sentences:  Montbéliarde cattle are mainly a dairy breed, but have better beef characteristics than Holstein cattle.Nearly 400,000 milk recorded Montbéliarde cows are in France with an average adult lactation of 7,486 litres (1,647 imperial gallons; 1,978 liquid gallons) at 3.9% butterfat and 3.45% protein.The milk protein is of a type well suited to cheesemaking, and some herds are fed a hay-based diet to produce milk specifically for this purpose.