Texas Longhorns, Herefords, Red Angus, Brahmans or any other cattle that have Brahman-breeding in them like Beefmaster, Brangus, Droughtmaster, Simbrah, Braford, etc.
cattle ranching provided meat/beef when cowboys led a herd of cattle to markets
Lizzie Johnson Williams, the Texas cattle queen, had her own brand in 1871. She is considered the first woman to herd cattle up Chisholm Trail.
A group of cattle is called a herd.
"of a herd of cattle led by ranchers" as you have used it above is already the possessive for of "a herd of cattle led by ranchers"! For example: The herd of cattle which was led by the ranchers bought a farm. The farm is now owned by the herd. It is the herd's farm. It is the farm of the herd of cattle led by ranchers.
Before the arrival of the railways, cattle had to be herded to market, often over a long distance.
The correct homophone in this instance is herd."Did you see the herd of cattle?"
None. Cattle farmers (or ranchers) do not operate within the forest itself. They raise their cows outside of the forest where the grass grows...which is where their herd of cattle eat the grass.
Most learned the hard way, through trial and error, but others had mentors that taught them how to know the behaviour of cattle and how to raise and herd them.
Arer herd and cattle the same thing?
A number of cattle is called a herd of cattle. A number of pigs is called also called a herd.
A herd of cattle
The homophone for heard is herd as in a herd of cattle.