Highland Cattle Society

Welcome to the Society's webpage which we hope will enable regular users to get to where they want to be with the fewest clicks and make it easy for new visitors to find the information they need quickly.

Use our Database Search. Click to search for members' addresses, cattle pedigrees and useful information about individual animals. Also on this page is a full list of animal registration fees.

Highland Cattle

The highland breed of cattle has a long and distinguished ancestry, not only in its homeland of western Scotland, but also in many far-flung parts of the world. One of Britain's oldest, most distinctive, and best known breeds, with a long, thick, flowing coat of rich hair and majestic sweeping horns, the Highlander has remained largely unchanged over the centuries. Written records go back to the 18th century and the Highland Cattle Herd Book, first published in 1885, lists pedigrees since that time.

New folds, as herds of Highlanders are known, are founded every year both at home and abroad and in recent years Highland Cattle societies have been started in Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Holland, Finland, France, Switzerland and Norway and there are also Highlanders in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Estonia, USA, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Poland, and the Faroe Islands. In the British Isles folds are found from the furthest south to the extreme north on many different types of ground varying from the slopes of the Sussex Downs, the fenlands of East Anglia, to the windswept machars of the Outer Hebrides

Latest News

Oban Sale Catalogue

Available to download

Society announces new Sponsor

Partnership with Osmonds

Ceilidh Tickets now available

Oban Show & Sale Ceilidh

Show & Sale of Native Bred Cattle

Caledonian Marts - Stirling Livestock Centre