For all calculations made here, the dairy cattle livestock populations include only milk-producing mature dairy cows; calves, heifers, breeding steers, and any other dairy cattle 'replacements' are categorized with meat/other cattle.
Angus: 1,658 Angus steers were produced by breeding registered Angus bulls to commercial cows at the Circle A Ranch in Iberia, MO (N =527), at the MFA Incorporated (N =224), Iowa State University (N =41), or were sourced from producers located throughout Missouri (N =866).
Quick aside for those of you 4H nerds writing me an email right now: I know there is a difference between a cow (female), steer (neutered male), and bull (breeding male) but, I'm writing for the masses, not you farm nerds, so I'm using cow colloquially.
Female elephant seals often steer clear of the appointed beach during breeding season, sticking to the high seas where they mate on the sly.
Camel stocks were in four classes of heifers (before age at first calving), steers (up to 4 years of age), breeding females and breeding males.
Compared to the pastoral production system, the peri-urban system exhibited greater market integration with more milk marketing opportunities, 2.4 times more (25.8% vs 62.8%) steer sales and 2.2 times more heifer purchases for breeding (12.3% vs 27.5%).
She (or "he" for a steer) should look more feminine and refined than a bull of her breeding.
They are steered toward farms where they eat pests that bother other animals, and are used for breeding, to turn compost, to keep grass down and as pets.
