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 
2,937 
575 
2,060 
302 
1,460 
1,477 
500 or more 
2,386 
680 
1,477 
229 
1,074 
1,312 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
19,600 
7,712 
9,322 
2,566 
10,836 
8,764 
number 
1,784,740 
487,498 
1,122,529 
174,713 
822,992 
961,748 
Beef cows 
farms 
19,313 
7,533 
9,233 
2,547 
10,718 
8,595 
number 
1,730,112 
459,436 
1,097,189 
173,487 
814,474 
915,638 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,121 
2,075 
644 
402 
1,683 
1,438 
10 to 49 
8,090 
3,472 
3,306 
1,312 
4,887 
3,203 
50 to 99 
3,344 
959 
2,018 
367 
1,906 
1,438 
100 to 199 
2,515 
568 
1,688 
259 
1,280 
1,235 
200 to 499 
315 
1,231 
163 
755 
954 
500 or more 
144 
346 
44 
207 
327 
Milk cows 
farms 
n c H 
309 
197 
53 
223 
336 
number 
54,628 
28,062 
25,340 
1,226 
8,518 
46,110 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
264 
168 
64 
32 
99 
165 
10 to 49 
132 
75 
46 
11 
85 
47 
50 to 99 
81 
35 
40 
6 
23 
58 
100 to 199 
39 
15 
20 
4 
7 
32 
200 to 499 
24 
7 
17 
- 
7 
17 
500 or more 
19 
9 
10 
- 
2 
17 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
19,526 
7,606 
9,470 
2,450 
10,565 
8,961 
number 
4,600,935 
2,011,655 
2,189,846 
399,434 
2,150,961 
2,449,974 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
20,967 
8,235 
10,039 
2,693 
11,521 
9,446 
number 
7,567,890 
3,475,760 
3,447,485 
644,645 
3,368,471 
4,199,419 
$1,000 
10,098,166 
4,787,043 
4,478,171 
832,952 
4,477,493 
5,620,673 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
7,800 
3,352 
3,480 
968 
4,218 
3,582 
number 
427,682 
135,228 
251,774 
40,680 
205,852 
221,830 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
18,631 
7,074 
9,196 
2,361 
10,090 
8,541 
number 
7,140,208 
3,340,532 
3,195,711 
603,965 
3,162,619 
3,977,589 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
2,232 
613 
1,398 
221 
1,105 
1,127 
number 
5,041,822 
2,707,206 
1,946,578 
388,038 
2,222,795 
2,819,027 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,476 
653 
685 
138 
721 
755 
number 
2,992,576 
2,073,593 
820,566 
98,417 
1,527,695 
1,464,881 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
451 
277 
115 
59 
180 
271 
25 to 49 
64 
27 
36 
1 
34 
30 
50 to 99 
84 
39 
37 
8 
51 
33 
1 00 to 1 99 
98 
34 
51 
13 
50 
48 
200 to 499 
189 
55 
115 
19 
109 
80 
500 or more 
590 
221 
331 
38 
297 
293 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
578 
259 
258 
61 
274 
304 
number 
391,551 
351,179 
34,321 
6,051 
153,522 
238,029 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,383 
599 
649 
135 
671 
712 
number 
2,601,025 
1,722,414 
786,245 
92,366 
1,374,173 
1,226,852 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,552 
676 
732 
144 
732 
820 
number 
10,620,451 
8,396,238 
1,923,674 
300,539 
4,993,332 
5,627,119 
$1,000 
1,085,828 
754,469 
287,859 
43,500 
543,538 
542,290 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,464 
879 
447 
138 
665 
799 
number 
71,771 
38,014 
25,205 
8,552 
35,808 
35,963 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,250 
737 
396 
117 
558 
692 
number 
46,151 
23,771 
16,329 
6,051 
22,137 
24,014 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,234 
718 
398 
118 
522 
712 
number 
73,502 
44,938 
23,329 
5,235 
41,509 
31,993 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
9,125 
5,386 
2,887 
852 
3,911 
5,214 
number 
64,326 
38,162 
20,478 
5,686 
27,246 
37,080 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
8,864 
5,236 
2,795 
833 
3,800 
5,064 
number 
58,428 
34,555 
18,690 
5,183 
24,546 
33,882 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,928 
1,132 
594 
202 
709 
1,219 
number 
12,471 
7,231 
4,528 
712 
4,154 
8,317 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,509 
1,061 
291 
157 
581 
928 
number 
25,840 
15,862 
6,506 
3,472 
11,316 
14,524 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
893 
600 
180 
113 
358 
535 
number 
18,342 
11,116 
4,217 
3,009 
6,584 
11,758 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,858 
1,903 
722 
233 
1,079 
1,779 
number 
9,351,688 
8,010,826 
949,386 
391,476 
7,747,456 
1,604,232 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,825 
1,889 
711 
225 
1,071 
1,754 
400 to 3,199 
17 
6 
6 
5 
2 
15 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
2 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
3 
- 
1 
2 
- 
3 
100,000 or more 
10 
6 
3 
1 
5 
5 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
416 
276 
87 
53 
139 
277 
number 
2,579,664 
(D) 
(D) 
1,166 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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