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What are 5 types of beef cows?

Answer:

The five type of beef cows as far as breeding is concerned are the following:

Commercial
Purebred
Straightbred
Fullblood
Hybrid

If you're referring to "type" as in production status, they are:

Open
Dry Bred (or bred with no calf at side)
With calf at side
Cull/Slaughter
Young (around 2 to 4 years of age)

Note the lists above are only an example of the many names of types of beef cows that exist. Also note that "type" is much different from "breed," which include:

Angus
Charolais
Simmental
Hereford
Brahman

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