If it's a beef cow, why worry about milking ability?

Good question, and there is a logical answer. A calf will grow and add weight based upon it's mothers ability to produce ample quantities of rich milk. Anyone who has ever seen a herd of British Whites knows that an abundance of rich milk is available for the baby calves. British White cows are excellent mothers, and even heifers with their first calf produce much rich milk.

British White cows have well set udders with a minimum of fatty tissue and medium sized teats that hold their shape. It is not uncommon to see 14 and 15 year old cows with udders tightly set and well shaped teats!

The British White breed has a docile temperament combined with a high intelligence. This makes them excellent to handle, which is particularly important when running bulls with dairy or beef herds.

All calves sired by a British White bull will usually be naturally polled, (except for a few with scurs), fine boned and distinctively colour marked. The calves are quite small at birth, but grown out at a tremendous rate. They adapt well to a bucket feeding system as well as suckling.