Table 28. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
549 
12,684 
356 
6,251 
290 
20,749 
2 
237 
4,024 
638 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
434 
3,839 
263 
1,707 
260 
12,886 
1 
137 
931 
140 
25 to 99 
89 
3,847 
72 
2,072 
25 
3,948 
1 
74 
1,581 
238 
100 to 299 
21 
2,646 
18 
1,472 
3 
(D) 
- 
21 
963 
139 
300 to 999 
5 
2,352 
3 
1,000 
2 
(D) 
- 
5 
549 
121 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
" 
" 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
1,001 
(Z) 
17 
90 
12 
Table 29. Ewes 1 Year Old or Older - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Ewe Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Ewes 1 year old or older inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
356 
9,474 
356 
6,251 
141 
10,183 
2 
172 
3,267 
512 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
295 
3,656 
295 
2,262 
125 
(D) 
1 
116 
1,172 
192 
25 to 99 
52 
3,346 
52 
2,209 
15 
3,333 
1 
47 
1,331 
173 
100 to 199 
5 
785 
5 
580 
- 
- 
- 
5 
339 
53 
200 to 499 
4 
1,687 
4 
1,200 
1 
(D) 
- 
4 
425 
94 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No ewes 1 year old or older as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
193 
3,210 
(X) 
(X) 
162 
11,567 
(Z) 
82 
847 
138 
Table 30. Goats, Kids, and Mohair - Inventory, Mohair Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Inventory 
Sales 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Goats, all 
2,861 
38,732 
2,949 
43,589 
1,233 
12,780 
1,382 
1,189 
14,777 
Angora goats and kids 
121 
826 
79 
495 
32 
248 
18 
18 
45 
Milk goats and kids 
453 
4,279 
316 
2,523 
134 
926 
154 
87 
981 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
2,447 
33,627 
2,727 
40,571 
1,096 
11,606 
1,210 
1,114 
13,751 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
822 
2 
39 
2,353 
' 2007 data for pounds sold are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 31. Equine - Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
INVENTORY 
SALES 
Total horses and ponies 
7,209 
52,395 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,463 
6,048 
16,078 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
6,935 
39,730 
(X) 
1 to 24 
1,444 
4,121 
13,956 
25 to 49 
205 
6,482 
(X) 
25 to 49 
14 
372 
1,412 
50 to 99 
56 
3,938 
(X) 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
13 
2,245 
(X) 
100 or more 
5 
1,555 
710 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
6,993 
45,170 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
235 
950 
327 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
6,814 
36,303 
(X) 
1 to 24 
230 
565 
177 
25 to 49 
124 
3,756 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
43 
3,078 
(X) 
50 or more 
5 
385 
150 
100 or more 
12 
2,033 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
1,811 
5,404 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,800 
4,999 
(X) 
25 to 49 
7 
205 
(X) 
50 or more 
4 
200 
(X) 
24 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
