Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
934 
143 
714 
77 
441 
493 
500 or more 
361 
44 
282 
35 
142 
219 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
13,584 
6,128 
6,235 
1,221 
7,993 
5,591 
number 
442,821 
117,853 
284,922 
40,046 
223,647 
219,174 
Beef cows 
farms 
12,646 
5,818 
5,722 
1,106 
7,575 
5,071 
number 
343,972 
96,341 
219,824 
27,807 
193,087 
150,885 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,524 
2,893 
1,261 
370 
2,639 
1,885 
10 to 49 
6,277 
2,572 
3,113 
592 
3,931 
2,346 
50 to 99 
1,292 
271 
912 
109 
751 
541 
100 to 199 
413 
67 
326 
20 
201 
212 
200 to 499 
128 
13 
100 
15 
46 
82 
500 or more 
12 
2 
10 
- 
7 
5 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,149 
402 
611 
136 
507 
642 
number 
98,849 
21,512 
65,098 
12,239 
30,560 
68,289 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
272 
186 
66 
20 
136 
136 
10 to 49 
273 
99 
125 
49 
137 
136 
50 to 99 
305 
73 
196 
36 
137 
168 
100 to 199 
189 
28 
148 
13 
73 
116 
200 to 499 
93 
11 
67 
15 
22 
71 
500 or more 
17 
5 
9 
3 
2 
15 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
13,780 
5,853 
6,685 
1,242 
7,921 
5,859 
number 
684,809 
140,624 
481,753 
62,432 
342,344 
342,465 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
14,160 
5,960 
6,919 
1,281 
8,254 
5,906 
number 
835,912 
172,681 
586,484 
76,747 
420,451 
415,461 
$1,000 
984,466 
187,064 
706,129 
91,274 
487,880 
496,586 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
5,591 
2,590 
2,563 
438 
3,254 
2,337 
number 
125,563 
39,193 
76,750 
9,620 
66,084 
59,479 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
12,305 
4,923 
6,238 
1,144 
7,058 
5,247 
number 
710,349 
133,488 
509,734 
67,127 
354,367 
355,982 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
2,183 
444 
1,523 
216 
1,234 
949 
number 
403,203 
70,814 
288,905 
43,484 
187,425 
215,778 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,045 
845 
1,004 
196 
1,005 
1,040 
number 
4,630,796 
2,118,333 
2,214,192 
298,271 
1,969,953 
2,660,843 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
733 
442 
223 
68 
349 
384 
25 to 49 
136 
64 
56 
16 
66 
70 
50 to 99 
122 
49 
57 
16 
71 
51 
100 to 199 
90 
21 
57 
12 
56 
34 
200 to 499 
148 
34 
100 
14 
81 
67 
500 or more 
816 
235 
511 
70 
382 
434 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,023 
470 
448 
105 
490 
533 
number 
464,442 
302,808 
144,200 
17,434 
226,301 
238,141 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,866 
734 
965 
167 
904 
962 
number 
4,166,354 
1,815,525 
2,069,992 
280,837 
1 ,743,652 
2,422,702 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2,019 
792 
1,037 
190 
986 
1,033 
number 
13,121,384 
6,262,685 
6,017,232 
841 ,467 
5,870,863 
7,250,521 
$1,000 
1,519,514 
662,105 
744,467 
112,942 
661,313 
858,201 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,751 
1,122 
514 
115 
930 
821 
number 
54,675 
27,979 
23,457 
3,239 
30,275 
24,400 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,457 
911 
455 
91 
796 
661 
number 
35,401 
17,716 
15,759 
1,926 
19,575 
15,826 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,217 
751 
384 
82 
659 
558 
number 
40,352 
18,992 
19,201 
2,159 
22,496 
17,856 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
8,436 
6,223 
1,844 
369 
4,072 
4,364 
number 
62,714 
46,074 
13,023 
3,617 
29,172 
33,542 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
8,155 
6,035 
1,767 
353 
3,919 
4,236 
number 
51,724 
39,116 
10,261 
2,347 
24,629 
27,095 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,002 
1,505 
398 
99 
878 
1,124 
number 
7,615 
6,048 
1,259 
308 
4,150 
3,465 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,193 
1,664 
416 
113 
974 
1,219 
number 
31,546 
22,726 
7,217 
1,603 
13,142 
18,404 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,152 
835 
250 
67 
486 
666 
number 
14,970 
10,245 
4,001 
724 
6,255 
8,715 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,725 
2,737 
792 
196 
1,620 
2,105 
number 
4,327,311 
4,046,122 
255,010 
26,179 
2,276,658 
2,050,653 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,673 
2,711 
769 
193 
1,594 
2,079 
400 to 3,199 
20 
11 
7 
2 
5 
15 
3,200 to 9,999 
8 
1 
7 
- 
5 
3 
10,000 to 19,999 
12 
4 
7 
1 
9 
3 
20,000 to 49,999 
4 
3 
1 
- 
3 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
100,000 or more 
7 
7 
- 
- 
3 
4 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
456 
337 
104 
15 
185 
271 
number 
371,531 
322,106 
46,874 
2,551 
62,737 
308,794 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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