| Number of Beef Cattle, Queensland, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 4872 | 5293 | 5138 | 5378 | 5703 | 5861 | 5946 | 6087 | 5917 | 5643 | 5757 | 5790 | 5890 | 6041 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 6289 | 6339 | 5934 | 6023 | 6529 | 6913 | 6811 | 7281 | 8378 | 9194 | 9767 | 10364 | 10846 | 11036 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 11059 | 10462 | 9957 | 9561 | 9416 | 8981 | 8783 | 9052 | 9304 | 8675 | 8504 | 8682 | 9180 | 9575 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 9730 | 9593 | 9656 | 9689 | 9928 | 10130 | 10537 | 10444 | 11503 | 11088 | 11284 | 10507 | 11245 | 11380 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 11507 | 11455 | 12005 | 12151 | 11193 | 12450 | 11990 | 12166 | 12755 | 11178 | 10390 | 10993 | 11910 | 13076 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 12250 | 12490 | 12690 | 13222 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||