Brangus

Brangus are three-eighths Brahman and five-eighths Angus, fixed at that ratio and bred to each other rather than recreated from the parent breeds each generation. The work started at the USDA station in Jeanerette, Louisiana in 1932 and the association was formed in 1949.

The point of the ratio is that it keeps most of the Brahman's heat tolerance, insect resistance and longevity while keeping enough Angus for marbling, calving ease and a polled, black-hided calf.

They suit the Gulf Coast, the Southeast and anywhere the summer is the limiting factor.

The trade is that a fixed fraction is a compromise by design. A Brangus will not tolerate heat as well as a purebred Brahman and will not marble as well as a purebred Angus, and if your climate does not actually require the Brahman half, you are paying for it anyway.