Beef Cattle

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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 1200-1400 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 2200-2600 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