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Beef Cattle in America

There are several major breeds of beef cattle in America and this website will to list five different breeds, and some others that are related to them. Out of the five breeds that are going to be discussed, two of four breeds are selected to form a new breed. For each breed, the history of the breed, the characteristics of the breed, and the physical aspects of each breed will be discussed. Each of these breeds will have a link to your left and the breeds developed from these will each have a link in their page. Please review each breed discussed.

  • Angus
  • Hereford
  • Texas Longhorn
  • Simmental
  • Brahman
  • Braford
  • Brangus
  • Beefmaker

Each of these breeds below will have a link and you need to review each discussion on the breed. The links will be to your top left. There will also be some breeds below that do not have a link to the left and you are responsible for finding their link in the other pages of this website.

The registration numbers will show how popular the breeds were in the years past. These numbers show the relative number of each breed that were in the world, rather registered or unregistered.

Annual Registration Numbers for Major U.S. Beef Breeds (In millions)

1993 1990 1975
Angus 193.4 159.0 306.5
Simmental 80.6 79.3 75.5
Hereford 72.0 98.0 251.8
Beefmaster 47.8 38.4 12.0
Brangus 30.1 32.1 13.4
Brahman 15.5 13.0 27.5
Longhorn 11.4 11.9 2.4
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Author: Christopher Layne Oneal

Last updated: 7/29/99

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