Table 42. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - South Dakota: 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 
4,940 
409 
1,170 
1,256 
795 
844 
298 
27 
141 
number 
377,999 
16,740 
32,858 
49,456 
70,699 
102,957 
46,748 
24,606 
33,935 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
13,107 
972 
2,681 
2,419 
2,268 
3,066 
1,258 
93 
350 
number 
2,189,028 
42,156 
88,112 
93,685 
235,665 
634,050 
645,008 
229,737 
220,615 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
1,670 
44 
129 
118 
304 
604 
361 
59 
51 
number 
633,537 
1,822 
9,031 
5,227 
21,069 
100,364 
189,234 
172,796 
133,994 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
681 
19 
166 
144 
72 
99 
95 
28 
58 
Farms with- 
number 
1,191,162 
374 
5,858 
23,872 
53,021 
93,572 
266,060 
259,759 
488,646 
1 to 24 
260 
13 
134 
83 
6 
11 
3 
- 
10 
25 to 49 
39 
3 
5 
20 
7 
1 
3 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
56 
3 
20 
17 
13 
3 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
35 
- 
1 
4 
10 
14 
5 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
38 
- 
2 
7 
7 
14 
6 
- 
2 
500 or more 
253 
- 
4 
13 
29 
56 
78 
27 
46 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
286 
6 
57 
57 
35 
28 
32 
25 
46 
number 
167,015 
31 
434 
503 
4,109 
4,350 
33,258 
40,188 
84,142 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
639 
19 
153 
131 
70 
97 
89 
27 
53 
number 
1,024,147 
343 
5,424 
23,369 
48,912 
89,222 
232,802 
219,571 
404,504 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
678 
15 
156 
136 
87 
107 
93 
28 
56 
number 
3,914,312 
364 
26,801 
64,205 
178,787 
272,556 
885,615 
811,820 
1,674,164 
$1,000 
446,756 
43 
3,354 
8,778 
19,830 
34,916 
96,117 
103,706 
180,012 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
1,798 
179 
694 
454 
193 
216 
39 
3 
20 
number 
257,676 
12,632 
46,589 
49,856 
48,980 
68,904 
24,726 
293 
5,696 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
1,606 
165 
596 
410 
187 
192 
35 
3 
18 
number 
165,786 
7,616 
31,231 
32,298 
31,610 
48,442 
10,036 
281 
4,272 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
1,610 
159 
578 
383 
197 
225 
44 
2 
22 
number 
218,640 
10,127 
34,055 
32,515 
37,842 
58,010 
38,929 
(D) 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
6,463 
801 
2,242 
1,268 
696 
907 
368 
32 
149 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
68,925 
8,334 
20,471 
16,088 
7,413 
10,880 
3,571 
261 
1,907 
inventory 
....farms 
6,318 
767 
2,214 
1,243 
677 
884 
361 
31 
141 
number 
65,241 
7,725 
19,507 
15,227 
6,817 
10,634 
3,387 
252 
1,692 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
2,223 
290 
915 
541 
181 
190 
57 
3 
46 
number 
13,603 
2,066 
4,393 
3,141 
1,296 
1,704 
340 
8 
655 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
748 
108 
366 
179 
25 
41 
14 
_ 
15 
number 
16,545 
1,388 
5,571 
7,543 
454 
1,412 
101 
- 
76 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
373 
45 
179 
92 
13 
26 
5 
- 
13 
number 
8,895 
1,120 
3,330 
3,191 
208 
907 
70 
- 
69 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
1,703 
235 
845 
361 
114 
83 
25 
12 
28 
Farms with- 
number 
2,450,780 
5,640 
20,473 
13,734 
3,556 
3,252 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 399 
1,677 
235 
843 
360 
114 
82 
23 
1 
19 
400 to 3,199 
20 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
1 
8 
7 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
205 
31 
90 
60 
18 
4 
- 
1 
1 
number 
(D) 
544 
1,533 
61,575 
586 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
142 
18 
90 
18 
9 
- 
3 
3 
1 
number 
(D) 
1,286 
2,892 
1,133 
1,921 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
7 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
90 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
155 
26 
54 
45 
7 
13 
3 
3 
4 
Farms with- 
number 
144,015 
1,761 
4,921 
10,378 
(D) 
1,170 
390 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 1,999 
148 
26 
54 
42 
7 
13 
3 
1 
2 
2,000 to 59,999 
6 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
1 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
142 
19 
49 
27 
- 
8 
4 
18 
17 
number 
2,449,784 
223 
334 
786 
- 
551 
263,000 
1,367,197 
817,693 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
77 
3 
20 
12 
- 
2 
5 
18 
17 
number 
4,988,996 
93 
(D) 
896 
- 
(D) 
430,002 
2,629,586 
1,928,363 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
149 
6 
16 
12 
23 
61 
27 
- 
4 
acres 
23,131 
707 
341 
376 
2,883 
9,631 
6,834 
- 
2,359 
bushels 
781,289 
15,554 
11,387 
6,689 
85,588 
353,811 
215,565 
- 
92,695 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
582 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
