Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,133 
917 
181 
121 
500 or more 
235 
171 
42 
24 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
34,031 
31,563 
1,895 
949 
number 
922,608 
803,541 
91,171 
50,980 
Beef cows farms 
33,556 
31,158 
1,836 
918 
number 
874,630 
768,489 
81,762 
44,419 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,871 
10,369 
346 
166 
1 0 to 49 
18,385 
17,134 
967 
479 
50 to 99 
3,056 
2,665 
323 
153 
100 to 199 
974 
791 
151 
87 
200 to 499 
238 
177 
44 
29 
500 or more 
32 
22 
5 
4 
Milk cows farms 
979 
851 
101 
54 
number 
47,978 
35,052 
9,409 
6,561 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
563 
522 
28 
5 
1 0 to 49 
116 
101 
14 
9 
50 to 99 
125 
100 
21 
11 
100 to 199 
122 
97 
21 
16 
200 to 499 
44 
24 
17 
13 
500 or more 
9 
7 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
32,663 
30,353 
1,759 
887 
number 
933,708 
805,301 
97,053 
51,655 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
32,852 
30,485 
1,841 
912 
number 
960,682 
820,222 
107,409 
56,597 
$1,000 
735,511 
620,955 
89,447 
48,181 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
18,022 
16,673 
1,064 
530 
number 
218,287 
190,852 
20,894 
11,874 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
29,018 
26,931 
1,625 
811 
number 
742,395 
629,370 
86,515 
44,723 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
50 
40 
6 
5 
number 
3,661 
2,914 
597 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
1,297 
1,187 
60 
34 
number 
147,795 
95,758 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,103 
1,017 
49 
24 
25 to 49 
92 
82 
4 
4 
50 to 99 
40 
37 
1 
1 
100 to 199 
19 
15 
3 
2 
200 to 499 
11 
10 
1 
1 
500 or more 
32 
26 
2 
2 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
643 
587 
33 
21 
number 
15,466 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
1,135 
1,040 
51 
29 
number 
132,329 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
812 
741 
39 
20 
number 
344,574 
250,625 
(D) 
(D) 
$1,000 
48,245 
35,899 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
1,476 
1,387 
40 
24 
number 
43,836 
40,368 
1,667 
639 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
1,066 
998 
30 
19 
number 
23,445 
21,424 
945 
327 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
942 
887 
24 
17 
number 
24,388 
22,840 
643 
267 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
16,108 
15,137 
600 
343 
number 
96,541 
87,306 
4,915 
2,712 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
15,419 
14,504 
566 
322 
number 
85,802 
78,405 
4,080 
2,110 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
3,320 
3,109 
117 
62 
number 
10,415 
9,258 
743 
195 
Goats, all inventory farms 
4,929 
4,661 
159 
84 
number 
91,716 
86,749 
2,743 
1,379 
Goats, all sold farms 
2,788 
2,656 
88 
45 
number 
46,168 
43,284 
2,219 
1,382 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
6,487 
6,172 
196 
94 
number 
1,675,399 
(D) 
43,677 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,394 
6,088 
192 
92 
400 to 3,199 
15 
9 
3 
1 
3,200 to 9,999 
10 
10 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
42 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
24 
22 
1 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
1 
" 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
1,033 
973 
39 
20 
number 
1,025,297 
(□) 
102,112 
101,007 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 Tennessee 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
