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 
3,385 
89,745 
1,698 
44,386 
2,908 
581,775 
627 
853 
31,755 
4,388 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
2,654 
25,457 
1,207 
8,376 
2,269 
133,976 
60 
484 
3,179 
413 
25 to 99 
664 
26,865 
424 
11,990 
572 
122,840 
94 
302 
4,687 
626 
1 00 to 299 
38 
6,406 
38 
4,281 
38 
42,405 
(D) 
38 
3,184 
513 
300 to 999 
20 
1 1 ,897 
20 
7,879 
20 
124,132 
158 
20 
10,366 
1,494 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
6 
8,030 
6 
5,160 
6 
72,327 
139 
6 
2,189 
201 
2,500 to 4,999 
3 
1 1 ,090 
3 
6,700 
3 
86,095 
(D) 
3 
8,150 
1,141 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
70 
39,418 
5 
72 
3,153 
525 
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 
1,698 
68,225 
1,698 
44,386 
1,368 
475,405 
573 
619 
30,211 
4,180 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,398 
19,795 
1,398 
11,207 
1,107 
102,974 
54 
397 
7,251 
1,039 
25 to 99 
250 
14,614 
250 
10,262 
211 
74,358 
66 
172 
3,794 
515 
100 to 199 
24 
4,770 
24 
3,383 
24 
30,137 
26 
24 
2,607 
422 
200 to 499 
13 
7,305 
13 
4,599 
13 
55,062 
96 
13 
3,505 
406 
500 to 999 
7 
6,451 
7 
4,935 
7 
88,442 
118 
7 
3,738 
545 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
6 
15,290 
6 
10,000 
6 
124,432 
213 
6 
9,316 
1,252 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No ewes 1 year old or older as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
1,687 
21,520 
(X) 
(X) 
1,610 
145,788 
59 
306 
4,697 
733 
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 
2,638 
30,981 
2,331 
35,665 
575 
11,179 
1,267 
659 
10,071 
Angora goats and kids 
904 
8,868 
741 
14,460 
108 
1,693 
143 
186 
1,991 
Milk goats and kids 
377 
3,051 
242 
2,458 
103 
1,152 
200 
65 
635 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
1,629 
19,062 
1,472 
18,747 
399 
8,334 
924 
435 
7,445 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
355 
19,513 
60 
650 
73,920 
' 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 
7,635 
50,723 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,760 
7,177 
24,144 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
7,388 
37,117 
(X) 
1 to 24 
1,715 
5,335 
15,537 
25 to 49 
166 
5,627 
(X) 
25 to 49 
39 
1,427 
(D) 
50 to 99 
50 
3,306 
(X) 
50 to 99 
5 
(D) 
98 
1 00 or more 
31 
4,673 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
7,429 
44,749 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
89 
227 
76 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
7,238 
34,987 
(X) 
1 to 24 
88 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 49 
147 
4,939 
(X) 
25 to 49 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
50 to 99 
22 
1,611 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
100 or more 
22 
3,212 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
798 
1,860 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
796 
(D) 
(X) 
25 to 49 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
24 New Mexico 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
