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 
540 
420 
82 
60 
500 or more 
191 
111 
34 
29 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
14,729 
13,500 
781 
465 
number 
509,861 
422,049 
53,937 
38,092 
Beef cows farms 
14,644 
13,436 
771 
458 
number 
495,381 
412,930 
50,850 
35,529 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,660 
3,439 
136 
77 
1 0 to 49 
8,502 
7,891 
403 
232 
50 to 99 
1,562 
1,398 
101 
54 
too to 199 
649 
536 
71 
50 
200 to 499 
229 
152 
47 
36 
500 or more 
42 
20 
13 
9 
Milk cows farms 
184 
142 
25 
17 
number 
14,480 
9,119 
3,087 
2,563 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
44 
41 
2 
- 
1 0 to 49 
48 
35 
8 
6 
50 to 99 
33 
26 
5 
3 
100 to 199 
44 
34 
6 
4 
200 to 499 
13 
6 
2 
2 
500 or more 
2 
- 
2 
2 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
12,933 
1 1 ,855 
678 
411 
number 
411,647 
312,562 
55,982 
37,069 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
13,178 
12,049 
716 
414 
number 
458,561 
364,189 
51,800 
30,958 
$1,000 
332,491 
244,254 
48,877 
24,583 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
9,630 
8,852 
508 
290 
number 
162,821 
144,090 
10,978 
7,143 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
10,388 
9,503 
557 
320 
number 
295,740 
220,099 
40,822 
23,815 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
10 
7 
2 
- 
number 
2,208 
1,293 
(D) 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory farms 
540 
498 
14 
7 
number 
401,898 
188,225 
80,071 
80,007 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
454 
435 
12 
5 
25 to 49 
33 
33 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
6 
6 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
7 
7 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
40 
17 
2 
2 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
276 
264 
6 
3 
number 
47,797 
41,235 
9 
3 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
430 
396 
8 
4 
number 
354,101 
146,990 
80,062 
80,004 
Flogs and pigs sold farms 
306 
270 
9 
5 
number 
1,183,798 
636,621 
72,070 
72,018 
$1,000 
141,139 
96,222 
12,730 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
499 
457 
26 
23 
number 
12,984 
11,575 
490 
478 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
368 
334 
19 
17 
number 
6,933 
6,388 
233 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
292 
262 
16 
14 
number 
6,037 
5,318 
(D) 
276 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
8,773 
8,112 
358 
241 
number 
58,697 
53,034 
2,565 
1,797 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
8,468 
7,857 
329 
221 
number 
53,510 
48,705 
2,314 
1,674 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
1,769 
1,655 
62 
44 
number 
6,112 
5,667 
221 
167 
Goats, all inventory farms 
1,533 
1,434 
54 
42 
number 
24,528 
22,631 
859 
539 
Goats, all sold farms 
755 
714 
22 
16 
number 
10,218 
9,186 
640 
554 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
2,277 
2,113 
98 
70 
number 
5,593,802 
3,393,301 
232,807 
157,366 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,072 
1,943 
83 
59 
400 to 3,199 
14 
7 
4 
4 
3,200 to 9,999 
3 
3 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
99 
87 
5 
4 
20,000 to 49,999 
85 
71 
6 
3 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
2 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
374 
349 
13 
9 
number 
3,519,525 
2,465,599 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 Mississippi 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
