Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
_ 
44 
166 
20 
1,224 
22 
38 
32 
45 
number 
- 
1,472 
3,308 
902 
188,492 
1,261 
288 
45 
912 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
13 
118 
9 
26 
9 
33 
31 
22 
10 to 49 
- 
15 
34 
2 
355 
5 
3 
1 
17 
50 to 99 
- 
16 
11 
8 
389 
6 
2 
- 
5 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
1 
1 
286 
1 
- 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
1 
- 
117 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
1 
- 
51 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
- 
536 
7,815 
2,035 
1,156 
638 
125 
184 
579 
number 
- 
16,987 
593,873 
1,127,633 
169,925 
66,415 
6,097 
1,800 
87,887 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
_ 
462 
8,756 
2,129 
1,160 
677 
62 
117 
547 
number 
- 
14,923 
868,971 
1,507,665 
130,992 
80,269 
3,974 
1,274 
105,232 
$1,000 
- 
16,434 
983,717 
2,320,718 
94,149 
108,282 
5,780 
967 
142,769 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds .. 
farms 
- 
185 
3,238 
182 
781 
191 
18 
45 
126 
number 
3,168 
136,388 
14,724 
57,970 
4,859 
361 
517 
5,421 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
- 
376 
7,779 
2,129 
1,067 
619 
56 
89 
504 
number 
- 
11,755 
732,583 
1,492,941 
73,022 
75,410 
3,613 
757 
99,811 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
35 
431 
2,129 
191 
238 
10 
3 
236 
number 
- 
4,864 
113,050 
1,446,529 
16,139 
47,359 
2,898 
(D) 
75,030 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
51 
293 
180 
84 
3,020 
67 
50 
365 
number 
- 
21,848 
119,915 
257,389 
56,158 
16,982,106 
45,368 
2,790 
519,873 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
- 
29 
187 
18 
31 
75 
40 
38 
50 
25 to 49 
- 
2 
22 
2 
10 
31 
4 
7 
5 
50 to 99 
- 
3 
16 
7 
8 
34 
- 
1 
11 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
4 
4 
5 
4 
28 
2 
- 
18 
200 to 499 
- 
3 
17 
29 
9 
113 
3 
1 
49 
500 or more 
- 
10 
47 
119 
22 
2,739 
18 
3 
232 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
- 
28 
114 
34 
47 
555 
13 
21 
93 
number 
- 
14,932 
3,692 
5,623 
4,896 
779,335 
442 
78 
11,576 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
- 
42 
257 
174 
73 
2,975 
63 
43 
355 
number 
- 
6,916 
116,223 
251,766 
51,262 
16,202,771 
44,926 
2,712 
508,297 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
44 
254 
197 
82 
3,294 
39 
41 
388 
number 
- 
22,950 
224,881 
568,031 
87,898 
42,630,767 
137,017 
(D) 
1,134,836 
$1,000 
3,895 
28,196 
81,690 
14,517 
5,891,288 
16,613 
487 
160,058 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
143 
326 
48 
42 
81 
64 
1,054 
152 
number 
- 
4,000 
11,423 
2,987 
1,461 
6,316 
870 
70,733 
11,459 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
- 
115 
269 
44 
34 
75 
50 
948 
130 
number 
- 
2,337 
5,708 
2,044 
1,101 
4,435 
417 
37,510 
5,110 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
- 
86 
238 
43 
35 
79 
22 
1,021 
124 
number 
2,162 
7,282 
3,643 
1,303 
8,729 
418 
89,519 
11,122 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
- 
999 
1,754 
198 
235 
178 
228 
380 
3,148 
number 
- 
3,967 
8,451 
915 
1,639 
1,039 
1,561 
1,938 
29,004 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
- 
917 
1,682 
191 
225 
168 
218 
375 
3,130 
number 
- 
3,470 
7,865 
866 
1,459 
918 
1,429 
1,853 
26,738 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
- 
34 
289 
40 
70 
33 
20 
58 
1,312 
number 
- 
58 
790 
226 
183 
103 
125 
130 
5,788 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
- 
129 
275 
30 
26 
47 
111 
674 
218 
number 
- 
1,355 
3,322 
957 
909 
1,039 
2,845 
32,116 
5,908 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
- 
48 
152 
19 
17 
29 
40 
554 
108 
number 
467 
1,960 
627 
354 
401 
1,730 
24,255 
2,421 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
356 
827 
70 
153 
102 
508 
345 
397 
number 
- 
7,258 
17,928 
3,410 
8,178 
16,725 
51,991,899 
9,024 
55,460 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
- 
356 
826 
69 
151 
100 
400 
343 
384 
400 to 3,199 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
9 
2 
7 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
28 
- 
6 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
40 
" 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
- 
22 
75 
5 
27 
11 
149 
56 
45 
number 
- 
759 
1,257 
527 
(D) 
1,394 
12,466,682 
4,397 
15,611 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
- 
42 
104 
8 
19 
18 
181 
63 
77 
number 
- 
1,485 
4,967 
(D) 
6,280 
12,661 
33,043,365 
2,560 
33,351 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
- 
3 
16 
- 
3 
1 
71 
9 
8 
number 
- 
227 
420 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
21,436,247 
(D) 
1,094 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 181 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
