Table 14. Cattle and Calves Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Flerd size 
Total 
Cows and heifers 
that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Cattle and calves sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
Farms with herd size of- 
431 
18,225 
347 
8,345 
321 
9,880 
277 
10,106 
9,110 
1 to 9 
171 
812 
114 
440 
111 
372 
77 
268 
(D) 
lOto 19 
107 
1,400 
96 
788 
88 
612 
68 
(D) 
334 
20 to 49 
81 
2,449 
70 
1,576 
52 
873 
61 
1,029 
1,045 
50 to 99 
36 
2,461 
35 
1,198 
34 
1,263 
36 
1,107 
823 
100 to 199 
17 
2,261 
16 
692 
17 
1,569 
16 
977 
1,245 
200 to 499 
14 
4,358 
13 
2,402 
14 
1,956 
14 
2,272 
1,752 
500 to 999 
3 
(D) 
3 
1,249 
3 
(D) 
3 
1,053 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No cattle and calves herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
375 
379 
Table 15. Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Cow herd ' 
Total 
Cows and heifers 
that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Cattle and calves sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
Farms with cow herd size of- 
347 
14,625 
347 
8,345 
237 
6,280 
248 
6,246 
4,765 
1 to 9 
196 
2,147 
196 
978 
136 
1,169 
117 
746 
674 
lOto 19 
56 
1,764 
56 
(D) 
37 
(D) 
41 
936 
993 
20 to 49 
61 
(D) 
61 
1,917 
32 
(D) 
56 
1,208 
965 
50 to 99 
19 
2,179 
19 
1,204 
17 
975 
19 
(D) 
745 
100 to 199 
8 
2,176 
8 
1,315 
8 
861 
8 
941 
610 
200 to 499 
6 
2,742 
6 
1,640 
6 
1,102 
6 
1,293 
(D) 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
84 
3,600 
(X) 
(X) 
84 
3,600 
45 
4,235 
4,724 
' Cow herd includes beef cows, milk cows, and heifers that calved. 
Table 16. Beef Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Beef cow herd 
Cows and heifers that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Total 
Beef cows 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
Farms with beef cow herd size of- 
296 
7,809 
296 
4,757 
296 
3,833 
190 
3,052 
1 to 9 
181 
181 
998 
181 
909 
123 
798 
lOto 19 
56 
56 
866 
56 
689 
38 
1,221 
20 to 49 
45 
45 
1,545 
45 
1,445 
15 
229 
50 to 99 
14 
2,152 
14 
1,348 
14 
790 
14 
804 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No beef cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
135 
10,416 
51 
3,588 
(X) 
(X) 
131 
6,828 
Cattle and calves sales 
Cattle 
Beef cow herd 
Total 
Total 
Cattle on feed 
(see text) 
Calves 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
Farms with beef cow herd size of- 
199 
3,219 
3,118 
169 
2,384 
8 
126 
77 
835 
1 to 9 
103 
465 
336 
85 
266 
- 
- 
41 
199 
lOto 19 
42 
1,011 
1,033 
33 
909 
1 
(D) 
19 
102 
20 to 49 
40 
862 
901 
37 
731 
7 
(D) 
10 
131 
50 to 99 
14 
881 
848 
14 
478 
- 
7 
403 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No beef cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
94 
7,262 
6,371 
90 
5,491 
6 
3,546 
51 
1,771 
20 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
