Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
3,181 
361 
631 
1,168 
821 
130 
500 or more 
2,238 
910 
694 
453 
143 
26 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
13,584 
1,228 
1,455 
2,325 
2,709 
1,796 
number 
1,702,390 
493,107 
339,224 
384,344 
280,958 
105,781 
Beef cows 
farms 
13,327 
1,164 
1,423 
2,295 
2,659 
1,754 
number 
1,610,559 
414,782 
334,374 
380,546 
277,658 
104,643 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,472 
8 
6 
35 
86 
99 
1 0 to 49 
4,276 
77 
145 
365 
647 
755 
50 to 99 
2,513 
111 
208 
396 
737 
640 
too to 199 
2,435 
264 
365 
692 
825 
223 
200 to 499 
2,155 
446 
544 
756 
353 
36 
500 or more 
476 
258 
155 
51 
11 
1 
Milk cows 
farms 
689 
104 
64 
108 
208 
79 
number 
91,831 
78,325 
4,850 
3,798 
3,300 
1,138 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
305 
7 
14 
34 
106 
30 
1 0 to 49 
194 
1 
8 
37 
87 
49 
50 to 99 
77 
13 
21 
28 
15 
- 
100 to 199 
45 
18 
18 
9 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
32 
29 
3 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
36 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
13,599 
1,443 
1,658 
2,382 
2,732 
1,681 
number 
2,190,861 
875,958 
484,500 
404,472 
258,200 
84,251 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
14,306 
1,473 
1,684 
2,469 
2,886 
1,851 
number 
2,567,027 
1,161,648 
479,031 
450,706 
299,668 
99,678 
$1,000 
2,968,996 
1,580,987 
541,142 
438,249 
265,328 
84,639 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
4,940 
357 
447 
753 
1,057 
717 
number 
377,999 
92,169 
61,775 
86,390 
84,241 
26,932 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
13,107 
1,432 
1,632 
2,377 
2,703 
1,696 
number 
2,189,028 
1,069,479 
417,256 
364,316 
215,427 
72,746 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
1,670 
448 
333 
404 
293 
112 
number 
633,537 
505,181 
63,126 
41,640 
17,638 
4,130 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
681 
187 
71 
73 
72 
73 
number 
1,191,162 
1,077,687 
63,240 
30,551 
12,205 
4,395 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
260 
5 
6 
10 
28 
39 
25 to 49 
39 
3 
1 
2 
14 
6 
50 to 99 
56 
- 
2 
7 
7 
20 
100 to 199 
35 
6 
7 
13 
5 
4 
200 to 499 
38 
7 
7 
11 
9 
4 
500 or more 
253 
166 
48 
30 
9 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
286 
97 
20 
28 
33 
39 
number 
167,015 
157,476 
3,839 
3,891 
908 
431 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
639 
180 
69 
71 
63 
68 
number 
1,024,147 
920,211 
59,401 
26,660 
1 1 ,297 
3,964 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
678 
188 
79 
84 
77 
85 
number 
3,914,312 
3,564,367 
205,455 
112,578 
16,338 
11,651 
$1,000 
446,756 
408,171 
25,347 
9,231 
2,554 
979 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,798 
42 
96 
195 
270 
256 
number 
257,676 
26,550 
34,674 
52,975 
62,434 
31,142 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,606 
38 
91 
174 
261 
228 
number 
165,786 
1 1 ,487 
23,903 
37,038 
40,164 
21,078 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,610 
47 
102 
202 
280 
240 
number 
218,640 
42,088 
32,794 
40,084 
48,491 
22,409 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
6,463 
430 
471 
741 
908 
372 
number 
68,925 
3,806 
5,159 
8,178 
11,311 
3,568 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
6,318 
420 
464 
718 
884 
366 
number 
65,241 
3,580 
4,959 
7,848 
10,755 
3,380 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,223 
64 
88 
176 
229 
111 
number 
13,603 
357 
692 
1,277 
2,490 
1,074 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
748 
10 
28 
26 
68 
55 
number 
16,545 
93 
787 
839 
2,359 
2,265 
Goats, ail sold 
farms 
373 
5 
13 
20 
45 
30 
number 
8,895 
70 
543 
463 
1,436 
1,407 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,703 
45 
37 
91 
156 
154 
number 
2,450,780 
2,403,588 
984 
3,420 
4,878 
4,825 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,677 
23 
36 
91 
156 
154 
400 to 3,199 
20 
16 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
205 
1 
2 
11 
18 
19 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
358 
495 
381 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
124 South Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
