Do beef cattle have udders?

Question

There is a farm we saw on the way home from a trip, and they had udders, an we were unsure if they were dairy cows or beef cattle.

Answer 1

Cattle are either bred for their for their meat, to produce milk, or for their hide. All cows (mature female of cattle of the genus Bos.) have udders. Bulls are male cattle. If you see cattle and don't see udders, you're looking at a bull. Just as if you're looking at a large deer, and you don't see antlers, you're looking at doe. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Yes female beef cattle have udders to feed their calves. I am not sure how much of their mothers milk they are allowed to have. Since they are being raised for beef they may be getting some special feed. I lived on a beef farm when I was a little girl and none of the females were used for commercial milk supply. Come to think of it , a lot of the beef farms around where I live allow the calves to be out in the pasture with their mothers to feed as they want. I have worked on a dairy farm and the calves were only allowed to have the "first mik" or colostrum from their mothers because of its high nutritional content. After that the calves were given a powdered milk mixed with water so the mothers milk could be sold. Fact is, if you are a female mammal you have "udders".

Answer 3

i raise beef cattle and yes they do have udders that how the calfs survive. if beef cows didn't have udders the calfs would starve since they would get no nutrition. dairy calves are not allowed to nurse on there mothers since if they did you would have no milk to sell to stores.

Answer 4

Most beef is taken from sterilized males (steers). Only a few intact males (bulls) are kept for breeding. The females all have udders, and are used as dairy cows. They have to be bred periodically to produce milk.

Answer 5

Well common sense will tell you that in order for the calves to survive they need to be fed so yes they also have udders like a dairy cow but they are not breed for milk but for beef..

Answer 6

All female cows of any type have udders. The udders are like our human breasts and supply the baby animal with milk which it sucks from any one of the four udder teats, or nipples- lots of milk in there!
Just in case you didn't know, cows are mammals, as are we, and all mammals feed their babies milk from a breast of some kind. The word "mammal" comes from the word "mammary" or "breast" in the ancient language of Latin which so much of our own language comes from.

Answer 7

All cattle have utters, dairy and beef. Even bulls and steers have small ones.

Answer 8

Okay female cows have udders.Male cows are Bulls. No udders... No matter if they milk the females or slaughter them they all have udders.I hope this helps u.

Answer 9

if they are cows yes ,they also have babies (calves)
believe it or not

if it did not have udders you have been looking at bulls ,was their a big pink thing hanging between it s back legs ????

Answer 10

So far as i know, most beef in this country comes from steer. That is neutered males. unneutered as called bulls. Therefore I on't think they would have udder. Guess you saw yourself a herd of milkers.