Stocker Steve
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Stocker Steve":2v0qv365 said:dun":2v0qv365 said:One of the things I never have understood about that growth is if you own them all along, where is the savings in the big picture. They're still going to need about the same amount of feed in the long run. They don;t magically gain better on the same ration as another animal will. It still takes X amount of pounds of feed to gain X amount of weight, the gain is just being delayed. The may gain the weight faster, but they still need to additional groceries to do it.
dun
1) My grain supplements vary greatly in cost. With the more expensive ones (that I do not buy anymore), it would be cheaper to get some of the gain later on grass vs. all of the gain on expensive winter feed.
2) If you own them all along then an "optimzer" might try to hit butcher weight at a seasonal peak.
3) Some studies went to extremes - - stunting animals with very low winter rations or reducing ADG on grass with sloppy fat animals. So feed conversion seems to be effected in these cases.
4) Some folks are thinking "grass is free" so why feed more than cheap hay and snow balls in the winter...
5) Some folks understock during the spring flush so additional consumption or additional animals is good for them.