Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,133 
219 
870 
44 
671 
462 
500 or more 
235 
24 
207 
4 
127 
108 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
34,031 
20,688 
12,146 
1,197 
20,167 
13,864 
number 
922,608 
393,040 
498,089 
31,479 
541,369 
381,239 
Beef cows 
farms 
33,556 
20,463 
11,919 
1,174 
19,946 
13,610 
number 
874,630 
384,321 
460,415 
29,894 
517,296 
357,334 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,871 
8,344 
2,200 
327 
6,179 
4,692 
10 to 49 
18,385 
10,705 
6,970 
710 
1 1 ,254 
7,131 
50 to 99 
3,056 
1,111 
1,844 
101 
1,801 
1,255 
100 to 199 
974 
262 
686 
26 
561 
413 
200 to 499 
238 
39 
190 
9 
133 
105 
500 or more 
32 
2 
29 
1 
18 
14 
Milk cows 
farms 
979 
501 
436 
42 
478 
501 
number 
47,978 
8,719 
37,674 
1,585 
24,073 
23,905 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
563 
405 
136 
22 
271 
292 
10 to 49 
116 
45 
62 
9 
68 
48 
50 to 99 
125 
22 
97 
6 
52 
73 
100 to 199 
122 
22 
96 
4 
60 
62 
200 to 499 
44 
6 
37 
1 
22 
22 
500 or more 
9 
1 
8 
- 
5 
4 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
32,663 
19,561 
1 1 ,927 
1,175 
18,987 
13,676 
number 
933,708 
351,632 
549,063 
33,013 
534,764 
398,944 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
32,852 
19,499 
12,173 
1,180 
19,544 
13,308 
number 
960,682 
360,277 
570,331 
30,074 
560,585 
400,097 
$1,000 
735,511 
262,793 
450,667 
22,052 
426,575 
308,936 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
18,022 
10,674 
6,702 
646 
10,659 
7,363 
number 
218,287 
101,696 
109,183 
7,408 
129,121 
89,166 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
29,018 
16,858 
11,109 
1,051 
17,209 
11,809 
number 
742,395 
258,581 
461,148 
22,666 
431,464 
310,931 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
50 
22 
28 
- 
26 
24 
number 
3,661 
481 
3,180 
- 
2,923 
738 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,297 
812 
419 
66 
568 
729 
number 
147,795 
81,392 
65,721 
682 
72,240 
75,555 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,103 
725 
319 
59 
447 
656 
25 to 49 
92 
51 
34 
7 
58 
34 
50 to 99 
40 
13 
27 
- 
25 
15 
1 00 to 1 99 
19 
5 
14 
- 
14 
5 
200 to 499 
11 
3 
8 
- 
6 
5 
500 or more 
32 
15 
17 
- 
18 
14 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
643 
401 
201 
41 
307 
336 
number 
15,466 
5,918 
9,350 
198 
6,239 
9,227 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,135 
701 
379 
55 
494 
641 
number 
132,329 
75,474 
56,371 
484 
66,001 
66,328 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
812 
502 
269 
41 
358 
454 
number 
344,574 
185,616 
158,219 
739 
173,862 
170,712 
$1,000 
48,245 
26,918 
21,249 
79 
23,622 
24,624 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,476 
1,023 
406 
47 
623 
853 
number 
43,836 
23,692 
18,495 
1,649 
20,893 
22,943 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,066 
716 
314 
36 
446 
620 
number 
23,445 
12,602 
9,972 
871 
10,979 
12,466 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
942 
613 
292 
37 
396 
546 
number 
24,388 
11,936 
11,201 
1,251 
1 1 ,302 
13,086 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
16,108 
11,692 
4,002 
414 
7,332 
8,776 
number 
96,541 
67,356 
26,204 
2,981 
41,940 
54,601 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
15,419 
11,162 
3,863 
394 
6,973 
8,446 
number 
85,802 
59,871 
23,720 
2,211 
37,440 
48,362 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
3,320 
2,420 
792 
108 
1,421 
1,899 
number 
10,415 
6,816 
3,266 
333 
4,476 
5,939 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,929 
3,856 
946 
127 
2,082 
2,847 
number 
91,716 
68,682 
20,119 
2,915 
40,607 
51,109 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,788 
2,140 
565 
83 
1,214 
1,574 
number 
46,168 
31,301 
12,865 
2,002 
21,211 
24,957 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
6,487 
4,881 
1,490 
116 
2,495 
3,992 
number 
1,675,399 
1,190,185 
482,130 
3,084 
697,084 
978,315 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,394 
4,813 
1,465 
116 
2,458 
3,936 
400 to 3,199 
15 
15 
- 
- 
6 
9 
3,200 to 9,999 
10 
7 
3 
- 
4 
6 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
28 
14 
- 
16 
26 
20,000 to 49,999 
24 
16 
8 
- 
10 
14 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
1,033 
780 
235 
18 
335 
698 
number 
1,025,297 
601,322 
423,690 
285 
485,391 
539,906 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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