| Number of Cattle, NSW, mil | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 3.44 | 3.703 | 3.621 | 3.658 | 3.564 | 3.461 | 3.678 | 3.911 | 3.736 | 3.664 | 3.84 | 4.242 | 4.399 | 4.583 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 4.804 | 4.634 | 4.166 | 4.16 | 4.568 | 4.864 | 5.637 | 6.494 | 7.431 | 7.937 | 8.456 | 8.934 | 9.16 | 8.348 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 7.33 | 6.484 | 6.095 | 5.459 | 5.429 | 5.198 | 5.216 | 5.226 | 5.411 | 4.874 | 4.967 | 5.329 | 5.517 | 5.663 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 5.707 | 5.781 | 6.515 | 6.236 | 6.402 | 6.511 | 6.361 | 6.291 | 5.97 | 6.226 | 6.021 | 5.825 | 5.816 | 5.743 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 6.18 | 5.94 | 5.66 | 5.86 | 5.46 | 5.72 | 5.85 | 5.66 | 5.67 | 5.60 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.73 | 5.14 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 4.93 | 5.57 | 5.82 | 6.14 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||