Table 28. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
643 
9,843 
410 
4,501 
91 
5,324 
(Z) 
278 
2,831 
376 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
529 
4,594 
324 
2,045 
79 
3,973 
(D) 
194 
1,085 
142 
25 to 99 
103 
3,952 
75 
1,917 
12 
1,351 
(D) 
75 
1,240 
174 
100 to 299 
11 
1,297 
11 
539 
- 
- 
9 
506 
60 
300 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
" 
- 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
514 
(D) 
13 
12,294 
1,501 
Table 29. Ewes 1 Year Old or Older - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Ewe Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Ewes 1 year old or older inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
410 
7,502 
410 
4,501 
28 
1,617 
(Z) 
206 
2,260 
295 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
362 
4,484 
362 
2,678 
28 
1,617 
(Z) 
166 
1,306 
167 
25 to 99 
48 
3,018 
48 
1,823 
- 
- 
40 
954 
128 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
* 
" 
No ewes 1 year old or older as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
233 
2,341 
(X) 
(X) 
66 
4,221 
(D) 
85 
12,865 
1,582 
Table 30. Goats, Kids, and Mohair - Inventory, Mohair Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Inventory 
Sales 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Goats, all 
1,412 
18,779 
1,650 
21,574 
651 
5,592 
643 
618 
6,906 
Angora goats and kids 
49 
213 
33 
241 
19 
36 
2 
8 
73 
Milk goats and kids 
234 
2,015 
167 
1,315 
91 
515 
77 
63 
570 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
1,225 
16,551 
1,528 
20,018 
569 
5,041 
563 
573 
6,263 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
- 
- 
11 
1,656 
' 2007 data for pounds sold are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 31. Equine - Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
INVENTORY 
SALES 
Total horses and ponies 
8,385 
59,791 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,874 
6,373 
16,891 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
8,092 
45,421 
(X) 
1 to 24 
1,841 
5,072 
13,986 
25 to 49 
222 
6,925 
(X) 
25 to 49 
28 
1,051 
1,155 
50 to 99 
41 
2,775 
(X) 
50 to 99 
5 
250 
1,750 
100 or more 
30 
4,670 
(X) 
100 or more 
- 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
8,199 
53,899 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
154 
844 
312 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
7,979 
42,905 
(X) 
1 to 24 
147 
529 
186 
25 to 49 
161 
5,070 
(X) 
25 to 49 
3 
75 
30 
50 to 99 
34 
2,378 
(X) 
50 or more 
4 
240 
96 
100 or more 
25 
3,546 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
1,929 
6,572 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,905 
5,775 
(X) 
25 to 49 
20 
557 
(X) 
50 or more 
4 
240 
(X) 
24 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
