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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1821329" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Great article. Saved for my newsletter!!</p><p>Anyway.... if you read it, it tells you CORN is the best main ingredient. It also says PROCESSING (cracking, rolling, etc) adds COST. They said there is a 5-10% difference in digestibility - I always say 8% (that's what hubby taught me).</p><p>Unless you have an "in" in buying processed, bagged feed - you will be money ahead to feed whole shell corn, with a protein pellet added to make a 14% ration to begin with, then slowly lowering the amount of pellets closer to finish.</p><p>You cannot put a clock on when they will be finished. You have to LOOK at your animal to tell when he is finished. He will fill out in the brisket, his flank will drop and get thicker (fat), and he will get fat pockets around his tail head.</p><p>They are steers. Treat them as such. </p><p>How old are they? I've spouted on here numerous times that I finish my steers in 12-13 months old. But, I have heavy muscled, fast growing cattle and I start them on corn at around 6.5 - 7 months old.</p><p>Be sure to pay attention to starting them SLOW on grain. 1% means for 600# calf - 3# in am & 3# in pm of grain - slowing increasing to full feed (means all they can eat fed am & pm). I let mine eat pasture until the last 60 days - all the hay they want then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1821329, member: 968"] Great article. Saved for my newsletter!! Anyway.... if you read it, it tells you CORN is the best main ingredient. It also says PROCESSING (cracking, rolling, etc) adds COST. They said there is a 5-10% difference in digestibility - I always say 8% (that's what hubby taught me). Unless you have an "in" in buying processed, bagged feed - you will be money ahead to feed whole shell corn, with a protein pellet added to make a 14% ration to begin with, then slowly lowering the amount of pellets closer to finish. You cannot put a clock on when they will be finished. You have to LOOK at your animal to tell when he is finished. He will fill out in the brisket, his flank will drop and get thicker (fat), and he will get fat pockets around his tail head. They are steers. Treat them as such. How old are they? I've spouted on here numerous times that I finish my steers in 12-13 months old. But, I have heavy muscled, fast growing cattle and I start them on corn at around 6.5 - 7 months old. Be sure to pay attention to starting them SLOW on grain. 1% means for 600# calf - 3# in am & 3# in pm of grain - slowing increasing to full feed (means all they can eat fed am & pm). I let mine eat pasture until the last 60 days - all the hay they want then. [/QUOTE]
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