Mature Cow Weight EBVs are calculated from weights taken on the cow when her calf’s weaning weight is being measured. It is estimated that over 40 different breeds of cattle can be traced back to the Shorthorn. Beef Shorthorn cows mated with Continental sires, and Beef Shorthorn bulls mated with cows of various breeds. In their herds the bulls Foljambe (263), Favorite (252), and Comet (155) were bred and used, and they also used the great bull Hubback. However, there’s a strain of Shorthorn that has been bred to be completely and consistently white!

The meat is well marbled with good flavour. In this way the analysis looks at the weight of the cow and the weight of the calf she produced. This breeding was said to have greatly impressed Mr. Bates, as he claimed she was the only living direct descendant of these famous bulls. Today Robert Bakewell is affectionately referred to, as the "Father of Animal Breeding" although in his time he was considered very eccentric and lacking in mental stability.