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<blockquote data-quote="cumminspuller" data-source="post: 1763400" data-attributes="member: 39206"><p>I dropped off my first 3 steers at the processor yesterday morning. We've been back grounding calves for a few years but never have finished one. These were calves we raised out of some plain commercial Hereford and Angus cows. I get a lot more out of this page than I contribute. I read a lot of posts and tried to take advice from those on here who have done this a lot more and a lot longer than me. The plan was to put these in a small lot and feed them free choice 1st cutting fescue/orchard grass hay and grain for 120 days. Between the time I needed to get them up and haul them back to my house to finish and when the weather would allow me to they ended up being on feed/hay for 105 days. We had a lot of 90*+ and a few weeks of 95*+ days in June and July. That was unusual for us. Normally its not that hot until late July/August. For the first 68 days they stayed on the same 13% feed that I background everything on. Over the next 7 days I moved them to a finishing feed. I'm not 100% sure on the protein level but it is around 50-60% cracked shelled corn. The last 30 days they were on 100% finishing feed. When I penned them up they averaged 866#/hd. By day 66 of being penned up they averaged 1,073#/hd. I knew I had one that was noticeably bigger than the other two. That held through the whole time. </p><p></p><p>No tag black - live weight 1,220# - hanging weight - 728#</p><p>#26 baldie - live weight 1,140# - hanging weight - 665#</p><p>#28 blondie - live weight 1,060# - hanging weight - 660#</p><p></p><p>The picture of all 3 was taken on August 7.</p><p>The second picture was taken on August 22. </p><p>I failed to get a picture yesterday. I thought about it when I got them in the trailer but wasn't going to unload them to get one. </p><p></p><p>The me the black steer did not look done. The other two were a decent bit closer. </p><p></p><p>I'm by no means saying all of this is right or wrong but its what I did. Maybe it will help someone else. We are planning on killing 4 more the end of January.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cumminspuller, post: 1763400, member: 39206"] I dropped off my first 3 steers at the processor yesterday morning. We've been back grounding calves for a few years but never have finished one. These were calves we raised out of some plain commercial Hereford and Angus cows. I get a lot more out of this page than I contribute. I read a lot of posts and tried to take advice from those on here who have done this a lot more and a lot longer than me. The plan was to put these in a small lot and feed them free choice 1st cutting fescue/orchard grass hay and grain for 120 days. Between the time I needed to get them up and haul them back to my house to finish and when the weather would allow me to they ended up being on feed/hay for 105 days. We had a lot of 90*+ and a few weeks of 95*+ days in June and July. That was unusual for us. Normally its not that hot until late July/August. For the first 68 days they stayed on the same 13% feed that I background everything on. Over the next 7 days I moved them to a finishing feed. I'm not 100% sure on the protein level but it is around 50-60% cracked shelled corn. The last 30 days they were on 100% finishing feed. When I penned them up they averaged 866#/hd. By day 66 of being penned up they averaged 1,073#/hd. I knew I had one that was noticeably bigger than the other two. That held through the whole time. No tag black - live weight 1,220# - hanging weight - 728# #26 baldie - live weight 1,140# - hanging weight - 665# #28 blondie - live weight 1,060# - hanging weight - 660# The picture of all 3 was taken on August 7. The second picture was taken on August 22. I failed to get a picture yesterday. I thought about it when I got them in the trailer but wasn't going to unload them to get one. The me the black steer did not look done. The other two were a decent bit closer. I'm by no means saying all of this is right or wrong but its what I did. Maybe it will help someone else. We are planning on killing 4 more the end of January. [/QUOTE]
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