Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
623 
31 
55 
59 
201 
158 
500 or more 
195 
38 
31 
65 
38 
15 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
12,205 
193 
136 
174 
371 
625 
number 
450,341 
41,111 
36,379 
45,450 
56,146 
58,242 
Beef cows 
farms 
12,115 
186 
113 
150 
344 
618 
number 
434,252 
36,768 
31,245 
41,939 
53,758 
57,547 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,121 
8 
4 
6 
8 
21 
1 0 to 49 
6,059 
69 
17 
20 
51 
130 
50 to 99 
1,045 
37 
24 
18 
54 
210 
1 00 to 1 99 
533 
25 
21 
18 
112 
213 
200 to 499 
290 
31 
24 
69 
112 
44 
500 or more 
67 
16 
23 
19 
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 
10 to 49 
15 
- 
- 
- 
10 
5 
50 to 99 
37 
- 
- 
11 
17 
9 
100 to 199 
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 
195 
136 
172 
395 
648 
number 
338,626 
40,530 
24,858 
38,185 
46,067 
41,697 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
10,121 
176 
136 
171 
393 
676 
number 
364,436 
60,659 
35,211 
37,814 
58,256 
50,932 
$1,000 
249,963 
42,083 
(D) 
32,661 
42,378 
33,734 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
7,291 
118 
98 
124 
250 
479 
number 
131,559 
8,236 
12,512 
9,035 
17,991 
19,959 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
7,705 
151 
119 
168 
373 
614 
number 
232,877 
52,423 
22,699 
28,779 
40,265 
30,973 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
36 
1 
1 
2 
2 
11 
number 
1,900 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
745 
Flogs 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 
Flogs 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 
99 
47 
83 
164 
293 
number 
59,791 
914 
698 
2,385 
1,974 
2,928 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
8,199 
97 
47 
83 
157 
289 
number 
53,899 
898 
691 
1,709 
1,902 
2,727 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,874 
10 
7 
22 
45 
70 
number 
6,373 
44 
144 
384 
506 
569 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,412 
6 
3 
3 
10 
23 
number 
18,779 
33 
6 
150 
176 
468 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
651 
1 
- 
3 
5 
11 
number 
5,592 
(D) 
- 
90 
(D) 
145 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,303 
24 
11 
5 
14 
39 
number 
1,910,683 
1,711,257 
134,514 
(D) 
527 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,270 
3 
3 
3 
14 
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 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
