Table 14 . Cattle and Calves Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Flerd size 
Total 
Cows and heifers 
that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Cattle and calves sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
Farms with herd size of- 
3,499 
194,524 
2,863 
90,111 
2,856 
104,413 
2,593 
88,559 
68,819 
1 to 9 
1,130 
5,302 
826 
2,951 
720 
2,351 
591 
(D) 
(D) 
1 0 to 1 9 
647 
9,010 
560 
4,665 
538 
4,345 
473 
3,476 
2,763 
20 to 49 
828 
25,552 
701 
12,380 
736 
13,172 
684 
9,404 
7,451 
50 to 99 
380 
26,326 
357 
13,395 
364 
12,931 
359 
11,184 
9,302 
100 to 199 
286 
38,810 
220 
15,973 
274 
22,837 
258 
16,633 
14,007 
200 to 499 
194 
55,499 
167 
24,268 
191 
31,231 
194 
27,769 
19,426 
500 to 999 
23 
14,853 
22 
6,231 
23 
8,622 
23 
4,428 
3,831 
1,000 to 2,499 
9 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
9 
8,116 
8,330 
2,500 to 4,999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
5,000 or more 
“ 
- 
- 
- 
“ 
- 
- 
No cattle and calves herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
70 
1,196 
1,098 
Table 15 . Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Cow herd 1 
Total 
Cows and heifers 
that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Cattle and calves sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
Farms with cow herd size of- 
2,863 
167,174 
2,863 
90,111 
2,220 
77,063 
2,187 
62,385 
39,954 
1 to 9 
1,288 
12,857 
1,288 
5,707 
878 
7,150 
792 
6,015 
5,270 
1 0 to 1 9 
567 
16,015 
567 
7,600 
458 
8,415 
455 
6,032 
4,863 
20 to 49 
546 
28,397 
546 
16,284 
454 
12,113 
490 
10,085 
7,558 
50 to 99 
243 
29,251 
243 
16,230 
227 
13,021 
232 
10,595 
6,863 
100 to 199 
160 
39,030 
160 
21,322 
148 
17,708 
159 
13,310 
7,666 
200 to 499 
49 
24,452 
49 
12,720 
46 
11,732 
49 
6,937 
3,706 
500 to 999 
7 
8,868 
7 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
7 
4,001 
2,371 
1,000 to 2,499 
3 
8,304 
3 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
3 
5,410 
1,658 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
636 
27,350 
(X) 
(X) 
636 
27,350 
476 
27,370 
29,963 
1 Cow herd includes beef cows, milk cows, and heifers that calved. 
Table 16 . Beef Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Beef cow herd 
Cows and heifers that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Total 
Beef cows 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
Farms with beef cow herd size of- 
2,403 
83,978 
2,403 
44,031 
2,403 
39,188 
1,805 
39,947 
1 to 9 
1,243 
15,467 
1,243 
7,197 
1,243 
5,569 
854 
8,270 
1 0 to 1 9 
549 
16,768 
549 
8,168 
549 
7,378 
442 
8,600 
20 to 49 
466 
25,696 
466 
14,764 
466 
13,446 
380 
10,932 
50 to 99 
108 
12,031 
108 
7,088 
108 
6,678 
93 
4,943 
100 to 199 
31 
10,191 
31 
4,684 
31 
(D) 
30 
5,507 
200 to 499 
5 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
5 
1,380 
5 
(D) 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No beef cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
1,096 
110,546 
460 
46,080 
(X) 
(X) 
1,051 
64,466 
Cattle and calves sales 
Cattle 
Beef cow herd 
Total 
Total 
Cattle on feed 
(see text) 
Calves 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
Farms with beef cow herd size of- 
1,781 
30,663 
24,684 
1,546 
20,652 
76 
3,452 
828 
10,011 
1 to 9 
779 
6,605 
5,456 
670 
4,693 
5 
101 
307 
1,912 
1 0 to 1 9 
442 
6,192 
4,770 
391 
3,728 
17 
693 
223 
2,464 
20 to 49 
421 
8,643 
6,983 
364 
5,751 
30 
768 
217 
2,892 
50 to 99 
102 
4,823 
3,772 
91 
3,428 
13 
502 
58 
1,395 
100 to 199 
31 
2,427 
(D) 
24 
(D) 
8 
593 
20 
(D) 
200 to 499 
5 
(D) 
767 
5 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No beef cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
882 
59,092 
45,233 
795 
37,038 
49 
6,876 
459 
22,054 
20 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
