Table 28. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
661 
64,607 
580 
36,949 
540 
424,925 
390 
518 
44,490 
6,705 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
197 
2,201 
142 
(D) 
135 
19,883 
5 
107 
1,547 
221 
25 to 99 
305 
15,518 
283 
10,887 
255 
109,129 
72 
252 
1,620 
1 00 to 299 
123 
21,979 
120 
14,080 
115 
146,917 
160 
123 
2,083 
300 to 999 
33 
16,590 
33 
8,622 
32 
119,451 
109 
33 
12,833 
1,772 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
6,277 
23 
15 
891 
110 
Table 29. Ewes 1 Year Old or Older - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Ewe Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Ewes 1 year old or older inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
580 
57,897 
580 
36,949 
480 
393,229 
375 
486 
41,140 
6,020 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
206 
(D) 
206 
(D) 
154 
29,102 
13 
140 
2,192 
(D) 
25 to 99 
274 
22,816 
274 
13,408 
227 
151,473 
127 
246 
20,423 
2,589 
100 to 199 
56 
1 1 ,856 
56 
7,657 
55 
76,747 
81 
56 
7,001 
1,162 
200 to 499 
41 
15,253 
41 
10,719 
41 
112,887 
115 
41 
8,424 
1,517 
500 to 999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No ewes 1 year old or older as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
81 
6,710 
(X) 
(X) 
73 
37,973 
(D) 
47 
4,241 
795 
Table 30. Goats, Kids, and Mohair - Inventory, Mohair Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Inventory 
Sales 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Goats, all 
350 
4,740 
276 
4,292 
147 
2,944 
361 
106 
2,386 
Angora goats and kids 
24 
77 
12 
264 
- 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
Milk goats and kids 
154 
1,272 
92 
788 
74 
553 
94 
34 
(D) 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
227 
3,391 
211 
3,240 
90 
2,391 
267 
77 
1,892 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
- 
(D) 
5 
1,618 
' 2007 data for pounds sold are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 31. Equine - Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1 ,000) 
INVENTORY 
SALES 
Total horses and ponies 
5,379 
45,271 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,400 
7,831 
12,417 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
5,048 
31,271 
(X) 
1 to 24 
1,343 
5,421 
9,373 
25 to 49 
251 
7,994 
(X) 
25 to 49 
44 
1,330 
1,724 
50 to 99 
69 
4,306 
(X) 
50 to 99 
10 
650 
780 
1 00 or more 
11 
1,700 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
3 
430 
540 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
5,265 
42,593 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
53 
119 
45 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
4,973 
30,020 
(X) 
1 to 24 
53 
119 
45 
25 to 49 
223 
7,208 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
58 
3,665 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
11 
1,700 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
415 
1,115 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
414 
(D) 
(X) 
25 to 49 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
24 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
