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 
1,133 
81 
139 
184 
301 
310 
500 or more 
235 
78 
75 
40 
34 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
34,031 
291 
348 
449 
762 
1,492 
number 
922,608 
42,519 
46,889 
42,412 
74,762 
1 1 1 ,834 
Beef cows 
farms 
33,556 
256 
293 
378 
682 
1,466 
number 
874,630 
27,138 
34,662 
31,921 
68,014 
110,335 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,871 
13 
14 
42 
27 
76 
1 0 to 49 
18,385 
95 
106 
152 
224 
380 
50 to 99 
3,056 
50 
74 
92 
152 
578 
1 00 to 1 99 
974 
48 
50 
50 
188 
408 
200 to 499 
238 
43 
34 
36 
89 
24 
500 or more 
32 
7 
15 
6 
2 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
979 
46 
76 
104 
128 
64 
number 
47,978 
15,381 
12,227 
10,491 
6,748 
1,499 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
563 
1 
1 
11 
17 
1 0 to 49 
116 
1 
3 
4 
37 
43 
50 to 99 
125 
2 
3 
41 
75 
4 
100 to 199 
122 
9 
50 
58 
5 
- 
200 to 499 
44 
24 
20 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
9 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
32,663 
312 
383 
530 
931 
1,599 
number 
933,708 
78,659 
76,971 
72,986 
99,297 
103,233 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
32,852 
319 
381 
546 
976 
1,671 
number 
960,682 
116,663 
93,269 
75,247 
107,253 
117,687 
$1,000 
735,511 
103,105 
85,048 
65,937 
91,049 
89,141 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
18,022 
184 
191 
263 
384 
844 
number 
218,287 
13,189 
11,061 
7,092 
15,130 
25,109 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
29,018 
290 
355 
502 
933 
1,608 
number 
742,395 
103,474 
82,208 
68,155 
92,123 
92,578 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
50 
6 
2 
1 
3 
8 
number 
3,661 
2,113 
(D) 
(D) 
249 
158 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,297 
24 
20 
42 
50 
35 
number 
147,795 
93,795 
23,207 
14,451 
3,612 
1,395 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,103 
5 
5 
22 
29 
28 
25 to 49 
92 
1 
1 
2 
4 
1 
50 to 99 
40 
1 
2 
3 
7 
3 
100 to 199 
19 
1 
1 
5 
5 
2 
200 to 499 
11 
1 
3 
4 
3 
- 
500 or more 
32 
15 
8 
6 
2 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
643 
5 
14 
12 
32 
16 
number 
15,466 
(D) 
(D) 
345 
416 
203 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,135 
24 
20 
41 
49 
32 
number 
132,329 
(D) 
(D) 
14,106 
3,196 
1,192 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
812 
23 
18 
33 
34 
30 
number 
344,574 
248,452 
44,933 
34,285 
5,256 
1,729 
$1,000 
48,245 
39,115 
3,763 
3,229 
848 
298 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,476 
9 
8 
10 
42 
62 
number 
43,836 
1,237 
1,586 
541 
2,692 
3,802 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,066 
7 
8 
5 
34 
46 
number 
23,445 
705 
708 
382 
1,485 
2,028 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
942 
5 
7 
12 
38 
37 
number 
24,388 
574 
348 
827 
2,572 
3,130 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
16,108 
100 
96 
117 
218 
393 
number 
96,541 
521 
674 
909 
2,200 
3,613 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
15,419 
98 
94 
110 
206 
381 
number 
85,802 
508 
652 
830 
1,951 
3,186 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
3,320 
17 
20 
21 
64 
83 
number 
10,415 
52 
139 
148 
864 
752 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,929 
14 
14 
18 
48 
80 
number 
91,716 
127 
321 
206 
2,694 
2,667 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,788 
8 
6 
7 
39 
50 
number 
46,168 
(D) 
231 
(D) 
3,940 
3,845 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,487 
21 
53 
28 
65 
105 
number 
1,675,399 
552,263 
858,682 
103,726 
5,626 
1 1 ,304 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,394 
4 
4 
16 
62 
101 
400 to 3,199 
15 
1 
- 
- 
3 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
10 
- 
1 
8 
- 
1 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
4 
34 
4 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
24 
10 
14 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
1,033 
8 
6 
13 
17 
26 
number 
1,025,297 
352,304 
80,520 
266,720 
270,762 
35,448 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
