Galloway cattle

The Galloway breed has been in North America for over 150 years. Like the Angus, the Galloway is black and polled, although a few are dun-colored. Galloways originally were black, spotted, white-faced, red, dun, white and belted. Size of frame is similar to Angus but the conformation of the Galloway is more angular in shape.

Galloway cattle are a hardy hornless breed of beef cattle which take their names from the province of Galloway in southwestern Scotland, where the climate is damp and cloudy, the valleys are fertile, but the uplands are very rough.

The Galloway is today recognized as the oldest and purest breed of beef cattle from the British Isles. The Shorthorn breed tapped the Galloway gene pool to improve their stock, and subsequently the Angus breed tapped the Shorthorns for improvement.

Even though there are only minimal numbers of Galloway cattle today, there continues to be a significant number of dedicated Galloway breeders in America.
Galloway cattle