Analysis
NAICS 112410 is the 2022 national industry for sheep farming, part of 11241 (Sheep Farming). Census lists 5 example activities under it in the official index.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include dairy sheep farming, feedlots (except stockyards for transportation), lamb, lamb feedlots (except stockyards for transportation) and milking dairy sheep, among 5 in all.
Its goods appear in 7 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 5101 (wool, not carded or combed) and 0104 (live sheep and goats). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
For example, operating stockyards for transportation and not buying, selling, or auctioning livestock are classified in 488999 (All Other Support Activities for Transportation) instead.
Census lists 1 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 488999. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
County Business Patterns does not cover crop and animal production, so there is no establishment count for it; farms are counted by the Census of Agriculture instead.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in raising sheep and lambs, or feeding lambs for fattening. The sheep or lambs may be raised for sale or wool production.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Operating stockyards for transportation and not buying, selling, or auctioning livestock | 488999 All Other Support Activities for Transportation |
Index entries (5)
- Dairy sheep farming
- Feedlots (except stockyards for transportation), lamb
- Lamb feedlots (except stockyards for transportation)
- Milking dairy sheep
- Sheep farming (e.g., meat, milk, wool production)