Table 13. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Iowa 
Adair 
Adams 
Allamakee 
Appanoose 
Audubon 
Benton 
Sheep and lambs inventory .. 
farms, 2012 
2,904 
32 
15 
26 
13 
17 
39 
2007 
3,522 
31 
19 
24 
10 
28 
62 
number, 2012 
165,815 
1,149 
590 
1,948 
462 
870 
1,474 
2007 
209,285 
1,347 
877 
1,013 
495 
1,412 
3,124 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 24 
farms 
1,385 
17 
3 
12 
6 
8 
22 
number 
16,459 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
98 
160 
(D) 
25 to 99 
farms 
1,184 
14 
11 
8 
7 
6 
15 
number 
57,509 
539 
440 
354 
364 
260 
809 
100 to 299 
farms 
265 
- 
1 
5 
- 
3 
2 
number 
39,561 
- 
(D) 
675 
- 
450 
(D) 
300 to 999 
farms 
57 
1 
1 
- 
- 
number 
27,408 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 or more 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
24,878 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older ... 
farms, 2012 
2,550 
31 
15 
25 
11 
17 
34 
2007 
3,168 
28 
16 
22 
10 
28 
58 
number, 2012 
94,141 
647 
416 
1,539 
293 
484 
1,022 
2007 
128,518 
976 
562 
673 
371 
1,100 
2,411 
Wool production 
farms, 2012 
1,818 
22 
11 
19 
5 
12 
28 
2007 
2,517 
21 
13 
18 
10 
15 
42 
pounds, 2012 
815,898 
4,371 
3,321 
5,088 
1,941 
3,487 
5,743 
2007 
1,251,857 
8,453 
4,946 
5,059 
3,366 
6,322 
16,429 
$1,000, 2012 
855 
2 
3 
4 
(D) 
3 
4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms, 2012 
2,454 
16 
15 
26 
10 
12 
40 
2007 
3,161 
29 
19 
28 
13 
24 
55 
number, 2012 
177,987 
511 
561 
2,629 
350 
718 
1,462 
2007 
279,457 
1,123 
1,056 
1,148 
572 
1,256 
3,186 
$1,000, 2012 
26,719 
100 
92 
597 
68 
100 
259 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Item 
Black Hawk 
Boone 
Bremer 
Buchanan 
Buena Vista 
Butler 
Calhoun 
Sheep and lambs inventory .. 
farms, 2012 
27 
40 
35 
18 
26 
49 
13 
2007 
37 
45 
23 
18 
30 
51 
23 
number, 2012 
1,093 
1,296 
1,130 
601 
2,020 
1,763 
848 
2007 
1,794 
2,187 
2,292 
327 
4,639 
1,932 
888 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 24 
farms 
12 
24 
18 
9 
3 
26 
3 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
168 
(D) 
26 
370 
36 
25 to 99 
farms 
13 
15 
17 
8 
19 
20 
7 
number 
708 
806 
962 
396 
1,077 
1,022 
457 
100 to 299 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
1 
3 
3 
3 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
371 
355 
300 to 999 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 ,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older ... 
farms, 2012 
24 
37 
32 
14 
22 
43 
10 
2007 
34 
41 
23 
18 
27 
48 
23 
number, 2012 
771 
841 
870 
350 
1,403 
1,108 
513 
2007 
1,186 
1,301 
1,605 
252 
1,964 
1,328 
707 
Wool production 
farms, 2012 
12 
30 
15 
12 
21 
35 
14 
2007 
28 
31 
21 
8 
23 
44 
17 
pounds, 2012 
4,265 
4,554 
2,960 
3,468 
13,974 
9,402 
3,929 
2007 
6,089 
9,112 
10,864 
2,013 
15,203 
12,367 
6,324 
$1,000, 2012 
3 
3 
(D) 
4 
9 
6 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms, 2012 
23 
39 
29 
17 
25 
42 
13 
2007 
32 
36 
17 
24 
28 
43 
19 
number, 2012 
974 
1,844 
1,109 
572 
2,093 
1,475 
971 
2007 
1,034 
1,554 
1,376 
520 
17,909 
2,669 
895 
$1,000, 2012 
167 
308 
145 
86 
301 
210 
126 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
-continued 
426 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
