The CSO's June Livestock Survey includes the information below for the years 2015-2019:
000 head
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
*2020
|
Total cattle
|
6,964
|
7,221
|
7,364
|
7,348
|
7209
|
7314
|
- of which: Dairy cows
|
1,296
|
1,398
|
1,433
|
1,481
|
1505
|
1568
|
-of which: Other cows
|
1,076
|
1,104
|
1,081
|
1,048
|
1000
|
983
|
*Note that the figures for 2020 are provisional estimates.
This year the total cattle numbers increased by 105,800 (+1.5%) to 7,314,400.
The number of other cows dropped by 16,500 (-1.6%), while the number of dairy cows was up by 62,900 (+4.2%).
More detailed data from the CSO's June and December Livestock Surveys each year is available at the following links:
https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/agriculture/cropsandlivestockjunefinalresults
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/clsjp/cropsandlivestocksurveyjuneprovisional2020/