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 
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. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
2,776 
488 
1,197 
802 
205 
45 
500 or more 
1,262 
992 
177 
63 
20 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
23,442 
1,455 
1,605 
3,474 
4,541 
2,384 
number 
1,518,396 
674,386 
197,899 
256,108 
203,660 
66,248 
Beef cows 
farms 
13,020 
235 
335 
617 
1,207 
1,383 
number 
248,305 
18,896 
18,301 
25,023 
36,599 
37,584 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,956 
41 
65 
174 
324 
322 
1 0 to 49 
6,070 
90 
143 
275 
659 
830 
50 to 99 
724 
57 
67 
96 
169 
208 
too to 199 
215 
29 
51 
57 
46 
21 
200 to 499 
46 
12 
8 
13 
9 
2 
500 or more 
9 
6 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
1 1 ,543 
1,307 
1,399 
3,160 
3,694 
1,116 
number 
1,270,091 
655,490 
179,598 
231,085 
167,061 
28,664 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
586 
1 
1 
13 
43 
56 
1 0 to 49 
3,990 
11 
33 
313 
2,252 
987 
50 to 99 
4,181 
39 
343 
2,368 
1,357 
73 
100 to 199 
1,584 
188 
897 
457 
42 
- 
200 to 499 
815 
681 
125 
9 
- 
- 
500 or more 
387 
387 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
26,802 
1,610 
1,932 
3,908 
5,114 
2,912 
number 
1,975,688 
709,805 
355,669 
369,996 
275,456 
101,882 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
25,614 
1,657 
1,951 
3,916 
4,985 
2,870 
number 
1,784,697 
822,020 
292,274 
278,482 
200,347 
82,505 
$1,000 
1,416,881 
611,052 
271,769 
227,859 
150,791 
67,623 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
12,357 
1,160 
1,096 
2,413 
2,937 
1,244 
number 
726,994 
379,391 
93,516 
113,984 
85,714 
22,170 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
23,505 
1,568 
1,857 
3,692 
4,592 
2,672 
number 
1,057,703 
442,629 
198,758 
164,498 
114,633 
60,335 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
3,219 
342 
461 
764 
762 
457 
number 
273,446 
117,062 
57,400 
50,860 
28,815 
12,217 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,270 
82 
93 
135 
246 
282 
number 
311,651 
164,268 
60,560 
36,006 
21,744 
1 1 ,772 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,698 
17 
27 
55 
133 
203 
25 to 49 
164 
4 
7 
8 
29 
20 
50 to 99 
138 
4 
5 
15 
25 
32 
100 to 199 
78 
2 
4 
16 
33 
12 
200 to 499 
70 
9 
14 
16 
18 
8 
500 or more 
122 
46 
36 
25 
8 
7 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,103 
40 
52 
77 
153 
158 
number 
43,716 
22,237 
6,840 
4,182 
3,808 
1,956 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,996 
79 
89 
128 
225 
256 
number 
267,935 
142,031 
53,720 
31,824 
17,936 
9,816 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2,210 
83 
102 
142 
231 
274 
number 
934,000 
619,425 
169,393 
54,867 
41,216 
17,292 
$1,000 
90,589 
54,740 
18,334 
7,728 
4,457 
1,997 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,590 
21 
50 
75 
144 
234 
number 
80,081 
1,196 
2,714 
2,339 
9,745 
12,929 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
2,169 
18 
45 
61 
118 
203 
number 
50,763 
826 
1,501 
1,453 
6,692 
8,414 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,805 
14 
34 
57 
100 
178 
number 
78,076 
(D) 
(D) 
1,489 
8,707 
9,302 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
17,054 
130 
166 
410 
902 
1,401 
number 
103,481 
614 
864 
1,737 
5,316 
9,994 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
16,315 
114 
155 
391 
863 
1,319 
number 
87,546 
543 
770 
1,463 
4,815 
8,897 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,285 
9 
13 
48 
148 
298 
number 
7,081 
49 
57 
116 
505 
931 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,419 
20 
30 
64 
142 
175 
number 
61,111 
(D) 
(D) 
4,091 
14,399 
12,157 
Goats, ail sold 
farms 
948 
6 
11 
34 
78 
88 
number 
29,984 
6,187 
2,095 
1,870 
6,065 
5,274 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
7,348 
58 
98 
323 
595 
595 
number 
5,413,563 
4,623,982 
329,602 
127,596 
101,952 
63,348 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
7,235 
44 
78 
305 
575 
579 
400 to 3,199 
55 
1 
- 
7 
10 
12 
3,200 to 9,999 
19 
- 
- 
6 
9 
4 
10,000 to 19,999 
23 
1 
17 
4 
1 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
6 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
869 
7 
8 
38 
76 
75 
number 
908,883 
710,203 
(D) 
109,997 
22,392 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
126 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
