Cattle breeds

1. Cattle breeds Maggie Fetzer

2. Angus- Beef • Solid black • Lean • Slightly muscular • Bulls have muscle crest around neck • Heifers/ cows very lean • Polled (naturally hornless)

3. Black Brangus- Beef Bigger neck hump than Angus • Brahman/ Angus cross • Similar to angus • Slight neck hump • More defined sheath • Bigger brisket Big brisket (comes from Brahman influence)

4. Slight neck hump Beefmaster- Beef • Face and ears similar to Brahmans • Slight neck hump • Bulls are very stocky and muscled • Heifer/cows leaner • Color range from light to dark red

5. Santa Gertrudis- Beef • Dark red color • Big brisket • A lot of neck folds • Slight neck hump • Polled or horned • Long face

6. Belted Galloway- Beef • Black and white or brown and white • Distinguishing belt of white around their midsection • “Hampshire of cattle”

7. Braford- Beef • Brahman/Hereford cross • Red with white underbelly, face, and legs • Looks like Hereford with slight neck hump • Bigger brisket • Horned or polled • Stockier than Herefords Notice the brisket

8. Hereford- Beef • Red with white face, underbelly, and hocks • Horned • Small brisket • Moderately muscled

9. Brahman- Beef • Big ears, sheath, and brisket • Long face • Horned or polled • Very distinctive neck hump • Several colors

10. Braunvieh- Beef • Mousy brown • Small ears • Brown or black tail switch • Lighter underbelly and legs • White around the nose

11. Charolais- Beef • White, cream, or light blonde in color • Medium frame • Pink nose and hooves • Heavily muscled • Broad head

12. Gelbvieh- Beef Big muscles • Can be dark red, golden, or black • Long body • Heavily muscled • Looks similar to Charolias • Medium to large frame

13. Limousin- Beef • Can be blonde, black, or red • Very small brisket • Lean body • Lighter color on the underbelly, inside legs and around the nose • Broad head

14. Maine Anjou- Beef • Can be solid black, solid red, black and white, or red and white • White markings are on the underbelly, legs, and face • Large framed • Not very muscular • Less stocky than hereford

15. Polled Hereford- Beef Virtually no neck hump No horns! • Same as Hereford but no horns • Polled means “naturally hornless” • Stocky and muscular • Smaller brisket than Braford • Smaller neck hump than Braford

16. Red Angus- Beef • Similar to Angus • Solid red in color • Lean , slightly muscular

17. Red Brangus- Beef • Similar to black Brangus • Slight neck hump • Defined sheath • Big brisket Big brisket Bigger neck hump than angus Bigger brisket than angus

18. Shorthorn- Beef Roan • Red, white, and roan • Polled or horned • Moderate frame • Long hair

19. Simmental- Beef • Yellowish-brown, straw colored, red, or black • White markings on face, legs, brisket, and underbelly • Horned or polled Leaner & longer than polled hereford

20. Texas Longhorn- Beef • Variety of colors and patterns • Has distinctively long horns

21. Ayrshire- Dairy • Red and white • Distinct spots • Can be speckled • Small framed • Udder

22. Brown Swiss- Dairy • Mousy brown, but can be grey, dark brown, or tan • Similar to Braunvieh • Small head • Udder

23. Guernsey- Dairy • Can be yellowish to reddish-brown with white patches • Small in the hip • Udder

24. Holstein- Dairy • White with black patches • Very distinctive look • Chick-fil-a cow • Udder

25. Jersey- Dairy • Light brown in color • Dark nose, hooves, and tail switch • Borden cow, Elsie • Udder