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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 62701" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>How long have they been on this much grain? </p><p></p><p>I had a fellow tell me once that (as it relates to a 4H project) folks here have a tendency to bump the grain up right before fair time and try to be putting tons of grain into their steers, and the result is that the steers go off feed. He said it was better to be giving them a few pounds a day over the winter, and v-e-r-y gradually increase it over the summer and they should be fine and shouldn't go off feed with that schedule. </p><p></p><p>That's what I've been told, anyhow. No personal experience with it one way or the other.</p><p></p><p>As to your question about butchering at this weight - I know a fellow who routinely butchers one steer in the fall at 800lbs. Says he prefers to butcher at that weight because they're nice and tender then, any bigger and you have to grain them. That's what he says. Again, no personal experiences to relate to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 62701, member: 852"] How long have they been on this much grain? I had a fellow tell me once that (as it relates to a 4H project) folks here have a tendency to bump the grain up right before fair time and try to be putting tons of grain into their steers, and the result is that the steers go off feed. He said it was better to be giving them a few pounds a day over the winter, and v-e-r-y gradually increase it over the summer and they should be fine and shouldn't go off feed with that schedule. That's what I've been told, anyhow. No personal experience with it one way or the other. As to your question about butchering at this weight - I know a fellow who routinely butchers one steer in the fall at 800lbs. Says he prefers to butcher at that weight because they're nice and tender then, any bigger and you have to grain them. That's what he says. Again, no personal experiences to relate to you. [/QUOTE]
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