Cattle Classes
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| Bull | An adult male cattle beast that has its testicles.
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| TEASER BULL | A male that has had part of the spermatic cord (‘vas defrens’) removed so that it is infertile but can still mate with females.
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| Steer | A castrated male.
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| Bullock | A castrated male over 3 years of age
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| Cow | An adult female
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| Heifer | A young female before it has given birth
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| Springing cow/heifer | A female about to give birth
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| Newly calved cow/heifer | Female that has just given birth
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| Lactating | A cow that is producing milk
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| Dry cow | A cow that is not producing milk
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| Calf | A young cattle beast until it is weaned off milk
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| Nurse Cow | A female that is rearing calves
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| Suckler Cow | A female that is rearing a calf
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| Maternal Cattle | Are milking cows or nurse type cattle. They are principally bred for their milking ability
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| Production Characteristics | Are the traits in a breed that are specifically selected to increase the capability of the chosen trait
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| Beef Cattle | Meat production, animals are selected for marbling in the meat. For example: the Angus and Hereford breeds
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| Maternal sires | Sires whose major function is to sire daughters (often crossbreds) with outstanding genetic merit for reproductive and maternal traits
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| Weaner Calves | Calves that are not receiving milk
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| Store Cattle | Young stock that are not yet fattened. They can be up to 2 and 3 years old
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| R1 | These are between a weaner and one year old
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| R2 | These are between 1 year old and 2 year old and have not yet calved if female
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| Rig | An incompletely castrated male
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| Veal Calf | Are calves that are used for meat. They have only ever drunk milk
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| Bobby Calf | Refers to male or female calf that is going for meat. They are generally no more than one month old
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| Weaned | Taken off milk. The target weight is usually 75kg +
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| Terminal Sire | The offspring by these bulls usually go for slaughter
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