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Angus | Red Angus | Polled Hereford | Hereford | Shorthorn

A breed of livestock or poultry is a group of animals that result from breeding and selection and that have distinguishable characteristics. Breeds have developed to provide increased production
(meat, milk, eggs and/or wool) in a given environment.

Angus

  • Scotland
  • Black
  • Naturally polled
  • Moderate size
  • Excellent marbling
  • Early compositional maturity
  • Excellent maternal breed
  • Easy fleshing
  • Good milk production
  • Early maturing sexually
  • Largest number of annual registrations in the U.S.

Red Angus

  • United States
  • Red
  • Naturally polled
  • Moderate size
  • Excellent marbling
  • Early compositional maturity
  • Excellent maternal breed
  • Easy fleshing
  • Good milk production
  • Early maturing sexually
  • Developed from a recessive gene found in black angus cattle

Polled Hereford

  • United States
  • Red with white face, white underline, legs, switch, etc.
  • Moderate size
  • Adaptable to many environments
  • Good disposition
  • Low to moderate milk
  • Relatively early maturing
  • Poorest marbling
  • Average to below average muscle
  • Naturally hornless
  • Developed from Hereford cattle with mutated gene

Hereford

  • England
  • Red with white face, white underline, legs, switch, etc.
  • Moderate size
  • Adaptable to many environments
  • Good disposition
  • Low to moderate milk
  • Relatively early maturing
  • Poorest marbling
  • Average to below average muscle
  • U.S. registry of polled Hereford and Hereford merged in 1995
  • 2nd largest annual registrations in U.S.

Shorthorn

  • England
  • Moderate size
  • Good size
  • Good disposition
  • Excellent milk production
  • Has appendix registry program which allows outside genetics to be introduced (ex: Maine Anjou)
  • Three major colors
    • Red
    • White
    • Roan

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