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 
2,776 
418 
2,263 
95 
912 
1,864 
500 or more 
1,262 
138 
1,068 
56 
335 
927 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
23,442 
10,680 
1 1 ,762 
1,000 
10,581 
12,861 
number 
1,518,396 
311,218 
1,147,318 
59,860 
492,650 
1,025,746 
Beef cows 
farms 
13,020 
7,611 
4,963 
446 
6,431 
6,589 
number 
248,305 
103,256 
134,697 
10,352 
116,629 
131,676 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,956 
4,217 
1,545 
194 
2,873 
3,083 
10 to 49 
6,070 
3,139 
2,737 
194 
3,113 
2,957 
50 to 99 
724 
204 
483 
37 
335 
389 
100 to 199 
215 
39 
156 
20 
93 
122 
200 to 499 
46 
11 
34 
1 
15 
31 
500 or more 
9 
1 
8 
- 
2 
7 
Milk cows 
farms 
11,543 
3,404 
7,539 
600 
4,579 
6,964 
number 
1,270,091 
207,962 
1,012,621 
49,508 
376,021 
894,070 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
586 
388 
160 
38 
235 
351 
10 to 49 
3,990 
1,746 
2,009 
235 
1,909 
2,081 
50 to 99 
4,181 
1,008 
2,951 
222 
1,657 
2,524 
100 to 199 
1,584 
174 
1,348 
62 
485 
1,099 
200 to 499 
815 
61 
724 
30 
213 
602 
500 or more 
387 
27 
347 
13 
80 
307 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
26,802 
12,335 
13,313 
1,154 
12,171 
14,631 
number 
1,975,688 
436,582 
1 ,454,297 
84,809 
709,242 
1,266,446 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
25,614 
11,444 
13,078 
1,092 
1 1 ,579 
14,035 
number 
1 ,784,697 
507,028 
1,198,844 
78,825 
623,659 
1,161,038 
$1,000 
1,416,881 
364,340 
987,459 
65,082 
529,604 
887,277 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
12,357 
4,878 
6,896 
583 
5,167 
7,190 
number 
726,994 
258,940 
444,084 
23,970 
245,720 
481,274 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
23,505 
10,206 
12,290 
1,009 
10,518 
12,987 
number 
1,057,703 
248,088 
754,760 
54,855 
377,939 
679,764 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
3,219 
923 
2,145 
151 
1,417 
1,802 
number 
273,446 
51,966 
205,378 
16,102 
112,391 
161,055 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,270 
1,341 
791 
138 
920 
1,350 
number 
311,651 
98,830 
169,350 
43,471 
165,312 
146,339 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,698 
1,102 
504 
92 
667 
1,031 
25 to 49 
164 
83 
70 
11 
64 
100 
50 to 99 
138 
71 
53 
14 
70 
68 
100 to 199 
78 
21 
48 
9 
30 
48 
200 to 499 
70 
31 
36 
3 
32 
38 
500 or more 
122 
33 
80 
9 
57 
65 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,103 
619 
412 
72 
464 
639 
number 
43,716 
17,814 
20,094 
5,808 
24,514 
19,202 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
1,996 
1,145 
723 
128 
799 
1,197 
number 
267,935 
81,016 
149,256 
37,663 
140,798 
127,137 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2,210 
1,297 
785 
128 
874 
1,336 
number 
934,000 
392,799 
419,261 
121,940 
532,250 
401,750 
$1,000 
90,589 
35,422 
46,805 
8,362 
45,686 
44,903 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,590 
1,904 
566 
120 
1,009 
1,581 
number 
80,081 
52,328 
24,597 
3,156 
33,496 
46,585 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
2,169 
1,574 
492 
103 
846 
1,323 
number 
50,763 
32,471 
16,436 
1,856 
21,459 
29,304 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
1,805 
1,298 
427 
80 
717 
1,088 
number 
78,076 
36,763 
(D) 
(D) 
24,296 
53,780 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
17,054 
12,796 
3,813 
445 
7,207 
9,847 
number 
103,481 
74,722 
25,746 
3,013 
40,418 
63,063 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
16,315 
12,299 
3,613 
403 
6,820 
9,495 
number 
87,546 
63,838 
21,328 
2,380 
34,544 
53,002 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,285 
1,623 
587 
75 
940 
1,345 
number 
7,081 
4,933 
1,975 
173 
2,849 
4,232 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,419 
1,846 
467 
106 
875 
1,544 
number 
61,111 
40,314 
14,244 
6,553 
19,290 
41,821 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
948 
708 
189 
51 
329 
619 
number 
29,984 
16,823 
4,466 
8,695 
6,832 
23,152 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
7,348 
5,307 
1,763 
278 
2,773 
4,575 
number 
5,413,563 
2,373,301 
2,893,222 
147,040 
2,039,025 
3,374,538 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
7,235 
5,242 
1,724 
269 
2,731 
4,504 
400 to 3,199 
55 
33 
16 
6 
22 
33 
3,200 to 9,999 
19 
11 
6 
2 
6 
13 
10,000 to 19,999 
23 
14 
9 
- 
9 
14 
20,000 to 49,999 
6 
3 
3 
- 
3 
3 
50,000 to 99,999 
6 
3 
3 
- 
1 
5 
100,000 or more 
4 
1 
2 
1 
1 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
869 
653 
181 
35 
314 
555 
number 
908,883 
(D) 
438,890 
(D) 
296,441 
612,442 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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