Equine includes horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys.
The number sold totaled 8,000 head in 1998, unchanged from 1997. The value of sales totaled 11 million dollars for 1998, unchanged from the previous year. Texas ranked first in equine inventory with 600,000 head followed by California and Tennessee with 240,000 and 190,000 head, respectively. Florida, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania tied for fourth with an inventory of 170,000 head. Ohio ranked seventh with 160,000 head, followed by Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, and Washington with 155,000 head.