Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
2,949 
2,307 
19 
149 
175 
431 
661 
872 
500 or more 
1,335 
1,128 
4 
46 
139 
272 
365 
302 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
44,390 
20,526 
116 
995 
1,406 
2,777 
4,951 
10,281 
number 
1,723,788 
1,109,915 
2,953 
49,005 
84,518 
175,739 
311,012 
486,688 
Beef cows 
farms 
44,106 
20,354 
112 
980 
1,388 
2,744 
4,904 
10,226 
number 
1,677,903 
1,083,181 
(D) 
(D) 
81,068 
164,861 
304,867 
483,078 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
12,881 
4,320 
47 
204 
347 
620 
987 
2,115 
1 0 to 49 
22,527 
10,032 
54 
513 
582 
1,183 
2,253 
5,447 
50 to 99 
5,085 
3,226 
9 
157 
235 
444 
829 
1,552 
100 to 199 
2,317 
1,718 
1 
73 
137 
305 
511 
691 
200 to 499 
1,090 
887 
- 
27 
67 
166 
262 
365 
500 or more 
206 
171 
1 
6 
20 
26 
62 
56 
Milk cows 
farms 
756 
438 
10 
35 
38 
81 
109 
165 
number 
45,885 
26,734 
(D) 
(D) 
3,450 
10,878 
6,145 
3,610 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
508 
236 
9 
16 
17 
30 
52 
112 
1 0 to 49 
118 
82 
- 
8 
6 
12 
20 
36 
50 to 99 
69 
64 
- 
10 
11 
20 
13 
10 
1 00 to 1 99 
37 
35 
1 
- 
1 
12 
18 
3 
200 to 499 
15 
14 
- 
- 
1 
4 
6 
3 
500 or more 
9 
7 
- 
1 
2 
3 
- 
1 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
42,388 
20,066 
123 
1,002 
1,476 
2,845 
4,934 
9,686 
number 
2,522,182 
1,867,298 
9,530 
93,882 
240,290 
468,588 
509,563 
545,445 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
41,492 
20,066 
123 
1,008 
1,369 
2,736 
4,824 
10,006 
number 
3,255,675 
2,479,004 
8,532 
106,522 
386,041 
635,046 
656,343 
686,520 
$1,000 
3,402,919 
2,654,820 
7,541 
96,248 
483,049 
775,185 
684,947 
607,849 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
22,573 
10,400 
56 
431 
681 
1,383 
2,511 
5,338 
number 
485,399 
304,852 
419 
17,257 
24,969 
47,793 
84,474 
129,940 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
35,344 
17,476 
109 
857 
1,178 
2,371 
4,222 
8,739 
number 
2,770,276 
2,174,152 
8,113 
89,265 
361,072 
587,253 
571,869 
556,580 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
539 
360 
- 
36 
30 
47 
73 
174 
number 
741,742 
606,577 
- 
5,919 
(D) 
270,140 
127,885 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,947 
650 
16 
73 
110 
167 
137 
147 
number 
2,304,740 
2,054,253 
119 
11,700 
1,156,773 
479,068 
212,854 
193,739 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,689 
508 
16 
63 
80 
126 
99 
124 
25 to 49 
113 
45 
- 
7 
5 
11 
14 
8 
50 to 99 
40 
19 
- 
- 
4 
2 
7 
6 
100 to 199 
13 
7 
- 
- 
3 
1 
3 
- 
200 to 499 
8 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
500 or more 
84 
69 
- 
3 
18 
27 
12 
9 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
977 
337 
12 
31 
55 
79 
89 
71 
number 
425,387 
(D) 
54 
4,483 
162,157 
81,030 
(D) 
59,209 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,634 
537 
13 
60 
94 
138 
116 
116 
number 
1,879,353 
(D) 
65 
7,217 
994,616 
398,038 
(D) 
134,530 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,466 
454 
10 
49 
73 
126 
107 
89 
number 
7,707,814 
7,129,210 
57 
103,855 
3,202,088 
2,397,180 
772,143 
653,887 
$1,000 
656,407 
599,862 
8 
4,091 
276,920 
185,186 
75,105 
58,551 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,779 
704 
4 
48 
56 
176 
159 
261 
number 
53,738 
29,491 
52 
1,423 
3,646 
5,710 
9,149 
9,511 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,229 
506 
4 
32 
35 
120 
128 
187 
number 
29,667 
16,831 
40 
637 
2,138 
2,962 
5,998 
5,056 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,102 
420 
2 
27 
47 
98 
96 
150 
number 
33,603 
19,480 
(D) 
(D) 
2,412 
2,561 
6,214 
7,525 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
24,045 
9,464 
51 
509 
827 
1,654 
2,472 
3,951 
number 
158,918 
79,027 
324 
2,742 
6,748 
12,940 
19,351 
36,922 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
23,425 
9,193 
45 
504 
823 
1,618 
2,422 
3,781 
number 
138,214 
63,424 
273 
2,469 
5,500 
10,452 
17,773 
26,957 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
5,315 
2,175 
13 
136 
250 
426 
528 
822 
number 
19,879 
9,725 
36 
351 
917 
1,843 
3,043 
3,535 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,629 
1,662 
15 
96 
175 
354 
411 
611 
number 
89,060 
38,913 
63 
2,922 
3,034 
8,247 
11,288 
13,359 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,579 
939 
3 
46 
102 
197 
251 
340 
number 
44,845 
19,755 
6 
726 
1,883 
3,412 
6,150 
7,578 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,760 
2,499 
19 
122 
225 
492 
669 
972 
number 
3,121,799 
2,790,475 
200 
190,773 
250,625 
412,999 
1,570,792 
365,086 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,653 
2,410 
19 
112 
212 
473 
639 
955 
400 to 3,199 
7 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
6 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
10,000 to 19,999 
51 
42 
- 
4 
8 
6 
17 
7 
20,000 to 49,999 
40 
36 
- 
6 
4 
10 
9 
7 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
100,000 or more 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
" 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
1,025 
390 
1 
17 
36 
80 
118 
138 
number 
1,540,444 
1,194,576 
(D) 
(D) 
389,997 
163,157 
273,940 
292,588 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
204 Oklahoma 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
