What are the types of cattle?

Answer 1

The main breeds for each main sector is as follows:

Dairy:

- Holstein-Freisian

- Jersey

- Brown Swiss

- Ayrshire

- Guersney

- Milking Shorthorn

- Normande

- Randall

Beef:

- Angus

- Hereford

- Brahman

- Shorthorn

- Limousin

- Charolais

- Simmental

- Maine Anjou

- Red Angus

- Blonde d'Aquitaine

- Gelbvieh

- Brangus

- Beefmaster

- Bonsmara

- RX3

- Red Poll

- South Devon

- Boran

- Braford

- Simbra

- Belgian Blue

- Piedmontese

- Aubrac

- Texas Longhorn

- Pinzgauer

- Murray Grey

Answer 2

There are over 900 breeds of beef cattle in the world, some more well known than others. See the related links of the OSU Breeds of Livestock website and the Embryo Plus website for a large list of breeds (and their descriptions) below.

Answer 3

I cannot post all of the breeds in this answer, certainly not all 950 of them, but I will write out a few of the most common ones and their characteristics.

• Holstein - Dairy, black and white patched colouration, both horned and polled, highest quantity milk producer of all cattle and dairy breeds, large mature size, hard-keeping as far as environment for raising as beef animal in is, hard-calver generally, most popular dairy breed in the world
• Angus - Beef, solid black, naturally polled, most popular breed in the United States and Canada due to excellent marbling characteristics and black-fad.
• Hereford - Beef, red with white face, crest, feet, belly and dewlap, both horned and polled, great docility stereotypical poor milking ability great range cow; second breed to gain popularity and population in the US after the Texas Longhorns
• Shorthorn - Beef, red, red roan, white colouration making it popular example for genetics studies in schools (incomplete dominance/codominance), both horned and polled, great docility, carcass characteristics, good range cattle
• Jersey - Dairy, black to fawn colour with dark points (eyes, hooves, nose), horned and polled, high butterfat content in milk, very easy-calving
• Charolais - Beef, white to yellow-orange (called "red-factor"), horned/polled, lean carcass, poor milk, large calves at birth, large mature size
• Belgian Blue - Beef, Blue roan, horned/polled, double muscled breed, very lean beef with high dressage rate (10% higher than other beef breeds), some strains hard calvers and need calves delivered via C-section, other strains (primarily N. American) not so, average milking ability
• Brahman - Beef, red and white/grey strains, horned/polled, Tropical humped subspecies to taurus cattle above, good beef charcateristics, easy-calving, easy-keeping, range cow not meant to be "cowboyed"
• Santa Gertrudis - Beef, deep red, polled/horned, composite breed (3//8 Brahman 5/8 Shorthorn), similar qualities to both Shorthorn and Brahman; good milking, easy calving, great carcass, hardy, good for range conditions/grass-only operation
• Galloway - Beef, primarily black, though dun, grey and brown not uncommon, oldest beef breed, heritage breed, dense double hair coat, naturally polled, very hardy esp. in winter (also in summer), great foragers and range cattle, good milking, docile, great carcass qualities, easy calving, general all-around good cow, esp. for grass-fed operations

Please see the related links below for more breeds and their characteristics that make them as those breeds.

Answer 4

I live on a cattle property.

The ones I know are Brahman, Hereford, Belted Galloway, Poll and Angus

Answer 5

Please see the related link below for all the descriptions you can ever wish for in one website.