Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
21 
50 
56 
52 
47 
75 
number 
121 
176 
163 
133 
109 
142 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
18 
48 
55 
51 
47 
75 
10 to 49 
3 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,047 
2,351 
2,748 
2,618 
1,546 
2,663 
number 
36,910 
46,558 
32,606 
21,398 
9,515 
24,895 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
1,130 
2,662 
3,231 
3,037 
1,838 
583 
number 
38,797 
49,485 
31,472 
17,219 
5,858 
898 
$1,000 
26,854 
31,930 
19,047 
9,718 
2,939 
399 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
613 
1,573 
1,886 
1,712 
925 
285 
number 
11,820 
17,778 
12,909 
7,647 
2,895 
494 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
1,047 
2,439 
2,806 
2,478 
1,377 
333 
number 
26,977 
31,707 
18,563 
9,572 
2,963 
404 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
67 
125 
162 
176 
208 
291 
number 
2,572 
3,122 
17,118 
1,736 
1,895 
4,834 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
50 
100 
132 
157 
192 
282 
25 to 49 
5 
5 
19 
14 
9 
6 
50 to 99 
6 
12 
6 
5 
7 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 
3 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
1 
- 
4 
- 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
34 
76 
83 
105 
107 
133 
number 
214 
485 
446 
612 
547 
400 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
57 
104 
148 
146 
177 
232 
number 
2,358 
2,637 
16,672 
1,124 
1,348 
4,434 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
55 
104 
121 
120 
132 
73 
number 
1,956 
3,897 
2,016 
1,359 
1,479 
251 
$1,000 
286 
511 
227 
138 
127 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
67 
129 
159 
216 
203 
418 
number 
2,468 
5,247 
4,515 
4,055 
2,623 
5,111 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
56 
102 
108 
149 
142 
286 
number 
1,523 
2,990 
2,420 
1,863 
1,517 
2,285 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
40 
91 
118 
139 
140 
130 
number 
1,463 
3,246 
2,404 
1,887 
1,170 
624 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
411 
812 
1,108 
1,194 
1,306 
4,597 
number 
4,504 
5,828 
6,173 
6,310 
6,584 
30,523 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
397 
771 
1,048 
1,133 
1,237 
4,418 
number 
3,784 
4,647 
5,205 
5,115 
5,607 
25,349 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
194 
328 
328 
355 
426 
113 
number 
1,266 
1,229 
983 
836 
693 
125 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
153 
357 
472 
628 
789 
1,748 
number 
3,800 
7,600 
7,468 
9,300 
10,532 
19,986 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
99 
234 
321 
438 
529 
582 
number 
3,071 
4,841 
4,494 
5,245 
4,966 
2,888 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
181 
424 
698 
744 
850 
1,554 
number 
11,762 
17,047 
22,492 
20,022 
21,144 
27,729 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
171 
417 
697 
744 
850 
1,552 
400 to 3,199 
10 
7 
1 
- 
- 
2 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
29 
60 
103 
130 
119 
128 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
3,004 
(D) 
2,774 
118,632 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
28 
72 
120 
131 
177 
172 
number 
4,220 
3,602 
6,060 
5,200 
6,638 
4,606 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
3 
7 
16 
22 
16 
12 
number 
(D) 
374 
629 
(D) 
325 
234 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
18 
55 
53 
30 
57 
43 
number 
16,321 
21,344 
13,553 
1,401 
2,957 
927 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
13 
53 
52 
30 
57 
43 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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