| Number of Beef Cattle, NSW, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 2167 | 2457 | 2416 | 2411 | 2322 | 2201 | 2347 | 2577 | 2429 | 2382 | 2562 | 2961 | 3127 | 3316 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 3577 | 3451 | 3048 | 3086 | 3528 | 3892 | 4726 | 5654 | 6644 | 7186 | 7828 | 8351 | 8531 | 7766 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 6789 | 5984 | 5609 | 4997 | 4973 | 4726 | 4751 | 4776 | 4972 | 4450 | 4548 | 4924 | 5137 | 5321 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 5369 | 5450 | 6143 | 5867 | 6031 | 6118 | 5932 | 5846 | 5531 | 5797 | 5593 | 5427 | 5416 | 5344 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 5830 | 5608 | 5513 | 5540 | 5113 | 5393 | 5505 | 5289 | 5331 | 5285 | 4681 | 4998 | 4431 | 4877 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 4680 | 5289 | 5531 | 5876 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||