Table 1 7. Milk Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Milk cow herd 
Total 
Cows and heifers that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Total 
Milk cows 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
425 
188,021 
425 
127,007 
425 
123,220 
288 
61,014 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
295 
2,064 
295 
1,518 
295 
827 
181 
546 
1 0 to 1 9 
12 
283 
12 
(D) 
12 
125 
3 
(D) 
20 to 49 
3 
166 
3 
(D) 
3 
95 
3 
(D) 
50 to 99 
8 
2,067 
8 
1,233 
8 
650 
8 
834 
1 00 to 1 99 
15 
3,011 
15 
2,004 
15 
1,938 
12 
1,007 
200 to 499 
28 
15,015 
28 
10,814 
28 
10,464 
24 
4,201 
500 to 999 
27 
26,787 
27 
19,148 
27 
18,194 
25 
7,639 
1 ,000 or more 
37 
138,628 
37 
91,927 
37 
90,927 
32 
46,701 
1,000 to 2,499 
26 
58,382 
26 
42,220 
26 
41,620 
21 
16,162 
2,500 or more 
11 
80,246 
11 
49,707 
11 
49,307 
11 
30,539 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
20,830 
1,487,302 
18,230 
979,003 
(X) 
(X) 
15,008 
508,299 
Milk cow herd 
Cattle and calves sales 
Milk sales 
Total 
Cattle 
Calves 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
258 
87,870 
44,416 
193 
34,730 
202 
53,140 
119 
(D) 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
141 
832 
447 
96 
433 
91 
399 
- 
- 
10 to 19 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
20 to 49 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
3 
345 
50 to 99 
7 
1,014 
762 
5 
601 
6 
413 
8 
2,520 
1 00 to 1 99 
11 
707 
318 
7 
262 
11 
445 
15 
7,219 
200 to 499 
27 
5,069 
2,277 
20 
1,875 
24 
3,194 
28 
38,757 
500 to 999 
26 
11,092 
5,435 
24 
4,503 
26 
6,589 
27 
78,725 
1 ,000 or more 
37 
69,000 
35,111 
33 
27,007 
36 
41,993 
37 
381,069 
1,000 to 2,499 
26 
28,474 
15,390 
22 
10,327 
25 
18,147 
26 
162,216 
2,500 or more 
11 
40,526 
19,720 
11 
16,680 
11 
23,846 
11 
218,854 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
13,713 
772,559 
487,453 
9,713 
377,668 
10,495 
394,891 
1 
(D) 
Table 18. Cattle and Calves - Number Sold Per Farm by Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle, including calves weighing 500 pounds or more 
Calves weighing less than 
500 pounds 
Number sold 
Cattle and calves 
Total 
Cattle on feed 
(see text) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
13,971 
860,429 
531,869 
9,906 
412,398 
1 
(D) 
10,697 
448,031 
Farms by number of cattle 
and calves sold - 
1 to 9 
7,510 
31,324 
18,105 
4,826 
13,172 
5,053 
18,152 
1 0 to 1 9 
2,452 
32,472 
18,046 
1,748 
11,800 
- 
- 
2,119 
20,672 
20 to 49 
1,844 
55,810 
31,707 
1,388 
18,943 
- 
- 
1,668 
36,867 
50 to 99 
813 
55,515 
31,786 
680 
21,246 
- 
- 
723 
34,269 
1 00 to 1 99 
547 
74,372 
46,128 
513 
32,541 
- 
- 
489 
41,831 
200 to 499 
470 
142,271 
90,428 
438 
76,538 
- 
- 
381 
65,733 
500 to 999 
211 
148,170 
102,874 
197 
87,154 
- 
- 
163 
61,016 
1,000 to 2,499 
84 
123,972 
89,450 
82 
77,056 
- 
- 
64 
46,916 
2,500 or more 
40 
196,523 
103,345 
34 
73,948 
1 
(D) 
37 
122,575 
Table 19. Hogs and Pigs - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total hogs and pigs 
1,642 
14,915 
1,906 
19,937 
Total hogs and pigs - Con. 
Farms with- 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
1 to 24 
1,530 
5,906 
1,771 
8,538 
used for breeding - Con. 
25 to 49 
68 
2,252 
68 
2,142 
Farms with - Con. 
50 to 99 
28 
1,807 
42 
2,609 
1 00 to 1 99 
7 
944 
12 
1,418 
1 00 to 1 99 
2 
(D) 
7 
770 
200 to 499 
6 
1,786 
10 
3,080 
200 to 499 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
500 to 999 
3 
2,220 
2 
(D) 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
2,000 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
Other hogs and pigs 
1,249 
11,406 
1,455 
14,531 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,166 
4,527 
1,352 
5,856 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
25 to 49 
50 
1,671 
57 
1,866 
used for breeding 
748 
3,509 
952 
5,406 
50 to 99 
17 
1,043 
26 
1,584 
Farms with- 
1 00 to 1 99 
7 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
1 to 24 
737 
2,711 
920 
3,844 
200 to 499 
7 
1,957 
9 
2,670 
25 to 49 
5 
150 
22 
632 
500 to 999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
50 to 99 
3 
178 
3 
160 
1 ,000 or more 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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