How to Use beef cattle in a Sentence

beef cattle

plural noun
  • Over the years, the farm has had sheep, pigs, chickens, and some beef cattle, Cann said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2021
  • In 2011, the farm switch to corn, soybeans, wheat, beef cattle and hay.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Their father was a rancher strapped for money while trading milk and beef cattle.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2019
  • This may explain why younger cows and beef cattle have been unaffected.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Corn is a desirable crop to feed lactating cows and growing beef cattle.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 18 June 2019
  • Across the country, there are 9 million dairy cows and 64 million beef cattle.
    — Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, beef cattle stocks are currently at a 75-year low and trending downward.
    — Anthony Pahnke, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The state also is home to about 4,500 beef cattle, the service also notes.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Although no people or animals were harmed, the farm was home to beef cattle, sheep and goats, according to the post.
    — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Huckabay has shown plenty of livestock in the past, including breeding beef cattle, steers and lambs.
    — Jacob McAdams, Houston Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The couple has owned Skippy for about two years, according to the release, and works with their beef cattle.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Dairy products and beef cattle are the leading source of income for farms in Arizona, Dugan said.
    — Alyssa Stoney, azcentral, 7 Apr. 2020
  • And emissions from dairy and beef cattle account for more than 30%, a significant slice of the pie.
    — Lisa Held, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2021
  • More than 5,000 dairy and beef cattle occupy about a third of the national seashore.
    — Matthew Polvorosa Kline, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Dana said beef cattle have been a cornerstone of the operation since the beginning.
    — Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The Yuma area is a major producer of winter greens, melons, dates, wheat and beef cattle.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
  • Surprising to many is that Florida is beef cattle country.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Anglin of Bentonville owns and operates a beef cattle farm with her husband, Ryan, and their sons.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The hope is that studies conducted over the next five years will not find any negative effects on cows, their milk or, in the case of beef cattle, their meat.
    — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
  • The compound has been shown to reduce emissions by an average of 30% in dairy cows and 45% in beef cattle.
    — Josh Ulick, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The Gibbs family continued to operate the farm and raise beef cattle there for the next 50 years.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 29 June 2020
  • Go to the farm exhibit building to see dairy and beef cattle being shown at noon today; swine, sheep and goats will be shown at noon Saturday.
    — Donna Freedman, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Kebreab’s lab fed 21 beef cattle feed laced with seaweed powder with their heads inside a machine that measured the amount of methane in their breath.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The name, which has been rarely used as a team moniker, is a reference to Brahman beef cattle, which are known, among other things, for their tolerance to heat.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Drowning in debt, and now having to auction off dairy equipment, the Krocaks are going to farm organic crops, beef cattle and hogs.
    — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The beef cattle are tolerating the heat probably much better than the farmers doing the chores to make sure the cattle are fed and have plenty of water to drink.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Experior is a feed supplement for beef cattle that reduces ammonia gas emissions.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
  • To the average person, comparing bison to beef cattle is different.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Her brother, Dan, and her sister-in-law, Madlyn, also live in the family house and raise beef cattle on the property.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland.com, 20 June 2019
  • At around 200 acres these days, the Hardesty family raises Angus beef cattle and grows corn, soybeans and hay.
    — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2022

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