Equine includes horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys.
Texas ranked first in equine inventory followed by California and Tennessee. The total value of sales for all equine sold during 1998 was 90 million dollars, while the value during 1997 was 86 million dollars. Equine sold totaled 558,000 head in 1998, an increase of 3.3 percent from the 540,000 sold in 1997.