| Number of Beef Cattle, Northern Territory, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 1049 | 1019 | 1058 | 936 | 966 | 969 | 1028 | 1176 | 1244 | 1099 | 1111 | 1154 | 1063 | 1087 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 1104 | 1067 | 1031 | 1096 | 1129 | 1183 | 1178 | 1145 | 1165 | 1237 | 1321 | 1434 | 1602 | 1664 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 1674 | 1785 | 1727 | 1675 | 1624 | 1548 | 1390 | 1495 | 1477 | 1439 | 1385 | 1388 | 1326 | 1353 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 1334 | 1347 | 1435 | 1421 | 1503 | 1530 | 1566 | 1566 | 1570 | 1707 | 1777 | 1683 | 1730 | 1729 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 1666 | 2081 | 1824 | 1681 | 2066 | 2197 | 2195 | 1926 | 2164 | 2115 | 2238 | 2189 | 2119 | 2422 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 2072 | 2005 | 1860 | 1906 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||