Favorite feed recipe

[Jason W]

What do you all feed the ones you are finishing out to butcher, Ive heard shelled corn, ground corn, with soybeans without, soybeans, supplements, etc.

 

[Medic24]

Rule of thumb in this area is 90-120 days of a ration heavy in corn content, would assume sweet feed also a good choice, as long as it contains large percentage of corn. That what I am always told.

Although I am sure that there are several 'recipes' and different diets that others use to get a good finished beef.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Keep it simple. It depends on the size of your calf and the potention finished size. If you are looking at a 1200# finish animal and if under 600# you need to watch the protein. Need about a 12-14% ration. Protein should be decreased as it puts on weight, finishing with straight corn last 300#. Calf should start off with 1% of its body weight and build up to 3% of the body weight. Must have good grass hay also.