Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,896 
1,175 
250 
203 
500 or more 
1,351 
570 
250 
212 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
10,738 
8,029 
1,003 
794 
number 
1,453,600 
740,277 
239,006 
200,357 
Beef cows farms 
10,598 
7,913 
991 
784 
number 
1,439,653 
736,485 
237,034 
198,399 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,995 
1,781 
96 
71 
1 0 to 49 
3,109 
2,628 
203 
155 
50 to 99 
1,690 
1,289 
165 
123 
100 to 199 
1,553 
1,126 
160 
126 
200 to 499 
1,640 
883 
237 
197 
500 or more 
611 
206 
130 
112 
Milk cows farms 
397 
286 
36 
29 
number 
13,947 
3,792 
1,972 
1,958 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
315 
255 
29 
22 
1 0 to 49 
18 
16 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
17 
6 
3 
3 
100 to 199 
26 
5 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
17 
2 
3 
3 
500 or more 
4 
2 
1 
1 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
10,121 
7,471 
974 
785 
number 
1,180,140 
580,911 
182,546 
150,798 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
10,629 
7,912 
992 
796 
number 
1,711,264 
827,534 
268,285 
219,486 
$1,000 
1,783,908 
833,349 
287,241 
231,259 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
3,499 
2,592 
348 
281 
number 
222,365 
118,710 
36,103 
32,062 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
9,934 
7,349 
947 
760 
number 
1,488,899 
708,824 
232,182 
187,424 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
316 
209 
42 
31 
number 
80,413 
33,996 
12,058 
4,269 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
406 
325 
17 
15 
number 
173,953 
3,769 
1,096 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
323 
292 
12 
12 
25 to 49 
26 
19 
3 
1 
50 to 99 
11 
9 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
6 
4 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
3 
1 
1 
1 
500 or more 
37 
- 
1 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
197 
134 
9 
7 
number 
20,933 
695 
135 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
395 
320 
15 
13 
number 
153,020 
3,074 
961 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
412 
317 
25 
23 
number 
511,483 
6,024 
1,568 
(D) 
$1,000 
54,091 
846 
241 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
1,338 
1,089 
114 
78 
number 
236,646 
129,872 
55,802 
43,101 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
1,166 
942 
107 
71 
number 
144,863 
74,565 
34,660 
28,241 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
1,098 
876 
109 
73 
number 
181,100 
105,953 
31,651 
26,759 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
11,980 
9,783 
886 
687 
number 
97,921 
70,948 
10,591 
8,773 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
11,582 
9,508 
844 
648 
number 
87,628 
64,319 
9,195 
7,605 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
2,524 
2,101 
173 
145 
number 
11,207 
8,323 
924 
821 
Goats, all inventory farms 
698 
617 
36 
27 
number 
10,323 
7,699 
1,110 
1,017 
Goats, all sold farms 
241 
202 
19 
17 
number 
6,631 
3,909 
(D) 
753 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
2,243 
1,885 
134 
100 
number 
464,802 
47,992 
2,696 
2,060 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,202 
1,882 
134 
100 
400 to 3,199 
6 
2 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
17 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
14 
1 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
4 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
273 
207 
15 
11 
number 
225,021 
3,908 
(D) 
86 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Montana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
