Transcript Cattle Breeds - Illinois Beef Association

Cattle Breeds
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British
Angus
Ayrshire
Belted Galloway
British White
Devon
Dexter
English Longhorn
Galloway
Gloucester
Guernsey
Hereford
Highland
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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
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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
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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
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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
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Maine-Anjou
Marchigiana
Maremmanal
Meuse-RhineYssel
Mirandesa
Modicana
Montbeliard
Morucha
Murboden
Normande
Norwegian
Red
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Oropa
Parthenais
Piedmontesse
Pinzgauer
Polish Red
Ratien Gray
Red Pied Friesian
Red Polled Ostland
Red Steppe
Reggiana
Retinta
Salers
Shetland
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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
• 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
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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
• 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
• 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
• 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