Re: Can beef cattle be male or female?

Regarding dairy cattle, we know that it would be "udderly" ridiculous for 
them to be male. Regarding beef cattle, however, they can be both male and 
female as explained by a rancher who does this for a living: Hi Glenn,
    Yes they are both used, however some of the females are retained as
replacement stock for the older less productive females in a herd.  This is
usually 10% to 20% of the total herd numbers are replaced each year. I
know some ranchers that purchase replacement females; we keep a percentage 
of the ones we raise.
    Hope this answers your question without too much muck to wade through.

Doug DesEnfants
DesEnfants Ranch
Torrington WY

Glenn Boyd