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 
1,199 
931 
845 
2,435 
1,471 
583 
205 
number 
20,900 
18,906 
20,809 
75,122 
75,739 
47,888 
31,094 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
379 
212 
196 
370 
150 
35 
8 
10 to 49 
772 
665 
588 
1,628 
706 
224 
60 
50 to 99 
43 
47 
47 
380 
420 
127 
32 
100 to 199 
5 
6 
11 
49 
176 
144 
46 
200 to 499 
- 
1 
2 
8 
18 
49 
48 
500 or more 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
4 
11 
Milk cows 
farms 
390 
336 
419 
1,595 
801 
254 
62 
number 
18,342 
16,298 
23,090 
118,694 
118,598 
74,750 
38,629 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
38 
12 
18 
41 
12 
- 
- 
10 to 49 
245 
183 
192 
479 
97 
17 
1 
50 to 99 
88 
124 
175 
745 
303 
49 
11 
100 to 199 
18 
15 
29 
274 
264 
74 
16 
200 to 499 
- 
1 
4 
54 
98 
74 
13 
500 or more 
1 
1 
1 
2 
27 
40 
21 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,758 
1,483 
1,422 
4,556 
2,679 
1,061 
352 
number 
64,616 
66,251 
81,018 
383,588 
369,145 
270,428 
143,908 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
1,705 
1,385 
1,366 
4,496 
2,690 
1,049 
332 
number 
58,411 
64,006 
73,649 
293,346 
325,657 
280,823 
178,354 
$1,000 
54,063 
59,287 
82,248 
310,759 
367,277 
328,858 
186,452 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds .... 
farms 
622 
500 
516 
1,568 
834 
313 
84 
number 
20,009 
15,803 
10,571 
57,416 
48,227 
48,318 
38,899 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
1,528 
1,276 
1,252 
4,229 
2,555 
1,014 
326 
number 
38,402 
48,203 
63,078 
235,930 
277,430 
232,505 
139,455 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
257 
264 
282 
1,100 
930 
450 
139 
number 
14,928 
15,540 
28,271 
91,352 
146,014 
137,853 
68,446 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
169 
121 
126 
500 
601 
392 
146 
number 
269,276 
191,666 
138,017 
731,271 
1,261,701 
1,276,881 
853,191 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
65 
44 
31 
96 
27 
14 
4 
25 to 49 
18 
4 
15 
19 
10 
5 
- 
50 to 99 
17 
7 
9 
20 
11 
1 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
9 
13 
5 
29 
21 
5 
6 
200 to 499 
1 
7 
24 
65 
86 
19 
7 
500 or more 
59 
46 
42 
271 
446 
348 
129 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
87 
57 
71 
182 
189 
77 
31 
number 
46,901 
18,964 
4,682 
37,272 
78,389 
64,381 
33,843 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
150 
112 
118 
481 
574 
389 
141 
number 
222,375 
172,702 
133,335 
693,999 
1,183,312 
1,212,500 
819,348 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
164 
119 
129 
533 
629 
402 
149 
number 
1,123,911 
442,460 
343,460 
2,011,222 
3,446,420 
2,952,100 
2,061,493 
$1,000 
132,563 
56,440 
43,508 
267,107 
490,018 
462,925 
307,087 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
129 
77 
63 
209 
127 
44 
11 
number 
7,516 
3,859 
5,146 
17,884 
24,431 
7,084 
2,144 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
117 
63 
61 
192 
119 
39 
5 
number 
5,127 
2,399 
3,034 
11,797 
13,584 
3,973 
641 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
101 
60 
56 
176 
104 
38 
8 
number 
6,279 
2,256 
3,269 
17,281 
21,724 
7,576 
4,898 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
547 
363 
347 
802 
388 
168 
71 
number 
3,617 
2,786 
2,067 
4,779 
2,975 
1,031 
457 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
516 
339 
337 
751 
369 
158 
69 
number 
3,177 
2,420 
1,665 
4,219 
2,678 
969 
449 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
106 
77 
25 
118 
56 
30 
6 
number 
429 
337 
83 
2,451 
536 
102 
47 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
89 
38 
40 
97 
46 
16 
2 
number 
1,781 
463 
629 
4,070 
2,375 
(D) 
(D) 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
49 
18 
24 
43 
26 
10 
number 
1,085 
279 
452 
2,313 
773 
124 
- 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
330 
163 
147 
371 
115 
35 
12 
number 
171,093 
4,286 
(D) 
3,395,058 
2,003,980 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
321 
163 
144 
347 
111 
33 
9 
400 to 3,199 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
7 
- 
- 
13 
- 
1 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
2 
6 
3 
1 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
65 
20 
14 
30 
10 
2 
2 
number 
(D) 
453 
509 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
50 
16 
17 
50 
15 
6 
3 
number 
352,384 
410 
894 
2,410,265 
1,170,945 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
8 
1 
3 
3 
3 
- 
1 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
631,000 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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