| Number of Beef Cattle, Western Australia, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 638 | 618 | 621 | 612 | 600 | 633 | 673 | 733 | 771 | 784 | 814 | 876 | 983 | 1057 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 1072 | 1039 | 1063 | 1159 | 1236 | 1364 | 1500 | 1604 | 1800 | 2005 | 2153 | 2376 | 2488 | 2313 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 2137 | 1964 | 1938 | 1906 | 1818 | 1632 | 1606 | 1551 | 1568 | 1541 | 1590 | 1591 | 1562 | 1457 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 1536 | 1532 | 1682 | 1773 | 1803 | 1887 | 1848 | 1817 | 2059 | 2001 | 1980 | 1815 | 1962 | 2011 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 2315 | 2343 | 2138 | 2220 | 2206 | 1954 | 1957 | 1936 | 1973 | 2242 | 1878 | 1993 | 1901 | 2130 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 2179 | 2280 | 2169 | 2256 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||