Best use of corn, when to use?

[redlevel]

I intend to feed out a steer and a heifer, born on the farm about the middle of March. I'm guessing they are 450-500 pounds now. I have about a half acre of field corn that I want to turn them in on. Old variety, Reid's Yellow Dent. It is drying down now. Should I go ahead and let them in it? Should I wait till say Oct 1? What are the concerns with acidosis? They are grazing some pretty good mixed grass now, Bermuda and crabgrass mostly, and due to good rainfall, I have plenty of good grazing available at least through September. They seem to be doing well on pasture now. My guess is that there is probably 40-50 bushels of grain. Advice please. Finishing is new to me.

 

[Son of Butch]

It would be nice to harvest the grain to feed to them and let them graze the stalks,
too much grain lost from just grazing. But only 1/2 acre, I'd turn them in now.

p.s.
get the wife and kids out there shucking the ears of corn old school

 

[BFE]

Don't let them in all at once. Strip graze, make them clean up the leaves and husks. It will go a lot farther that way.

 

[tex452]

It would be nice to harvest the grain to feed to them and let them graze the stalks,
too much grain lost from just grazing. But only 1/2 acre, I'd turn them in now.

p.s.
get the wife and kids out there shucking the ears of corn old school

We use to pick my grandpas corn by hand, he would grow about 12-15 acres every year for feed.
There use to be hammer mills around we would take a load of corn and a couple bales of hay have it ground add mineral and cotton seed meal, that's what he fed his nurse cows.
If he wanted range meal he would add salt.

 

[sstterry]

There use to be hammer mills around we would take a load of corn and a couple bales of hay have it ground add mineral and cotton seed meal.

That was one of my Saturday morning chores in High School. Load corn into the pick-up with a scoop and drive 20 miles to the mill then come back and unload the sacks. We used an almost identical mix.

 

[tex452]

That was one of my Saturday morning chores in High School. Load corn into the pick-up with a scoop and drive 20 miles to the mill then come back and unload the sacks. We used an almost identical mix.

That's how we done it all