Angus Cattle

The Certified Angus Beef (CAB) program is where cattle producers can get a premium for raising and selling Angus cattle, or cattle that are black with some Angus breeding in them, for beef. It's also a marketing initiative to get more consumers to buy more beef that is labelled as "certified Angus" due to the implied higher quality and consistency this type of beef would have over non-CAB-labelled beef. Unfortunately, it's all marketing, and not all beef that gets this label is from purebred Angus cattle.

Angus cattle thrive in the cooler climates like that similar to Scotland or northern USA and Canada, though a lot of Angus cattle live throughout the US, including the southern areas where they do poorly in the hot summer days in states like Kansas, Texas or Florida.

Angus beef does not come from any part of any cow, but comes from a BREED of cattle (or cows) called Angus.

Most of the research for creating the Brangus breed was done by the USDA at the USDA Experimental Station in Jeanerette, Louisiana, USA, starting around the early 1930's. During the same period, Clear Creek Ranch of Welch, Oklahoma and Grenada, Mississippi, Raymond Pope of Vinita, Oklahoma, the Essar Ranch of San Antonio, Texas, and a few individual breeders in other parts of the United States and Canada were also carrying on private experimental breeding programs. All the producers and the USDA was working to find a desirable beef-type animal that both had the Brahman's natural ability to thrive in adverse conditions and retain the qualities which the Angus breed was known for.

In Vinita, Oklahoma, breeders from 16 states and Canada came together to form the American Brangus Association in July 2, 1949, later named the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA).

Since this question has already been answered already in two separate questions, provided in "Related Questions" below, the answer would be the same: around 280 to 285 days in length.

To register Black Angus cattle, you have to get a membership with your country's Angus Association. In some parts of the USA, there are state Angus associations you can sign up at (Texas, Iowa, Miama Valley and A.L.O.T [Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas] are those states that have their own Angus Associations), but for most states that do not have their own state Angus association, you have to sign up through the American Angus Association. If you live in Canada, you can sign up via the Canadian Angus Association, or through the different provinces' associations (B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and P.E.I have their own Angus associations). Other countries that have their own associations (if you live there) are New Zealand, the U.K., Portugal, Denmark and Australia. Depending on where you live, you first have to pay the joining fee (it's $80 to join the American Angus Assoc.), then pay a fee per calf, cow or bull you have to register.

You also have to remember that for all Angus Associations, both parents of the calf must be purebred stock and must be proven as purebred Angus cattle. DNA tests are done primarily on the bulls, and this is to prove they are purebred Angus. Both the dam and sire MUST have records that link them to other purebred Angus stock, otherwise you cannot register your calf.

Angus cattle tend to have short gestation periods, ranging from 260 to 280 days in length. However, this can be the exception rather than the rule. Because Angus are so popular and wide-spread, it shouldn't come to a surprise that some strains may have average or slightly long gestation periods ranging from 280 to 290 days long.

There are many cow herds with Angus cows that are excellent mothers, some too good that the producer can't get near the calf without having momma blowing snot down his back pockets. Some Angus herds, though, may have cows with not so good mothering ability. It all depends on the individual herd and what producers have selected into or out of their Angus cow herds.

Most beef calves are not sold at a month old because they're still dependent on their mothers for milk. If you're looking for a month-old beef calf, quit looking because you're not going to find any. You'll have better luck looking for a dairy calf at this age than a beef calf. Dairy calves often go between $100 and $200 at this age.

An Angus cow is a mature female bovine that has had at least two calves of the black polled breed that originated from Scotland. She is a part of a beef breed that was historically known (and still is known) as Aberdeen Angus. It is a beef breed that is the most popular beef breed in the United States and is also well known in other countries like Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Uruguay, Brazil, and parts of Europe including the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

The Red Angus was originally created by crossing Celtic Shorthorn with Black Angus to produce an animal that was more beefier and could be used for draft purposes. The breed itself likely has had other breeds infused into it to further enhance certain qualities such as Simmental, Limousin and others.

An Angus cow tends to be a very good mother with strong milking ability, good calving ease, excellent ability to forage on her own without much human assistance (in terms of being fed supplements) thus being a good cow to raise on extensive conditions, good fertility and generally good conformation to be used for breeding into her 'teens.

She's already the right age to be pregnant, since a cow is a mature female that has had one or two calves already. If she's open and has been open at least 45 to 60 days after having her last calf and is showing signs of normal estrus, she can be bred to be pregnant again.

Yes, but Angus cattle are beef cattle, not dairy cattle, and are primarily used for raising beef calves, not giving milk to humans like Holsteins are. However, when necessary, an Angus cow can be milked out just like any "regular" cow.

Angus cattle thrive in the cooler climates like that similar to Scotland or northern USA and Canada, though a lot of Angus cattle live throughout the US, including the southern areas where they do poorly in the hot summer days in states like Kansas, Texas or Florida.

Yes and no. This all depends on personal preference, objectives with either breeds, management philosophies, environment, climate, etc. Limousin is a good breed as a terminal cross for RA's, for producing calves that all go to the meat market. Limmis are good to have if you have abundant forage and/or are able to supplement with grain or some other concentrate ration. I find most Limousins to be high-strung even if bred to be docile, whereas Reds are more docile. Reds are better if you have a range-type environment and topography, as they are better forage converters than Limmis, or wish to do a grass-only operation. These cattle are a maternal breed, which contain cattle that are fit for producing replacement stock, but are slightly less desirable for the meat market than the larger Continentals like Limousins. However RA's have as good quality meat as Angus, as well as good calving ease, milking ability, small calf weights, and often have good cow sizes for managing on a grass-only operation.

A black Angus is a type of black, hornless cattle from Scotland.

Since there are around 100 million cattle in the US, and approximately 75% of that population are Angus cattle, then that means that there are around 75 million cattle in the USA that are Angus or Angus-sourced cattle.

No, I don't think so. If they could sweat then they'd be drinking a heck of a lot of water. Most European cattle don't have the sweat glands in their skin like the Brahman-type cattle do. However they can sweat through their noses, as you often see beads of water on their noses when it is warm out.

The things that are made from Angus cattle are exactly the same as what would be made from any other cattle of any other breed: hide for leather; hair for upholstery, paint brushes; the list goes on.

Commercial cows range from a really cheap $1000 to over $3000, depending on their weight, if they're being sold as cutter/canner cows or bred females. Purebred cows range from $4000 to well over $50,000.

A cow is a cow. Milk is milk. Quantity and butterfat content will vary with each breed. Black angus is a breed. Drink Up!

it depends what you named it, say you named it Stefan then of course but if you named it Ben then no it's weak