Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
570 
174 
194 
131 
36 
29 
500 or more 
40 
30 
8 
2 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,810 
237 
347 
440 
336 
182 
number 
204,757 
120,419 
37,670 
28,885 
13,403 
3,165 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
339 
9 
9 
22 
22 
58 
10 to 49 
505 
5 
28 
94 
210 
119 
50 to 99 
485 
17 
101 
263 
99 
5 
1 00 to 1 99 
309 
53 
192 
59 
5 
- 
200 to 499 
119 
100 
17 
2 
- 
- 
500 or more 
53 
53 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
23,374 
2,548 
3,673 
3,522 
3,169 
2,389 
number 
2,803,358 
1,475,252 
614,940 
329,137 
174,432 
86,827 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
24,573 
2,678 
3,842 
3,718 
3,341 
2,594 
number 
3,446,109 
2,078,144 
657,379 
324,515 
171,515 
96,232 
$1,000 
4,504,373 
2,992,555 
799,394 
362,426 
166,434 
85,913 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
7,631 
530 
886 
1,047 
1,047 
883 
number 
312,408 
91,669 
81,076 
48,550 
33,696 
21,436 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
22,331 
2,598 
3,665 
3,487 
3,095 
2,351 
number 
3,133,701 
1,986,475 
576,303 
275,965 
137,819 
74,796 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
6,036 
1,608 
1,771 
1,304 
691 
370 
number 
2,010,004 
1,515,531 
327,869 
117,168 
33,110 
11,077 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
6,266 
2,773 
1,495 
751 
399 
188 
number 
20,455,666 
16,829,979 
2,371,382 
816,439 
320,071 
24,199 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
678 
9 
28 
28 
59 
86 
25 to 49 
144 
3 
9 
15 
25 
15 
50 to 99 
160 
5 
23 
23 
45 
24 
100 to 199 
197 
15 
50 
50 
38 
16 
200 to 499 
588 
64 
170 
200 
93 
35 
500 or more 
4,499 
2,677 
1,215 
435 
139 
12 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,676 
399 
414 
259 
185 
110 
number 
917,567 
747,432 
113,904 
27,079 
22,130 
1,865 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
6,069 
2,760 
1,463 
736 
381 
161 
number 
19,538,099 
16,082,547 
2,257,478 
789,360 
297,941 
22,334 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
6,616 
2,991 
1,657 
781 
439 
177 
number 
49,355,848 
42,412,153 
5,267,184 
1,245,848 
357,909 
44,303 
$1,000 
6,767,424 
6,007,695 
586,568 
129,741 
35,861 
4,583 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,904 
118 
178 
238 
291 
251 
number 
165,815 
15,655 
20,705 
33,349 
21,222 
14,292 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
2,550 
111 
155 
214 
261 
216 
number 
94,141 
8,605 
11,492 
13,397 
13,635 
8,445 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
2,454 
108 
168 
207 
258 
213 
number 
177,987 
19,219 
50,779 
26,826 
20,019 
12,152 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
9,599 
364 
517 
593 
634 
668 
number 
62,206 
1,883 
3,207 
3,194 
4,660 
4,616 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,286 
345 
489 
576 
612 
638 
number 
57,175 
1,722 
3,078 
3,056 
4,262 
4,056 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,262 
64 
95 
123 
148 
163 
number 
8,824 
253 
476 
477 
1,006 
747 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,921 
40 
49 
106 
147 
160 
number 
56,239 
1,253 
1,218 
6,858 
12,939 
10,824 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,191 
20 
32 
75 
108 
125 
number 
36,402 
221 
2,575 
9,186 
6,478 
5,783 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,821 
131 
143 
234 
266 
266 
number 
52,218,870 
51,570,078 
214,420 
237,649 
70,742 
33,073 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,676 
70 
127 
200 
248 
257 
400 to 3,199 
31 
1 
- 
6 
11 
7 
3,200 to 9,999 
40 
3 
8 
22 
6 
1 
10,000 to 19,999 
18 
3 
6 
6 
1 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
8 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
40 
40 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
499 
35 
20 
31 
44 
42 
number 
12,565,630 
11,318,362 
1,009,968 
200,119 
12,476 
15,761 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
643 
56 
32 
64 
60 
27 
number 
33,196,639 
32,553,053 
342,852 
211,425 
58,904 
7,474 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
124 
23 
12 
15 
8 
6 
number 
21,603,577 
20,628,816 
519,500 
385,912 
(D) 
25,318 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
704 
42 
42 
52 
46 
44 
number 
10,572,270 
9,825,974 
(D) 
167,094 
46,068 
29,165 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
663 
25 
40 
48 
41 
40 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
100 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
