Table 1 7. 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 
397 
92,377 
397 
51,813 
397 
13,947 
357 
40,564 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
315 
36,489 
315 
22,385 
315 
619 
280 
14,104 
1 0 to 1 9 
13 
16,524 
13 
4,409 
13 
187 
11 
12,115 
20 to 49 
5 
565 
5 
511 
5 
133 
3 
54 
50 to 99 
17 
4,984 
17 
3,131 
17 
1,345 
17 
1,853 
1 00 to 1 99 
26 
12,886 
26 
8,618 
26 
3,578 
26 
4,268 
200 to 499 
17 
15,401 
17 
9,723 
17 
5,203 
16 
5,678 
500 to 999 
4 
5,528 
4 
3,036 
4 
2,882 
4 
2,492 
1 ,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 2012 
11,448 
2,541,363 
10,341 
1,401,787 
(X) 
(X) 
9,764 
1,139,576 
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 
292 
44,811 
41,913 
263 
34,882 
143 
9,929 
91 
(D) 
Farms with milk cow herd size of- 
1 to 9 
210 
23,703 
22,844 
187 
19,359 
84 
4,344 
10 
(D) 
1 0 to 1 9 
13 
3,768 
2,596 
10 
2,106 
10 
1,662 
12 
717 
20 to 49 
5 
367 
383 
5 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
5 
464 
50 to 99 
17 
2,176 
2,084 
17 
1,995 
10 
181 
17 
3,215 
1 00 to 1 99 
26 
6,737 
6,587 
25 
5,466 
21 
1,271 
26 
10,873 
200 to 499 
17 
6,454 
6,614 
16 
5,071 
13 
1,383 
17 
17,699 
500 to 999 
4 
1,606 
804 
3 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
4 
11,547 
1 ,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
No milk cow herd, as of Dec. 31 , 201 2 
10,337 
1,666,453 
1,741,995 
9,671 
1,454,017 
3,356 
212,436 
1 
(D) 
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 
10,629 
1,711,264 
1,783,908 
9,934 
1,488,899 
316 
80,413 
3,499 
222,365 
Farms by number of cattle 
and calves sold - 
1 to 9 
2,051 
8,732 
8,112 
1,812 
7,243 
4 
13 
476 
1,489 
1 0 to 1 9 
1,147 
15,766 
14,353 
1,017 
12,711 
29 
427 
370 
3,055 
20 to 49 
1,940 
62,114 
57,918 
1,797 
51,450 
67 
1,760 
614 
10,664 
50 to 99 
1,669 
118,754 
112,181 
1,578 
99,731 
48 
2,398 
615 
19,023 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,601 
222,890 
215,932 
1,553 
185,241 
64 
5,107 
636 
37,649 
200 to 499 
1,586 
486,522 
479,451 
1,554 
418,232 
67 
9,616 
565 
68,290 
500 to 999 
451 
306,788 
308,324 
439 
257,562 
21 
4,661 
173 
49,226 
1,000 to 2,499 
129 
178,601 
190,638 
129 
158,493 
6 
4,014 
40 
20,108 
2,500 or more 
55 
311,097 
396,998 
55 
298,236 
10 
52,417 
10 
12,861 
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 
406 
173,953 
483 
181,602 
Total hogs and pigs - Con. 
Farms with- 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
1 to 24 
323 
2,048 
359 
1,873 
used for breeding - Con. 
25 to 49 
26 
906 
41 
(D) 
Farms with - Con. 
50 to 99 
11 
708 
27 
1,758 
1 00 to 1 99 
6 
712 
10 
1,147 
1 00 to 1 99 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
200 to 499 
3 
(D) 
5 
1,500 
200 to 499 
23 
8,772 
25 
9,541 
500 to 999 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
500 or more 
12 
11,139 
11 
8,066 
1,000 to 1,999 
- 
3 
3,269 
2,000 to 4,999 
22 
83,534 
23 
84,342 
Other hogs and pigs 
395 
153,020 
434 
(D) 
5,000 or more 
13 
83,874 
14 
85,642 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
319 
1,753 
325 
1,726 
Flogs and pigs used or to be 
25 to 49 
22 
733 
40 
1,390 
used for breeding 
197 
20,933 
221 
(D) 
50 to 99 
10 
632 
17 
1,182 
Farms with- 
1 00 to 1 99 
4 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
1 to 24 
158 
775 
171 
938 
200 to 499 
3 
600 
4 
1,084 
25 to 49 
2 
(D) 
8 
251 
500 to 999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
50 to 99 
1 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
1 ,000 or more 
35 
147,497 
38 
154,526 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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