unbranded

[ uhn-bran-did ]

/ ʌnˈbræn dɪd /

not branded or marked to show ownership: an unbranded calf.

Commerce. carrying no brand or trademark of a manufacturer: unbranded canned foods.

Origin of unbranded

First recorded in 1635–45; un-¹ + brand + -ed², -ed³

A maverick is an unbranded calf that has been weaned and shifts for itself.

The Light of Western Stars |Zane Grey
All the other cattle owners did, so Maverick claimed all unbranded stock.

The Trail Boys on the Plains |Jay Winthrop Allen
Only a month old and unbranded, of course, when your father and Warrigal managed to bone the old mare.

Robbery Under Arms |Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
Then there's a bunch of wild, unbranded yearlings, probably twenty or thirty, over on that pasture by the cliffs.

David Lannarck, Midget |George S. Harney

The title to many of these colts, branded and unbranded, was very much mixed up, and indeed still in the Courts.

Ranching, Sport and Travel |Thomas Carson