Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
25 
8 
7 
3 
5 
9 
500 or more 
1 
9 
1 
- 
5 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,188 
1,182 
772 
531 
379 
706 
number 
48,656 
26,451 
10,877 
4,338 
2,951 
9,575 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,186 
1,156 
756 
522 
374 
663 
number 
48,606 
26,357 
10,789 
4,308 
2,913 
9,483 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
88 
217 
401 
373 
324 
460 
10 to 49 
741 
862 
332 
145 
40 
162 
50 to 99 
323 
67 
12 
4 
4 
30 
100 to 199 
26 
8 
5 
- 
6 
8 
200 to 499 
7 
2 
6 
- 
- 
2 
500 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Milk cows 
farms 
27 
45 
39 
20 
23 
61 
number 
50 
94 
88 
30 
38 
92 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
27 
44 
39 
20 
23 
61 
10 to 49 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,036 
1,032 
653 
453 
312 
695 
number 
20,075 
18,737 
5,846 
3,936 
5,477 
7,754 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
1,247 
1,239 
818 
586 
367 
69 
number 
42,220 
20,321 
6,226 
2,611 
818 
96 
$1,000 
34,143 
16,186 
4,898 
1,848 
592 
49 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
447 
376 
257 
173 
103 
34 
number 
10,936 
5,277 
1,726 
895 
282 
55 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
1,157 
1,138 
725 
482 
289 
37 
number 
31,284 
15,044 
4,500 
1,716 
536 
41 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
32 
38 
1 
1 
2 
- 
number 
936 
681 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
44 
43 
34 
37 
39 
63 
number 
573 
487 
309 
461 
219 
227 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
38 
39 
31 
32 
37 
63 
25 to 49 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
- 
50 to 99 
2 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
24 
20 
16 
10 
7 
19 
number 
141 
95 
60 
78 
26 
39 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
40 
42 
34 
37 
39 
62 
number 
432 
392 
249 
383 
193 
188 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
45 
43 
40 
50 
48 
37 
number 
978 
792 
560 
559 
317 
150 
$1,000 
113 
127 
78 
55 
41 
15 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
153 
161 
136 
112 
112 
160 
number 
15,061 
10,137 
6,318 
2,918 
1,612 
2,171 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
138 
144 
120 
97 
93 
126 
number 
9,970 
6,491 
3,720 
1,901 
883 
1,320 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
124 
138 
134 
97 
105 
41 
number 
11,643 
7,842 
4,764 
2,005 
878 
200 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
869 
1,142 
929 
856 
1,006 
3,662 
number 
9,666 
11,516 
6,780 
5,280 
5,655 
24,788 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
837 
1,112 
902 
829 
966 
3,545 
number 
8,896 
10,440 
5,938 
4,528 
4,970 
21,742 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
258 
405 
374 
364 
397 
106 
number 
2,615 
1,839 
1,054 
801 
641 
126 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
41 
74 
83 
73 
92 
231 
number 
1,323 
957 
912 
820 
818 
1,314 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
17 
32 
42 
38 
38 
25 
number 
818 
629 
734 
445 
370 
83 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
146 
218 
251 
243 
255 
681 
number 
3,048 
8,639 
4,744 
15,905 
4,757 
9,126 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
146 
216 
251 
242 
255 
681 
400 to 3,199 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
22 
26 
17 
54 
37 
55 
number 
346 
1,414 
333 
1,008 
346 
649 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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