The American Red Angus Association offers several marketing and informational pieces about Red Angus cattle. We invite you to visit these links to learn more about our breed and how it can help you!

For more information about Red Angus cattle, visit the American Red Angus Association web site at www.redangus.org

   In 1954, seven innovative breeders chose to use Red Angus to establish the industry's first performance registry. Throughout its history, the Red Angus Association of America has maintained this objective focus and has earned a well deserved reputation for leadership and innovation.

What makes Red Angus so popular in the commercial beef industry? Red Angus breeders continue to make choices that positively affect the beef industry, ignoring short term "fads" and focusing on producing a beef animal that meets the demands of purebred breeders and commercial cattleman.
 
  Red Angus cattle offer many desirable traits for any cattleman, including:
  • Maternal excellence - Red angus cattle are easy calvers who produce high volumes of milk, are excellent mothers, and wean heavy, healthy calves.
  • Fertility - Reproduction is the number one factor that influences profitability. The number and value of the calves on the ground at the end of calving season represents the potential economic return you will receive from your herd bull investment. Red Angus breeders have focused on increasing the performance of their cattle, but have not lost sight of the importance of calving ease. As a result, the genetic trends of Red Angus show a strong increase in growth with only a negligible change in birth weight. Red Angus cows are early maturing, easy breeders who deliver live, vigorous calves and breed back within a very short time.
  • Disposition - No one wants to be chased across their farm by an unruly animal. The gentle dispositions of Red Angus cattle make them a pleasure to own and work with regardless of your age, location or facility set up. Red Angus replacement females are moderately framed, easy calving and easy fleshing. Because of their gentle dispositions, many youngsters enjoy working with Red Angus cattle in junior projects through 4-H and FFA.
  • Heat Tolerance - Red Angus cattle are well adapted for hot climates. The red color reflects sunlight better than black. The absence of cancer eye, sunburned udders, and the insect resistance of Red Angus make them well suited for areas of the world that require heat tolerance.
  • Efficiency (grass & grain) - Because Red Angus have maintained a moderate frame size they can produce ideal carcasses at industry acceptable weights whether they are backgrounded or go straight into a feedyard. In addition, Red Angus are considered trouble free cattle in the feedyard; they start easily on feed and have outstanding appetites. The quiet disposition of Red Angus cattle is especially appreciated by feedyard managers. Research and experience has shown that mild disposition cattle usually have higher average daily gains and lower incidence of dark cutters. On the rail, the carcasses consistently meet industry demands.

Due to numerous natural advantages, "Angus" serves as the common denominator in crossbreeding programs throughout the country. When you are getting ready to invest in a herd sire or replacement females, invest in the future. Red Angus meet the demands of today's cattle industry and offer the greatest number of advantages for profit minded producers.

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