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 
$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. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
27 
10 
3 
500 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
977 
2,518 
2,993 
2,850 
1,752 
2,542 
number 
38,426 
57,228 
40,594 
26,571 
1 1 ,926 
18,692 
Beef cows 
farms 
969 
2,499 
2,978 
2,830 
1,733 
2,500 
number 
38,308 
57,056 
40,434 
26,422 
1 1 ,824 
18,565 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
139 
483 
1,173 
1,766 
1,345 
1,918 
10 to 49 
522 
1,831 
1,776 
1,052 
385 
570 
50 to 99 
258 
173 
26 
11 
2 
10 
100 to 199 
47 
11 
3 
1 
1 
2 
200 to 499 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
22 
48 
56 
56 
47 
69 
number 
118 
172 
160 
149 
102 
127 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
20 
46 
55 
55 
47 
69 
10 to 49 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,081 
2,418 
2,760 
2,601 
1,563 
2,489 
number 
37,063 
46,163 
32,058 
21,365 
10,420 
22,743 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
1,163 
2,722 
3,199 
3,002 
1,785 
542 
number 
38,840 
49,064 
30,629 
16,947 
5,605 
825 
$1,000 
26,736 
31,525 
18,527 
9,535 
2,816 
367 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
644 
1,611 
1,860 
1,698 
894 
263 
number 
11,886 
17,926 
12,486 
7,563 
2,769 
456 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
1,072 
2,478 
2,769 
2,452 
1,335 
309 
number 
26,954 
31,138 
18,143 
9,384 
2,836 
369 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
71 
130 
161 
175 
210 
278 
number 
2,691 
3,138 
17,001 
1,724 
1,984 
4,708 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
52 
105 
133 
156 
191 
272 
25 to 49 
6 
4 
19 
14 
12 
3 
50 to 99 
7 
13 
4 
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 
38 
77 
86 
104 
106 
127 
number 
249 
469 
457 
607 
552 
370 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
60 
107 
143 
145 
183 
222 
number 
2,442 
2,669 
16,544 
1,117 
1,432 
4,338 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
55 
108 
118 
118 
132 
70 
number 
2,070 
3,958 
1,912 
1,326 
1,431 
236 
$1,000 
299 
506 
223 
132 
126 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
64 
134 
165 
218 
200 
404 
number 
2,089 
5,492 
4,456 
4,208 
2,249 
5,004 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
53 
104 
111 
152 
141 
275 
number 
1,263 
3,130 
2,373 
2,035 
1,221 
2,239 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
38 
93 
120 
140 
135 
128 
number 
1,311 
3,147 
2,361 
1,872 
1,131 
614 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
419 
847 
1,139 
1,213 
1,374 
4,418 
number 
4,536 
6,006 
6,299 
6,380 
6,847 
29,752 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
402 
799 
1,081 
1,145 
1,291 
4,269 
number 
3,782 
4,761 
5,318 
5,195 
5,786 
24,775 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
192 
333 
326 
356 
425 
108 
number 
1,233 
1,238 
981 
838 
687 
120 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
172 
362 
482 
640 
807 
1,681 
number 
4,250 
7,542 
7,634 
9,430 
10,698 
19,126 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
112 
232 
323 
437 
530 
566 
number 
3,301 
4,754 
4,496 
5,251 
4,900 
2,800 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
187 
438 
706 
758 
852 
1,498 
number 
12,097 
17,602 
22,527 
19,962 
21,062 
26,787 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
177 
431 
705 
758 
852 
1,496 
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 
62 
105 
135 
115 
123 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
3,084 
(D) 
2,749 
118,587 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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