| Cattle, Production, No Slaughtered, Australia, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 3608 | 3735 | 3686 | 3966 | 4415 | 4485 | 4612 | 4952 | 5339 | 5872 | 4962 | 4278 | 5115 | 5931 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 6437 | 6828 | 6323 | 5650 | 5656 | 5608 | 5861 | 4840 | 5345 | 6774 | 6058 | 6909 | 8532 | 9499 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 10434 | 9528 | 7349 | 6965 | 7203 | 7380 | 5999 | 5824 | 6157 | 6722 | 6885 | 6268 | 6945 | 7349 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 7650 | 7443 | 7290 | 7220 | 6950 | 7300 | 8052 | 7938 | 7520 | 7941 | 7624 | 8083 | 7753 | 7986 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 7580 | 8162 | 7934 | 7789 | 7461 | 7369 | 7201 | 7811 | 8764 | 7755 | 8189 | 6981 | 7479 | 8170 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 8179 | 6280 | 5892 | 3861 | 7680 | |||||||||
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||