Know Your Terms

If you want to impress the guests at your next dinner party, drop some cow-sense on 'em!

A bull is a male cow of any age that has not been castrated. 

A  steer is a male cow of any age that HAS been castrated.

A heifer is a female cow that has not yet had a baby. 

Here's where it gets complicated! 

Cow is a general term for all animals of the species Bos Taurus, regardless of sex or age. But "cow" is also a technical term for a female that has had at least one baby. 

There. Now you know. Knowledge is power! Use it wisely.