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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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