Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
165 
110 
33 
21 
500 or more 
53 
27 
11 
5 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
7,329 
6,613 
452 
264 
number 
182,742 
141,443 
22,872 
12,533 
Beef cows farms 
7,232 
6,545 
439 
254 
number 
166,745 
133,854 
(D) 
10,043 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,985 
2,797 
113 
63 
1 0 to 49 
3,500 
3,164 
233 
134 
50 to 99 
512 
427 
47 
32 
100 to 199 
162 
117 
26 
16 
200 to 499 
61 
35 
16 
9 
500 or more 
12 
5 
4 
- 
Milk cows farms 
193 
144 
22 
17 
number 
15,997 
7,589 
(D) 
2,490 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
121 
103 
10 
7 
1 0 to 49 
14 
11 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
7 
7 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
18 
8 
7 
6 
200 to 499 
26 
13 
4 
3 
500 or more 
7 
2 
1 
1 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
5,988 
5,380 
370 
220 
number 
114,544 
86,778 
15,326 
9,261 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
5,778 
5,182 
379 
215 
number 
134,445 
100,774 
18,519 
10,697 
$1,000 
92,352 
67,567 
13,939 
8,015 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
3,843 
3,451 
253 
141 
number 
48,996 
39,434 
4,495 
3,088 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
4,577 
4,087 
308 
182 
number 
85,449 
61,340 
14,024 
7,609 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
838 
753 
37 
29 
number 
224,076 
124,362 
52,788 
41,271 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
649 
598 
14 
11 
25 to 49 
87 
77 
9 
8 
50 to 99 
30 
28 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
18 
16 
1 
1 
200 to 499 
10 
8 
2 
1 
500 or more 
44 
26 
11 
8 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
469 
421 
17 
15 
number 
9,195 
2,927 
(D) 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
690 
620 
34 
26 
number 
214,881 
121,435 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
571 
508 
34 
26 
number 
758,876 
370,836 
197,467 
154,355 
$1,000 
93,527 
49,156 
18,085 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
549 
480 
25 
20 
number 
12,684 
11,144 
450 
385 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
356 
311 
14 
9 
number 
6,251 
5,419 
289 
261 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
254 
224 
7 
4 
number 
4,114 
3,659 
88 
65 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
7,209 
6,539 
334 
247 
number 
52,395 
44,666 
3,890 
2,922 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
6,993 
6,352 
320 
236 
number 
45,170 
39,379 
3,249 
2,422 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
1,463 
1,300 
80 
65 
number 
6,048 
5,318 
477 
412 
Goats, all inventory farms 
2,861 
2,669 
90 
52 
number 
38,732 
35,731 
1,893 
1,068 
Goats, all sold farms 
1,233 
1,154 
49 
25 
number 
12,780 
11,850 
650 
288 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
3,060 
2,812 
132 
101 
number 
4,231,250 
(D) 
366,354 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,991 
2,770 
118 
88 
400 to 3,199 
18 
14 
3 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
7 
5 
2 
2 
20,000 to 49,999 
29 
15 
7 
6 
50,000 to 99,999 
11 
8 
2 
2 
100,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
" 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
448 
409 
22 
12 
number 
1,816,370 
1,392,139 
180,599 
180,499 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
