Beef Cattle
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Beef Cattle How breeds do you know? Angus • Black smooth coat • Medium frame Males 1600-2000 lbs Females 1000-1400 lbs • Good material ability • Hardy • Resistant to harsh weather/Adaptable • High carcass yields and marbling in the meat Angus Beefalo • Bison crossed with any breed of cattle 3/8 bison and 5/8 bovine • Very hardy • Good foraging ability • Calving ease • Superior meat quality • Easy handling with long hair Beefalo Beefmaster • ½ Brahman, ¼ Hereford, ¼ Shorthorn Bulls 2000-2600 lbs Cows 1400-1800 lbs • Mostly red • Hardy and disease and insect resistant • Good maternal traits • Excellent growth and carcass value • Docile Beefmaster Belgian Blue • • • • • Large frame Prominent muscling White, blue roan, sometimes black Quite temperament Males average 1709 lbs and 53.2” Belgian Blue Belted Galloway • • • • • • • • • Old breed Small framed Black with white belt long hair Good foragers perform well on poor land High weaning and calving % Hardy Very lean meat Bulls 1800-2000 lbs and cows 1000-1200 lbs Docile Belted Galloway Braford • • • • • • 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Hereford Superior maternal ability Early puberty High fertility Calving ease Good milk production Braford Brahman • • • • • • • Hump and long floppy ears with saggy skin Male weigh from 1600 to 2200 lbs Calves are small at birth but grow quickly Calving ease Must be handled carefully Color light gray or red to almost black Tolerant of heat and disease Brahman Brahmousin • 5/8 Limousin 3/8 Brahman Brahmousin Brangus • 5/8 Angus 3/8 Brahman bulls 1800-2400 lbs Females 1200-1600 lbs • Overall hardy • Disease resistant • Outstanding maternal instinct • Solid black polled • Withstand heat Brangus Charolais • White or cream colored with pink muzzle and pale colored hooves • Horned • Large frame • Deep broad body • Efficient feedlot gain • Bull 2000-2500 female 1250-2000 Charolais Chianina • • • • • Short coat white to steel gray in color Extensive well defined muscling Grows fast Short horns that curve forward Bull up to 4000 lbs and females 2400 lbs Chianina Gelbray • • • • • • • Gelbvieh, Red Angus, Brahman cross High Fertility Early Puberty Good mothering instinct and milk Good beef production/cutability/quality Uniform type and color Adaptability/survivability Gelbray Gelbvieh • • • • • Red horned or polled Superior fertility Calving ease and mothering ability Improved beef quality Bull 2220 – 2900 females 1400 lbs Gelbvieh Hereford • Small to medium framed • Curly hair, red with white head and underside • Polled or horned • Bulls 1800-2100 lbs cows 1100 – 1500 lbs Hereford Limousin • • • • • • Large Frame Straw yellow to reddish gold High daily gain and carcass value Few calving problems Handle with caution Bulls 2000 lbs Females 1300 lbs Limousin Red Angus • Smooth Red coat • Medium frame Bulls 2000 lbs Cows 12001400 lbs • Good mothering instinct • Resistant to harsh weather adaptable • High carcass yield with nicely marbles meat Red Angus Red Brangus • • • • 5/8 Red Angus 3/8 Brahman Overall hardy Good mothering instinct Resistant to heat and disease Red Brangus Santa Gertrudis • 5/8 Shorthorn, 3/8 Brahman Bulls 22002600 lbs Cows 1400-1800 lbs • Deep Cherry color • Heat and disease resistant • Ease of calving • Good mothering instinct and milk production • Improved beef quality Santa Gertrudis Simbrah • • • • • • • • Simmental Brahman cross Early sexual maturity and fertility Good mothering ability and milk production Docile Heat and disease resistant hardy Good forage ability Rapid growth Good beef quality Simbrah Simmental • Large frame Bulls 2200-2800 lbs Cows 1600 – 1700 lbs • Docile • Pale gold to dark reddish brown, usually head is white from front of eyes and lower legs are white Simmental Texas Longhorn • • • • • • Hardy Aggressive Adaptable Ease of calving Horns are expressive long and spreading Most are multicolored Texas Longhorn
