The Scottish Government

Dairy cattle ⁽¹⁾

Beef cattle ⁽²⁾

Other cattle over 6 months and under 1 year

Other cattle under 6 months old

Male

Female

Male

Female

Total cattle ⁽³⁾

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Shetland

23

722

192

3,132

47

147

40

177

131

833

138

892

203

6,037

Orkney

65

3,572

663

59,308

263

2,436

269

2,120

572

11,795

574

11,498

671

91,825

Eileanan an Iar

88

272

485

4,555

96

262

107

242

257

897

271

1,010

501

7,312

Highland

231

4,949

2,112

90,598

834

7,977

820

7,625

1,461

16,925

1,472

16,695

2,155

146,940

NE Scotland

264

22,349

2,755

242,910

1,249

20,281

1,227

18,322

1,592

31,962

1,611

31,124

2,861

370,585

Tayside

85

7,252

1,026

77,842

474

7,070

471

6,851

633

12,487

631

12,073

1,050

125,080

Fife

78

8,300

354

33,322

176

2,779

183

3,038

238

5,335

241

5,220

374

58,629

Lothian

63

5,860

319

30,916

159

3,294

159

3,336

209

4,675

218

4,430

334

53,039

Scottish Borders

64

6,579

777

90,697

412

8,059

408

7,970

581

14,744

579

14,744

794

144,575

East Central

94

8,554

469

33,087

220

3,400

228

2,940

328

5,189

332

5,261

485

59,050

Argyll & Bute

169

14,733

742

38,240

375

4,485

388

4,914

570

8,131

584

8,444

766

79,889

Clyde Valley

422

47,248

1,009

75,225

665

9,721

700

11,532

813

13,824

856

15,275

1,106

174,548

Ayrshire

536

71,456

1,023

77,848

693

11,643

742

14,802

840

15,669

884

17,646

1,128

210,911

Dumfries & Galloway

658

88,529

1,704

194,279

1,083

23,026

1,169

25,168

1,411

34,299

1,470

37,119

1,850

406,258

Scotland

2,840

290,375

13,630

1,051,959

6,746

104,580

6,911

109,037

9,636

176,765

9,861

181,431

14,278

1,934,678