All breeds
230 breeds so far, best known first. 207 more are on the list to be written.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreHereford
A red and white beef breed from Herefordshire, England, known for its white face and hardiness.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇫🇷 France and 3 moreCharolaisCharolaise
A large French taurine beef breed from eastern France, white to cream with pink noses and curved horns.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇧🇪 Belgium and 3 moreBelgian BlueBlanc-Bleu Belge / Belgisch Witblauw
A muscular beef breed from Belgium known for its blue-grey coat and double-muscling gene.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 moreHanwoo한우
A small, brown taurine breed from Korea, once used for work and now prized for its premium beef.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreBelted Galloway
A polled Scottish beef breed with a distinctive white belt around its black body.Taurine · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreTarentaise
A French alpine breed from the Tarentaise valley, kept for cheese and for crossingTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreSenepol
A polled red beef breed from St Croix, built for heat and insectsTaurine · Beef · Heat-tolerant
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCachena
A small Iberian breed from northern Portugal and Galicia, kept for beef and formerly for draught work.Taurine · Beef · Docile
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLuing
A hardy red or dun beef cow from Luing, a Hebridean island, first made in 1947Composite · Beef · Cold-hardy
🇦🇺 AustraliaSquare Meater
A compact polled Australian beef breed, silver or grey, from Murray Grey stockTaurine · Beef · Polled
🇩🇪 GermanyGerman AngusDeutsch Angus
A polled German beef breed, black, brown or red, from Aberdeen Angus crossesTaurine · Beef · Docile
🇵🇹 PortugalAlentejana
A rustic, gentle meat breed from Portugal's Alentejo region, once used for field workTaurine · Beef · Docile
🇦🇺 AustraliaTasmanian Grey
A polled beef breed from Tasmania, grey or dun, with Angus and Shorthorn rootsTaurine · Beef · Polled
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Belted Galloway: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cachena: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hereford: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
- Hanwoo: mycrefun, CC0, source
- Luing: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Senepol: Buenoperez, Public domain, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Charolais: Forum concoursvaches.fr, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Belgian Blue: Stoolhog, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- German Angus: Bernd.K, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Alentejana: Tiago Lima, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tarentaise: BlackSlash73, CC BY-SA 3.0, source