List of Australian and New Zealand cattle breeds

This is a list of cattle breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Australia and New Zealand. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

Name Notes Conservation status Image Alexandria Composite Australian Angus Australian Braford Australian Brangus Australian Charbray Australian Grey Australian Milking Zebu Australian Sahiwal Australian Shorthorn Australian White Beefmaker Belmont Red Campbell Island Cape Cattle feral population in Kanangra Boyd National Park Ciangus Darbalara extinct Droughtmaster Enderby Island Gulf Composite Greyman Kynuna Composite Mandalong Special Murray Grey New Zealand Jersey Red Angus Square Meater Tasmanian Grey Weebollabolla Shorthorn

References Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. . Archived 23 June 2020.

Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. .

Breed data sheet: New Zealand: cattle. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2025.

Breed data sheet: Australia: Cattle. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2025.

Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties (fifth edition). Wallingford: CABI. .