| Number of Beef Cattle, Victoria, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 706 | 727 | 776 | 820 | 829 | 856 | 954 | 1044 | 1026 | 998 | 946 | 1147 | 1332 | 1367 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 1435 | 1428 | 1490 | 1575 | 1526 | 1931 | 2501 | 3099 | 3520 | 3512 | 3904 | 4235 | 4007 | 3423 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 2963 | 2618 | 2725 | 2775 | 2591 | 1921 | 1952 | 2017 | 2186 | 2014 | 2038 | 2071 | 2200 | 2208 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 2152 | 2226 | 2604 | 2663 | 2714 | 2627 | 2306 | 2180 | 2371 | 2435 | 2463 | 2491 | 2390 | 2540 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 2675 | 2596 | 2319 | 2234 | 2080 | 2366 | 2362 | 2393 | 2428 | 2301 | 1819 | 1981 | 2064 | 2625 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 2554 | 2653 | 2717 | 2853 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||