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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 320879" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>It depends...</p><p></p><p>I have backgrounded on 100% hay with 120 to 140 RFV for $72 a ton. Worked well with 5 and 6 wt cattle. Their ADG was 1.5 to 1.7.</p><p></p><p>I have backgrounded on free choice cob corn and hay. (Corn was $1.50 a bushel that year so I decided to try pushing them.) Worked OK on 6 and 7 wt continental steers but English breeds got too fleshy. Their ADG was 3.0. Rough numbers on feed conversion was between 10 and 11... Low labor but too expensive unless you have free grain.</p><p></p><p>Some of the big guys use a bale processer to fence line feed poor hay that is top dressed with grain and by products.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 320879, member: 1715"] It depends... I have backgrounded on 100% hay with 120 to 140 RFV for $72 a ton. Worked well with 5 and 6 wt cattle. Their ADG was 1.5 to 1.7. I have backgrounded on free choice cob corn and hay. (Corn was $1.50 a bushel that year so I decided to try pushing them.) Worked OK on 6 and 7 wt continental steers but English breeds got too fleshy. Their ADG was 3.0. Rough numbers on feed conversion was between 10 and 11... Low labor but too expensive unless you have free grain. Some of the big guys use a bale processer to fence line feed poor hay that is top dressed with grain and by products. [/QUOTE]
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