Jeanne - Simme Valley
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It boggles my mind. I don't understand how it is more beneficial to feed 6.5#/day vs 10#/day for a longer time. If you don't feed them to their potential growth from day #1, you are lowering their growth curve. I have always been taught to keep the growth curve high/steady for quickest/best finish and best marbling if you are looking at steers.Good post. The reason I ask about the others catching up is because we keep ours so long. 10# a day and hay is allot of feed but I'm sure it pays off. We feed ours 6.5# @$1 a day and very little if any hay. We just try and let them grow frame through the winter and be ready for the spring green up.
I agree on cutting corners to save money. It definitely becomes second nature. Everyone these days has a calculator in their pocket but few use it.
10#/day for 60 days is 600#. How many days are you feeding 6.5#? OBAX is probably paying less than $100 + hay. You said you are spending $1/day on grain. Are you "really" making more money keeping them longer and putting them out on grass?
I'm not arguing. Just trying to understand how spending $1/day all winter makes up for the "free" growth on grass vs just pushing them for potential growth and get rid of them ASAP. Time is $. Also, growth on grass time is really not FREE. And the longer you keep them, the more chances of health expenses, and death loss.