The Hungarian Grey, also known as the Hungarian Grey Steppe, is a Hungarian breed of beef cattle. It belongs to the group of Podolic cattle and is characterised by long lyre-shaped horns and a pale grey coat. It is well adapted to extensive pasture systems and was formerly raised in very large numbers in the Hungarian puszta. In the twentieth century it came close to extinction, but numbers have since risen.
In the Mekszikópuszta [hu] in western Hungary
In Hortobágy National Park, in the Puszta of Hortobágy in eastern Hungary
Gulyás herdsmen with Hungarian Grey cattle, lithograph by Sterio Károly [hu] (1821–1862)
Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production. The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef.
In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf operations, backgrounding, and feedlot operations. The production cycle of the animals starts at cow-calf operations; this operation is designed specifically to breed cows for their offspring. From here the calves are backgrounded for a feedlot. Animals grown specifically for the feedlot are known as feeder cattle, the goal of these animals is fattening. Animals not grown for a feedlot are typically female and are commonly known as replacement heifers.
While the principal use of beef cattle is meat production, other uses include leather, and beef by-products used in candy, shampoo, cosmetics, and insulin.
A young bull of the Blonde d'Aquitaine breed.
Japanese wagyu bull on a farm north of Kobe
Cattle in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso