White-faced
Having a white face on a coloured body, as in the Hereford, a trait passed strongly to crossbred calves.
Also: baldy, white face, white-headed
White-faced cattle have a white head and often white on the neck, belly and legs, with the rest of the body coloured. The Hereford of England is the best known white-faced breed, red with a white face, and the Simmental and the Groningen Whiteheaded of the Netherlands also carry white heads. The trait is dominant, so a Hereford crossed with an Angus usually gives a black calf with a white face, known in North America and Australia as a black baldy. Ranchers have long used these marks to tell crossbred calves at a glance. A white face is distinct from the pied and belted patterns, though one animal can show more than one.