| Number of Beef Cattle, South Australia, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 193 | 189 | 201 | 231 | 230 | 255 | 302 | 356 | 338 | 328 | 260 | 313 | 385 | 399 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 427 | 438 | 439 | 442 | 466 | 633 | 792 | 966 | 1263 | 1358 | 1482 | 1654 | 1683 | 1423 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 1073 | 926 | 910 | 931 | 855 | 670 | 651 | 683 | 752 | 755 | 794 | 798 | 830 | 857 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 879 | 962 | 1056 | 1064 | 1069 | 1024 | 1051 | 1006 | 995 | 1050 | 1201 | 1209 | 1164 | 1223 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 1201 | 1029 | 1041 | 1042 | 904 | 1110 | 1204 | 1212 | 1110 | 1015 | 914 | 956 | 910 | 1014 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 1043 | 1073 | 1097 | 1146 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||