Angus Cattle

Hybrid vigour or Heterosis. Calves with heterosis often excel at the feedlot in terms of weight gain and carcass quality than other calves do if they're purebred Simmental or purebred Angus. This is because they have the genetic qualities of either breed to make one superior calf.

No. Angus is merely a breed, not a "primary" representation of black colouration. Here's a list of other breeds that come in black:

- Kerry

- Dexter

- Charolais (yes, surprise surprise!)

- Gelbvieh

- Limousin

- Chiangus

- Maine Anjou

- Salers

- Simmental

- Canadienne

- Holstein

- Corriente

- Galloway

- Irish Black

- Welsh Black

- Brangus

- American

- Ranger

- Beefalo

- Beefmaster

and any others I couldn't think of off-hand.

However, if you are referring to the breed standards of qualifying as an Angus cow, yes. Angus cattle have to be all black in order to be qualified as Angus. However since there are many breeds that come in black (among those, breeds that have been bred-up to fullbloods with the influence of Angus genes), a DNA test must be done on those Angus cattle to truly determine whether they are of pure Angus blood and not of a composite breed.

Yes, if he's already reached puberty.

Yes.

Cows can weigh from as little as 900 lbs to as large as 1800 lbs. Bulls weigh from as little as 1700 lbs to more than 2800 lbs.

The best thing to do is to change bulls every three breeding seasons (over a 2 year-period) to avoid inbreeding (i.e., the bull breeding with his daughters). A heifer, from birth, takes around 15 months to reach sexual maturity before she is ready to be bred. Between that time, you can breed your cows once (before the bull's heifers are born), then a second time (when the bull's daughters are around 2 months of age), and finally a third time to the heifer's dams that they have since been weaned off of a few months ago (heifers should be around 10 months of age by the third breeding season) before selling him and purchasing another bull to breed that bull's daughters. You will have to do the math and lay out the generations to see when and how your breeding program will work.

They usually have one a year. Twins occur only 0.1% of the time. Sometimes they may even have triplets.

A Red Angus cow weighs an average of 1500 lbs, but can range from 950 to over 1800 lbs.

Often a bull should stop breeding either if he's too old and not fertile enough any more to be used, or if he's become too aggressive and dominant with his handlers to be considered a keeper anymore. There really is no defined age when a bull should stop breeding.

A good Angus steer, especially if you are choosing a steer for 4H or FFA, must have good conformation, good average daily gain (preferably 2 lbs per day or more) and good feed intake. You can choose your steer from a local cattle producer that raises Black Angus cattle to find a good steer to raise for the show circuit. The cattle producer will help you find the best steer for you as well.

Just like a black angus, only red.

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British-type beef breeds.

I don't think these are Angus cattle. However, it could be a very mature Angus bull with a pronounced dewlap, but my hunch is that you're looking at Black Simmental cattle with an even heavier dewlap (which is typical of all Simmentals). Today, Simmentals are getting to be looking more and more like Angus because of the Angus genetics being put in to these full-blood Simmentals.

Angus is not any part of a cow. Angus is a BREED of "cow" or bovine, specified by the colouration and genetics that determine whether an Angus cow is purebred or not. Angus cattle are always all black, unlike other breeds that have followed the black trend like Simmental, Gelbvieh, Maine Anjou, Charolais, Limousin and Salers who, traditionally are not black.

Please see the related links below for more info.

LOL, this is one of those jokes that many cattlemen like to toss around when they see an Angus cow acting as serogate mother to a Charolais calf. But in all seriousness, no, there is no such thing as a White Angus.

Around 700 lbs.

I show cattle and the reason that the Angus is so popular is because the Angus has the best cut of meats

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What Angus cow? There are many different cows from different ranches, all with different reg. #'s. Please be more specific! Check out the American Angus Association website for the Angus cow you are looking for.

Some can be, as a lot of the more modern Angus are taller and less compact than what the breed was fifty years ago. However, Angus cattle are still considered a shorter and more compact breed when compared with other more taller, longer-legged breeds like Chianina and Brahman.

They're about the same.

This question has been answered in a similar fashion but on a more general, non-specific breed way. See the related question below for such an answer.

- Many aren't as docile or good natured as other breeds like White Park or Herefords

- Thin black hide not good for hot humid climate

- Can be too protective of their calves

- They've become too popular in the USA, alowing other breeds to chase the black fad.