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 
1,059 
308 
668 
83 
393 
666 
500 or more 
786 
290 
432 
64 
297 
489 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
11,518 
6,500 
4,160 
858 
4,824 
6,694 
number 
814,027 
321,381 
426,476 
66,170 
291,031 
522,996 
Beef cows 
farms 
11,267 
6,325 
4,106 
836 
4,751 
6,516 
number 
683,291 
245,541 
381,037 
56,713 
271,483 
411,808 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,980 
2,953 
782 
245 
1,621 
2,359 
10 to 49 
4,154 
2,301 
1,520 
333 
1,874 
2,280 
50 to 99 
1,298 
502 
675 
121 
548 
750 
100 to 199 
988 
325 
592 
71 
405 
583 
200 to 499 
662 
177 
434 
51 
226 
436 
500 or more 
185 
67 
103 
15 
77 
108 
Milk cows 
farms 
517 
327 
152 
38 
165 
352 
number 
130,736 
75,840 
45,439 
9,457 
19,548 
111,188 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
378 
259 
100 
19 
132 
246 
10 to 49 
29 
6 
16 
7 
8 
21 
50 to 99 
12 
6 
5 
1 
- 
12 
100 to 199 
11 
5 
4 
2 
4 
7 
200 to 499 
22 
14 
3 
5 
8 
14 
500 or more 
65 
37 
24 
4 
13 
52 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
10,949 
6,030 
4,152 
767 
4,454 
6,495 
number 
1,816,055 
1,076,607 
517,162 
222,286 
813,433 
1,002,622 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
11,570 
6,329 
4,395 
846 
4,824 
6,746 
number 
3,211,467 
1,998,701 
757,708 
455,058 
1,515,790 
1,695,677 
$1,000 
4,321,308 
2,863,739 
808,454 
649,115 
2,125,878 
2,195,430 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
4,568 
2,418 
1,794 
356 
1,897 
2,671 
number 
239,372 
103,006 
114,265 
22,101 
89,396 
149,976 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
10,403 
5,586 
4,056 
761 
4,234 
6,169 
number 
2,972,095 
1,895,695 
643,443 
432,957 
1,426,394 
1,545,701 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
415 
184 
190 
41 
187 
228 
number 
2,085,520 
1,571,101 
148,473 
365,946 
1,081,333 
1,004,187 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,001 
754 
193 
54 
337 
664 
number 
727,301 
705,445 
21,055 
801 
493,586 
233,715 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
887 
675 
165 
47 
290 
597 
25 to 49 
55 
41 
10 
4 
18 
37 
50 to 99 
23 
13 
10 
- 
10 
13 
1 00 to 1 99 
12 
7 
2 
3 
7 
5 
200 to 499 
6 
4 
2 
- 
- 
6 
500 or more 
18 
14 
4 
- 
12 
6 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
396 
289 
86 
21 
130 
266 
number 
145,140 
144,049 
881 
210 
104,219 
40,921 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
874 
656 
173 
45 
286 
588 
number 
582,161 
561,396 
20,174 
591 
389,367 
192,794 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
956 
704 
202 
50 
284 
672 
number 
2,784,645 
2,747,636 
34,614 
2,395 
(D) 
(D) 
$1,000 
208,763 
204,600 
3,965 
198 
156,379 
52,384 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,509 
1,124 
309 
76 
577 
932 
number 
401,376 
172,236 
222,653 
6,487 
169,718 
231,658 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,141 
815 
264 
62 
437 
704 
number 
135,588 
52,724 
77,713 
5,151 
65,753 
69,835 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,056 
744 
251 
61 
386 
670 
number 
435,338 
249,936 
177,779 
7,623 
205,875 
229,463 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
14,210 
10,210 
3,227 
773 
5,517 
8,693 
number 
110,360 
75,148 
27,917 
7,295 
39,763 
70,597 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
13,638 
9,766 
3,139 
733 
5,233 
8,405 
number 
88,735 
59,671 
23,899 
5,165 
32,666 
56,069 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
3,071 
2,143 
744 
184 
1,194 
1,877 
number 
11,618 
7,895 
3,041 
682 
4,231 
7,387 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,168 
1,762 
294 
112 
722 
1,446 
number 
34,757 
27,452 
5,441 
1,864 
10,989 
23,768 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,111 
901 
163 
47 
350 
761 
number 
20,388 
13,967 
4,948 
1,473 
7,466 
12,922 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,271 
3,396 
736 
139 
1,338 
2,933 
number 
4,195,691 
4,169,462 
22,459 
3,770 
859,925 
3,335,766 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,253 
3,383 
731 
139 
1,333 
2,920 
400 to 3,199 
12 
7 
5 
- 
2 
10 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
5 
5 
- 
- 
2 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
526 
432 
78 
16 
163 
363 
number 
881,505 
(D) 
1,746 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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