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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1091231" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>I have run about 70 steers and heifers for the last two years during the warm months and paid a lot of attention to weight using scales. I ran two batches each year. No supplements or feed. Free choice mineral. Mixture of Klein, Blue stem and Bermuda unfertilized pasture. This is an area close to Waco. This year had more rain, but the calves gained less. The grass did not look quite as good even with more rain. Calves out of my herd gained about 1.6 lbs per day last year and about 1.4 this year. Sale barn calves were about .2 lbs per day less. A few of the sale barn calves were very poor gainers and brought down that average.</p><p>The group in the last half of the summer performed considerably worse than the earlier in the year group that had some Rye Grass. Since your imput costs are low, you can make a little money on even the poor calves. </p><p>Some calves will amaze you and gain nearly 3 lbs a day. Some will disappoint and only do 1/2 lb. </p><p>I am trying to start eliminating the sorry gainers early and cut my loss but it is not easy to return two or three at a time to the sale barn. Maybe the best way to do it would be to replace the bottom 20% or so after about 45 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1091231, member: 5381"] I have run about 70 steers and heifers for the last two years during the warm months and paid a lot of attention to weight using scales. I ran two batches each year. No supplements or feed. Free choice mineral. Mixture of Klein, Blue stem and Bermuda unfertilized pasture. This is an area close to Waco. This year had more rain, but the calves gained less. The grass did not look quite as good even with more rain. Calves out of my herd gained about 1.6 lbs per day last year and about 1.4 this year. Sale barn calves were about .2 lbs per day less. A few of the sale barn calves were very poor gainers and brought down that average. The group in the last half of the summer performed considerably worse than the earlier in the year group that had some Rye Grass. Since your imput costs are low, you can make a little money on even the poor calves. Some calves will amaze you and gain nearly 3 lbs a day. Some will disappoint and only do 1/2 lb. I am trying to start eliminating the sorry gainers early and cut my loss but it is not easy to return two or three at a time to the sale barn. Maybe the best way to do it would be to replace the bottom 20% or so after about 45 days. [/QUOTE]
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