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 
1,483 
309 
1,080 
94 
760 
723 
500 or more 
389 
38 
330 
21 
190 
199 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
20,326 
10,721 
8,510 
1,095 
11,860 
8,466 
number 
751,425 
239,188 
469,308 
42,929 
409,762 
341,663 
Beef cows 
farms 
19,596 
10,429 
8,133 
1,034 
1 1 ,577 
8,019 
number 
657,320 
225,406 
396,523 
35,391 
380,716 
276,604 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,579 
4,028 
1,311 
240 
3,145 
2,434 
10 to 49 
10,468 
5,458 
4,415 
595 
6,362 
4,106 
50 to 99 
2,216 
668 
1,439 
109 
1,347 
869 
100 to 199 
961 
222 
666 
73 
539 
422 
200 to 499 
331 
47 
267 
17 
160 
171 
500 or more 
41 
6 
35 
- 
24 
17 
Milk cows 
farms 
1,168 
488 
595 
85 
487 
681 
number 
94,105 
13,782 
72,785 
7,538 
29,046 
65,059 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
435 
303 
104 
28 
190 
245 
10 to 49 
159 
88 
62 
9 
97 
62 
50 to 99 
258 
56 
173 
29 
98 
160 
100 to 199 
219 
33 
175 
11 
77 
142 
200 to 499 
79 
7 
66 
6 
21 
58 
500 or more 
18 
1 
15 
2 
4 
14 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
19,895 
10,154 
8,622 
1,119 
11,458 
8,437 
number 
880,457 
237,127 
588,370 
54,960 
474,925 
405,532 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
20,091 
10,210 
8,743 
1,138 
11,919 
8,172 
number 
845,381 
243,305 
556,147 
45,929 
491,328 
354,053 
$1,000 
707,976 
193,813 
478,622 
35,542 
411,648 
296,327 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
9,924 
4,894 
4,461 
569 
5,850 
4,074 
number 
170,549 
57,327 
102,691 
10,531 
101,714 
68,835 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
18,033 
8,879 
8,124 
1,030 
10,649 
7,384 
number 
674,832 
185,978 
453,456 
35,398 
389,614 
285,218 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
554 
225 
296 
33 
331 
223 
number 
30,298 
9,406 
19,928 
964 
18,942 
11,356 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,265 
772 
412 
81 
540 
725 
number 
239,899 
207,117 
31,550 
1,232 
190,525 
49,374 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,022 
643 
314 
65 
423 
599 
25 to 49 
116 
68 
38 
10 
54 
62 
50 to 99 
60 
27 
28 
5 
31 
29 
1 00 to 1 99 
20 
8 
12 
- 
12 
8 
200 to 499 
16 
4 
11 
1 
4 
12 
500 or more 
31 
22 
9 
- 
16 
15 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
706 
422 
254 
30 
309 
397 
number 
8,460 
6,336 
1,962 
162 
5,610 
2,850 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,035 
624 
340 
71 
440 
595 
number 
231,439 
200,781 
29,588 
1,070 
184,915 
46,524 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
919 
538 
318 
63 
414 
505 
number 
559,658 
470,599 
87,883 
1,176 
428,171 
131,487 
$1,000 
67,702 
53,782 
13,665 
256 
46,067 
21,635 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,315 
1,621 
589 
105 
1,044 
1,271 
number 
84,983 
44,465 
34,428 
6,090 
43,680 
41,303 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
1,835 
1,264 
482 
89 
844 
991 
number 
50,236 
26,245 
20,291 
3,700 
25,735 
24,501 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,462 
951 
445 
66 
666 
796 
number 
48,843 
23,299 
21,440 
4,104 
27,158 
21,685 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
12,058 
8,834 
2,698 
526 
5,340 
6,718 
number 
86,840 
61,396 
19,898 
5,546 
36,912 
49,928 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
11,546 
8,464 
2,581 
501 
5,062 
6,484 
number 
69,797 
49,703 
16,258 
3,836 
29,834 
39,963 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,441 
1,793 
507 
141 
990 
1,451 
number 
6,904 
4,519 
1,979 
406 
2,987 
3,917 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
3,376 
2,574 
680 
122 
1,429 
1,947 
number 
50,831 
35,841 
12,478 
2,512 
21,488 
29,343 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,607 
1,169 
366 
72 
658 
949 
number 
28,191 
16,074 
10,623 
1,494 
1 1 ,437 
16,754 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
5,656 
4,095 
1,308 
253 
2,134 
3,522 
number 
2,897,238 
2,446,396 
401,853 
48,989 
1,549,612 
1,347,626 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
5,523 
4,015 
1,267 
241 
2,074 
3,449 
400 to 3,199 
42 
17 
16 
9 
17 
25 
3,200 to 9,999 
25 
19 
6 
- 
15 
10 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
24 
15 
3 
16 
26 
20,000 to 49,999 
17 
13 
4 
- 
10 
7 
50,000 to 99,999 
4 
4 
- 
- 
1 
3 
100,000 or more 
3 
3 
" 
- 
1 
2 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
701 
521 
156 
24 
247 
454 
number 
1,301,917 
742,681 
(D) 
(D) 
878,526 
423,391 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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