Number of Beef Cattle, Australia, '000
Year	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963
Number	9750	10426	10327	10501	10771	10904	11398	12139	11898	11411	11626	12431	12987	13473
Year	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
Number	14120	13974	13248	13654	14730	16277	17929	20261	23365	25154	27119	29108	29848	28269
Year	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Number	26268	24245	23373	22368	21770	19890	19527	19979	20684	19276	19270	19880	20668	21214
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005*
Number	21447	21555	23080	22991	23569	23831	23750	23358	24448	24505	24739	23615	24410	24725
				*
Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	1019
Number	25606	25373	25284	25294	24008	25936	25685	25470	26296	24602	22306	23570	23768	26651
Year	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033
Number	25340	26341	26587	27816	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Source:	ABS,