Table 1 1 . Cattle and Calves - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
South Dakota 
Aurora 
Beadle 
Bennett 
Bon Homme 
Brookings 
Brown 
INVENTORY - Con. 
Cattle and calves - Con. 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms, 2012 
1,263 
11 
38 
7 
44 
58 
11 
2007 
1,793 
25 
42 
8 
107 
87 
31 
number, 2012 
418,374 
4,258 
14,689 
4,216 
17,167 
15,536 
7,642 
2007 
517,783 
6,216 
16,571 
138 
28,919 
15,919 
10,523 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 19 
farms 
77 
- 
9 
1 
3 
6 
1 
number 
1,136 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
87 
(D) 
20 to 49 
farms 
199 
2 
9 
- 
4 
11 
1 
number 
6,280 
(D) 
299 
- 
135 
322 
(D) 
50 to 99 
farms 
254 
2 
- 
10 
5 
number 
18,031 
- 
(D) 
- 
681 
273 
- 
100 to 199 
farms 
272 
3 
8 
- 
12 
7 
4 
number 
36,177 
(D) 
1,022 
- 
1,585 
879 
584 
200 to 499 
farms 
244 
1 
4 
- 
1 
19 
2 
number 
71,141 
(D) 
1,167 
- 
(D) 
6,104 
(D) 
500 or more 
farms 
217 
5 
6 
6 
14 
10 
3 
number 
285,609 
3,400 
1 1 ,950 
(D) 
14,526 
7,871 
6,500 
SALES 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms, 2012 
420 
12 
13 
_ 
6 
26 
7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
374,490 
(D) 
4,061 
- 
2,376 
58,453 
1,862 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms, 2012 
14,306 
231 
339 
135 
314 
337 
324 
2007 
15,171 
210 
417 
145 
340 
366 
359 
number, 2012 
2,567,027 
37,230 
57,561 
40,828 
43,986 
54,071 
40,485 
2007 
2,745,227 
31,708 
78,370 
26,104 
56,025 
63,292 
52,532 
$1,000, 2012 
2,968,996 
41,904 
70,225 
(D) 
56,799 
58,387 
50,562 
2007 
2,307,618 
25,506 
67,245 
20,114 
57,023 
47,727 
46,257 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 9 
farms 
1,648 
20 
34 
3 
42 
72 
80 
number 
7,876 
99 
145 
17 
219 
335 
340 
lOto 19 
farms 
1,500 
14 
28 
7 
46 
44 
44 
number 
20,792 
188 
411 
99 
646 
572 
591 
20 to 49 
farms 
2,768 
39 
64 
13 
88 
58 
55 
number 
89,377 
1,284 
2,142 
425 
2,889 
1,793 
1,775 
50 to 99 
farms 
2,541 
41 
68 
26 
54 
66 
71 
number 
178,467 
2,664 
4,582 
1,806 
3,599 
4,605 
5,054 
100 to 199 
farms 
2,472 
64 
66 
18 
53 
41 
30 
number 
340,356 
8,952 
8,937 
2,690 
6,906 
5,567 
3,979 
200 to 499 
farms 
2,347 
39 
53 
41 
12 
28 
29 
number 
704,170 
11,145 
16,053 
11,610 
4,065 
8,563 
9,477 
500 or more 
farms 
1,030 
14 
26 
27 
19 
28 
15 
number 
1 ,225,989 
12,898 
25,291 
24,181 
25,662 
32,636 
19,269 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds, 
sold 
farms, 2012 
4,940 
80 
95 
58 
93 
86 
108 
2007 
4,700 
59 
87 
53 
82 
103 
123 
number, 2012 
377,999 
5,120 
4,985 
11,114 
2,481 
12,444 
4,035 
2007 
327,781 
3,745 
5,797 
5,155 
1,819 
12,304 
4,794 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 9 
farms 
1,200 
11 
24 
4 
30 
26 
43 
number 
5,437 
67 
128 
27 
148 
141 
(D) 
10 to 19 
farms 
776 
18 
10 
6 
25 
11 
32 
number 
10,168 
225 
156 
74 
355 
150 
406 
20 to 49 
farms 
1,150 
20 
24 
14 
24 
27 
10 
number 
35,269 
542 
715 
466 
705 
809 
291 
50 to 99 
farms 
781 
13 
20 
10 
9 
9 
13 
number 
52,849 
831 
1,234 
745 
538 
601 
918 
100 to 199 
farms 
548 
15 
11 
7 
5 
5 
6 
number 
73,068 
2,016 
1,552 
1,200 
735 
547 
868 
200 to 499 
farms 
388 
1 
6 
10 
- 
- 
3 
number 
110,903 
(D) 
1,200 
3,177 
- 
- 
700 
500 or more 
farms 
97 
2 
- 
7 
- 
8 
1 
number 
90,305 
(D) 
- 
5,425 
- 
10,196 
(D) 
Cattle, including calves weighing 500 pounds 
or more, sold 
farms, 2012 
13,107 
206 
316 
123 
280 
312 
305 
2007 
14,153 
199 
396 
137 
323 
334 
337 
number, 2012 
2,189,028 
32,110 
52,576 
29,714 
41,505 
41,627 
36,450 
2007 
2,417,446 
27,963 
72,573 
20,949 
54,206 
50,988 
47,738 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 9 
farms 
1,772 
24 
27 
9 
45 
72 
82 
number 
8,105 
85 
110 
43 
243 
330 
309 
10 to 19 
farms 
1,427 
7 
32 
7 
39 
33 
41 
number 
19,632 
104 
435 
82 
539 
434 
550 
20 to 49 
farms 
2,556 
35 
72 
9 
69 
57 
54 
number 
82,179 
1,187 
2,356 
289 
2,254 
1,659 
1,666 
50 to 99 
farms 
2,408 
36 
60 
37 
51 
66 
64 
number 
168,041 
2,459 
4,085 
2,485 
3,353 
4,595 
4,493 
100 to 199 
farms 
2,132 
57 
59 
18 
46 
30 
25 
number 
291,986 
7,596 
8,189 
2,721 
5,785 
4,002 
3,288 
200 to 499 
farms 
1,965 
33 
41 
23 
11 
31 
26 
number 
583,029 
9,028 
12,733 
6,875 
3,840 
9,671 
8,235 
500 or more 
farms 
847 
14 
25 
20 
19 
23 
13 
number 
1,036,056 
11,651 
24,668 
17,219 
25,491 
20,936 
17,909 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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