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GLPB Beef Breeds - Advanced

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Angus   The breed of beef cattle is polled with a black, smooth coat. They are known for their carcass quality and milking, mothering, and reproductive abilities.  
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Beefmaster   This breed of beef cattle was developed by the Lasater Ranch then headquartered in Texas in 2908.  
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Beefmaster   This breed of beef cattle is 1/2 Brahman, 1/4 Hereford, and 1/4 Shorthorn.  
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Beefmaster   The breed of beef cattle is known for the 6 essentials - weight, conformation, milking ability, fertility, hardiness and disposition. They can be any color and be polled or horned.  
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Belgium Blue   This breed of beef cattle originated in central and upper Belgium.  
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Belgium Blue   This breed of beef cattle can be white, blue roan, or sometimes black.  
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Belgium Blue   This breed of beef cattle is large sized with a rounded outline and prominent muscles in the shoulder, back, loin, and rump.  
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Belgium Blue   This breed of beef cattle is known for it's quiet temperament and is used by dairy produces for dairy beef crosses.  
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Belgium Blue   This breed of beef cattle may have poor calving ease scores because many cows deliver by cesarean due to double muscling.  
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Brahman   This breed of beef cattle was developed in the Southwestern United States.  
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Brahman   This breed of beef cattle was developed by crossing Zebu cattle from India with British breeds.  
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Brahman   This breed of beef cattle varies in color from light gray or red to almost black.  
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Brahman   This breed of beef cattle is known for their ability to withstand heat and insects.  
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Brangus   This breed of beef cattle was developed by the USDA Experiment Station in Jeanerette, Louisiana in 1932.  
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Brangus   This breed of beef cattle consists of 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus.  
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Brangus   In order to register this breed of beef cattle they must be solid black, polled, and be 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus.  
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Charolais   This breed of beef cattle was imported into the United States in 1936 from Mexico. They were originally developed in France.  
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Charolais   This breed of beef cattle are large and white.  
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Charolais   This breed of beef cattle are noted for their fast growth and lean meat.  
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Chianina   This breed of beef cattle are white with black skin pigmentation.  
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Chianina   This breed of beef cattle are very large with a mature bull weighing up to 4000 pounds and standing 6 feet tall.  
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Chianina   This breed of beef cattle is known for their working, mothering, and beef producing abilities.  
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Gelbvieh   This breed of beef cattle originated in Germany.  
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Gelbvieh   This breed of beef cattle are solid cream to reddish-yellow in color.  
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Gelbvieh   This breed of beef cattle are known as a general purpose breed with good milking abilities.  
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Hereford   This breed of beef cattle was developed in England and brought to the United States in 1817.  
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Hereford   This breed of beef cattle have red bodies with white faces.  
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Hereford   This breed of beef cattle are known for their foraging ability, vigor, hardiness, and quiet dispositions.  
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Limousin   This breed of beef cattle are solid-to golden-red in color with lighter circles around the eyes and muzzle.  
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Limousin   When slaughtered at an early age, this breed of beef cattle yields a high percentage of lean meat with a minimum amount of fat.  
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Maine-Anjou   This breed of beef cattle are very dark red with white markings on the head, belly, and rear legs and tail.  
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Maine-Anjou   This breed of beef cattle evolved as a dual purpose breed with cows used for milk production and the bull calves fed for market.  
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Murray Grey   This breed of beef cattle originated in southern New South Wales, Australia.  
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Murray Grey   The preferred color is silver-gray for this breed of beef cattle, although there are numerous variations in the shading of gray.  
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Murray Grey   This breed of beef cattle are polled and are known for good mothering and milking abilities and for good growth rate for calves.  
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Piedmontese   This breed of beef cattle originated from the Auroch and Zebu breeds.  
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Piedmontese   This breed of beef cattle are white or pale gray with black points.  
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Piedmontese   This breed of beef cattle is known for their double muscling.  
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Pinzgauer   This breed of beef cattle first appeared in Salzburg, Austria in the 1600's.  
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Pinzgauer   This breed of beef cattle can be horned or polled and has pigmented skin under a chestnut red coat and white markings on the back, tail and barrel.  
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Pinzgauer   This breed of beef cattle is known for about average weaning weights, gainability, feed conversion, and easy calving ability.  
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Polled Hereford   This breed of beef cattle was developed in the United States from the Hereford breed.  
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Polled Hereford   Except for the polled trait, this breed of beef cattle has the same characterstics as the Hereford breed.  
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Red Angus   This breed of beef cattle is a color variation on the breed that originated in the Scotland. This color variation originated in the British Isles.  
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Red Angus   This breed of beef cattle appeared around 1805 in the British Isles.  
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Red Angus   This breed of beef cattle possess the same characteristics as Black Angus but are red in color.  
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Red Poll   This breed of beef cattle originated in the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, England.  
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Red Poll   This breed of beef cattle are polled and blood red in color.  
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Salers   This breed of beef cattle are typically horned and dark mahogany red in color.  
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Salers   This breed of beef cattle are known for their rapid gain, hardiness and adaptability.  
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Santa Gertrudis   This breed of beef cattle was developed on the King Ranch in Texas.  
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Santa Gertrudis   This breed of beef cattle are 5/8 Shorthorn and 3/8 Brahman.  
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Santa Gertrudis   This breed of beef cattle are known for their growth rate, long life, and hardiness.  
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Scotch Highland   This breed of beef cattle is known for their unusual appearance. They may be red, black, yellow, dun or silver-white in color and possess long horns and long hair.  
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Scotch Highland   This breed of beef cattle is disease resistant with lean, well-marbled and flavorful meat.  
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Shorthorn   This breed of beef cattle originated in England. They were brought to the United States in 1783.  
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Shorthorn   This breed of beef cattle can be red, white, or roan in color.  
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Shorthorn   This breed of beef cattle is noted for their good disposition, mothering, and milking abilities.  
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Simmental   This breed of beef cattle originated from Switzerland, France and Germany.  
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Simmental   This breed of beef cattle are red to dark red and have spotted bodies with white to lite straw faces.  
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Simmental   This breed of beef cattle are known for their fast growth and milking abilities.  
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Tarentaise   This breed of beef cattle are solid wheat colored, ranging from cherry to dark blonde, and they have black hair around the eyes and pigmented udders and teats.  
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Tarentaise   This breed of beef cattle are noted for easy calving due to adequate pelvic capacity and small calves.  
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Texas Longhorn   This breed of beef cattle originated from Spanish Andalusian cattle.  
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Texas Longhorn   This breed of beef cattle have long horns and several different color patterns.  
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Texas Longhorn   This breed of beef cattle are known for the longevity, hardiness, strong survival instincts, and resistance to disease and parasites.  
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Hereford, Red Poll, Shorthorn   These beef breeds originated in England.  
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Beefmaster, Brahman, Brangus, Polled Hereford, Santa Gertrudis   These beef breeds originated in the United States.  
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Angus, Scotch Highland   These beef breeds originated in Scotland  
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Charolais, Limousin, Maine-Anjou, Salers, Tarentaise   These beef breeds originated in France.  
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Chianina, Piedmontese   These beef breeds originated in Italy.  
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Brahman, Brangus   These beef breeds are known for their ability to withstand heat.  
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Angus, Red Angus, Belgium Blue, Chianina, Limousin, Maine-Anjou, Scotch Highland   These beef breeds are known for their carcass traits.  
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Angus, Red Angus, Chianina   These beef breeds are known for their maternal traits.  
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Belgium Blue, Piedmontese   These beef breeds are known for double muscling.  
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Charolais, Red Poll, Salers, Santa Gertrudis, Simmental   These beef breeds are known for their fast growth.  
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Belgium Blue, Hereford, Polled Hereford, Scotch Highland, Shorthorn   These beef breeds are known for their quiet temperament.  
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Gelbvieh, Maine-Anjou, Murray Grey, Shorthorn, Simmental   These beef breeds are known for their milking ability.  
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