Origins and history
Welsh Black cattle are a native British breed from the mountain and hill country of Wales and are descended from the cattle of pre-Roman Britain. Roman literature refers to them as the “Celtic Ox”. There were originally two distinct strains of Welsh Black regarded as dual-purpose animals, the compact and sturdy North Wales type and the larger, rangier South Wales type. Successful intermingling of these two types over the last 100 years has resulted in an optimum sized animal with the emphasis on beef production.

Global growth
Welsh Black cattle are now established throughout the UK, and there are herds in Canada, the USA, Germany and New Zealand.

Australian Welsh Blacks
First imported into Australia from New Zealand in 1984, there are now breeders in Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania. Genetics have been imported into Australia from Wales, New Zealand and Canada as semen and embryos.

Breed performance
For cross breeding, the Welsh Black bull and the Welsh Black cow offer a quick-growing calf that will produce a quality carcass at today’s preferred weight.

Why Welsh Blacks?
Welsh Black cattle are a fast growing British Breed, both in rate of gain and weight for age, and their excellent feed conversion achieves this more economically than most.