The Aubrac is a traditional breed of the Plateau de l'Aubrac in the Massif Central, which spans the modern départements of the Aveyron, the Cantal and the Lozère, in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie.

[4]: 114 Some limited cross-breeding took place in the twentieth century: with the Mézenc, now extinct, between 1935 and 1945; with the Maraîchine between 1945 and 1955; and with the Parthenaise between 1955 and 1975.

[6] The Aubrac is robust, frugal, fertile and long-lived, and is well adapted to the mountain environment of the Massif Central.

[5] It has a uniformly wheaten coat, ranging from a pale greyish white to a light brown tinged with orange-yellow.

[4]: 114 [3][5] The Aubrac was formerly reared as a draught and dairy animal, but is now raised principally for beef.