Table 17. Milk Cow Herd Size by Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle and calves inventory 
Milk cow herd 
Total 
Cows and heifers that calved 
Other cattle (see text) 
Total 
Milk cows 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
985 
750,661 
985 
458,651 
985 
434,928 
778 
292,010 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
366 
12,885 
366 
8,110 
366 
956 
247 
4,775 
10to 19 
42 
1,504 
42 
1,008 
42 
540 
34 
496 
20 to 49 
102 
12,034 
102 
7,283 
102 
71 
4,751 
50 to 99 
80 
10,145 
80 
6,466 
80 
69 
3,679 
100 to 199 
145 
42,465 
145 
27,391 
145 
20,482 
131 
15,074 
200 to 499 
94 
48,970 
94 
30,288 
94 
28,364 
80 
18,682 
500 to 999 
51 
59,420 
51 
35,333 
51 
33,934 
45 
24,087 
1 ,000 or more 
105 
563,238 
105 
342,772 
105 
342,218 
101 
220,466 
1,000 to 2,499 
52 
134,776 
52 
82,488 
52 
82,186 
50 
52,288 
2,500 or more 
53 
428,462 
53 
260,284 
53 
260,032 
51 
168,178 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
150,377 
10,409,086 
133,466 
4,305,618 
(X) 
(X) 
114,836 
6,103,468 
Milk cow herd 
Cattle and calves sales 
Milk sales 
Total 
Cattle 
Calves 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
805 
308,564 
199,277 
704 
135,100 
612 
173,464 
649 
1,674,193 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
245 
6,984 
5,869 
201 
4,760 
168 
44 
285 
lOto 19 
26 
441 
276 
15 
138 
15 
28 
1,567 
20 to 49 
77 
7,057 
6,113 
73 
5,262 
48 
102 
11,312 
50 to 99 
71 
4,481 
2,903 
69 
2,359 
59 
2,122 
80 
16,455 
100 to 199 
141 
18,650 
14,533 
133 
12,243 
110 
6,407 
145 
61,051 
200 to 499 
89 
21,043 
13,375 
80 
1 1 ,733 
76 
9,310 
94 
94,328 
500 to 999 
51 
21,110 
13,311 
42 
9,082 
46 
12,028 
51 
127,141 
1 ,000 or more 
105 
228,798 
142,897 
91 
89,523 
90 
139,275 
105 
1,362,055 
1,000 to 2,499 
52 
55,795 
33,163 
45 
22,735 
46 
33,060 
52 
328,883 
2,500 or more 
53 
173,003 
109,733 
46 
66,788 
44 
106,215 
53 
1,033,172 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
116,086 
10,475,552 
12,813,850 
94,751 
9,062,247 
72,869 
1,413,305 
49 
24,071 
Table 18. Cattle and Calves - Number Sold Per Farm by Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Cattle, including calves weighing 500 pounds or more 
Calves weighing less than 
500 pounds 
Number sold 
Cattle and calves 
Total 
Cattle on feed 
(see text) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total 
116,891 
10,784,116 
13,013,127 
95,455 
9,197,347 
1,140 
5,454,363 
73,481 
1,586,769 
Farms by number of cattle 
and calves sold - 
1 to 9 
56,623 
249,104 
175,570 
42,674 
143,441 
58 
185 
31,087 
105,663 
10 to 19 
24,061 
322,225 
223,841 
20,076 
179,021 
250 
3,485 
1 7,372 
143,204 
20 to 49 
20,515 
612,058 
440,744 
18,005 
356,604 
342 
7,747 
14,900 
255,454 
50 to 99 
7,894 
534,359 
398,725 
7,286 
335,599 
157 
6,966 
5,639 
198,760 
100 to 199 
3,854 
516,136 
407,881 
3,671 
355,460 
97 
7,689 
2,515 
160,676 
200 to 499 
2,425 
720,051 
616,175 
2,278 
530,840 
60 
10,573 
1,363 
189,211 
500 to 999 
766 
502,525 
466,706 
741 
413,220 
32 
10,367 
330 
89,305 
1,000 to 2,499 
431 
645,283 
617,496 
412 
528,867 
23 
22,298 
181 
116,416 
2,500 or more 
322 
6,682,375 
9,665,990 
312 
6,354,295 
121 
5,385,053 
94 
328,080 
Table 19. Hogs and Pigs - Inventory: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Flogs and pigs 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Total hogs and pigs 
4,905 
800,893 
4,471 
1,155,790 
Total hogs and pigs - Con. 
Farms with- 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
1 to 24 
4,466 
24,024 
4,044 
17,384 
used for breeding - Con. 
25 to 49 
226 
7,696 
210 
6,821 
Farms with - Con. 
50 to 99 
121 
7,989 
115 
7,554 
100 to 199 
50 
6,330 
44 
5,944 
100 to 199 
8 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
200 to 499 
20 
6,387 
38 
11,168 
200 to 499 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
500 to 999 
7 
4,726 
9 
6,459 
500 or more 
11 
66,230 
7 
78,935 
1,000 to 1,999 
4 
6,096 
- 
- 
2,000 to 4,999 
4 
13,788 
3 
8,111 
Other hogs and pigs 
3,939 
717,876 
3,553 
1,060,872 
5,000 or more 
7 
723,857 
8 
1 ,092,349 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
3,619 
17,128 
3,276 
13,425 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
25 to 49 
167 
5,277 
130 
4,180 
used for breeding 
2,341 
83,017 
1,919 
94,918 
50 to 99 
91 
6,027 
64 
4,086 
Farms with- 
100 to 199 
24 
3,059 
36 
4,824 
1 to 24 
2,209 
10,990 
1,760 
8,032 
200 to 499 
17 
5,232 
28 
7,987 
25 to 49 
90 
2,989 
91 
2,851 
500 to 999 
8 
5,612 
8 
5,215 
50 to 99 
22 
1,323 
49 
3,211 
1 ,000 or more 
13 
675,541 
11 
1,021,155 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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