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Worldwide there are more than 250 beef cattle breeds, of which about 60 are present in the United States.

*Black Angus - The most common breed of beef cattle in the U.S., with more than 330,000 animals registered. One reason the breed is so popular is their high-quality carcass characteristics, which yield well-marbled, flavorful beef.

*Charolais - White or creamy white in color and the hair coat is usually short in summer, but thickens and lengthens in cold weather.

*Herefords - Dark red to red-yellow in color with a white face. Known for their longevity, and for being docile, easy calvers, good milkers, and good mothers.

*Simmental - Among the oldest and most widely distributed of all breeds of cattle in the world. They are red and white in color.

*Red Angus - Offer the same valuable carcass characteristics as black Angus that result in increased marbling and flavor. They are more tolerant to hot temperatures than black Angus.

*Texas Longhorn - known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to over 1.8 m tip to tip for bulls, and 2.1 m tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows. Texas Longhorns are known for their diverse coloring and can be any color or mix of colors, but dark red and white are the most dominant.

*Gelbvieh - Breed is red in color, with strong skin pigmentation, and horned. Fans of the breed claim the breed has superior fertility, calving ease, mothering ability, and growth rate of the calves.

*Limousin - Golden-red in color. There are more than a million registered head. The tremendous carcass traits of this breed have attracted the full attention of the entire beef industry.

*Highlands - With longhorns and a double coat, they require little in the way of shelter, feed supplements, or expensive grains to achieve and maintain good condition and fitness. Cold weather and snow have little effect on them. Long lashes and forelocks shield their eyes from flying insects, and as a result, pinkeye and cancer eye are uncommon. Highland beef is meat that is lean, well-marbled and flavorful, with little outside waste fat.

What newspaper do cattle read?
-The Daily Moos.

Interesting Beef Facts

The United States and Brazil are the top beef producing countries in the world

Beef Terms

Bull- An intact (not castrated) adult male is called a bull.

Cow- An adult female that has had a calf is a cow.

Heifer- A young female before she has had a calf of her own and is under three years of age. A young female that has had only one calf is occasionally called a first-calf heifer.

Calves- Young cattle of both sexes.

Steer- A castrated male.

The adjective applying to cattle, in general, is usually bovine.

Where is the best place to trade Cattle?
-At the swap-meat