Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
56 
97 
147 
152 
113 
267 
number 
926 
908 
1,059 
706 
565 
963 
Beef cows 
farms 
48 
86 
130 
131 
104 
249 
number 
816 
857 
939 
624 
511 
824 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
16 
48 
98 
115 
88 
233 
10 to 49 
27 
38 
32 
16 
16 
16 
50 to 99 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
14 
18 
30 
33 
11 
36 
number 
110 
51 
120 
82 
54 
139 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7 
18 
23 
30 
11 
36 
10 to 49 
7 
- 
7 
3 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
58 
105 
162 
140 
87 
290 
number 
997 
860 
1,297 
751 
437 
1,271 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
60 
99 
181 
162 
112 
40 
number 
857 
769 
925 
495 
285 
61 
$1,000 
937 
612 
638 
373 
147 
23 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
17 
35 
46 
44 
39 
36 
number 
152 
203 
168 
114 
113 
47 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
56 
88 
161 
149 
82 
14 
number 
705 
566 
757 
381 
172 
14 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
30 
57 
88 
60 
73 
90 
number 
1,108 
1,382 
648 
999 
(D) 
1,096 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
18 
37 
80 
46 
73 
79 
25 to 49 
8 
9 
8 
8 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
9 
- 
6 
- 
11 
1 00 to 1 99 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
12 
42 
46 
26 
34 
49 
number 
134 
439 
138 
124 
(D) 
198 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
28 
48 
71 
55 
51 
78 
number 
974 
943 
510 
875 
297 
898 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
37 
61 
82 
59 
61 
32 
number 
1,510 
1,908 
1,342 
1,091 
876 
(D) 
$1,000 
198 
283 
138 
81 
70 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
20 
91 
74 
111 
103 
310 
number 
887 
1,532 
1,637 
1,738 
1,181 
2,769 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
20 
61 
62 
92 
90 
239 
number 
647 
741 
983 
907 
754 
1,473 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
19 
58 
62 
68 
68 
67 
number 
587 
662 
901 
903 
455 
338 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
102 
195 
203 
220 
91 
891 
number 
1,835 
2,036 
1,998 
2,003 
689 
9,818 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
99 
183 
198 
210 
82 
871 
number 
1,154 
1,357 
1,105 
1,314 
414 
5,958 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
72 
100 
112 
128 
23 
29 
number 
478 
262 
256 
203 
36 
29 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
33 
84 
77 
108 
124 
316 
number 
657 
1,273 
484 
824 
1,068 
1,797 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
20 
44 
40 
56 
76 
44 
number 
424 
821 
397 
613 
557 
173 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
61 
206 
178 
251 
293 
649 
number 
3,769 
9,447 
6,940 
7,310 
8,574 
11,251 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
59 
204 
176 
251 
293 
649 
400 to 3,199 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
7 
28 
23 
31 
31 
44 
number 
425 
860 
906 
680 
688 
1,228 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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