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 
352 
216 
56 
53 
500 or more 
343 
159 
90 
88 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
9,816 
8,565 
583 
464 
number 
478,841 
256,670 
114,907 
1 1 1 ,320 
Beef cows farms 
9,285 
8,223 
483 
368 
number 
211,852 
131,558 
36,184 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,938 
5,547 
176 
133 
1 0 to 49 
2,508 
2,138 
175 
120 
50 to 99 
435 
321 
53 
41 
100 to 199 
213 
131 
31 
29 
200 to 499 
146 
74 
29 
27 
500 or more 
45 
12 
19 
18 
Milk cows farms 
798 
573 
119 
114 
number 
266,989 
125,112 
78,723 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
407 
343 
40 
37 
1 0 to 49 
60 
50 
4 
4 
50 to 99 
31 
22 
6 
4 
100 to 199 
65 
48 
6 
6 
200 to 499 
99 
55 
19 
19 
500 or more 
136 
55 
44 
44 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
8,581 
7,484 
498 
404 
number 
683,951 
308,465 
112,463 
109,487 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
8,420 
7,287 
534 
431 
number 
877,290 
359,024 
145,734 
142,092 
$1,000 
994,835 
351,529 
139,394 
135,979 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
2,632 
2,195 
198 
159 
number 
151,116 
85,610 
41,539 
41,122 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
7,588 
6,558 
481 
390 
number 
726,174 
273,414 
104,195 
100,970 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
164 
116 
21 
20 
number 
431,976 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
934 
836 
34 
30 
number 
19,861 
1 5,666 
2,169 
2,109 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
855 
775 
27 
24 
25 to 49 
44 
35 
3 
2 
50 to 99 
17 
14 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
6 
3 
2 
2 
200 to 499 
6 
5 
1 
1 
500 or more 
6 
4 
1 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
376 
336 
17 
15 
number 
2,926 
2,400 
254 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
760 
673 
28 
24 
number 
16,935 
13,266 
1,915 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
1,303 
1,185 
46 
36 
number 
27,141 
22,419 
2,707 
2,634 
$1,000 
4,542 
3,577 
396 
375 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
1,967 
1,723 
82 
66 
number 
44,863 
31,790 
7,654 
7,414 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
1,500 
1,326 
72 
61 
number 
26,318 
18,181 
5,1 66 
5,031 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
1,065 
923 
59 
51 
number 
30,262 
16,636 
9,851 
9,686 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
9,923 
8,718 
542 
443 
number 
64,616 
52,577 
4,808 
4,177 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
9,516 
8,402 
502 
412 
number 
54,342 
45,469 
3,715 
3,209 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
1,937 
1,716 
95 
80 
number 
5,180 
4,186 
278 
248 
Goats, all inventory farms 
2,506 
2,268 
109 
73 
number 
27,062 
23,393 
1,542 
732 
Goats, all sold farms 
944 
867 
34 
22 
number 
12,515 
11,505 
640 
250 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
6,276 
5,689 
262 
207 
number 
7,236,128 
(D) 
(D) 
8,339 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,243 
5,679 
254 
204 
400 to 3,199 
17 
9 
7 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
10 
1 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
821 
739 
43 
34 
number 
1,980,818 
15,974 
(D) 
1,413 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
156 Washington 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
