Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,059 
702 
198 
173 
500 or more 
786 
343 
236 
208 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
11,518 
9,299 
1,178 
948 
number 
814,027 
439,017 
211,909 
188,790 
Beef cows farms 
11,267 
9,136 
1,135 
909 
number 
683,291 
402,802 
164,627 
141,570 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,980 
3,570 
200 
144 
1 0 to 49 
4,154 
3,430 
367 
281 
50 to 99 
1,298 
1,025 
144 
120 
100 to 199 
988 
696 
176 
144 
200 to 499 
662 
348 
179 
158 
500 or more 
185 
67 
69 
62 
Milk cows farms 
517 
384 
60 
53 
number 
130,736 
36,215 
47,282 
47,220 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
378 
322 
28 
22 
1 0 to 49 
29 
23 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
12 
6 
1 
- 
100 to 199 
11 
6 
3 
3 
200 to 499 
22 
6 
5 
5 
500 or more 
65 
21 
23 
23 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
10,949 
8,739 
1,159 
950 
number 
1,816,055 
532,396 
448,684 
422,011 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
11,570 
9,247 
1,216 
1,002 
number 
3,211,467 
787,278 
709,784 
680,444 
$1,000 
4,321,308 
826,771 
917,950 
888,370 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
4,568 
3,608 
517 
418 
number 
239,372 
131,531 
51,938 
47,028 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
10,403 
8,261 
1,120 
942 
number 
2,972,095 
655,747 
657,846 
633,416 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
415 
226 
81 
78 
number 
2,085,520 
(D) 
442,102 
441,985 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
1,001 
860 
69 
52 
number 
727,301 
68,605 
364,473 
363,843 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
887 
779 
51 
37 
25 to 49 
55 
45 
5 
3 
50 to 99 
23 
18 
3 
3 
100 to 199 
12 
10 
2 
2 
200 to 499 
6 
2 
2 
1 
500 or more 
18 
6 
6 
6 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
396 
323 
35 
28 
number 
145,140 
19,317 
51,105 
50,969 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
874 
757 
58 
43 
number 
582,161 
49,288 
313,368 
312,874 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
956 
814 
76 
59 
number 
2,784,645 
125,444 
1,068,744 
1,068,052 
$1,000 
208,763 
9,070 
88,647 
88,567 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
1,509 
1,294 
118 
95 
number 
401,376 
146,835 
75,655 
(D) 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
1,141 
974 
95 
76 
number 
135,588 
60,932 
51,746 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
1,056 
910 
87 
76 
number 
435,338 
187,049 
49,425 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
14,210 
11,792 
1,145 
918 
number 
110,360 
77,814 
12,080 
10,251 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
13,638 
11,353 
1,088 
870 
number 
88,735 
65,858 
9,468 
7,871 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
3,071 
2,518 
267 
219 
number 
11,618 
8,970 
1,225 
971 
Goats, all inventory farms 
2,168 
1,913 
126 
80 
number 
34,757 
27,072 
3,534 
2,736 
Goats, all sold farms 
1,111 
992 
64 
38 
number 
20,388 
16,401 
2,296 
1,833 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
4,271 
3,730 
245 
179 
number 
4,195,691 
86,416 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,253 
3,720 
244 
178 
400 to 3,199 
12 
10 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
5 
- 
1 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
526 
455 
20 
15 
number 
881,505 
(D) 
1,208 
1,050 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 Colorado 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
