Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
_ 
41 
122 
255 
4 
40 
13 
34 
number 
- 
606 
497 
- 
43,027 
43 
550 
13 
81 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
36 
117 
- 
45 
3 
30 
13 
33 
10 to 49 
- 
2 
4 
- 
48 
1 
7 
- 
1 
50 to 99 
- 
1 
1 
- 
44 
- 
1 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
1 
- 
- 
58 
- 
2 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
1 
- 
- 
44 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
16 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
18 
1,221 
11,153 
10 
234 
304 
921 
185 
386 
number 
438 
22,078 
262,312 
(D) 
32,309 
17,861 
38,278 
1,596 
8,475 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
22 
966 
11,428 
10 
209 
295 
765 
82 
312 
number 
345 
18,025 
287,915 
1,605 
24,522 
17,515 
44,138 
361 
6,173 
$1,000 
272 
12,901 
227,606 
1,772 
14,179 
12,717 
33,838 
202 
4,191 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds .. 
farms 
13 
542 
6,304 
- 
144 
188 
470 
48 
128 
number 
114 
6,032 
64,725 
- 
10,916 
5,720 
8,921 
184 
1,926 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
17 
769 
9,811 
10 
197 
247 
632 
55 
250 
number 
231 
11,993 
223,190 
1,605 
13,606 
11,795 
35,217 
177 
4,247 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
2 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,585 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
3 
122 
251 
- 
11 
1,106 
232 
82 
172 
number 
(D) 
80,516 
4,773 
- 
(D) 
8,202,476 
493,991 
401 
92,417 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2 
81 
231 
- 
7 
139 
128 
79 
128 
25 to 49 
1 
6 
7 
- 
1 
34 
3 
3 
15 
50 to 99 
- 
4 
3 
- 
1 
21 
5 
- 
11 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
4 
1 
- 
1 
9 
- 
- 
2 
200 to 499 
- 
1 
9 
- 
1 
6 
2 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
26 
- 
- 
897 
94 
- 
16 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
2 
64 
110 
- 
4 
324 
78 
46 
84 
number 
(D) 
1,578 
409 
- 
(D) 
863,374 
23,238 
136 
4,253 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
2 
110 
215 
- 
9 
1,080 
212 
61 
145 
number 
(D) 
78,938 
4,364 
- 
(D) 
7,339,102 
470,753 
265 
88,164 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
3 
85 
126 
- 
5 
1,152 
162 
30 
118 
number 
(D) 
140,628 
4,492 
- 
644 
31,855,465 
2,132,320 
(D) 
277,768 
$1,000 
(D) 
24,345 
733 
76 
2,663,990 
137,423 
(D) 
39,831 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
- 
91 
258 
- 
12 
24 
104 
508 
182 
number 
- 
(D) 
5,109 
- 
283 
507 
2,104 
14,582 
3,273 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
- 
63 
160 
- 
8 
18 
73 
385 
126 
number 
- 
(D) 
2,415 
- 
143 
371 
1,197 
7,797 
1,917 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
- 
47 
141 
- 
5 
9 
38 
399 
64 
number 
- 
(D) 
3,299 
- 
106 
259 
642 
7,824 
1,260 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
14 
1,417 
2,513 
- 
30 
144 
561 
493 
4,251 
number 
53 
6,172 
10,652 
- 
115 
646 
2,820 
1,896 
40,869 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
10 
1,270 
2,364 
- 
28 
137 
528 
477 
4,210 
number 
31 
4,966 
8,882 
- 
106 
561 
2,476 
1,592 
33,470 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
- 
59 
190 
- 
3 
10 
41 
25 
1,565 
number 
- 
152 
385 
- 
7 
27 
84 
29 
6,166 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2 
446 
930 
- 
21 
73 
368 
1,562 
538 
number 
(D) 
5,128 
11,361 
- 
224 
1,850 
3,978 
33,299 
4,897 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1 
182 
443 
- 
7 
33 
93 
1,179 
205 
number 
(D) 
1,642 
5,043 
- 
75 
333 
1,150 
18,099 
2,409 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2 
482 
1,175 
2 
26 
90 
1,118 
522 
719 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
128,038 
(D) 
3,410 
(D) 
12,531,503 
9,312 
18,704 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2 
478 
1,168 
2 
24 
85 
763 
522 
710 
400 to 3,199 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 
21 
- 
9 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
72 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
3 
6 
- 
- 
1 
91 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
147 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
5 
" 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
- 
46 
126 
- 
10 
11 
346 
49 
74 
number 
- 
214,493 
337,755 
(D) 
(D) 
5,572,133 
861 
3,145 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
- 
63 
121 
- 
3 
25 
552 
104 
104 
number 
- 
(D) 
112,587 
- 
(D) 
59,512 
9,843,517 
(D) 
5,148 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
- 
15 
13 
- 
1 
4 
210 
6 
11 
number 
- 
274,054 
264,102 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
11,068,631 
76 
2,602 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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