CATTLE BREEDS

• Charolais

• Origin: France

• Aptitude: Meat (excellent conformation) very well suited for fattening and achieving high finished weights

• Charolais

• Origin: France

• Aptitude: Meat (excellent conformation) very well suited for fattening and achieving high finished weights

• Limousin

• Origin: France

• Aptitude: Good quality meat, young but mature lean beef. The “carcase” breed (very high yield)

• Limousin

• Origin: France

• Aptitude: Good quality meat, young but mature lean beef. The “carcase” breed (very high yield)

• Chianina

• Origin: Italy

• Aptitude: Meat , late-maturing, cattle suitable for production of lean yearling and older, beef. Used for cross-breeds, great ADG

• Chianina

• Origin: Italy

• Aptitude: Meat , late-maturing, cattle suitable for production of lean yearling and older, beef. Used for cross-breeds, great ADG

• Blonde d’Aquitaine

• Origin: France

• Aptitude: red lean (marbled) meat, great FDR. Remarkable length and highly developed hind quarter and loin produce a higher percentage of the more valuable steak and roast cuts.

• Blonde d’Aquitaine

• Origin: France

• Aptitude: red lean (marbled) meat, great FDR. Remarkable length and highly developed hind quarter and loin produce a higher percentage of the more valuable steak and roast cuts.

• Belgian Blue

• Origin: Belgium

• Aptitude: Meat, Belgian blue beef outclasses all other beef in carcass yield (up to 80%)

• Aberdeen Angus

• Origin: UK

• Aptitude: Most popular meat. Also used as a genetic dehorner as the polled gene is passed on as a dominant characteristic.

• Hereford

• Origin: UK

• Aptitude: meat

• Retinta

• Origin: Spain

• APTITUDE: MEAT

• Pirenaica

• Origin: Spain/France

• Aptitude: meat

• Avileña

• Origin: Spain

• Aptitude: meat

• Morucha

• Origin: Spain

• Aptitude: has been used for draft and fighting bulls but now produces meat, great longevity, highest fertility and prolificacy of all the beef Spanish breeds.

• Galloway

• Origin: UK

• Aptitude: Beef and maternal breed

• Texas longhorn

• Origin: USA

• Aptitude: Meat. Very precocious breed with great fertility

• Simmental

• Origin: Switzerland

• Aptitude: Milk and Meat

• Galician Blond

• Origin: Spain

• Aptitude: meat, they are slaughtered late (8-17 years old) and therefore can be used for milk during their life. They offer a highly desirable marbling texture and flavour.

• Highland

• Origin: UK

• Aptitude: Meat, much lower in fat content and cholesterol than other breeds.

• Piedmontese

• Origin: Italy

• Aptitude: Dual purpose in the past. Now meat-pronounced, good longevity.

• Salers

• Origin: France

• Aptitude: Meat (mainly) and milk (cheese), easy calving

• Gelbvieh

• Origin: Germany

• Aptitude: dual purpose but beef pronounced. good mothering abilities, great ADG

• Dexter (female)

• Origin: Ireland

• Aptitude: Dual purpose

• Dexter (male)

• Origin: Ireland

• Aptitude: Dual purpose

• Shorthorn

• Origin: UK

• Aptitude: Beef shorthorns or milk shorthorns

• Brahman

• Origin: USA

• Aptitude: meat but produce a decent amount of milk

• Normande

• Origin: France

• Aptitude: meat and milk (main). Used to produce famous cheese like camembert but also has an unsurpassed marbling quality, flavour and tenderness

• Brown Swiss (Braunvieh)

• Origin: Switzerland

• Aptitude: milk and meat. best fat-to-protein ratio of any of the dairy breeds for production of most cheeses.

• Jersey

• Origin: UK

• Aptitude: top milk producer, great longevity.

• Holstein

• Origin: Netherlands / Germany

• Aptitude: Milk

• Ayrshire

• Origin: UK

• Aptitude: Milk

• Lidia (group of breeds)

• Origin: Spain

• Aptitude: Bullfight