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| Blocky, beef breed. Colour can be white, solid or white-marked red, or roan. The Shorthorn is the only roan-coloured modern cattle breed |
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| black colour, polled head, compact and low set body, fine quality flesh, and high dressing percentage |
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| red with a white face and white markings, has been fixed for only a comparatively short time. The outstanding characteristics are uniformity of colour, early maturity, and ability to thrive under adverse conditions. |
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| Breed of Australian beef cattle. Its characteristic colour is grey, and the breed is known for its calving and milking ability, its gentle temperament, and its rapid natural growth rate. They are naturally polled and have proved adaptable (in part because of their dark skin pigmentation) to a number of climates. The breed has also been successfully crossed with Herefords, Bos Indicus, Shorthorns, Angus, Holstein-Friesians, and other breeds. |
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| A red strain in a breed known for polled head, compact and low-set body, fine quality flesh, and high dressing percentage. Particularly used for purposes of outcrossing and crossbreeding. |
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dual-purpose breed. Breeders sought a type that would fatten readily rather than be of extreme size - a high quality carcass. A good milk flow was also considered important in selecting breeding stock in the development of the breed |
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