| Number of Beef Cattle, Tasmania, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 117 | 115 | 110 | 113 | 121 | 129 | 148 | 158 | 167 | 171 | 168 | 180 | 196 | 206 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 216 | 212 | 244 | 270 | 314 | 341 | 405 | 495 | 595 | 662 | 664 | 694 | 692 | 626 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 558 | 493 | 493 | 509 | 479 | 412 | 394 | 405 | 425 | 395 | 408 | 426 | 433 | 444 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 447 | 445 | 507 | 507 | 521 | 515 | 510 | 491 | 411 | 426 | 432 | 482 | 496 | 498 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 508 | 488 | 443 | 426 | 446 | 467 | 472 | 549 | 534 | 466 | 386 | 461 | 433 | 507 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 560 | 550 | 523 | 556 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||