Table 65. Summary by 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. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
290 
31 
24 
66 
108 
50 
500 or more 
67 
16 
22 
20 
7 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
121 
9 
25 
29 
34 
14 
number 
16,089 
4,343 
5,134 
3,511 
2,388 
695 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 to 49 
15 
- 
- 
- 
10 
5 
50 to 99 
37 
- 
- 
11 
17 
9 
1 00 to 1 99 
30 
1 
8 
14 
7 
- 
200 to 499 
23 
2 
17 
4 
- 
- 
500 or more 
6 
6 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1 1 ,423 
188 
135 
173 
356 
607 
number 
338,626 
40,229 
25,027 
37,722 
42,903 
41,111 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
10,121 
169 
135 
171 
355 
636 
number 
364,436 
60,373 
34,678 
37,328 
55,761 
50,060 
$1,000 
249,963 
41,830 
27,218 
32,496 
40,427 
33,788 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
7,291 
113 
96 
125 
217 
449 
number 
131,559 
8,097 
12,310 
9,099 
16,909 
19,241 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
7,705 
146 
118 
166 
337 
586 
number 
232,877 
52,276 
22,368 
28,229 
38,852 
30,819 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
36 
1 
1 
2 
2 
11 
number 
1,900 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
745 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
658 
1 
2 
4 
2 
21 
number 
6,806 
(D) 
(D) 
113 
(D) 
179 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
594 
1 
2 
3 
1 
19 
25 to 49 
46 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
50 to 99 
14 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
395 
1 
1 
1 
2 
9 
number 
2,018 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
48 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
491 
1 
4 
2 
18 
number 
4,788 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
131 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
382 
- 
- 
- 
2 
12 
number 
7,636 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
2,068 
$1,000 
(D) 
" 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
643 
1 
1 
1 
8 
17 
number 
9,843 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
108 
177 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
410 
1 
1 
8 
13 
number 
4,501 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
108 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
291 
- 
7 
7 
10 
number 
15,125 
- 
11,991 
- 
50 
47 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
8,385 
94 
51 
79 
152 
272 
number 
59,791 
900 
707 
2,365 
1,864 
2,851 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
8,199 
92 
51 
79 
145 
269 
number 
53,899 
888 
696 
1,689 
1,792 
2,653 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,874 
10 
7 
20 
44 
68 
number 
6,373 
44 
144 
382 
486 
583 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,412 
6 
3 
3 
9 
21 
number 
18,779 
33 
6 
150 
168 
466 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
651 
1 
- 
3 
5 
9 
number 
5,592 
(D) 
- 
90 
(D) 
131 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,303 
24 
10 
6 
13 
39 
number 
1,910,683 
1,711,257 
134,504 
(D) 
497 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,270 
3 
2 
4 
13 
39 
400 to 3,199 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
10 
2 
8 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
14 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
324 
5 
4 
2 
2 
7 
number 
652,377 
283,733 
303,000 
(D) 
(D) 
185 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
262 
20 
8 
3 
1 
3 
number 
901,305 
750,200 
131,639 
(D) 
(D) 
50 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
46 
5 
3 
1 
- 
- 
number 
1,096,198 
725,200 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
314 
177 
28 
11 
1 
1 
number 
151,933,586 
143,653,738 
6,881,834 
1,295,918 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
92 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
100 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
