Cattle breeds

Euro Cieleta buys quality dairy and beef calves for the Polish market. This guide helps foreign suppliers and buyers understand the genetics we commonly source and what matters when offering calves for Poland. Each profile covers the type of animal, how it is typically used, what we look for in a lot and which countries it usually comes from.

Dairy and dual-purpose breeds

Black-and-white Holstein Friesian calf lying on the ground — Holstein Friesian
the main dairy breed; heifers for replacement, bull calves for fattening

Brown Swiss (Braunvieh) calf resting in a meadow — Brown Swiss
robust, long-lived dairy and dual-purpose cattle

Group of Montbéliarde calves on pasture — Montbéliarde
French dairy breed with a stronger beef frame

Normande calf standing on grass — Normande
French dual-purpose breed, milk and beef

Two Jersey calves with ear tags in a barn — Jersey
small dairy breed, mainly for dairy replacement

Simmental (Fleckvieh) calf on pasture — Simmental (Fleckvieh)
dual-purpose, widespread in Central Europe

Beef breeds

Limousin calf lying in grass — Limousin
muscular French beef genetics with a usable finishing frame

Charolais calf on pasture — Charolais
large-framed French beef breed

Blonde d’Aquitaine calf in tall grass — Blonde d’Aquitaine
tall, lean, late-maturing French beef type

Belgian Blue calf resting on straw in a pen — Belgian Blue
extreme muscling and dressing percentage

Black Angus calf in a farm enclosure — Aberdeen Angus
early-maturing, easy-handling British beef breed

Hereford calf portrait with red body and white face — Hereford
hardy and docile British beef breed

Piemontese cow with a bell walking on an alpine slope — Piemontese
lean, muscular Italian beef breed

Salers calf resting on straw — Salers
hardy breed from the Auvergne

Aubrac cow with her calf on pasture — Aubrac
rustic French beef breed from the Massif Central

Crossbreeds

Piedmontese-Hereford crossbred beef calf — Beef-dairy and beef crossbreeds
how crosses are described, bought and placed

Weights we buy

Dairy calves 52–90 kg, starter calves 110–150 kg, and weaned or stocker calves 220–350 kg (beef breeds only). More on how we buy.

Become a supplier

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Breed photographs are from Wikimedia Commons under free licences (CC BY-SA or public domain); the author and licence are shown on each breed page.