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<blockquote data-quote="yakker" data-source="post: 1252111" data-attributes="member: 23956"><p>Hello, I just signed up to this forum. I am from eastern Washington. I have been reading for a while, you guys have a lot of good knowledge I can gleam from! This spring I have been buying around 250 pound weaned beef calves from the auction and I will be selling them back this fall. They are on good pasture and I am looking for advice on what type of feed ration to supplement them with. I have an old Bearcat feed grinder that I can chop hay and crack grain for them. I have found feed mix designs on the internet for feeder cattle but they are for heavier weights....so right now I am kinda winging it! I am currently feeding each a mix once a day that has about 5.5 pounds chopped alfalfa hay, 3/4 pound cracked barley, 1.5 pound cracked corn, and ½ pound cracked wheat. I figured it's about 15% protein, should I go higher?? I have not added any mineral/salt/vitamins to the mix yet although they do have a selenium salt block. I am trying to make a profit so I don't want to put too much into them…but I don't want potbellied calves either. I do have a creep feeder that I would free feed them with... but I am afraid they would eat up all of my profit!? I was planning on supplementing them up to 400lbs and after that they would be on pasture until they go back to the auction in November. Below is the feed I can get and the price:</p><p>Alfalfa 155/ton</p><p>Wheat 17 cents/lb</p><p>Corn 13 cents/lb</p><p>Barley 14 cents/lb</p><p>Ground canola</p><p></p><p>Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yakker, post: 1252111, member: 23956"] Hello, I just signed up to this forum. I am from eastern Washington. I have been reading for a while, you guys have a lot of good knowledge I can gleam from! This spring I have been buying around 250 pound weaned beef calves from the auction and I will be selling them back this fall. They are on good pasture and I am looking for advice on what type of feed ration to supplement them with. I have an old Bearcat feed grinder that I can chop hay and crack grain for them. I have found feed mix designs on the internet for feeder cattle but they are for heavier weights....so right now I am kinda winging it! I am currently feeding each a mix once a day that has about 5.5 pounds chopped alfalfa hay, 3/4 pound cracked barley, 1.5 pound cracked corn, and ½ pound cracked wheat. I figured it’s about 15% protein, should I go higher?? I have not added any mineral/salt/vitamins to the mix yet although they do have a selenium salt block. I am trying to make a profit so I don’t want to put too much into them…but I don’t want potbellied calves either. I do have a creep feeder that I would free feed them with... but I am afraid they would eat up all of my profit!? I was planning on supplementing them up to 400lbs and after that they would be on pasture until they go back to the auction in November. Below is the feed I can get and the price: Alfalfa 155/ton Wheat 17 cents/lb Corn 13 cents/lb Barley 14 cents/lb Ground canola Doug [/QUOTE]
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