Table 28. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
2,312 
86,503 
1,885 
43,758 
1,330 
458,109 
353 
1,433 
59,109 
10,085 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,601 
13,992 
1,238 
8,331 
805 
56,746 
22 
814 
7,655 
1,174 
25 to 99 
566 
25,615 
514 
16,266 
396 
126,701 
93 
474 
18,587 
2,891 
100 to 299 
115 
18,408 
109 
10,744 
103 
94,896 
62 
115 
12,624 
2,130 
300 to 999 
23 
1 1 ,482 
21 
6,027 
19 
60,497 
39 
23 
10,310 
1,719 
1,000 to 2,499 
3 
5,225 
3 
2,390 
3 
16,721 
23 
3 
2,400 
378 
2,500 to 4,999 
4 
11,781 
- 
- 
4 
102,548 
113 
4 
7,533 
1,794 
5,000 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
" 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
48 
4,988 
1 
138 
1,459 
241 
Table 29. Ewes 1 Year Old or Older - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Ewe Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Ewes 1 year old or older inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
1,885 
68,348 
1,885 
43,758 
1,132 
334,084 
229 
1,261 
47,959 
7,619 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,457 
19,796 
1,457 
11,896 
799 
87,836 
46 
865 
10,987 
1,705 
25 to 99 
356 
24,473 
356 
16,648 
272 
131,502 
95 
324 
18,345 
2,903 
100 to 199 
51 
10,406 
51 
6,754 
43 
43,798 
29 
51 
7,534 
1,360 
200 to 499 
15 
5,864 
15 
4,056 
12 
(D) 
25 
15 
(D) 
762 
500 to 999 
5 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
5 
37,938 
(D) 
5 
5,286 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No ewes 1 year old or older as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
427 
18,155 
(X) 
(X) 
246 
129,013 
125 
310 
12,609 
2,708 
Table 30. Goats, Kids, and Mohair - Inventory, Mohair Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Inventory 
Sales 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Goats, all 
2,623 
27,059 
3,186 
27,841 
1,042 
11,945 
1,602 
936 
11,738 
Angora goats and kids 
177 
874 
164 
1,058 
32 
103 
10 
34 
256 
Milk goats and kids 
1,194 
11,884 
1,144 
9,883 
516 
4,952 
750 
334 
2,716 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
1,669 
14,301 
2,449 
16,900 
581 
6,890 
841 
705 
8,766 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
63 
2,873 
4 
84 
9,484 
1 2007 data for pounds sold are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 31. Equine - Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
INVENTORY 
SALES 
Total horses and ponies 
12,413 
87,998 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
2,734 
9,768 
28,918 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
11,955 
68,235 
(X) 
1 to 24 
2,705 
8,359 
25,696 
25 to 49 
356 
11,619 
(X) 
25 to 49 
15 
543 
1,457 
50 to 99 
85 
5,713 
(X) 
50 to 99 
14 
866 
1,765 
100 or more 
17 
2,431 
(X) 
100 or more 
- 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
12,131 
73,135 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
152 
457 
179 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
11,875 
61,695 
(X) 
1 to 24 
152 
457 
179 
25 to 49 
184 
6,052 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
65 
4,286 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
7 
1,102 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
1,548 
4,223 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,533 
3,619 
(X) 
25 to 49 
12 
398 
(X) 
50 or more 
3 
206 
(X) 
24 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
