Finishing with sweet feed

[Bobg]

We just butchered a Longhorn/Herford cross steer a month ago that graded high Choice. We pasture them as yearling and then feed for 120 days on barley using peas or canola meal as protein. Start feeding 5 pounds a day and during the last month feed all the grain the will consume, they are on pasture and hay during this time.

Bobg

 

[Susie David]

We finish on cracked corn and alfalfa...start adding the corn at 90 days (5lbs) and increasing it to 15-20 lbs before processing. Keep on the hay right up to the finish, so that they get 25+ lbs of feed per day. The October team is getting 8-10 lbs of corn which will increase to12lbs next week in addition to 18-20% alfalfa (15-20 lbs). Always finish a bit on the lean side with good marbling and great flavor....Herefords and Baldies this quarter. Dave Mc

 

[Susie David]

Bobg....have you fed pea pellets from the lentil growers assoc? I fed a couple cwt a while back, cows loved them but I worried about the lack of minerals (calcium) so didn't buy any more. Dave Mc

 

[greenwillowherefords]

Like Mr. Billy and others, I do not drylot, but leave them on a small pasture. In the warmer months, they get to graze as well.