Cattle Cattle Breeds Breeds

BritishBritish• Angus • Ayrshire • Belted Galloway• British White• Devon• Dexter• English Longhorn• Galloway • Gloucester• Guernsey• Hereford• Highland

• Irish Moiled• Jersey• Kerry• Lincoln Red• Luing• Red Angus• Red Poll• Shorthorn• Sussex• Welsh Black• White Park

Popular breeds in the United States include: Angus, Hereford, and Shorthorn

Angus Angus • Black• Polled (Without

Horns)• From Scotland• Known for calving

ease and marbling• #1 in registration• Headquarters in

St. Joseph, MO• First came to the US

in 1873• Certified Angus Beef

Hereford Hereford • Red with white face

and belly• Polled or Horned • From Western

England• Known for foraging

and being docile • #2 in registration• Headquarters in

Kansas City, MO• Imported to the US

in 1817• Certified Hereford

Beef

Shorthorn Shorthorn • Red, White, or

combination of both • Polled or Horned • From Northeast

England• Known for

showring and milk• Headquarters in

Omaha, NE • Imported to US in

1873

Continental Continental • Alberes Alentejana• Allmogekor• Andalusian Black and

Grey• Angeln• Austrian Mountain• Asturian Valley• Aubrac• Baltata Romaneasca• Bazadiais• Bearnais• Belgian Blue and Red• Berrendas• Blacksided Trondheim

and Norland• Blonde d' Aquitaine

• Bordelais• Braunvieh• Brown Swiss• Busa Cachena• Canary Island• Carinthian Blond• Charolais• Chianina• Danish Jersey and

Red• Dutch Belted• Dutch Friesian• Dolafe Evolene• Fighting Bull• Fjall• Galician Blond

• Gascon• Gelbvieh• German Angus• German Red Pied• Glan• Greek Shorthorn• Greek Steppe• Gronigen Whitehead• Herens• Hiterwald• Holstein• Hungarian Grey• Icelandic• Limousin• Lithuansian Red• Lourdais

Continental Continental • Maine-Anjou• Marchigiana• Maremmanal• Meuse-Rhine-

Yssel• Mirandesa• Modicana• Montbeliard• Morucha• Murboden• Normande• Norwegian

Red

• Oropa• Parthenais• Piedmontesse• Pinzgauer• Polish Red• Ratien Gray• Red Pied Friesian• Red Polled Ostland• Red Steppe• Reggiana• Retinta• Salers• Shetland

• Simmental• Swedish Friessian• Swedish Red and White• Swedish Red Polled• Tarentaise• Telemark• Ukranian Beef• Ukrainian Grey• Ukrainian Whitehead• Vestland Fjord• Vestland Red Polled• Vosges• White Caceres

Popular breeds in the United States include: Simmental, Charolais, Maine-Anjou, Chianina, and Limousin

Simmental Simmental • Black, Red, Black and

White, or Red and White

• From Switzerland• Most popular

Continental breed • Known for growth and

muscle • Earliest records in US

were in 1887• Headquarters in

Bozeman, MT

Charolais Charolais • White• From France • Heavy muscled • High growth and feed

efficiency • High Birth Weights

leads to trouble calving

• First Came to US in late 1930's

• Headquarters in Kansas City, MO

Maine-Anjou Maine-Anjou • Full bloods are red and

white• Through crossbreeding

could be black and white or solid black

• From Northwest France

• Imported to Canada in 1969

• Brought to America through Artificial Insemination

• Headquarters in Platte City, MO

Chianina Chianina • Purebreds have white

hair with black skin • Very tall and long legged • From Italy • Nowadays cattle only

need 6.25% Chi to register

• Good cross popular in club calf operations

• Poor milk production • In 1973 the first purebred

Chi bull was brought to US from Canada

• Headquarters in Platte City, MO

Limousin Limousin • Red or Black• From Southern

France • In 1698 were used

for animal power • Horned or polled• First Came to US

in the early 1930's• Headquarters in

Englewood, CO