Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,422 
292 
1,011 
119 
535 
887 
500 or more 
279 
23 
240 
16 
78 
201 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
18,960 
9,686 
7,447 
1,827 
9,766 
9,194 
number 
680,584 
172,443 
428,229 
79,912 
269,128 
411,456 
Beef cows 
farms 
11,880 
7,435 
3,833 
612 
6,551 
5,329 
number 
148,249 
71,072 
68,403 
8,774 
78,967 
69,282 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,978 
4,996 
1,642 
340 
3,859 
3,119 
10 to 49 
4,522 
2,332 
1,935 
255 
2,507 
2,015 
50 to 99 
290 
80 
201 
9 
143 
147 
100 to 199 
73 
22 
46 
5 
37 
36 
200 to 499 
15 
5 
8 
2 
4 
11 
500 or more 
2 
- 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Milk cows 
farms 
7,829 
2,556 
3,981 
1,292 
3,546 
4,283 
number 
532,335 
101,371 
359,826 
71,138 
190,161 
342,174 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,077 
704 
289 
84 
558 
519 
10 to 49 
2,823 
1,006 
1,148 
669 
1,426 
1,397 
50 to 99 
2,725 
699 
1,592 
434 
1,227 
1,498 
100 to 199 
882 
128 
673 
81 
264 
618 
200 to 499 
246 
17 
207 
22 
60 
186 
500 or more 
76 
2 
72 
2 
11 
65 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
21,574 
10,656 
8,826 
2,092 
11,145 
10,429 
number 
945,790 
270,249 
576,646 
98,895 
420,009 
525,781 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
19,381 
9,094 
8,370 
1,917 
9,898 
9,483 
number 
880,431 
307,850 
483,861 
88,720 
416,117 
464,314 
$1,000 
717,085 
244,461 
409,684 
62,940 
351,102 
365,983 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
9,316 
3,722 
4,372 
1,222 
4,283 
5,033 
number 
345,973 
140,258 
167,179 
38,536 
159,465 
186,508 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
17,600 
7,988 
7,816 
1,796 
8,919 
8,681 
number 
534,458 
167,592 
316,682 
50,184 
256,652 
277,806 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
1,702 
585 
976 
141 
869 
833 
number 
135,534 
37,816 
87,953 
9,765 
64,089 
71,445 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
3,097 
1,846 
1,028 
223 
1,514 
1,583 
number 
1,134,957 
515,707 
535,615 
83,635 
639,644 
495,313 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2,182 
1,372 
638 
172 
1,031 
1,151 
25 to 49 
194 
120 
65 
9 
84 
110 
50 to 99 
81 
42 
37 
2 
40 
41 
100 to 199 
78 
38 
37 
3 
39 
39 
200 to 499 
99 
49 
39 
11 
56 
43 
500 or more 
463 
225 
212 
26 
264 
199 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,178 
681 
394 
103 
585 
593 
number 
103,064 
39,521 
38,964 
24,579 
69,333 
33,731 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
2,792 
1,659 
942 
191 
1,355 
1,437 
number 
1,031,893 
476,186 
496,651 
59,056 
570,311 
461,582 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2,672 
1,498 
977 
197 
1,291 
1,381 
number 
4,677,032 
2,120,518 
1,973,814 
582,700 
2,916,384 
1,760,648 
$1,000 
457,916 
205,398 
217,054 
35,464 
251,044 
206,872 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,590 
2,734 
682 
174 
1,670 
1,920 
number 
96,648 
64,682 
26,451 
5,515 
47,465 
49,183 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
2,877 
2,181 
561 
135 
1,291 
1,586 
number 
58,459 
39,174 
15,677 
3,608 
28,300 
30,159 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
2,315 
1,674 
521 
120 
1,058 
1,257 
number 
64,072 
38,964 
21,905 
3,203 
31,586 
32,486 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
16,426 
11,915 
3,351 
1,160 
7,281 
9,145 
number 
119,900 
85,932 
25,457 
8,511 
50,665 
69,235 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
15,752 
11,444 
3,180 
1,128 
6,919 
8,833 
number 
96,554 
69,454 
20,321 
6,779 
41,699 
54,855 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,963 
2,113 
611 
239 
1,183 
1,780 
number 
10,177 
7,193 
2,452 
532 
4,584 
5,593 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,088 
3,147 
734 
207 
1,723 
2,365 
number 
50,174 
36,386 
10,204 
3,584 
21,508 
28,666 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,931 
1,399 
414 
118 
798 
1,133 
number 
24,749 
16,318 
6,839 
1,592 
10,662 
14,087 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
9,539 
6,691 
2,134 
714 
4,062 
5,477 
number 
25,147,630 
9,786,482 
13,104,722 
2,256,426 
15,026,888 
10,120,742 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
9,069 
6,408 
1,978 
683 
3,856 
5,213 
400 to 3,199 
123 
80 
37 
6 
52 
71 
3,200 to 9,999 
83 
64 
12 
7 
39 
44 
10,000 to 19,999 
81 
52 
27 
2 
26 
55 
20,000 to 49,999 
64 
29 
29 
6 
33 
31 
50,000 to 99,999 
68 
35 
29 
4 
28 
40 
100,000 or more 
51 
23 
22 
6 
28 
23 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
1,061 
727 
265 
69 
423 
638 
number 
7,291,936 
2,656,602 
4,195,779 
439,555 
3,683,419 
3,608,517 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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