Belted Galloway

The Belted Galloway is a traditional Scottish breed of beef cattle. It derives from the Galloway cattle of the Galloway region of south-western Scotland, and was established as a separate breed in 1921. It is adapted to living on the poor upland pastures and windswept moorlands of the region. The exact origin of the breed is unclear, although the white belt for which they are named, and which distinguishes the breed from black Galloway cattle, is often surmised to be the result of cross-breeding with the similarly-coloured Dutch Lakenvelder breed.

Belted Galloway
Bull close to Bishopstone, near Salisbury
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk: 143 
  • RBST (2019): not listed
  • Livestock Conservancy: recovering
Other names
  • Beltie
  • Sheeted Galloway
  • White-middled Galloway
Country of originScotland
Distributionworld-wide
Use
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    750–1000 kg: 129 
  • Female:
    450–600 kg: 129 
Coatblack with broad white stripe around middle
Horn statuspolled

The cattle are reared principally for beef; they may also be kept for ornament or for conservation grazing or vegetation management.

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