Table 65. Summary by 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. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
112 
42 
17 
8 
33 
8 
500 or more 
17 
13 
1 
2 
1 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
571 
72 
56 
61 
49 
32 
number 
45,960 
29,127 
8,374 
4,947 
2,151 
517 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
322 
7 
1 
4 
4 
12 
1 0 to 49 
70 
5 
4 
7 
28 
19 
50 to 99 
55 
5 
4 
31 
14 
1 
1 00 to 1 99 
63 
7 
34 
19 
3 
- 
200 to 499 
45 
32 
13 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
16 
16 
- 
- 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
15,798 
935 
425 
368 
464 
633 
number 
435,561 
107,681 
47,124 
32,852 
41,281 
34,741 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
15,312 
912 
413 
356 
485 
665 
number 
435,411 
138,754 
44,589 
31,635 
40,299 
36,405 
$1,000 
332,733 
116,859 
36,411 
27,699 
33,739 
27,137 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
8,542 
547 
231 
212 
234 
324 
number 
108,585 
25,537 
6,261 
8,075 
6,085 
9,084 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
12,974 
768 
366 
310 
443 
607 
number 
326,826 
113,217 
38,328 
23,560 
34,214 
27,321 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
15 
2 
3 
- 
4 
4 
number 
2,428 
(D) 
1,023 
- 
430 
175 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,217 
830 
165 
84 
52 
57 
number 
8,901,434 
8,208,929 
454,822 
146,668 
49,195 
10,543 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
987 
6 
11 
18 
17 
22 
25 to 49 
78 
1 
2 
2 
5 
10 
50 to 99 
60 
4 
- 
1 
6 
11 
100 to 199 
25 
3 
1 
2 
1 
8 
200 to 499 
25 
3 
3 
11 
2 
2 
500 or more 
1,042 
813 
148 
50 
21 
4 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
838 
171 
33 
28 
26 
42 
number 
896,231 
839,410 
28,567 
15,373 
9,179 
998 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
2,040 
825 
165 
81 
50 
55 
number 
8,005,203 
7,369,519 
426,255 
131,295 
40,016 
9,545 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,833 
870 
171 
83 
55 
49 
number 
34,456,613 
32,121,253 
1,823,448 
352,175 
110,441 
38,338 
$1,000 
2,873,988 
2,734,752 
110,747 
20,649 
5,654 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,311 
22 
11 
27 
23 
36 
number 
29,224 
1,225 
476 
810 
607 
2,087 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
923 
18 
6 
20 
15 
21 
number 
15,633 
940 
264 
711 
336 
784 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
752 
18 
5 
24 
19 
28 
number 
14,523 
374 
187 
1,305 
458 
1,405 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
10,261 
245 
96 
107 
145 
240 
number 
66,870 
1,759 
635 
581 
1,544 
2,429 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,785 
224 
91 
100 
139 
227 
number 
55,143 
1,621 
503 
466 
1,093 
1,753 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,955 
27 
12 
24 
39 
109 
number 
7,037 
178 
43 
180 
464 
1,040 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,387 
57 
33 
27 
47 
76 
number 
66,367 
2,002 
715 
377 
1,191 
3,396 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,346 
27 
15 
18 
28 
55 
number 
30,589 
631 
367 
250 
976 
2,860 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,996 
150 
115 
126 
54 
100 
number 
13,091,384 
9,868,561 
1,967,556 
1,097,256 
30,631 
7,184 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,605 
8 
9 
21 
42 
94 
400 to 3,199 
40 
- 
2 
2 
10 
6 
3,200 to 9,999 
74 
2 
4 
66 
2 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
101 
15 
57 
29 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
148 
98 
42 
8 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
23 
22 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
763 
32 
47 
69 
28 
18 
number 
6,239,251 
2,421,602 
1,522,403 
1,654,368 
412,047 
14,400 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
1,109 
145 
118 
117 
14 
15 
number 
10,310,945 
7,321,436 
1,946,068 
962,651 
39,511 
10,953 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
268 
34 
49 
76 
27 
6 
number 
11,734,548 
4,507,093 
3,486,087 
3,080,638 
629,334 
23,100 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
1,969 
1,229 
323 
94 
41 
26 
number 
801,883,037 
724,892,688 
65,767,009 
9,662,038 
1,344,099 
160,700 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
271 
- 
- 
1 
9 
13 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
100 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
