Angus Cattle

An Angus bull typically has 60 chromosomes – 30 from the cow and 30 from the bull. Each parental contribution includes 29 autosomes and one sex chromosome (X or Y).

It depends on his temperament and rate of fertility. If he's really good, well-behaved bull, he may be able to be kept for 5 to 8 years. On average, though, a bull is only kept until he's around 5 to 6 years of age before he's sold to slaughter for behavioral issues.

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The average weaning time would be 8-10 months. The mother will naturally wean the calf around 12 months.

Angus cows can live up to 15 years of age, some a little older; others a bit younger.

It's possible, however all registeterd Angus cattle are polled. A few animals may be scurred, but that's not that common. Any black cattle that are horned are not fullblood or purebred Angus. The various Angus Associations around the world will not recognize horned black cattle as Angus cattle when a producer tries to register such animals.

The scurs or horns (if they do present themselves) come from the influence and breeding-up done by producers when they have introduced Jersey and Shorthorn (earlier in the breed's history) into the Angus bloodline to deter from too much inbreeding. Both of these breeds are horned, Jersey moreso today than Shorthorn, and it should be no surprise that horns or scurs may come up in some fullblood or "purebred" Angus cattle. But as mentioned above, if such animals come about, they do not qualify to be registered and are only recognized as commercial Angus cattle.

Only if a long time has passed since the calf was weaned or the calf will nurse again. Usually, once at least 6 weeks have passed, can you put a cow and calf back together again.

Here is an example of a bear killed in Maine.

Live weight of bear= 330 lbs

Field dressed =280 lbs

Complete dressed= 271 lbs

With head, skin and feet removed = 208 lbs

Packaged meat, steaks, roasts, chops,

stew meat, and grind (sausage)=97 lbs

Yields:

Packaged meat:

29.4% of Live Weight

34.6% of Field Dressed Weight

35.8% of Complete dressed Weight

46.6% of Dressed and skinned weight.

Hide, Head and Paws:

19.1% of Live Weight

22.5% of Field Dressed Weight

23.2% of Complete dressed Weight

Most Angus calves are born at around 50 to 80 lbs at birth, which is about the size of a medium-sized to medium-to-large sized dog.

If you are looking for quality Registered Black Angus cattle they can be found at AAA Hiser Farms located in Palestine, Texas. Plus there are a lot of other ranches around Texas and Oklahoma that you can go to that will sell registered Angus bulls at their annual or semi-annual bull sales.

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.