| Number of Cattle, Queensland, mil | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 6.305 | 6.734 | 6.434 | 6.751 | 7.086 | 7.238 | 7.331 | 7.462 | 7.187 | 6.884 | 7.012 | 7.004 | 7.098 | 7.233 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 7.402 | 7.393 | 6.888 | 6.919 | 7.361 | 7.668 | 7.515 | 7.944 | 9.02 | 9.797 | 10.297 | 10.879 | 11.347 | 11.506 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 11.49 | 10.859 | 10.332 | 9.925 | 9.782 | 9.349 | 9.154 | 9.414 | 9.662 | 9.011 | 8.825 | 8.994 | 9.489 | 9.856 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 10.005 | 9.873 | 9.942 | 9.974 | 10.214 | 10.422 | 10.842 | 10.748 | 11.808 | 11.376 | 11.544 | 10.74 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 11.71 | 11.64 | 11.91 | 12.33 | 11.36 | 12.61 | 12.16 | 12.35 | 12.93 | 11.35 | 10.54 | 10.54 | 12.05 | 13.22 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 12.37 | 12.61 | 12.77 | 13.30 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||