Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
623 
457 
72 
50 
500 or more 
195 
130 
30 
30 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
12,205 
11,123 
560 
368 
number 
450,341 
355,667 
41,142 
33,510 
Beef cows farms 
12,115 
11,058 
554 
366 
number 
434,252 
345,524 
40,322 
33,235 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,121 
3,907 
118 
60 
1 0 to 49 
6,059 
5,603 
233 
142 
50 to 99 
1,045 
879 
94 
73 
100 to 199 
533 
416 
70 
57 
200 to 499 
290 
208 
31 
26 
500 or more 
67 
45 
8 
8 
Milk cows farms 
121 
91 
7 
3 
number 
16,089 
10,143 
820 
275 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10 
7 
- 
- 
1 0 to 49 
15 
13 
1 
- 
50 to 99 
37 
31 
2 
2 
100 to 199 
30 
25 
2 
1 
200 to 499 
23 
13 
2 
- 
500 or more 
6 
2 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
11,423 
10,376 
515 
342 
number 
338,626 
254,220 
33,528 
28,595 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
10,121 
9,117 
503 
353 
number 
364,436 
262,213 
30,651 
24,869 
$1,000 
249,963 
177,775 
27,558 
23,363 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
7,291 
6,583 
342 
234 
number 
131,559 
104,140 
9,220 
6,932 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
7,705 
6,852 
420 
297 
number 
232,877 
158,073 
21,431 
17,937 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
36 
29 
- 
- 
number 
1,900 
1,654 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
658 
630 
6 
5 
number 
6,806 
6,478 
76 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
594 
571 
5 
4 
25 to 49 
46 
43 
1 
1 
50 to 99 
14 
12 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
2 
2 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
2 
2 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
395 
371 
4 
4 
number 
2,018 
1,859 
17 
17 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
491 
473 
5 
4 
number 
4,788 
4,619 
59 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
382 
365 
5 
4 
number 
7,636 
5,541 
37 
(D) 
$1,000 
(D) 
557 
3 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
643 
592 
19 
13 
number 
9,843 
8,766 
307 
271 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
410 
376 
12 
8 
number 
4,501 
3,967 
101 
85 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
291 
260 
11 
11 
number 
15,125 
2,846 
(D) 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
8,385 
7,645 
357 
266 
number 
59,791 
49,355 
4,989 
4,439 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
8,199 
7,478 
346 
262 
number 
53,899 
44,996 
4,039 
3,599 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
1,874 
1,664 
96 
78 
number 
6,373 
4,986 
789 
741 
Goats, all inventory farms 
1,412 
1,328 
33 
24 
number 
18,779 
17,767 
443 
332 
Goats, all sold farms 
651 
613 
19 
13 
number 
5,592 
5,333 
143 
113 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
2,303 
2,160 
58 
48 
number 
1,910,683 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,270 
2,135 
57 
47 
400 to 3,199 
3 
2 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
10 
8 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
14 
11 
1 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
3 
3 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
324 
304 
5 
5 
number 
652,377 
167,034 
40,009 
40,009 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 Louisiana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
