Why Angus?

Angus cattle are well known for their tender, flavorfull cuts of meet that please even the most discerning palette.  The breed now dominates the American market for that reason.  The tenderness and marbling of the Angus breed compared to other breeds make it the breed of choice.   DNA tests for marbling and tenderness clearly show the Angus breed in a lead position compared to other breeds.  In fact, for two of the specific genes, the Angus breed is #1 in tenderness as compared to other breeds and only surpassed by Japanese KOBE cattle in marbling.  (copy the specific charts from Margo Hayes website (http://www.lowline.com.au/LowlineFrq.T2.pdf, http://www.lowline.com.au/LowlineFrq.M1.pdf)

Angus History

When George Grant transported four Angus bulls from Scotland to the middle of the Kansas Prairie in 1873, they were part of the Scotsman's dream to found a colony of wealthy, stock-raising Britishers. Grant died five years later, and many of the settlers at his Victoria, Kans., colony later returned to their homeland. However, these four Angus bulls, probably from the herd of George Brown of Westertown, Fochabers, Scotland, made a lasting impression on the U.S. cattle industry.

When two of the George Grant bulls were exhibited in the fall of 1873 at the Kansas City, Mo., Livestock Exposition, some considered them freaks because of their polled (naturally hornless) heads and solid black color. Grant, a forward thinker, crossed the bulls with native Texas Longhorn cows, producing a large number of hornless black calves that survived well on the winter range. The Angus crosses wintered better and weighed more the next spring, the first demonstration of the breed's value in their new homeland.The first great herds of Angus beef cattle in America were built up by purchasing stock directly from Scotland. Twelve hundred cattle were imported, mostly to the Midwest, in a period of explosive growth between 1878 and 1883. Over the next quarter of a century these early owners helped start other herds by breeding, showing and selling their stock. heir registered stock.The American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association (name shortened in 1950s to American Angus Association) was founded in Chicago, Ill., on November 21, 1883, with 60 members. The growth of the association has paralleled the success of the Angus breed in America. In the first century of operation, more than 10 million head were recorded. The Association records more cattle each year than any other beef breed association, making it the largest beef breed registry association in the world.

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