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 
2,937 
480 
661 
906 
704 
107 
500 or more 
2,386 
1,307 
579 
311 
109 
15 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
19,600 
1,552 
1,841 
2,610 
3,429 
2,803 
number 
1,784,740 
551,067 
338,432 
331,956 
272,452 
138,966 
Beef cows 
farms 
19,313 
1,507 
1,814 
2,572 
3,370 
2,770 
number 
1,730,112 
509,863 
333,414 
327,456 
270,019 
137,938 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,121 
33 
44 
65 
159 
181 
1 0 to 49 
8,090 
217 
354 
707 
1,260 
1,489 
50 to 99 
3,344 
185 
411 
574 
908 
831 
100 to 199 
2,515 
314 
418 
633 
806 
231 
200 to 499 
438 
439 
542 
228 
34 
500 or more 
320 
148 
51 
9 
4 
Milk cows 
farms 
64 
66 
88 
111 
62 
number 
54,628 
41,204 
5,018 
4,500 
2,433 
1,028 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
264 
7 
14 
21 
42 
19 
1 0 to 49 
132 
2 
9 
20 
55 
39 
50 to 99 
81 
2 
24 
37 
14 
4 
100 to 199 
39 
13 
16 
10 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
24 
21 
3 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
19 
19 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
19,526 
2,164 
2,050 
2,624 
3,390 
2,564 
number 
4,600,935 
3,328,106 
487,049 
300,122 
252,631 
91,324 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
20,967 
2,242 
2,193 
2,892 
3,718 
2,922 
number 
7,567,890 
6,005,468 
558,518 
422,509 
321,633 
144,696 
$1,000 
10,098,166 
8,579,357 
609,132 
415,954 
284,654 
121,487 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
7,800 
489 
582 
1,015 
1,517 
1,155 
number 
427,682 
108,014 
65,289 
83,209 
88,647 
41,897 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
18,631 
2,182 
2,091 
2,692 
3,389 
2,591 
number 
7,140,208 
5,897,454 
493,229 
339,300 
232,986 
102,799 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
2,232 
999 
372 
330 
321 
123 
number 
5,041,822 
4,897,309 
85,548 
35,061 
18,309 
3,926 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,476 
363 
199 
198 
195 
76 
number 
2,992,576 
2,560,855 
237,842 
109,187 
57,034 
15,782 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
451 
7 
11 
23 
31 
28 
25 to 49 
64 
3 
4 
6 
20 
4 
50 to 99 
84 
3 
6 
14 
21 
- 
100 to 199 
98 
5 
9 
13 
35 
17 
200 to 499 
189 
28 
29 
56 
48 
23 
500 or more 
590 
317 
140 
86 
40 
4 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
578 
121 
54 
73 
100 
50 
number 
391,551 
359,831 
14,453 
10,820 
3,397 
1,257 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,383 
359 
196 
184 
184 
64 
number 
2,601,025 
2,201,024 
223,389 
98,367 
53,637 
14,525 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,552 
385 
208 
217 
194 
104 
number 
10,620,451 
9,500,994 
614,845 
318,584 
137,647 
32,772 
$1,000 
1,085,828 
963,049 
70,580 
34,563 
12,914 
3,012 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,464 
38 
50 
71 
177 
158 
number 
71,771 
5,903 
3,334 
7,572 
13,691 
12,475 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,250 
31 
48 
65 
159 
139 
number 
46,151 
3,063 
2,539 
4,498 
9,080 
8,428 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,234 
34 
43 
65 
168 
145 
number 
73,502 
13,841 
3,741 
6,499 
14,684 
1 1 ,683 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
9,125 
629 
592 
700 
999 
514 
number 
64,326 
5,632 
3,717 
4,482 
6,467 
4,282 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
8,864 
592 
577 
681 
962 
496 
number 
58,428 
5,103 
3,434 
4,024 
6,069 
3,894 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,928 
89 
92 
115 
198 
137 
number 
12,471 
1,759 
446 
807 
3,672 
1,187 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,509 
21 
25 
44 
96 
82 
number 
25,840 
981 
704 
1,526 
2,719 
1,943 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
893 
10 
19 
30 
57 
60 
number 
18,342 
462 
1,092 
1,147 
1,930 
2,557 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,858 
54 
101 
132 
218 
257 
number 
9,351,688 
9,142,284 
(D) 
29,985 
(D) 
12,845 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,825 
42 
99 
130 
213 
247 
400 to 3,199 
17 
- 
- 
- 
5 
10 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
10 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
416 
10 
10 
14 
25 
44 
number 
2,579,664 
2,565,517 
245 
278 
1,728 
1,213 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 Nebraska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
