| Table 2.11 Trends in Beef Recording by Breed (1993 - 2006) | ||||||
| Charolais | Limousin | Simmental | ||||
| Birth | Linear | Weights | Linear | Weights | Linear | Weights |
| 1993 | 0 | 554 | 1711 | 377 | 0 | 389 |
| 1994 | 279 | 586 | 2037 | 383 | 0 | 444 |
| 1995 | 1758 | 697 | 2272 | 628 | 0 | 426 |
| 1996 | 3683 | 797 | 2694 | 711 | 0 | 404 |
| 1997 | 2397 | 1393 | 3025 | 1013 | 0 | 362 |
| 1998 | 3657 | 3683 | 3375 | 1429 | 306 | 296 |
| 1999 | 3846 | 3923 | 3702 | 1594 | 826 | 493 |
| 2000 | 4139 | 3899 | 4715 | 1638 | 1353 | 749 |
| 2001 | 4602 | 5231 | 4772 | 2470 | 1600 | 861 |
| 2002 | 5350 | 5964 | 4386 | 3101 | 1450 | 1162 |
| 2003 | 2291 | 3033 | 1330 | 1860 | 461 | 960 |
| 2004 | 7175 | 4722 | 9679 | 952 | 1540 | 433 |
| 2005 | 7773 | 3764 | 7642 | 2211 | 2205 | 1081 |
| 2006 | 4858 | 2573 | 7294 | 2209 | 1925 | 1278 |
| Figures based on main breed of animal | ||||||