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 
1,043 
31,630 
842 
19,901 
556 
109,159 
77 
674 
20,233 
3,095 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
663 
6,724 
491 
3,822 
293 
23,827 
10 
341 
3,727 
496 
25 to 99 
312 
13,705 
285 
9,191 
214 
49,192 
32 
265 
8,527 
1,163 
100 to 299 
62 
9,032 
61 
5,837 
45 
29,284 
29 
62 
5,797 
878 
300 to 999 
6 
2,169 
5 
1,051 
4 
6,856 
5 
6 
2,182 
558 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
" 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
712 
1 
47 
471 
63 
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 
842 
29,013 
842 
19,901 
467 
98,526 
74 
603 
18,207 
2,611 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
594 
8,872 
594 
5,649 
281 
27,800 
14 
373 
5,044 
666 
25 to 99 
219 
14,260 
219 
9,799 
164 
46,470 
34 
201 
8,696 
1,218 
100 to 199 
23 
3,955 
23 
2,918 
17 
17,143 
8 
23 
3,278 
525 
200 to 499 
6 
1,926 
6 
1,535 
5 
7,113 
17 
6 
1,189 
202 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No ewes 1 year old or older as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
201 
2,617 
(X) 
(X) 
99 
1 1 ,345 
4 
118 
2,497 
547 
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 
1,586 
18,825 
2,136 
27,946 
771 
7,895 
958 
870 
10,203 
Angora goats and kids 
75 
356 
86 
404 
17 
48 
4 
5 
39 
Milk goats and kids 
380 
2,599 
443 
3,083 
159 
1,024 
150 
151 
921 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
1,276 
15,870 
1,873 
24,459 
629 
6,823 
804 
770 
9,243 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
248 
1 
32 
1,496 
' 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 
5,337 
26,467 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
838 
2,315 
5,444 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
5,245 
23,029 
(X) 
1 to 24 
834 
2,067 
5,115 
25 to 49 
77 
2,422 
(X) 
25 to 49 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
50 to 99 
13 
(D) 
(X) 
50 to 99 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
100 or more 
2 
(□) 
(X) 
100 or more 
- 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
5,031 
23,007 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
124 
215 
66 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
4,977 
20,945 
(X) 
1 to 24 
124 
215 
66 
25 to 49 
44 
1,372 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
9 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
1,198 
2,850 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,193 
2,677 
(X) 
25 to 49 
5 
173 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
24 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
