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 
4,533 
1,294 
2,799 
440 
2,530 
2,003 
500 or more 
2,249 
744 
1,232 
273 
1,098 
1,151 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
134,451 
86,409 
39,623 
8,419 
76,210 
58,241 
number 
4,764,269 
2,091,031 
2,233,414 
439,824 
2,586,879 
2,177,390 
Beef cows 
farms 
133,924 
86,158 
39,404 
8,362 
75,952 
57,972 
number 
4,329,341 
1 ,860,478 
2,079,896 
388,967 
2,396,950 
1,932,391 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
54,413 
42,815 
9,043 
2,555 
29,722 
24,691 
10 to 49 
60,792 
36,654 
19,976 
4,162 
35,536 
25,256 
50 to 99 
10,495 
4,217 
5,452 
826 
6,136 
4,359 
100 to 199 
4,826 
1,498 
2,887 
441 
2,738 
2,088 
200 to 499 
2,679 
750 
1,634 
295 
1,483 
1,196 
500 or more 
719 
224 
412 
83 
337 
382 
Milk cows 
farms 
985 
474 
426 
85 
484 
501 
number 
434,928 
230,553 
153,518 
50,857 
189,929 
244,999 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
366 
252 
97 
17 
170 
196 
10 to 49 
144 
55 
70 
19 
81 
63 
50 to 99 
80 
23 
37 
20 
40 
40 
100 to 199 
145 
34 
100 
11 
83 
62 
200 to 499 
94 
34 
52 
8 
44 
50 
500 or more 
156 
76 
70 
10 
66 
90 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
115,614 
72,991 
35,378 
7,245 
63,243 
52,371 
number 
6,395,478 
3,971,287 
1,960,011 
464,180 
3,681,194 
2,714,284 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
116,891 
71,895 
37,202 
7,794 
65,544 
51,347 
number 
10,784,116 
6,946,792 
3,023,902 
813,422 
6,302,287 
4,481,829 
$1,000 
13,013,127 
9,232,496 
2,941,470 
839,161 
7,941 ,459 
5,071,668 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
73,481 
44,169 
24,413 
4,899 
40,965 
32,516 
number 
1,586,769 
805,724 
638,964 
142,081 
795,300 
791,469 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
95,455 
57,282 
31,784 
6,389 
52,601 
42,854 
number 
9,197,347 
6,141,068 
2,384,938 
671,341 
5,506,987 
3,690,360 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
1,140 
615 
423 
102 
628 
512 
number 
5,454,363 
4,706,733 
536,117 
211,513 
3,560,200 
1,894,163 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
4,905 
3,681 
967 
257 
2,154 
2,751 
number 
800,893 
784,085 
14,077 
2,731 
643,025 
157,868 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
4,466 
3,372 
867 
227 
1,909 
2,557 
25 to 49 
226 
158 
45 
23 
130 
96 
50 to 99 
121 
83 
32 
6 
65 
56 
100 to 199 
50 
34 
16 
- 
24 
26 
200 to 499 
20 
15 
4 
1 
10 
10 
500 or more 
22 
19 
3 
- 
16 
6 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
2,341 
1,733 
487 
121 
1,079 
1,262 
number 
83,017 
78,161 
4,083 
773 
62,230 
20,787 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
3,939 
2,947 
773 
219 
1,715 
2,224 
number 
717,876 
705,924 
9,994 
1,958 
580,795 
137,081 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2,906 
2,096 
635 
175 
1,292 
1,614 
number 
1 ,938,690 
1,914,726 
20,794 
3,170 
1,577,219 
361,471 
$1,000 
239,358 
236,432 
2,593 
332 
194,867 
44,490 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
10,674 
8,186 
2,068 
420 
5,308 
5,366 
number 
623,000 
287,887 
260,660 
74,453 
339,490 
283,510 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
7,148 
5,290 
1,553 
305 
3,509 
3,639 
number 
357,434 
152,084 
156,649 
48,701 
191,900 
165,534 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
6,264 
4,428 
1,501 
335 
3,063 
3,201 
number 
450,497 
143,791 
216,190 
90,516 
228,553 
221,944 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
64,114 
45,888 
15,228 
2,998 
30,872 
33,242 
number 
395,816 
275,923 
100,639 
19,254 
184,272 
211,544 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
61,531 
43,895 
14,757 
2,879 
29,575 
31,956 
number 
350,231 
243,979 
89,922 
16,330 
165,591 
184,640 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
14,127 
10,216 
3,141 
770 
6,354 
7,773 
number 
49,861 
32,052 
15,337 
2,472 
22,174 
27,687 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
25,063 
20,121 
4,086 
856 
11,550 
13,513 
number 
878,914 
548,523 
249,652 
80,739 
432,929 
445,985 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
14,571 
11,356 
2,654 
561 
6,574 
7,997 
number 
418,597 
246,150 
131,971 
40,476 
207,909 
210,688 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
19,748 
15,767 
3,526 
455 
7,940 
1 1 ,808 
number 
20,902,244 
19,585,346 
1,237,121 
79,777 
9,826,378 
11,075,866 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
19,516 
15,595 
3,473 
448 
7,829 
1 1 ,687 
400 to 3,1 99 
71 
50 
18 
3 
34 
37 
3,200 to 9,999 
9 
6 
1 
2 
3 
6 
10,000 to 19,999 
22 
17 
5 
- 
7 
15 
20,000 to 49,999 
89 
62 
25 
2 
47 
42 
50,000 to 99,999 
17 
13 
4 
- 
5 
12 
100,000 or more 
24 
24 
- 
- 
15 
9 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
2,564 
2,041 
463 
60 
955 
1,609 
number 
6,244,474 
5,651,410 
591,315 
1,749 
2,754,858 
3,489,616 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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