| Number of Cattle, South Australia, mil | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 0.464 | 0.433 | 0.437 | 0.483 | 0.491 | 0.524 | 0.566 | 0.621 | 0.597 | 0.576 | 0.5 | 0.561 | 0.659 | 0.679 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 0.694 | 0.697 | 0.69 | 0.687 | 0.695 | 0.865 | 1.026 | 1.196 | 1.495 | 1.583 | 1.692 | 1.869 | 1.892 | 1.608 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 1.242 | 1.086 | 1.067 | 1.091 | 1.013 | 0.828 | 0.813 | 0.846 | 0.914 | 0.912 | 0.947 | 0.943 | 0.969 | 0.99 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 1.016 | 1.104 | 1.202 | 1.216 | 1.219 | 1.181 | 1.214 | 1.183 | 1.184 | 1.242 | 1.381 | 1.401 | 1.352 | 1.384 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 1.37 | 1.20 | 1.13 | 1.21 | 1.04 | 1.25 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.25 | 1.14 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 1.11 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.24 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||