| Number of Milk Cattle, Queensland, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 1433 | 1440 | 1297 | 1373 | 1383 | 1377 | 1384 | 1375 | 1270 | 1241 | 1255 | 1213 | 1208 | 1193 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 1113 | 1054 | 955 | 895 | 832 | 755 | 703 | 664 | 642 | 603 | 529 | 515 | 501 | 470 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 432 | 397 | 375 | 364 | 366 | 369 | 372 | 362 | 358 | 337 | 322 | 312 | 310 | 281 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 275 | 280 | 286 | 285 | 286 | 292 | 305 | 304 | 305 | 288 | 260 | 233 | 255 | 221 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 207 | 187 | 176 | 181 | 162 | 162 | 171 | 183 | 177 | 169 | 155 | 151 | 151 | 139 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 118 | 123 | 85 | 78 | 60 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||
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