Table 14. Cattle and Calves Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Herd size 
Total 
Cows and heifers 
that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Cattle and calves sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
Farms with herd size of- 
1,224 
31,449 
955 
16,692 
760 
14,757 
896 
11,412 
8,596 
1 to 9 
713 
2,719 
491 
1,621 
360 
1,098 
486 
1,459 
1,223 
1 0 to 1 9 
196 
2,615 
173 
1,559 
131 
1,056 
145 
966 
797 
20 to 49 
162 
4,919 
149 
3,051 
127 
1,868 
131 
1,678 
1,236 
50 to 99 
80 
5,504 
75 
3,142 
71 
2,362 
68 
1,697 
1,364 
100 to 199 
46 
6,401 
46 
3,509 
44 
2,892 
39 
1,481 
1,012 
200 to 499 
24 
6,742 
18 
2,558 
24 
4,184 
24 
3,276 
2,391 
500 to 999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No cattle and calves herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
64 
279 
234 
Table 15. Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Cow herd 1 
Total 
Cows and heifers 
that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Cattle and calves sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
Farms with cow herd size of- 
955 
27,955 
955 
16,692 
491 
11,263 
718 
8,784 
6,367 
1 to 9 
591 
3,518 
591 
2,201 
238 
1,317 
427 
1,505 
1,277 
1 0 to 1 9 
149 
2,894 
149 
(D) 
84 
(D) 
115 
923 
701 
20 to 49 
132 
(D) 
132 
4,090 
97 
(D) 
107 
2,122 
1,546 
50 to 99 
58 
7,048 
58 
4,186 
49 
2,862 
45 
1,496 
991 
100 to 199 
21 
5,221 
21 
2,805 
19 
2,416 
20 
1,793 
1,208 
200 to 499 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
269 
3,494 
(X) 
(X) 
269 
3,494 
242 
2,907 
2,463 
1 Cow herd includes beef cows, milk cows, and heifers that calved. 
Table 16. Beef Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Beef cow herd 
Cows and heifers that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Total 
Beef cows 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
Farms with beef cow herd size of- 
871 
16,269 
871 
10,416 
871 
9,500 
421 
5,853 
1 to 9 
590 
4,105 
590 
2,548 
590 
2,185 
244 
1,557 
1 0 to 1 9 
146 
2,943 
146 
1,995 
146 
1,894 
81 
948 
20 to 49 
108 
5,589 
108 
3,489 
108 
3,288 
78 
2,100 
50 to 99 
23 
2,643 
23 
1,891 
23 
1,642 
14 
752 
100 to 199 
4 
989 
4 
493 
4 
491 
4 
496 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
No beef cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
353 
15,180 
84 
6,276 
(X) 
(X) 
339 
8,904 
Cattle and calves sales 
Cattle 
Beef cow herd 
Total 
Total 
Cattle on feed 
(see text) 
Calves 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
Farms with beef cow herd size of- 
647 
5,162 
4,261 
559 
3,881 
10 
(D) 
224 
1,281 
1 to 9 
431 
1,599 
1,314 
366 
1,158 
3 
36 
141 
441 
1 0 to 1 9 
112 
899 
688 
98 
634 
- 
- 
38 
265 
20 to 49 
86 
1,745 
1,351 
77 
1,281 
6 
100 
39 
464 
50 to 99 
15 
579 
567 
15 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
100 to 199 
3 
340 
341 
3 
(D) 
- 
1 
(D) 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No beef cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
313 
6,529 
4,568 
279 
4,134 
10 
(D) 
110 
2,395 
20 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
