Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
506 
93 
382 
31 
282 
224 
500 or more 
175 
28 
135 
12 
88 
87 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
16,361 
9,094 
6,531 
736 
10,200 
6,161 
number 
394,156 
137,377 
240,374 
16,405 
231,520 
162,636 
Beef cows 
farms 
16,059 
8,975 
6,359 
725 
10,049 
6,010 
number 
348,196 
130,047 
202,909 
15,240 
212,773 
135,423 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,151 
4,995 
1,843 
313 
4,396 
2,755 
10 to 49 
7,338 
3,580 
3,414 
344 
4,701 
2,637 
50 to 99 
1,040 
291 
706 
43 
642 
398 
100 to 199 
401 
83 
297 
21 
242 
159 
200 to 499 
112 
23 
85 
4 
59 
53 
500 or more 
17 
3 
14 
- 
9 
8 
Milk cows 
farms 
571 
247 
305 
19 
290 
281 
number 
45,960 
7,330 
37,465 
1,165 
18,747 
27,213 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
322 
202 
112 
8 
171 
151 
10 to 49 
70 
27 
42 
1 
43 
27 
50 to 99 
55 
5 
45 
5 
24 
31 
100 to 199 
63 
6 
53 
4 
28 
35 
200 to 499 
45 
3 
41 
1 
17 
28 
500 or more 
16 
4 
12 
- 
7 
9 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
15,798 
8,603 
6,436 
759 
9,638 
6,160 
number 
435,561 
133,787 
272,535 
29,239 
253,718 
181,843 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
15,312 
8,238 
6,356 
718 
9,562 
5,750 
number 
435,411 
132,804 
266,789 
35,818 
257,675 
177,736 
$1,000 
332,733 
93,441 
208,947 
30,345 
200,143 
132,590 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
8,542 
4,540 
3,629 
373 
5,302 
3,240 
number 
108,585 
43,670 
59,072 
5,843 
62,217 
46,368 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
12,974 
6,796 
5,557 
621 
8,022 
4,952 
number 
326,826 
89,134 
207,717 
29,975 
195,458 
131,368 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
15 
7 
8 
- 
8 
7 
number 
2,428 
560 
1,868 
- 
588 
1,840 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,217 
1,342 
757 
118 
1,185 
1,032 
number 
8,901,434 
5,209,686 
3,527,899 
163,849 
4,884,922 
4,016,512 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
987 
630 
276 
81 
435 
552 
25 to 49 
78 
54 
22 
2 
53 
25 
50 to 99 
60 
26 
28 
6 
33 
27 
1 00 to 1 99 
25 
6 
19 
- 
14 
11 
200 to 499 
25 
7 
17 
1 
15 
10 
500 or more 
1,042 
619 
395 
28 
635 
407 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
838 
510 
280 
48 
416 
422 
number 
896,231 
587,246 
282,980 
26,005 
423,206 
473,025 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
2,040 
1,232 
705 
103 
1,100 
940 
number 
8,005,203 
4,622,440 
3,244,919 
137,844 
4,461,716 
3,543,487 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,833 
1,069 
669 
95 
1,028 
805 
number 
34,456,613 
20,315,068 
13,569,471 
572,074 
17,406,438 
17,050,175 
$1,000 
2,873,988 
1,542,029 
1,281,005 
50,954 
1,600,397 
1,273,590 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,311 
928 
327 
56 
561 
750 
number 
29,224 
15,996 
11,818 
1,410 
12,667 
16,557 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
923 
648 
231 
44 
399 
524 
number 
15,633 
8,384 
6,525 
724 
7,083 
8,550 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
752 
501 
203 
48 
355 
397 
number 
14,523 
7,126 
6,615 
782 
6,900 
7,623 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
10,261 
7,256 
2,548 
457 
4,937 
5,324 
number 
66,870 
46,143 
16,436 
4,291 
29,615 
37,255 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,785 
6,890 
2,447 
448 
4,671 
5,114 
number 
55,143 
37,881 
14,145 
3,117 
24,731 
30,412 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,955 
1,380 
462 
113 
902 
1,053 
number 
7,037 
4,491 
1,888 
658 
3,020 
4,017 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,387 
3,289 
942 
156 
2,034 
2,353 
number 
66,367 
46,689 
17,576 
2,102 
30,908 
35,459 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,346 
1,741 
502 
103 
1,112 
1,234 
number 
30,589 
21,728 
7,867 
994 
14,514 
16,075 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,996 
3,715 
1,077 
204 
2,034 
2,962 
number 
13,091,384 
8,432,178 
4,108,223 
550,983 
7,344,085 
5,747,299 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,605 
3,497 
920 
188 
1,857 
2,748 
400 to 3,199 
40 
20 
18 
2 
16 
24 
3,200 to 9,999 
74 
56 
16 
2 
31 
43 
10,000 to 19,999 
101 
59 
41 
1 
48 
53 
20,000 to 49,999 
148 
74 
65 
9 
71 
77 
50,000 to 99,999 
23 
6 
17 
- 
8 
15 
100,000 or more 
5 
3 
- 
2 
3 
2 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
763 
519 
209 
35 
321 
442 
number 
6,239,251 
3,878,742 
2,226,274 
134,235 
3,482,367 
2,756,884 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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