beef cattle
plural noun
: cattle developed primarily for the efficient production of meat and marked by capacity for rapid growth, heavy well-fleshed body, and stocky build
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The herd of hungry young polled beef cattle that had greeted them through the mist was moving closer, munching audibly amid the din of bells.
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Nell Zink, New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2025
The total herd of beef cattle was 28.7 million in July, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
—Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2025
Tim Woodhouse and his family have raised Black Angus beef cattle south of Genoa, a small village in Vernon County, for generations.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
But grazing on public lands sustains just 2% of the nation’s beef cattle while accounting for a vanishingly small proportion of the country’s agriculture industry.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 2 Dec. 2025
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Nell Zink, New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2025
The total herd of beef cattle was 28.7 million in July, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
—Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2025
Tim Woodhouse and his family have raised Black Angus beef cattle south of Genoa, a small village in Vernon County, for generations.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
But grazing on public lands sustains just 2% of the nation’s beef cattle while accounting for a vanishingly small proportion of the country’s agriculture industry.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Beef cattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beef%20cattle. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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