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