Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
506 
143 
89 
71 
104 
59 
500 or more 
175 
111 
28 
7 
20 
8 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
16,361 
988 
401 
362 
416 
562 
number 
394,156 
92,617 
27,499 
20,946 
30,625 
29,032 
Beef cows 
farms 
16,059 
929 
364 
321 
388 
548 
number 
348,196 
62,885 
19,618 
16,041 
28,543 
28,500 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,151 
102 
57 
51 
48 
69 
1 0 to 49 
7,338 
447 
188 
162 
152 
253 
50 to 99 
1,040 
199 
65 
62 
95 
139 
100 to 199 
401 
125 
37 
36 
59 
79 
200 to 499 
112 
43 
16 
8 
33 
8 
500 or more 
17 
13 
1 
2 
1 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
571 
75 
54 
61 
49 
34 
number 
45,960 
29,732 
7,881 
4,905 
2,082 
532 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
322 
7 
1 
4 
5 
13 
1 0 to 49 
70 
5 
4 
7 
28 
20 
50 to 99 
55 
5 
4 
32 
13 
1 
100 to 199 
63 
8 
34 
18 
3 
- 
200 to 499 
45 
34 
11 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
16 
16 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
15,798 
943 
423 
370 
484 
666 
number 
435,561 
108,747 
46,318 
33,032 
42,093 
35,559 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
15,312 
919 
412 
356 
507 
705 
number 
435,411 
139,556 
43,974 
31,633 
41,539 
36,799 
$1,000 
332,733 
117,399 
35,981 
27,725 
34,814 
27,308 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
8,542 
551 
231 
213 
241 
336 
number 
108,585 
25,764 
6,145 
8,048 
6,254 
9,288 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
12,974 
774 
365 
309 
465 
646 
number 
326,826 
113,792 
37,829 
23,585 
35,285 
27,511 
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 
88 
51 
58 
number 
8,901,434 
8,208,929 
454,822 
148,298 
47,724 
10,415 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
987 
6 
11 
20 
16 
25 
25 to 49 
78 
1 
2 
2 
5 
10 
50 to 99 
60 
4 
- 
1 
8 
9 
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 
52 
19 
4 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
838 
171 
33 
29 
28 
39 
number 
896,231 
839,410 
28,567 
15,376 
9,203 
971 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
2,040 
825 
165 
85 
49 
56 
number 
8,005,203 
7,369,519 
426,255 
132,922 
38,521 
9,444 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,833 
870 
171 
86 
54 
51 
number 
34,456,613 
32,121,253 
1,823,448 
356,993 
105,943 
38,043 
$1,000 
2,873,988 
2,734,752 
110,747 
21,115 
5,245 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,311 
22 
11 
27 
25 
41 
number 
29,224 
1,225 
476 
810 
752 
2,463 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
923 
18 
6 
20 
16 
27 
number 
15,633 
940 
264 
711 
446 
1,011 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
752 
18 
5 
24 
23 
28 
number 
14,523 
374 
187 
1,305 
528 
1,693 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
10,261 
246 
95 
111 
147 
252 
number 
66,870 
1,762 
632 
621 
1,519 
2,516 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,785 
225 
90 
102 
143 
238 
number 
55,143 
1,624 
500 
490 
1,084 
1,828 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,955 
27 
12 
24 
39 
113 
number 
7,037 
178 
43 
180 
464 
1,075 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,387 
57 
33 
29 
48 
76 
number 
66,367 
2,002 
715 
403 
1,189 
3,378 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,346 
27 
15 
19 
28 
57 
number 
30,589 
631 
367 
258 
978 
2,853 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,996 
150 
115 
127 
57 
108 
number 
13,091,384 
9,868,561 
1,967,556 
1,097,306 
30,633 
7,291 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,605 
8 
9 
22 
45 
102 
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 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
