| Sheep Production, No Slaughtered, South Australia, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 2284 | 1892 | 1680 | 2740 | 2637 | 2799 | 2358 | 2329 | 3278 | 3145 | 3899 | 2784 | 3140 | 3466 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 2996 | 3100 | 3474 | 3358 | 4019 | 2977 | 4232 | 2541 | 2459 | 2397 | 1139 | 1134 | 1804 | 1970 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 1735 | 1022 | 1667 | 1864 | 1674 | 2138 | 1091 | 1660 | 2026 | 2122 | 2214 | 1979 | 2418 | 2742 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 3238 | 2770 | 3078 | 3114 | 2371 | 2312 | 2655 | 2018 | 1224 | 1488 | 1338 | 1432 | 947 | 979 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 1062 | 1414 | 1318 | 1311 | 946 | 760 | 835 | 1202 | 1557 | 1340 | 1178 | 1053 | 977 | 1056 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 612 | 216 | 346 | 390 | 606 | |||||||||
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||
| * From 1950 to 1970; includes lambs slaughtered | ||||||||||||||