Anyone ever use this feed ?

[skyhightree1]

I bought 27 bags of this feed to try it out does anyone ever use this ss beef and stock feed?

 

[Bigfoot]

Is that the product Southern States calls beef extender? If it is, I wasn't blown away by it.

 

[tom4018]

They sell one here call Beef Extender that is a commodity blend pellet, seems ok but they got high on it in bags. Bulk was a decent price. Slightly different fat and protein.

 

[dryfork2]

I call it beef maintainer. Not much weight gain, good for calling up treat or to switch pastures. It is OK feed just haven't seen much gain when used.

 

[greybeard]

No, haven't tried it or seen any SS feed around here, but let's try this:

 

[skyhightree1]

Is that the product Southern States calls beef extender? If it is, I wasn't blown away by it.

na just says beef and stock i think i will look at one of the bags today and take picture thanks grey i couldnt figure how in the .... the pic got like that. Would I be better off just feeding sweet feed?

 

[TexasBred]

Should be dirt cheap. Nothing but grain by-products and roughage products normally meaning wheat midds and rice hulls. Not a drop of "grain" mentioned. As someone once said "it will make a turd". :nod:

 

[denvermartinfarms]

Around here in bags, that would go for about 13$ a hundred. No actually it went down and it's about 12.50.

 

[skyhightree1]

Gotcha, Its 8.00 a bag here and the sweet feed is 8.60 I will keep using sweet feed then.

 

[greybeard]

Dunno--I don't intentionally use any sweet feed except to get weaners started--and not much then.
The label above looks like any 12% all stock type feed mixture. A little higher in crude fiber than I would want this time of year (22%), but if you are feeding it in a lot and no grass or poor grass available, it might fit your needs, but even good cubes or pellet feed usually keeps fiber content down to 15%.
What are you using this feed for? Is this what you are going to use for feeding out/finishing the freezer beef you mentioned?

 

[skyhightree1]

Dunno--I don't intentionally use any sweet feed except to get weaners started--and not much then.
The label above looks like any 12% all stock type feed mixture. A little higher in crude fiber than I would want this time of year (22%), but if you are feeding it in a lot and no grass or poor grass available, it might fit your needs, but even good cubes or pellet feed usually keeps fiber content down to 15%.
What are you using this feed for? Is this what you are going to use for feeding out/finishing the freezer beef you mentioned?

Grey, I just wanted to fill my feeders with something that will help the calves gain a lil quicker and that won't break the bank to do so. I have plenty of good grass just trying to speed weight gain up some. I also was looking at this feed to see if that could be used for the finishing of the freezer beef as well. I never used it before just trying new things out and seeing how it works. Would this be better for to help finish off a freezer been over weight gain on some calves?

 

[pdfangus]

I have used it over time....
it is a cheap feed and you get what you pay for....
It was designed to go against Culpeper Coops MSG which a few years ago was real cheap.
now they are both unreasonable for what they are but they sell a lot of it so the price stays up.
both are basically wheat mids. soy hulls and corn gluten....
As Old Tom used to say....better than snowballs....
I have used it to supplement calves on tough sumer grass in hot years....
have actually used three similar products interchangably the two above and a purina product....ocassionally found dead mice in the barrel.....
got worried that someone might accidentally give the horses some of these cattle pellets and I no longer use them....switched to a cheap horse sweet feed to eliminate the possibility.

 

[TexasBred]

Grey, I just wanted to fill my feeders with something that will help the calves gain a lil quicker and that won't break the bank to do so. I have plenty of good grass just trying to speed weight gain up some. I also was looking at this feed to see if that could be used for the finishing of the freezer beef as well. I never used it before just trying new things out and seeing how it works. Would this be better for to help finish off a freezer been over weight gain on some calves?

Mix it 50:50 with corn and it will be a fairly good feed but definitely still not a good "finisher".

 

[skyhightree1]

Gotcha... what do yall think a good finisher would be though?

 

[pdfangus]

Grey, I just wanted to fill my feeders with something that will help the calves gain a lil quicker and that won't break the bank to do so. I have plenty of good grass just trying to speed weight gain up some. I also was looking at this feed to see if that could be used for the finishing of the freezer beef as well. I never used it before just trying new things out and seeing how it works. Would this be better for to help finish off a freezer been over weight gain on some calves?

Mix it 50:50 with corn and it will be a fairly good feed but definitely still not a good "finisher".

that was exactly what I did TexasBred. I grew two bulls out last year on half corn and half these pellets and about a pound of soy bean meal. one bull is breeding cows and the other is in the freezer.

 

[skyhightree1]

gotcha that tells me what I need to do but what do you think is the best to make calves gain quicker.. I am planning on buying a few bottle calves and wondered if there was anything else i can help give them a boost with.

 

[pdfangus]

BOTTLE CALVES NEED PROTEIN....
AT LEAST 18% AND SOME FOLKS LIKE HIGHER...
AS THEY GROW YOU CAN GRADUALLY STEP THE PROTEIN DOWN....
i PREFER A SWEET FEED TO GET YOUNG CALVES STARTED.

 

[tom4018]

Is that the product Southern States calls beef extender? If it is, I wasn't blown away by it.

Tag is slightly different, but close. Neighbor feed some to some weaned calves and they did not do so great. I used it just as a treat to get cows up to work them and spray them. It was ok but a lot cheaper when I feed it.

 

[TexasBred]

gotcha that tells me what I need to do but what do you think is the best to make calves gain quicker.. I am planning on buying a few bottle calves and wondered if there was anything else i can help give them a boost with.

Put a good high quality textured calf starter in front of them from day one. Maybe only a cup full for each to begin with. They'll eventually learn to eat it. Should be up to a couple pounds per day by weaning time.

 

[pdfangus]

Is that the product Southern States calls beef extender? If it is, I wasn't blown away by it.

Tag is slightly different, but close. Neighbor feed some to some weaned calves and they did not do so great. I used it just as a treat to get cows up to work them and spray them. It was ok but a lot cheaper when I feed it.

yeah when Culpepper Coop first started making MSG pellets it was like four dollars a bag. (50 lb). Over 8.00 now. near 9.00...