Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,123 
811 
510 
1,190 
404 
125 
24 
number 
14,304 
12,936 
9,002 
27,929 
13,135 
9,170 
1,362 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
536 
297 
179 
300 
98 
14 
2 
10 to 49 
569 
490 
304 
771 
222 
50 
13 
50 to 99 
16 
24 
23 
105 
61 
27 
4 
100 to 199 
2 
- 
4 
12 
22 
22 
4 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
11 
1 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
635 
508 
473 
1,248 
648 
161 
33 
number 
37,123 
28,727 
31,011 
104,379 
97,348 
52,929 
26,489 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
33 
46 
21 
22 
14 
2 
1 
10 to 49 
243 
183 
154 
265 
64 
5 
- 
50 to 99 
290 
222 
223 
596 
195 
15 
3 
100 to 199 
65 
55 
72 
321 
237 
43 
5 
200 to 499 
4 
2 
3 
43 
116 
61 
7 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
1 
22 
35 
17 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,942 
1,405 
1,071 
2,656 
1,134 
297 
58 
number 
68,257 
64,161 
51,911 
185,585 
134,543 
72,242 
31,392 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
1,782 
1,305 
1,000 
2,569 
1,099 
290 
56 
number 
53,740 
51,815 
41,792 
156,715 
108,216 
59,888 
23,287 
$1,000 
44,931 
49,646 
35,815 
144,295 
87,491 
47,123 
18,522 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds .... 
farms 
884 
654 
539 
1,473 
640 
157 
34 
number 
17,183 
13,511 
12,588 
45,561 
34,347 
23,289 
8,782 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
1,637 
1,202 
939 
2,387 
1,042 
275 
53 
number 
36,557 
38,304 
29,204 
111,154 
73,869 
36,599 
14,505 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
162 
131 
110 
354 
160 
66 
16 
number 
7,431 
1 1 ,308 
8,576 
40,526 
19,779 
9,666 
2,731 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
204 
137 
96 
208 
79 
21 
5 
number 
77,700 
54,132 
62,158 
207,056 
142,108 
22,002 
10,755 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
125 
81 
48 
89 
29 
7 
1 
25 to 49 
14 
16 
15 
15 
3 
1 
- 
50 to 99 
6 
8 
3 
9 
1 
3 
- 
100 to 199 
13 
3 
3 
17 
4 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
3 
2 
- 
16 
6 
1 
- 
500 or more 
43 
27 
27 
62 
36 
9 
4 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
88 
54 
37 
79 
33 
7 
_ 
number 
4,338 
2,913 
2,519 
18,711 
13,156 
2,624 
- 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
184 
124 
90 
195 
73 
21 
5 
number 
73,362 
51,219 
59,639 
188,345 
128,952 
19,378 
10,755 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
192 
126 
86 
201 
78 
22 
5 
number 
293,105 
246,743 
180,817 
872,553 
546,190 
116,375 
36,105 
$1,000 
33,137 
16,088 
31,723 
91,548 
59,729 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
207 
106 
68 
165 
51 
12 
5 
number 
9,305 
3,240 
3,000 
8,297 
3,998 
374 
445 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
174 
79 
63 
140 
39 
9 
3 
number 
6,031 
1,956 
2,304 
4,710 
2,791 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
140 
62 
53 
128 
36 
9 
2 
number 
4,865 
5,493 
1,896 
5,293 
2,796 
(D) 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
757 
449 
276 
543 
176 
56 
12 
number 
4,924 
3,477 
1,800 
4,900 
1,028 
(D) 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
707 
415 
253 
482 
155 
50 
12 
number 
4,076 
2,618 
1,443 
3,738 
854 
(D) 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
112 
78 
33 
69 
17 
4 
1 
number 
619 
235 
135 
376 
(D) 
35 
(D) 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
213 
103 
65 
134 
26 
10 
3 
number 
2,651 
1,349 
1,298 
1,863 
302 
219 
34 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
94 
35 
39 
78 
13 
3 
2 
number 
946 
412 
450 
1,329 
159 
(D) 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
494 
288 
193 
370 
89 
15 
4 
number 
(D) 
1,875,496 
418,159 
4,466,449 
2,564,165 
440,588 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
472 
261 
183 
314 
66 
11 
2 
400 to 3,199 
3 
5 
2 
14 
1 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
6 
4 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
5 
4 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
5 
4 
2 
11 
4 
- 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
6 
4 
14 
8 
3 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
4 
- 
11 
10 
1 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
45 
39 
30 
47 
22 
3 
2 
number 
350,351 
323,079 
210,862 
1,660,650 
1 ,096,902 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
85 
47 
33 
93 
32 
5 
3 
number 
435,182 
923,771 
213,815 
2,274,409 
1,400,931 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
21 
10 
13 
21 
10 
3 
1 
number 
1,126,053 
802,453 
773,475 
3,151,484 
2,135,750 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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