List of Cattle Breeds

Cattle are one of the most important sources of animal protein in the world. Beef (meat of cattle) is consumed in virtually all the countries in the world. There are numerous cattle breeds across the globe. There are beef cattle; dairy cattle; and dual-purpose cattle.

The beef cattle breeds are primarily for meat (beef) production.
The dairy cattle breeds are basically for milk production.
The dual-purpose breeds can be used for both beef and milk production. There are some cattle or cow breeds that can be raised for both beef and milk. They have body conformation for meat and milk.

There are also draft or draught cattle breeds, and these cattle are used basically as beasts of burden, used to pull farm tools like the plough, harrow, seed planter, etc. Bulls are mostly used for this and they are usually very strong.

List of popular cattle breeds across the world are presented in the table below:

List of Cattle Breeds

S/N	Cattle Breed	Origin	Purpose
1	Abondance	France	Milk; Beef
2	Adaptaur	Australia	Beef
3	Afrikaner	South Africa	Beef
4	Agerolese	Italy	Milk
5	Alambadi	India	Draught
6	Albera	France; Spain	Beef
7	American Milking Devon	United States	Milk; Beef; Draught
8	Anatolian Black	Turkey	Milk; Beef; Draught
9	Andalusian Black	Spain	Beef
10	Angus	Scotland	Beef
11	Ankole-Watusi	East Africa	Milk; Beef; Draught
12	Argentine Criollo	Argentina	Milk; Beef
13	Armorican	France	Milk; Beef
14	Arouquesa	Portugal	Milk; Beef
15	Asturian Valley	Spain	Milk; Beef
16	Aubrac	France	Milk; Beef
17	Australian Braford	Australia	Beef
18	Ayrshire	Scotland	Milk
19	Bargur	India	Milk; Draught
20	Barzona	United States	Beef
21	Bazadaise	France	Beef
22	Belgian Blue	Belgium	Milk; Beef
23	Belgian Red	Belgium	Milk; Beef
24	Belmont Red	Australia	Beef
25	Belted Galloway	Scotland	Beef
26	Blaarkop	Netherlands	Milk
27	Black Hereford	England	Beef
28	Blonde d’Aquitaine	France	Beef
29	Boran	Eastern Africa	Beef
30	Brahman	India	Milk; Beef; Draught
31	Brangus	United States	Beef
32	Braunvieh	Switzerland	Milk; Beef
33	Brava	France	Beef
34	Brown Swiss	India	Milk; Beef; Draught
35	Burlina	Italy	Milk
36	Busa	Dinaric Alps	Milk; Beef; Draught
37	Cachena	Portugal/Spain	Milk; Beef; Draught
38	Camargue	France	Beef; Draught; sport
39	Canadian Speckle Park	Canada	Beef
40	Canadienne	Canada	Milk; Beef
41	Canchim	Brazil	Beef
42	Caracu	Brazil	Milk; Beef; Draught
43	Casta	France	Milk; Beef
44	Charolais	France	Beef; Draught
45	Chianina	Italy	Beef; Draught
46	Chinese Black Pied	China	Milk
47	Corriente	Spain	Milk; Beef; Draught; sport
48	Corsican	France	Beef
49	Dangi	India	Milk; Draught
50	Danish Red	Denmark	Milk; Beef
51	Deoni	India
52	Devon	England	Milk; Beef
53	Dexter	Ireland	Milk; Beef
54	Dhanni	Pakistan	Milk; Beef; Draught
55	Droughtmaster	Australia	Beef
56	Dutch Belted	Netherlands	Milk; Beef
57	English Longhorn	England	Milk; Beef
58	Evolene	Switzerland	Milk
59	Finn	Finland	Milk; Beef
60	Fjall	Sweden	Milk; Beef
61	Fleckvieh	Austria	Milk; Beef
62	Florida Cracker	United States	Beef
63	French Simmental	France	Milk; Beef
64	Galloway	Scotland	Beef; Draught
65	Gangatiri	India	Milk; Draught
66	Gaolao	India	Milk; Draught
67	Gascon	France	Beef; Draught
68	Gelbvieh	Germany	Milk; Beef; Draught
69	German Angus	Germany	Beef
70	Gir	India	Dairy
71	Glan	Germany	Milk; Beef; Draught
72	Gloucester	England	Milk; Beef; Draught
73	Greek Shorthorn	Greece	Milk; Beef
74	Halikar	India	Draught
75	Haryana	India	Milk; Draught
76	Hays Converter	Canada	Beef
77	Heck	Germany	Science
78	Hereford	England	Beef
79	Herens	Switzerland	Beef; cow fighting
80	Highland	Scotland	Beef
81	Hinterwald	Germany	Milk; Beef
82	Holando-Argentino	Argentina	Milk; Beef
83	Holstein Friesian	Netherlands	Milk
84	Hungarian Grey	Hungary	Beef; Draught
85	Icelandic	Iceland	Milk
86	Illawarra	Australia	Milk; Beef
87	Irish Moiled	Ireland	Milk; Beef
88	Istoben	Kirov region	Milk; Beef
89	Jamaica Hope	Jamaica	Milk
90	Jersey	Channel Islands	Milk
91	Jutland	Denmark	Milk; Beef
92	Kankrej	India	Draught
93	Kangayam	India	Draught
94	Kazakh Whiteheaded	Kazakhstan; Russia	Milk; Beef
95	Kenkatha	India	Draught
96	Kerry	Ireland	Milk; Beef
97	Kherigarh	India	Draught
98	Khillari	India	Draught
99	Kostroma	Russia	Milk; Beef
100	Krishna Valley	India	Milk; Draught
101	Kuri	Africa	Milk; Beef; Draught
102	Lourdais	France	Milk; Beef; Draught
103	Lowline	Australia	Beef
104	Luing	Scotland	Beef
105	Lohani	Pakistan	Beef; Draught
106	Lithuanian Red	Lithuania	Beef
107	Lincoln Red	United Kingdom	Beef
108	Limousin	France	Beef; Draught
109	Limia	Spain	Milk; Beef; Draught
110	Lebedyn	Ukraine	Milk
111	Latvian Brown	Latvia	Milk; Beef
112	Madura	Indonesia	Milk; Beef; Draught; racing
113	Maine-Anjou	France	Milk; Beef; Draught
114	Malnad Gidda	India	Milk; Draught
115	Malvi	India	Draught
116	Marchigiana	Italy	Beef; Draught
117	Maremmana	Italy	Milk; Beef; Draught
118	Maronesa	Portugal	Milk; Beef; Draught
119	Mewati	India	Milk; Draught
120	Milking Shorthorn	Great Britain	Milk; Beef
121	Mirandesa	Portugal	Beef; Draught
122	Mongolian	China	Beef; Draught
123	Montbéliarde	France	Milk; Beef
124	Murboden	Austria	Milk; Beef; Draught
125	Murnau-Werdenfels	Germany	Milk
126	Murray Grey	Australia	Beef
127	Nagori	India	Draught
128	N’dama	Guinea	Milk; Beef
129	Nelore	India	Beef; Draught
130	Nguni	Africa	Milk; Beef
131	Nimari	India	Draught
132	Normande	France	Milk; Beef
133	Norwegian Red	Norway	Milk; Beef
134	Ongole	India	Beef; Draught
135	Pajuna	Spain	Beef; Draught
136	Pantaneiro	Brazil	Beef; Milk
137	Parthenais	France	Beef; Draught
138	Pembroke	Wales	Milk; Beef
139	Pie Rouge des Plaines	France	Milk
140	Piedmontese	Italy	Milk; Beef
141	Pinzgauer	Austria	Milk; Beef
142	Pirenaica	Spain	Beef; Draught
143	Podolica	Italy	Milk; Beef; Draught
144	Polish Red	Poland	Milk; Beef; Draught
145	Ponwar	India	Draught
146	Punganur	India	Milk; Beef; Draught
147	Pustertaler Sprinzen	Italy	Beef
148	Ramo Grande	Portugal	Milk; Beef; Draught
149	Randall	United States	Milk; Beef; Draught
150	Rathi	India	Milk; Draught; domestic
151	Red Angus	Scotland	Milk; Beef
152	Red Kandhari	India	Draught; domestic
153	Red Poll	England	Milk; Beef
154	Red Sindhi	India/Pakistan	Milk; Beef
155	Ringamala	Sweden	Milk
156	Romagnola	Italy	Beef; Draught
157	Romosinuano	Colombia	Beef
158	Rubia Gallega	Spain	Milk; Beef
159	Sahiwal	India	Milk
160	Santa Gertrudis	United States	Beef
161	Sayaguesa	Spain	Beef; Draught
162	Senepol	Caribbean Island	Beef
163	Shetland	Scotland	Beef; Draught
164	Shorthorn	England	Beef
165	Simmental	Switzerland	Milk; Beef; Draught
166	Siri	Bhutan	Milk; Draught
167	Sokoto Gudali	Nigeria	Milk; Beef
168	South Devon	England	Milk; Beef
169	Southern Yellow	China; Vietnam; Taiwan	Milk
170	Spanish Fighting Bull	Spain	Beef; sport
171	Square Beefer	Australia	Beef
172	Sussex	England	Beef
173	Swedish Red	Sweden	Milk
174	Tarentaise	France	Milk; Beef
175	Telemark	Norway	Milk; Beef
176	Texas Longhorn	United States	Milk; Beef
177	Tharparkar	India	Milk; Draught
178	Tswana	Botswana	Milk; Beef
179	Tudanca	Spain	Milk; Beef; Draught
180	Tux	Austria	Milk
181	Tyrolese Grey	Austria	Milk; Beef
182	Ukrainian Grey	Ukraine	Domestic
183	Umblachery	India	Draught
184	Vaynol	Scotland	Beef
185	Vechur	India	Milk
186	Vorderwald	Germany	Milk; Beef
187	Welsh Black	Wales	Beef
188	White Fulani	Nigeria	Milk; Beef
189	White Park	United Kingdom	Milk; Beef
190	Whitebred Shorthorn	United Kingdom	Beef
191	Yakutian	Russia	Milk; Beef; Draught
192	Yanbian	China	Draught
193	Yurino	Ukraine	Domestic

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Africander	Boran	Sudanese Fulani	Oropa	Kerry	Sussex
Akaushi	Bordelais	Galician Blond	Ovambo	Kherigarh	Swedish Friesian
Alberes	Braford	Galloway	Parthenais	Khillari	Swedish Red And White
Alentejana	Brahman	Gaolao	Philippine Native	Kholmogory	Swedish Red Polled
Allmogekor	Brahmousin	Gascon	Pied Montese	Kilis	Tarentaise
American	Brangus	Gelbray	Pinzgauer	Krishna Valley	Telemark
American Whitepark	Braunvieh	Gelbvieh	Polish Red	Kurdi	Texas Longhorn
Amerifax	British White	German Angus	Polled Hereford	Kuri	Texon
Amritmahal	Brown Swiss	German Redpied	Polled Highland	Latvian Brown	Tharparkar
Anatolianblack	Busa	Gir	Ponwar	Limousin	Tswana
Andalusian Black	Cachena	Glan	Qinchuan	Limpurger	Tuli
Andalusian Grey	Canadienne	Gloucester	Rath	Lincoln Red	Turkish Grey Steppe
Angeln	Canaryisland	Gobra	Rathi	Lithuanianred	Ukrainian Beef
Angus	Canchim	Greek Shorthorn	Ratien Gray	Lohani	Ukrainian Grey
Ankole	Carinthianblond	Greek Steppe	Red Angus	Lourdais	Ukrainian Whitehead
Ankolewatusi	Caucasian	Groninge	Red Brangus	Luing	Umblachery
Argentine Criollo Cattle	Channi	Groningen	Red Pied Friesian	Madagascar Zebu	Ural Blackpied
Asturian Mountain	Charbray	Gudali	Red Poll	Maine-Anjou	Vestland Fjord
Asturian Valley	Charolais	Guernsey	Red Polled Ostland	Malvi	Vestland Red Polled
Aubrac	Chianina	Guzerat	Red Sindhi	Mandalong	Vestlarp
Aulieata	Chinampo	Hallikar	Red Steppe	Marchigiana	Vosges
Australian Braford	Chinese Black Andwhite	Hariana	Red Fulani	Maremmana	Wagyu
Australian Friesian Sahiwal	Cholistani	Harton	Reggiana	Marky	Welsh Black
Australian Lowline	Corriente	Hays Converter	Retinta	Masai	Whitepark
Australian Milking Zebu	Costeño Con Cuernos	Hereford	Rojhan	Mashona	Xinjiang Brown
Ayrshire	Dajal	Herens	Romagnola	Maure	Yanbian
Azaouak	Damascus	Highland	Romosinuano	Mazandarani
Bachaur	Damietta	Hinterwald	Rpostlan	Meuserhineyssel
Baladi	Dangi	Holando Argentino	Russian Black Pied	Mewati
Baltata Romaneasca	Danish Jersey	Holstein	Rx3	Miniature Zebu
Barka	Danish Red	Horro	Sahiwal	Milking Devon
Barzona	Deoni	Hungarian Grey	Salers	Milking Shorthorn
Bazadais	Devon	Icelandic	Salorn	Mirandesa
Bearnais	Dexter	Illawarra	Sanhe	Modicana
Beefalo	Dhanni	Indo Brazilian	Sanmartinero	Mongolian
Beef Maker	Djali	Irish Moiled	Santacruz	Montbeliard
Beef Master	Dolafe	Israeli Holstein	Santa Gertrudis	Morucha
Belarus Red	Drought Master	Israeli Red	Sarabi	Murboden
Belgian Blue	Dulong	Istoben	Senepol	Murray Grey
Belgian Red	Dutch Belted	Jamaica Black	Sharabi	Muturu
Belmont Adaptaur	Dutch Friesian	Jamaica Hope	Shetland	Nagori
Belmont Red	East Anatolian Red	Jamaica Red	Shorthorn	Nanyang
Belted Galloway	Enderby Island	Jaulan	Siboney	Ndama
Bengali	English Longhorn	Jersey	Simbrah	Nelore
Berrendas	Estonian Red	Kangayam	Simmental	Nguni
Bhagnari	Evolene	Kankrej	Sindhi	Nimari
Blanca Cacerena	Fighting Bull	Karan Fries	Siri	Normande
Blanco Orejinegro	Finnish	Karan Swiss	Sloveniancika	Norwegian Red
Blonded Aquitaine	Fjall	Kazakh	South Devon	Ongole
Bonsmara	Florida Cracker	Kenwariya	Blacksided Trondheim And Norland	Ormaboran