,570 
518 
501 
853 
1,426 
1,287 
number 
3,211,467 
2,489,040 
187,488 
194,140 
169,643 
80,197 
$1,000 
4,321,308 
3,662,181 
189,494 
180,431 
149,965 
66,826 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
4,568 
177 
173 
330 
611 
588 
number 
239,372 
85,599 
29,397 
37,123 
37,232 
21,547 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
10,403 
499 
477 
817 
1,341 
1,217 
number 
2,972,095 
2,403,441 
158,091 
157,017 
132,411 
58,650 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
415 
150 
34 
42 
56 
43 
number 
2,085,520 
2,061,773 
11,218 
5,218 
4,496 
1,269 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,001 
18 
12 
18 
43 
39 
number 
727,301 
705,426 
9,053 
252 
2,311 
2,164 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
887 
3 
5 
17 
23 
26 
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 
18 
16 
number 
145,140 
141,912 
646 
79 
344 
188 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
874 
16 
12 
15 
43 
37 
number 
582,161 
563,514 
8,407 
173 
1,967 
1,976 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
956 
21 
12 
20 
44 
35 
number 
2,784,645 
2,745,521 
19,647 
508 
4,570 
3,722 
$1,000 
208,763 
203,732 
2,756 
62 
580 
396 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,509 
27 
23 
33 
99 
65 
number 
401,376 
256,639 
52,958 
24,679 
30,091 
7,826 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,141 
18 
20 
32 
89 
59 
number 
135,588 
34,085 
42,747 
15,487 
21,059 
5,290 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,056 
26 
22 
27 
90 
56 
number 
435,338 
326,633 
45,046 
18,649 
19,634 
7,136 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
14,210 
188 
243 
429 
715 
751 
number 
110,360 
4,799 
2,895 
3,298 
7,162 
7,564 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
13,638 
180 
242 
406 
695 
729 
number 
88,735 
2,086 
2,564 
2,960 
6,235 
6,382 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
3,071 
35 
47 
78 
160 
214 
number 
11,618 
496 
310 
234 
1,535 
1,315 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,168 
11 
11 
35 
59 
59 
number 
34,757 
2,245 
201 
2,576 
966 
1,745 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,111 
7 
2 
19 
39 
34 
number 
20,388 
1,226 
(D) 
1,633 
1,418 
1,686 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,271 
24 
17 
70 
103 
146 
number 
4,195,691 
4,073,099 
594 
31,124 
2,307 
3,458 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,253 
19 
17 
62 
103 
146 
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 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
