cattle beast

Noun

 * 1) An individual domesticated bovine animal; a singular form of the generalised plural cattle.
 * 2) * 1883, Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm, Guelph, Annual Report, Volume 8, |%22cattle+beasts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22cattle+beast%22|%22cattle+beasts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CAggT4nPOKTImQW1lOTODg&redir_esc=y 199,
 * To aim at breeding, raising, and fattening one cattle beast from every ten cultivated acres of the Province.
 * 1) * 1970, New Zealand Department of Agriculture, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 121, |%22cattle+beasts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22cattle+beast%22|%22cattle+beasts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CAggT4nPOKTImQW1lOTODg&redir_esc=y page xxvii,
 * Similarly, people describe their ideal cattle beast with terms such as depth of body, depth of twist, blocky,.
 * 1) * 2005, New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 65, |%22cattle+beasts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22cattle+beast%22|%22cattle+beasts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=igogT-HMJYXQmAWazsXXDg&redir_esc=ypage 80,
 * The system is dependent on producers, abattoirs, meat wholesalers and meat retailers recording and managing information on each cattle beast using a ten-digit individual identification number.
 * Similarly, people describe their ideal cattle beast with terms such as depth of body, depth of twist, blocky,.
 * 1) * 2005, New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 65, |%22cattle+beasts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22cattle+beast%22|%22cattle+beasts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=igogT-HMJYXQmAWazsXXDg&redir_esc=ypage 80,
 * The system is dependent on producers, abattoirs, meat wholesalers and meat retailers recording and managing information on each cattle beast using a ten-digit individual identification number.

Usage notes
The plural cattle beasts is used when referring to several individual beasts, while cattle is used when referring to a herd of them, collectively.