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 
3,416 
667 
2,448 
301 
1,826 
1,590 
500 or more 
1,517 
305 
1,089 
123 
707 
810 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
21,115 
8,526 
10,382 
2,207 
1 1 ,737 
9,378 
number 
1,090,325 
290,783 
706,513 
93,029 
552,881 
537,444 
Beef cows 
farms 
19,677 
7,913 
9,684 
2,080 
11,139 
8,538 
number 
885,568 
224,524 
583,933 
77,111 
484,344 
401,224 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,209 
2,719 
1,063 
427 
2,198 
2,011 
10 to 49 
9,888 
4,075 
4,605 
1,208 
5,838 
4,050 
50 to 99 
3,297 
726 
2,288 
283 
1,931 
1,366 
100 to 199 
1,673 
273 
1,276 
124 
880 
793 
200 to 499 
570 
112 
422 
36 
273 
297 
500 or more 
40 
8 
30 
2 
19 
21 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,810 
769 
891 
150 
744 
1,066 
number 
204,757 
66,259 
122,580 
15,918 
68,537 
136,220 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
339 
238 
72 
29 
164 
175 
10 to 49 
505 
253 
204 
48 
252 
253 
50 to 99 
485 
196 
250 
39 
177 
308 
100 to 199 
309 
48 
239 
22 
103 
206 
200 to 499 
119 
19 
92 
8 
32 
87 
500 or more 
53 
15 
34 
4 
16 
37 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
23,374 
8,952 
12,003 
2,419 
12,851 
10,523 
number 
2,803,358 
629,683 
1,922,589 
251,086 
1,394,228 
1,409,130 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
24,573 
9,534 
12,478 
2,561 
13,712 
10,861 
number 
3,446,109 
788,376 
2,356,238 
301,495 
1,698,077 
1,748,032 
$1,000 
4,504,373 
970,298 
3,126,944 
407,132 
2,201,961 
2,302,412 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
7,631 
3,346 
3,526 
759 
4,203 
3,428 
number 
312,408 
112,431 
172,677 
27,300 
174,197 
138,211 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
22,331 
8,362 
11,645 
2,324 
12,348 
9,983 
number 
3,133,701 
675,945 
2,183,561 
274,195 
1,523,880 
1,609,821 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
6,036 
1,426 
3,989 
621 
3,278 
2,758 
number 
2,010,004 
397,682 
1,422,188 
190,134 
939,300 
1,070,704 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
6,266 
1,967 
3,666 
633 
3,282 
2,984 
number 
20,455,666 
8,052,025 
10,816,229 
1,587,412 
9,256,184 
11,199,482 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
678 
415 
196 
67 
322 
356 
25 to 49 
144 
75 
59 
10 
75 
69 
50 to 99 
160 
53 
81 
26 
102 
58 
1 00 to 1 99 
197 
52 
128 
17 
115 
82 
200 to 499 
588 
149 
369 
70 
356 
232 
500 or more 
4,499 
1,223 
2,833 
443 
2,312 
2,187 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,676 
615 
879 
182 
860 
816 
number 
917,567 
471,845 
378,919 
66,803 
357,113 
560,454 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
6,069 
1,862 
3,597 
610 
3,181 
2,888 
number 
19,538,099 
7,580,180 
10,437,310 
1,520,609 
8,899,071 
10,639,028 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
6,616 
2,024 
3,922 
670 
3,503 
3,113 
number 
49,355,848 
20,422,731 
25,073,263 
3,859,854 
22,734,599 
26,621,249 
$1,000 
6,767,424 
2,578,293 
3,682,607 
506,524 
3,105,340 
3,662,084 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,904 
1,697 
930 
277 
1,516 
1,388 
number 
165,815 
72,098 
74,322 
19,395 
82,369 
83,446 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
2,550 
1,464 
838 
248 
1,358 
1,192 
number 
94,141 
40,858 
40,877 
12,406 
49,454 
44,687 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
2,454 
1,403 
809 
242 
1,286 
1,168 
number 
177,987 
63,327 
92,025 
22,635 
99,646 
78,341 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
9,599 
6,378 
2,648 
573 
4,369 
5,230 
number 
62,206 
42,315 
16,633 
3,258 
27,143 
35,063 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,286 
6,175 
2,558 
553 
4,222 
5,064 
number 
57,175 
38,887 
15,280 
3,008 
25,006 
32,169 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,262 
1,551 
585 
126 
930 
1,332 
number 
8,824 
5,487 
2,852 
485 
3,194 
5,630 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,921 
1,352 
407 
162 
782 
1,139 
number 
56,239 
36,538 
14,324 
5,377 
25,016 
31,223 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,191 
832 
250 
109 
504 
687 
number 
36,402 
22,239 
10,839 
3,324 
18,027 
18,375 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,821 
2,710 
906 
205 
1,481 
2,340 
number 
52,218,870 
45,077,244 
(D) 
(D) 
20,679,676 
31,539,194 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,676 
2,623 
853 
200 
1,408 
2,268 
400 to 3,199 
31 
18 
13 
- 
11 
20 
3,200 to 9,999 
40 
22 
17 
1 
21 
19 
10,000 to 19,999 
18 
8 
9 
1 
10 
8 
20,000 to 49,999 
8 
2 
5 
1 
7 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
8 
6 
2 
- 
3 
5 
100,000 or more 
40 
31 
7 
2 
21 
19 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
499 
385 
92 
22 
170 
329 
number 
12,565,630 
9,536,293 
1,128,916 
1,900,421 
4,405,211 
8,160,419 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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