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 
165 
40 
24 
19 
32 
28 
500 or more 
53 
30 
11 
7 
3 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
7,329 
277 
94 
71 
129 
321 
number 
182,742 
31,414 
12,301 
7,888 
10,759 
17,165 
Beef cows 
farms 
7,232 
259 
80 
64 
125 
315 
number 
166,745 
20,718 
9,322 
6,637 
10,207 
16,920 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,985 
16 
10 
6 
12 
33 
1 0 to 49 
3,500 
122 
39 
22 
49 
144 
50 to 99 
512 
60 
8 
18 
21 
89 
1 00 to 1 99 
162 
35 
12 
7 
31 
40 
200 to 499 
61 
21 
6 
9 
12 
9 
500 or more 
12 
5 
5 
2 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
193 
27 
18 
12 
6 
9 
number 
15,997 
10,696 
2,979 
1,251 
552 
245 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
121 
1 
1 
3 
10 to 49 
14 
- 
- 
1 
4 
4 
50 to 99 
7 
- 
2 
3 
- 
2 
100 to 199 
18 
3 
6 
8 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
26 
16 
9 
- 
1 
- 
500 or more 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
5,988 
248 
90 
68 
115 
289 
number 
114,544 
21,172 
9,239 
8,103 
7,501 
9,983 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
5,778 
243 
83 
66 
128 
301 
number 
134,445 
29,362 
10,141 
8,076 
11,563 
13,964 
$1,000 
92,352 
(D) 
8,186 
6,805 
8,162 
9,693 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
3,843 
166 
58 
43 
78 
213 
number 
48,996 
8,406 
2,261 
2,134 
3,683 
4,834 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
4,577 
199 
73 
55 
106 
259 
number 
85,449 
20,956 
7,880 
5,942 
7,880 
9,130 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
838 
34 
10 
16 
18 
37 
number 
224,076 
170,733 
16,819 
23,095 
2,993 
1,349 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
649 
2 
2 
1 
6 
18 
25 to 49 
87 
1 
1 
- 
1 
13 
50 to 99 
30 
3 
- 
- 
1 
4 
100 to 199 
18 
1 
1 
- 
5 
1 
200 to 499 
10 
1 
1 
2 
5 
1 
500 or more 
44 
26 
5 
13 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
469 
12 
4 
5 
9 
17 
number 
9,195 
6,049 
104 
1,263 
179 
136 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
690 
34 
10 
16 
17 
37 
number 
214,881 
164,684 
16,715 
21,832 
2,814 
1,213 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
571 
35 
10 
16 
15 
37 
number 
758,876 
651,779 
24,037 
67,981 
5,006 
2,133 
$1,000 
93,527 
82,232 
4,151 
5,302 
855 
244 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
549 
12 
3 
1 
3 
13 
number 
12,684 
394 
94 
(D) 
(D) 
1,570 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
356 
10 
3 
1 
2 
8 
number 
6,251 
320 
71 
(D) 
(D) 
266 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
254 
6 
2 
14 
number 
4,114 
134 
(D) 
- 
- 
382 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
7,209 
99 
41 
36 
72 
179 
number 
52,395 
658 
581 
394 
2,739 
2,456 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
6,993 
95 
38 
36 
72 
173 
number 
45,170 
586 
408 
386 
2,647 
2,019 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,463 
8 
7 
9 
27 
70 
number 
6,048 
33 
31 
127 
1,933 
442 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,861 
23 
10 
8 
21 
55 
number 
38,732 
444 
131 
209 
384 
2,153 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,233 
11 
3 
2 
12 
20 
number 
12,780 
164 
(D) 
(D) 
204 
397 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,060 
36 
20 
11 
20 
81 
number 
4,231,250 
3,648,926 
495,779 
174 
512 
10,486 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,991 
2 
2 
11 
20 
77 
400 to 3,199 
18 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
7 
2 
5 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
29 
20 
9 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
11 
8 
3 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
448 
10 
8 
11 
4 
17 
number 
1,816,370 
914,481 
352,667 
419,400 
87,050 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
