Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,640 
99 
312 
720 
447 
39 
500 or more 
611 
235 
228 
124 
19 
3 
Milk cows 
farms 
397 
56 
18 
38 
44 
25 
number 
13,947 
11,018 
882 
821 
710 
123 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
315 
12 
7 
29 
32 
20 
10 to 49 
18 
- 
6 
1 
5 
5 
50 to 99 
17 
4 
1 
5 
7 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
26 
21 
2 
3 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
17 
15 
2 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
10,121 
480 
839 
1,410 
1,830 
1,292 
number 
1,180,140 
437,710 
249,632 
225,006 
149,452 
52,889 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
10,629 
482 
849 
1,469 
1,953 
1,457 
number 
1,711,264 
618,288 
320,090 
347,842 
253,138 
95,844 
$1,000 
1,783,908 
757,060 
340,281 
323,574 
223,670 
79,059 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
3,499 
136 
241 
458 
694 
546 
number 
222,365 
41,333 
39,506 
49,626 
50,185 
21,404 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
9,934 
476 
834 
1,434 
1,883 
1,395 
number 
1,488,899 
576,955 
280,584 
298,216 
202,953 
74,440 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
316 
37 
42 
57 
52 
52 
number 
80,413 
60,651 
6,281 
6,410 
3,155 
2,226 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
406 
47 
11 
29 
31 
26 
number 
173,953 
167,877 
990 
377 
1,844 
575 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
323 
9 
5 
26 
19 
22 
25 to 49 
26 
- 
4 
1 
7 
1 
50 to 99 
11 
1 
- 
1 
2 
1 
100 to 199 
6 
1 
1 
1 
- 
2 
200 to 499 
3 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
500 or more 
37 
35 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
197 
45 
7 
13 
25 
11 
number 
20,933 
19,959 
143 
54 
259 
79 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
395 
44 
11 
28 
30 
26 
number 
153,020 
147,918 
847 
323 
1,585 
496 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
412 
45 
18 
31 
31 
22 
number 
511,483 
502,110 
795 
1,805 
2,759 
598 
$1,000 
54,091 
52,795 
115 
(D) 
410 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,338 
41 
58 
107 
160 
126 
number 
236,646 
53,446 
35,950 
48,624 
39,251 
20,315 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,166 
30 
53 
97 
142 
117 
number 
144,863 
26,178 
24,483 
33,178 
23,214 
12,984 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,098 
33 
57 
107 
143 
111 
number 
181,100 
48,110 
23,939 
36,192 
30,490 
14,407 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
11,980 
279 
457 
853 
1,047 
810 
number 
97,921 
6,731 
3,713 
7,122 
9,024 
6,912 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
11,582 
274 
428 
818 
1,015 
788 
number 
87,628 
6,175 
3,283 
6,485 
8,090 
6,405 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,524 
51 
61 
135 
179 
178 
number 
11,207 
588 
240 
840 
1,316 
1,068 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
698 
5 
6 
16 
37 
36 
number 
10,323 
(D) 
(D) 
250 
690 
1,439 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
241 
2 
2 
10 
17 
16 
number 
6,631 
(D) 
(D) 
70 
371 
995 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,243 
51 
40 
96 
141 
113 
number 
464,802 
408,306 
1,106 
2,048 
4,344 
2,660 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,202 
15 
40 
96 
139 
113 
400 to 3,199 
6 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
17 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
14 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
273 
31 
6 
5 
13 
7 
number 
225,021 
219,143 
89 
42 
1,348 
303 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
191 
8 
3 
13 
13 
10 
number 
73,208 
64,310 
70 
353 
1,150 
305 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
18 
2 
- 
1 
2 
- 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
95 
28 
6 
1 
- 
4 
number 
166,380 
160,580 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
400 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
73 
7 
5 
1 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Montana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
