Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
3,416 
788 
1,367 
839 
305 
83 
500 or more 
1,517 
1,064 
329 
77 
28 
12 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
21,115 
1,642 
2,820 
3,022 
3,075 
2,491 
number 
1,090,325 
275,312 
236,252 
203,101 
148,407 
93,748 
Beef cows 
farms 
19,677 
1,417 
2,558 
2,647 
2,810 
2,352 
number 
885,568 
153,293 
199,494 
174,084 
135,558 
90,755 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,209 
104 
150 
181 
281 
287 
1 0 to 49 
9,888 
457 
991 
1,178 
1,486 
1,438 
50 to 99 
3,297 
337 
725 
721 
702 
504 
100 to 199 
1,673 
313 
489 
435 
300 
101 
200 to 499 
570 
176 
195 
130 
41 
22 
500 or more 
40 
30 
8 
2 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,810 
252 
340 
448 
329 
179 
number 
204,757 
122,019 
36,758 
29,017 
12,849 
2,993 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
339 
9 
9 
23 
21 
58 
1 0 to 49 
505 
5 
28 
99 
214 
116 
50 to 99 
485 
26 
99 
266 
89 
5 
100 to 199 
309 
58 
188 
58 
5 
- 
200 to 499 
119 
101 
16 
2 
- 
- 
500 or more 
53 
53 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
23,374 
2,728 
3,644 
3,508 
3,223 
2,426 
number 
2,803,358 
1,503,455 
598,916 
324,591 
173,831 
85,627 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
24,573 
2,865 
3,819 
3,691 
3,413 
2,652 
number 
3,446,109 
2,111,033 
640,071 
316,322 
172,531 
95,182 
$1,000 
4,504,373 
3,036,339 
772,178 
353,545 
165,529 
85,103 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
7,631 
568 
898 
1,031 
1,088 
918 
number 
312,408 
92,986 
81,755 
47,467 
35,332 
20,958 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
22,331 
2,772 
3,644 
3,463 
3,153 
2,396 
number 
3,133,701 
2,018,047 
558,316 
268,855 
137,199 
74,224 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
6,036 
1,717 
1,722 
1,273 
684 
368 
number 
2,010,004 
1,540,639 
309,341 
112,110 
32,110 
10,971 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
6,266 
2,816 
1,495 
730 
389 
190 
number 
20,455,666 
16,875,226 
2,379,355 
799,787 
285,342 
23,646 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
678 
9 
28 
30 
62 
85 
25 to 49 
144 
3 
9 
16 
24 
18 
50 to 99 
160 
5 
23 
25 
44 
25 
100 to 199 
197 
15 
52 
51 
35 
19 
200 to 499 
588 
66 
179 
190 
98 
31 
500 or more 
4,499 
2,718 
1,204 
418 
126 
12 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,676 
415 
418 
248 
185 
112 
number 
917,567 
750,794 
112,939 
25,080 
21,964 
1,814 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
6,069 
2,803 
1,463 
713 
371 
162 
number 
19,538,099 
16,124,432 
2,266,416 
774,707 
263,378 
21,832 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
6,616 
3,048 
1,642 
757 
434 
178 
number 
49,355,848 
42,558,121 
5,187,842 
1,186,961 
351,906 
44,161 
$1,000 
6,767,424 
6,025,131 
576,492 
123,516 
34,989 
4,469 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,904 
128 
178 
236 
307 
262 
number 
165,815 
16,526 
20,583 
33,222 
22,313 
15,532 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
2,550 
119 
157 
210 
277 
227 
number 
94,141 
9,323 
11,410 
13,056 
14,527 
9,193 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
2,454 
118 
168 
204 
271 
221 
number 
177,987 
20,258 
50,605 
26,411 
21,166 
13,242 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
9,599 
395 
509 
585 
660 
698 
number 
62,206 
2,032 
3,175 
3,376 
4,556 
4,764 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,286 
375 
481 
568 
637 
669 
number 
57,175 
1,862 
3,037 
3,253 
4,145 
4,212 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,262 
70 
95 
119 
150 
166 
number 
8,824 
274 
478 
484 
981 
751 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,921 
41 
49 
106 
148 
171 
number 
56,239 
1,254 
1,228 
6,947 
12,859 
11,196 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,191 
20 
33 
75 
109 
130 
number 
36,402 
221 
2,583 
9,198 
6,541 
5,862 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,821 
131 
151 
231 
276 
286 
number 
52,218,870 
51,570,078 
214,507 
237,672 
71,141 
33,994 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,676 
70 
135 
197 
258 
277 
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 
46 
42 
number 
12,565,630 
11,318,362 
1,009,968 
200,119 
12,503 
15,779 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
