BRAHMAN• Origin: developed in U.S. but descendant
of cattle from India
• Color: predominately gray and red
• Distinctive Characteristics:– Horned– Large hump over shoulders– Large drooping ears– Loose skin in the throat and dewlap– Heat tolerant, disease & insect resistant– Poor marbling ability
NELORE
• Origin: Brazil
• Color: white or light gray
• Distinctive Characteristics:– Horned and polled varieties– Prominent hump over shoulders– Known for hardiness and heat & insect
resistance– docile
BEEFALO
• Origin: largest breakthrough in 1960s• Color: depends on the bovine breed used• Composite: 3/8 Bison, 5/8 bovine
(generally a beef breed)• Distinctive Characteristics:
– Combines superior hardiness, foraging ability, calving ease and meat quality of bison with fertility, milking ability, and handling ease of bovine
BRAFORD
• Origin: Florida; 1947
• Color: red, with Hereford color pattern
• Composite: 3/8 Brahman, 5/8 Hereford
• Distinctive Characteristics:– Superior maternal ability– Fast growth– Attain high weaning weights without
supplemental feeding
BRANGUS
• Origin: Louisiana
• Color: black
• Composite: 3/8 Brahman, 5/8 Angus
• Distinctive Characteristics:– Hardiness & heat tolerance of the Brahman– Maternal traits & carcass quality of the Angus– Polled– Adaptable to many climates
RED BRANGUS
• Origin: Texas• Color: red• Composite: no requirements; Brahman &
Angus• Distinctive Characteristics:
– Grey Brahman bulls x Black Angus cows– Grow quickly– Smaller at birth– Good carcass quality– Polled
GELBRAY
• Origin: U.S.
• Composite: Max ¾ Gelbvieh, Min. ¼ Gelbvieh; Max ½ Red Angus, Min. 0 Red Angus; Max 3/8 Brahman, Min. 1/8 Brahman
• Distinctive Characteristics:– Smaller calves at birth = calving ease– Maternal breed– Able to produce suitable calves for slaughter
SIMBRAH
• Origin: Gulf Coast Region of U.S.
• Color: black or red
• Composite: 5/8 Simmental, 3/8 Brahman
• Distinctive Characteristics:– Adaptable to many climates– Maternal or terminal breed– Produce lean, high quality beef
CHARBRAY
• Origin: U.S.• Color: Creamy white• Composite: 5/8 Charolais, 3/8 Brahman• Distinctive Characteristics:
– Almost no hump– Large & heavily muscled– Excellent performance in the feedlot– Fast growing– Resistance to heat, humidity, parasites &
disease
BEEFMASTER• Origin: Texas• Color: variety; red and dun more common• Composite: slightly less than ½ Brahman,
slightly more than ¼ Hereford and ¼ Shorthorn
• Distinctive Characteristics:– Six Essentials = Weight, Conformation,
Milking Ability, Fertility, Hardiness, & Disposition
– Good producers under severe range conditions
– Polled or horned
SANTA GERTRUDIS
• Origin: King Ranch• Color: deep cherry-red• Composite: ~ 5/8 Shorthorn, 3/8 Brahman• Distinctive Characteristics:
– High degree of heat and tick resistance– Ease of calving– Good mothering ability– Improved beef quality of most purebred
Brahmans– Show very little evidence of a hump
SANTA CRUZ• Origin: King Ranch• Color: light red or honey to Santa
Gertrudis cherry red• Composite: ½ Santa Gertrudis, ¼ Red
Angus, ¼ Gelbvieh• Distinctive Characteristics:
– Polled or horned– Very heat resistant and adaptable– Docile– Good mothering ability– Perform extremely well in the feedyard
HAYS CONVERTER
• Origin: Canada
• Color: usually black with white face; can be red or red with white face
• Composite: Hereford, Brown Swiss, & Holstein
• Distinctive Characteristics:– Increased milk production– Hardy– Good growth