Well , the color is just the 1st step to getting one inspected to see if it qualifies for CAB. It is the marbling and rib eye area that makes Angus beef superior. The CAB program has done exactly what it was designed to do... encourage the use of Angus in commercial beef programs. When it was started in 1980, DNA testing trechnology was slow and expensive, so color was naturally the gate keeper. There may be a Simmental that is very far removed from Angus, that has the marbling, REA, etc, to qualify for CAB. and that's ok if some do make it. It hasn't hurt even one Angus producer out there. CAB has exponentially increased the amount of Angus used in beef cattle programs. And, while there may be a Herford or Charolais that has the marbling, etc, to score CAB, why in the world would the AAA allow that? Or want those cattle included? as far as I know, there are no laws, rules, or regulations preventing Hereford, Charolais, etc., breeders from getting their associations, to spend the millions on researching and identifying carcass qualities unique to those breeds, then spending millions on marketing to introduce the public to that beef, and convince them to pay extra for it. Actually, Hereford wouldn't have to. Black Herefords qualify to be inspected for CAB. A Black hereford is aty leat 5/8ths Hereford and no more than 2./8ths Angus. But, the black Herford association allows you toe breed a reg BH to a reg red Hereford, and if the calf is black it can be registered BH. There are more BHs out there now that are 96% red Hereford than the original 5/8ths- 3/8ths composite. At 96%, those BHs are more Herford than pb Simmentals and Charolais are Simm or Charolais. Speaking of Simmental. there are many people who raise Simms, and they get black calves, bwf, rwf, solid reds, and the original red & white Simms, Their commercial black or bwf, will fetch the CVAB premium. But, you don't hear any of them moaning and whining about " the evil CAB program". causing their red calves to be "docked". They know that if they want all of their calves to bring the premium, they just need to use homo for black bulls.