Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Beef cows - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
278 
13 
23 
40 
40 
20 
number 
12,500 
(D) 
3,274 
3,098 
1,588 
501 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
133 
- 
- 
1 
3 
4 
1 0 to 49 
62 
- 
- 
5 
26 
14 
50 to 99 
42 
2 
4 
24 
10 
2 
100 to 199 
26 
1 
15 
9 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
15 
10 
4 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
" 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,044 
12 
26 
43 
53 
63 
number 
16,963 
2,970 
2,441 
2,571 
1,678 
1,355 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
870 
14 
27 
46 
60 
64 
number 
13,691 
2,831 
2,527 
2,479 
1,388 
939 
$1,000 
9,503 
1,278 
1,314 
2,077 
925 
1,062 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
348 
14 
24 
34 
37 
21 
number 
5,891 
1,558 
1,596 
1,097 
622 
217 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
753 
13 
25 
43 
58 
59 
number 
7,800 
1,273 
931 
1,382 
766 
722 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
number 
290 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
478 
2 
3 
9 
26 
36 
number 
11,151 
(D) 
1,610 
574 
820 
2,233 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
379 
2 
1 
3 
22 
18 
25 to 49 
42 
- 
- 
4 
- 
5 
50 to 99 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
14 
- 
- 
- 
2 
8 
200 to 499 
10 
- 
- 
2 
2 
4 
500 or more 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
256 
1 
2 
5 
13 
22 
number 
2,392 
(D) 
(D) 
180 
119 
425 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
407 
2 
3 
8 
23 
36 
number 
8,759 
(D) 
(D) 
394 
701 
1,808 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
432 
1 
5 
9 
29 
46 
number 
23,536 
(D) 
7,064 
2,470 
3,138 
3,727 
$1,000 
2,898 
(D) 
490 
500 
456 
632 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
776 
- 
2 
10 
22 
23 
number 
12,504 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
728 
637 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
622 
- 
2 
9 
14 
23 
number 
7,110 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
293 
407 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
405 
- 
2 
8 
17 
32 
number 
6,263 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
901 
646 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
1,804 
4 
1 
19 
31 
33 
number 
20,337 
(D) 
(D) 
397 
368 
949 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
1,739 
4 
- 
18 
29 
31 
number 
12,663 
15 
- 
287 
276 
619 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
520 
- 
- 
14 
19 
18 
number 
2,883 
- 
- 
914 
272 
428 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
813 
2 
2 
5 
23 
39 
number 
8,599 
(D) 
(D) 
36 
1,838 
403 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
322 
1 
2 
1 
11 
27 
number 
4,342 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
935 
369 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,795 
3 
3 
15 
43 
78 
number 
153,925 
(D) 
3,260 
2,144 
(D) 
7,783 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,773 
2 
- 
13 
37 
74 
400 to 3,199 
21 
- 
3 
2 
6 
4 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
192 
- 
- 
7 
5 
16 
number 
7,375 
- 
642 
149 
1,797 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
354 
1 
4 
8 
10 
34 
number 
110,454 
(D) 
3,380 
688 
2,662 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
23 
- 
- 
5 
3 
2 
number 
8,607 
- 
- 
4,100 
(D) 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
farms 
204 
- 
2 
2 
7 
15 
number 
80,913 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
11,515 
18,345 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
195 
- 
2 
2 
3 
14 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
