Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
232 
36 
179 
17 
116 
116 
500 or more 
64 
9 
46 
9 
30 
34 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
10,388 
6,654 
3,382 
352 
6,030 
4,358 
number 
201,493 
82,706 
109,843 
8,944 
112,349 
89,144 
Beef cows 
farms 
10,156 
6,522 
3,306 
328 
5,925 
4,231 
number 
191,398 
81,160 
103,144 
7,094 
107,471 
83,927 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,814 
3,758 
910 
146 
2,787 
2,027 
1 0 to 49 
4,599 
2,587 
1,859 
153 
2,717 
1,882 
50 to 99 
508 
138 
358 
12 
301 
207 
100 to 199 
158 
29 
114 
15 
83 
75 
200 to 499 
68 
8 
58 
2 
35 
33 
500 or more 
9 
2 
7 
- 
2 
7 
Milk cows 
farms 
438 
242 
166 
30 
201 
237 
number 
10,095 
1,546 
6,699 
1,850 
4,878 
5,217 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
311 
214 
89 
8 
129 
182 
1 0 to 49 
56 
17 
35 
4 
34 
22 
50 to 99 
41 
9 
20 
12 
24 
17 
100 to 199 
21 
2 
15 
4 
12 
9 
200 to 499 
9 
- 
7 
2 
2 
7 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
9,651 
5,971 
3,334 
346 
5,384 
4,267 
number 
213,415 
73,997 
126,452 
12,966 
1 1 1 ,464 
101,951 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
10,032 
6,276 
3,410 
346 
5,876 
4,156 
number 
250,073 
88,956 
147,053 
14,064 
137,367 
112,706 
$1,000 
217,411 
74,261 
130,545 
12,605 
115,863 
101,548 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
4,755 
2,931 
1,656 
168 
2,787 
1,968 
number 
45,445 
20,195 
22,417 
2,833 
25,946 
19,499 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
8,772 
5,362 
3,102 
308 
5,090 
3,682 
number 
204,628 
68,761 
124,636 
11,231 
111,421 
93,207 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
183 
97 
81 
5 
97 
86 
number 
9,255 
5,530 
3,443 
282 
2,754 
6,501 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
725 
515 
184 
26 
313 
412 
number 
5,873 
3,161 
2,553 
159 
2,891 
2,982 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
684 
494 
165 
25 
295 
389 
25 to 49 
24 
12 
11 
1 
11 
13 
50 to 99 
12 
7 
5 
- 
3 
9 
100 to 199 
3 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
200 to 499 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
335 
232 
92 
11 
148 
187 
number 
1,362 
847 
470 
45 
646 
716 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
584 
407 
154 
23 
242 
342 
number 
4,511 
2,314 
2,083 
114 
2,245 
2,266 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
624 
445 
167 
12 
282 
342 
number 
8,712 
4,860 
3,635 
217 
4,500 
4,212 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
333 
21 
(D) 
534 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,043 
698 
313 
32 
477 
566 
number 
31,630 
17,705 
13,233 
692 
14,985 
16,645 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
842 
536 
278 
28 
385 
457 
number 
19,901 
11,017 
8,444 
440 
9,653 
10,248 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
721 
477 
226 
18 
329 
392 
number 
20,704 
1 1 ,259 
(D) 
(D) 
9,623 
11,081 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
5,337 
4,056 
1,139 
142 
2,496 
2,841 
number 
26,467 
19,410 
6,161 
896 
11,597 
14,870 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
5,031 
3,808 
1,096 
127 
2,314 
2,717 
number 
23,007 
16,928 
5,385 
694 
9,955 
13,052 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
838 
632 
178 
28 
380 
458 
number 
2,315 
1,641 
592 
82 
901 
1,414 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
1,586 
1,241 
300 
45 
643 
943 
number 
18,825 
14,294 
4,073 
458 
8,204 
10,621 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
771 
564 
176 
31 
298 
473 
number 
7,895 
5,712 
2,021 
162 
3,852 
4,043 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,991 
2,338 
596 
57 
1,122 
1,869 
number 
1,113,238 
728,855 
382,738 
1,645 
446,068 
667,170 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,912 
2,283 
572 
57 
1,088 
1,824 
400 to 3,199 
9 
8 
1 
- 
2 
7 
3,200 to 9,999 
14 
10 
4 
- 
8 
6 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
29 
13 
- 
19 
23 
20,000 to 49,999 
14 
8 
6 
- 
5 
9 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
357 
282 
73 
2 
118 
239 
number 
708,412 
480,214 
(D) 
(D) 
250,408 
458,004 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
