From the research

Why Shorthorns

The research behind the breed: crossbreeding trials, breed comparisons, the breeds built on Shorthorn, and what buyers have paid for them.

What supermarkets and feedlots have paid for Shorthorn

Here is what two big beef buyers overseas have paid for Shorthorn cattle, and what it tells us about the breed. Morrisons, United Kingdom In 2013 the UK supermarket Morrisons raised its bonus for Beef Shorthorn cattle to 30p/kg, against 10p/kg for other native breeds....

From Bonsmara to Santa Gertrudis: the breeds built on Shorthorn

If you farm Bonsmaras, you already farm a little Shorthorn. Before the Second World War the Department of Agriculture went looking for a beef animal that could produce in the hot, tick-ridden bushveld. The Afrikaner was hardy but slow to grow and to reach puberty; the...

Hybrid vigour in numbers: what the long-term trials found

We often say that Shorthorns put the vigour in your hybrids. Here are the numbers behind that, from some of the longest-running crossbreeding trials in the world. Shorthorn was one of the three breeds in most of them. Fort Robinson, Nebraska, 1957 to 1976 The USDA ran...

Shorthorn, Angus and Hereford: what the 2026 breed comparison says

Every year the US Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) at Clay Center, Nebraska, publishes its across-breed EPD adjustment factors. They exist so that a breeder can put an Angus bull’s EPDs and a Shorthorn or Charolais bull’s on the same scale. Along the way they give...

Shorthorn carcases on top in Australia

Carcase competitions are a fair test: the judges see the cattle on the hook, not in the ring. Australian Shorthorn breeders have had a good few years of them. 2020-21 Southern Grassfed Carcase Classic: out of 1 354 entries, in what is understood to be the largest...

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