Barley

[Lomac]

Been feeding cooked corn to a steer since end of Nov. 1lb dry cooked in 64ozs of water << twice a day. Moving over to crimped Barley. Have cut the corn back to 1lb daily and have added 1 lb barley daily. 2lbs of barley equivalent to 2 lbs dry corn cooked for cover?

 

[Kingfisher]

That's not much feed if your trying to put weight/finish him.

 

[Lomac]

Sorry...was just speaking as a supplement. Each feeding he's gets...12lbs Southern States 13% show calf bagged feed, 8oz SureChamp, 4oz Show Bloom, 1lb dry whole shell corn cooked. (Weighs approx 3.5-4lbs cooked) pad of hay and now adding in barley and corn oil. This steer was a replacement for one we had to get rid of. He was a little light on his weight hence the reason for cooking corn originally and getting him up on feed. I would like to replace the cooked corn for Barley. Would be much easier and I hear the finish (cover) is better and smoother. Wanting to know what the equivalency would be in Barley to what I'm feeding in corn. Thanks

 

[TexasBred]

You can replace the corn with barley pound for pound. Barley is usually a bit higher in protein and fiber and a little lower in energy but the added fat you're topdressing with should make up for the difference in energy. And yes you should get a for firm smoother cover with the barley (cooked or uncooked ;-) )