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 
1,941 
1,761 
146 
78 
500 or more 
847 
679 
125 
79 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
9,049 
8,318 
548 
320 
number 
899,558 
771 ,703 
98,123 
61,475 
Beef cows farms 
8,964 
8,243 
542 
315 
number 
881,682 
760,103 
92,857 
56,480 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
985 
939 
28 
22 
1 0 to 49 
3,071 
2,893 
129 
77 
50 to 99 
1,867 
1,753 
85 
50 
too to 199 
1,734 
1,568 
133 
66 
200 to 499 
1,140 
971 
127 
71 
500 or more 
167 
119 
40 
29 
Milk cows farms 
243 
218 
16 
11 
number 
17,876 
11,600 
5,266 
4,995 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
89 
85 
2 
1 
1 0 to 49 
80 
72 
6 
3 
50 to 99 
40 
37 
1 
1 
100 to 199 
15 
11 
2 
1 
200 to 499 
10 
10 
- 
- 
500 or more 
9 
3 
5 
5 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
8,638 
7,947 
524 
301 
number 
910,055 
757,168 
114,328 
80,421 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
8,925 
8,207 
532 
308 
number 
964,746 
785,232 
136,175 
99,391 
$1,000 
1,063,287 
828,635 
178,700 
135,184 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
3,094 
2,823 
205 
119 
number 
132,901 
1 1 1 ,806 
15,748 
8,595 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
8,364 
7,702 
496 
292 
number 
831,845 
673,426 
120,427 
90,796 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
512 
448 
45 
29 
number 
99,011 
50,308 
35,033 
29,914 
Flogs and pigs inventory farms 
218 
186 
23 
14 
number 
133,653 
15,919 
74,193 
73,434 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
148 
133 
12 
6 
25 to 49 
24 
24 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
16 
16 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
2 
2 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
9 
6 
3 
- 
500 or more 
19 
5 
8 
8 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
105 
84 
12 
9 
number 
35,147 
1,737 
20,010 
20,007 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
191 
162 
23 
14 
number 
98,506 
14,182 
54,183 
53,427 
Flogs and pigs sold farms 
193 
164 
19 
10 
number 
831,123 
38,067 
508,664 
507,154 
$1,000 
50,366 
(D) 
29,289 
29,019 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
661 
630 
26 
21 
number 
64,607 
59,938 
2,014 
1,781 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
580 
558 
17 
15 
number 
36,949 
34,178 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
533 
513 
15 
13 
number 
45,381 
41,944 
(D) 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
5,379 
4,999 
279 
159 
number 
45,271 
41,279 
2,762 
1,832 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
5,265 
4,894 
272 
158 
number 
42,593 
38,789 
2,719 
1,817 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
1,400 
1,321 
61 
41 
number 
7,831 
6,913 
662 
390 
Goats, all inventory farms 
350 
345 
2 
2 
number 
4,740 
4,708 
(D) 
(D) 
Goats, all sold farms 
147 
145 
2 
2 
number 
2,944 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
840 
795 
29 
19 
number 
92,754 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
839 
795 
28 
18 
400 to 3,199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
1 
1 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
104 
100 
4 
4 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
