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 
2,315 
84,983 
1,835 
50,236 
993 
191,710 
266 
1,369 
46,927 
6,675 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,468 
(D) 
1,056 
(D) 
611 
43,094 
170 
619 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 99 
658 
30,279 
591 
18,684 
289 
78,276 
53 
561 
18,544 
2,525 
100 to 299 
156 
23,018 
155 
13,268 
77 
40,677 
29 
156 
11,500 
1,733 
300 to 999 
32 
16,441 
32 
9,455 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
32 
9,131 
1,326 
1,000 to 2,499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
" 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
- 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
57 
7,698 
1 
93 
1,916 
305 
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 
1,835 
79,753 
1,835 
50,236 
769 
170,517 
263 
1,202 
43,192 
6,151 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,290 
19,890 
1,290 
11,904 
507 
52,727 
179 
696 
9,244 
1,240 
25 to 99 
454 
31,643 
454 
20,828 
217 
70,965 
59 
415 
18,313 
2,577 
100 to 199 
68 
14,279 
68 
8,441 
35 
22,623 
15 
68 
6,392 
962 
200 to 499 
19 
10,776 
19 
6,315 
7 
16,577 
(D) 
19 
5,643 
889 
500 to 999 
4 
3,165 
4 
2,748 
3 
7,625 
(D) 
4 
3,600 
483 
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 
480 
5,230 
(X) 
(X) 
281 
28,891 
4 
260 
5,651 
828 
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 
3,376 
50,831 
3,934 
63,091 
1,607 
28,191 
3,757 
1,509 
24,377 
Angora goats and kids 
169 
1,354 
158 
1,533 
31 
279 
22 
38 
382 
Milk goats and kids 
708 
6,296 
617 
5,344 
308 
2,604 
407 
180 
1,647 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
2,742 
43,181 
3,452 
56,214 
1,340 
25,308 
3,327 
1,345 
22,348 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
60 
4,377 
9 
88 
12,598 
1 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 
12,058 
86,840 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
2,441 
6,904 
31,719 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
11,528 
65,327 
(X) 
1 to 24 
2,428 
6,364 
30,700 
25 to 49 
419 
13,916 
(X) 
25 to 49 
13 
540 
1,020 
50 to 99 
100 
6,326 
(X) 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
11 
1,271 
(X) 
100 or more 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
11,546 
69,797 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
309 
819 
287 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
11,266 
58,326 
(X) 
1 to 24 
308 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 49 
216 
6,961 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
50 to 99 
60 
3,985 
(X) 
50 or more 
1 
(□) 
(D) 
100 or more 
4 
525 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
2,625 
6,931 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2,615 
6,651 
(X) 
25 to 49 
10 
280 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
24 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
