Table 7. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Colorado: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
.. farms 
4,568 
966 
1,420 
1,144 
387 
302 
120 
34 
195 
number 
239,372 
18,016 
23,601 
26,563 
31,078 
43,108 
35,273 
45,074 
16,659 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
.... farms 
10,403 
2,159 
3,230 
2,419 
887 
860 
326 
84 
438 
number 
2,972,095 
51,858 
61,311 
77,773 
113,641 
278,785 
304,355 
529,620 
1,554,752 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
.... farms 
415 
40 
43 
73 
47 
62 
74 
38 
38 
number 
2,085,520 
1,336 
965 
2,114 
4,967 
45,768 
137,513 
428,953 
1,463,904 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
.... farms 
1,001 
134 
505 
267 
28 
18 
6 
3 
40 
Farms with- 
number 
727,301 
2,195 
14,009 
4,606 
4,445 
7,324 
60,421 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 
887 
123 
478 
229 
14 
12 
2 
1 
28 
25 to 49 
55 
6 
15 
24 
3 
- 
1 
1 
5 
50 to 99 
23 
2 
5 
8 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
12 
- 
3 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
6 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
18 
- 
2 
1 
1 
3 
3 
1 
7 
Used or to be used for breeding 
.... farms 
396 
43 
177 
116 
18 
15 
3 
1 
23 
number 
145,140 
322 
912 
962 
(D) 
689 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs 
.... farms 
874 
125 
443 
223 
27 
15 
5 
3 
33 
number 
582,161 
1,873 
13,097 
3,644 
(D) 
6,635 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs sold 
.... farms 
956 
133 
481 
252 
29 
20 
9 
3 
29 
number 
2,784,645 
2,668 
19,153 
7,453 
11,154 
14,347 
(D) 
(D) 
1,934,203 
$1,000 
208,763 
454 
2,984 
863 
1,328 
1,813 
(D) 
(D) 
150,913 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
.... farms 
1,509 
339 
638 
365 
62 
31 
20 
3 
51 
number 
401,376 
11,452 
19,973 
19,686 
28,501 
44,975 
70,966 
159,118 
46,705 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
.... farms 
1,141 
262 
474 
270 
53 
27 
16 
- 
39 
number 
135,588 
7,045 
12,969 
12,691 
19,457 
33,586 
29,820 
- 
20,020 
Sheep and lambs sold 
.... farms 
1,056 
232 
435 
261 
54 
27 
19 
3 
25 
number 
435,338 
7,965 
15,861 
13,018 
18,693 
37,530 
60,631 
207,568 
74,072 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
.... farms 
14,210 
3,641 
5,942 
3,124 
450 
463 
122 
31 
437 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
110,360 
22,956 
37,071 
30,108 
4,873 
5,049 
1,585 
293 
8,425 
inventory 
.... farms 
13,638 
3,443 
5,720 
3,042 
436 
451 
120 
30 
396 
number 
88,735 
19,507 
32,016 
22,922 
3,897 
4,189 
1,483 
261 
4,460 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
.... farms 
3,071 
665 
1,227 
874 
104 
88 
28 
5 
80 
number 
11,618 
2,829 
3,735 
3,277 
524 
464 
425 
67 
297 
Goats, all inventory 
.... farms 
2,168 
513 
987 
557 
29 
35 
8 
_ 
39 
number 
34,757 
6,671 
11,705 
10,239 
809 
2,423 
350 
- 
2,560 
Goats, all sold 
.... farms 
1,111 
264 
489 
304 
14 
17 
4 
1 
18 
number 
20,388 
3,506 
5,902 
7,420 
338 
1,634 
(D) 
(D) 
1,262 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
4,271 
1,028 
2,067 
941 
63 
62 
16 
4 
90 
Farms with- 
number 
4,195,691 
20,874 
42,382 
23,743 
3,508 
29,120 
292 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 399 
4,253 
1,027 
2,064 
940 
62 
55 
16 
2 
87 
400 to 3,199 
12 
1 
3 
1 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
.... farms 
526 
136 
238 
127 
6 
5 
- 
2 
12 
number 
881,505 
2,609 
5,822 
3,847 
102 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
.... farms 
561 
138 
261 
133 
13 
5 
5 
2 
4 
number 
2,872,844 
2,227 
12,398 
6,391 
152 
78 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
.... farms 
61 
7 
27 
25 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
290 
631 
4,222 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
.... farms 
296 
44 
146 
81 
5 
9 
4 
- 
7 
Farms with- 
number 
37,956 
(D) 
6,366 
7,415 
(D) 
1,280 
146 
- 
278 
1 to 1,999 
294 
44 
146 
80 
4 
9 
4 
- 
7 
2,000 to 59,999 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
487 
119 
198 
147 
2 
8 
1 
- 
12 
number 
3,761 
943 
1,527 
1,157 
(D) 
28 
(D) 
- 
78 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
.... farms 
192 
45 
73 
67 
2 
1 
1 
- 
3 
number 
2,747 
(D) 
741 
1,345 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
10 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
.... farms 
241 
12 
14 
22 
31 
78 
64 
6 
14 
acres 
54,828 
746 
394 
1,611 
3,483 
15,115 
23,842 
3,835 
5,802 
bushels 
6,573,668 
58,297 
38,194 
122,106 
383,599 
1,719,229 
2,991,076 
543,021 
718,146 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 95 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
