Queensland agriculture supports a broad range of livestock-based production; the state is the major producer of meat cattle in Australia. The main sheep belt is a broad strip running through the centre of Queensland, extending north-west from the New South Wales border to the shires of Flinders, McKinlay and Richmond.
LIVESTOCK NUMBERS, Queensland, at 30 June
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Meat
cattle
'000 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Sheep &
lambs
'000 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Pigs
'000 |
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2001 | 11,088 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 8,660 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 597 |
2002 | 11,284 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6,752 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 643 |
2003 | 10,507 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 4,815 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 663 |
2004 | 11,245 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 4,824 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 691 |
2005 | 11,380 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 4,949 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 666 |
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Source:Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).