Steers, steer calves, yearling bulls, bull calves, bullocks, or calves.
Steers and bullocks are castrated male bovines that are castrated after birth or at weaning. Bulls are intact male bovines, and range from being calves, yearlings, or mature animals.
Chat with our AI personalities
Adult male cattle that are intact are called bulls. Adult male cattle, though more rare, that are castrated, are called steers. Oxen are another term for adult male cattle used for draught work.
Young male cattle are called "bull calves" or simply "calves." They are usually not yet sexually mature and are raised for beef production or as breeding animals.
A young male horse is called a colt.
Young females are called heifers, when they are older they are cows. Before they are heifers, they and the males also are calves. If the male can't reproduce it is a steer. If the male can it is classified as a bull.
Cattle are not called steers, rather steers are called cattle, when loosely referring to more than one steer or indiscriminate bovine. Steers are cattle because cattle are a collection of bovines that include steers, as well as cows, heifers, bulls and calves. However, cattle can be called steers if these cattle are specifically castrated male bovines, but cattle should not be called steers if they are not specifically and only castrated male bovines.
A young female cat is called a "kitten."
A young male ox is typically called a bullock.