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<blockquote data-quote="TheFutureFarmer" data-source="post: 1348795" data-attributes="member: 20635"><p>I may have the opportunity to purchase lighter (450 lb.) steers this spring from a local farmer. They would be double vaccinated weaned calves that are located 0.25 miles from my house tht he has wintered. I have typically grazed heavier (600+ lb.) steers through the summer (150 days) as I have been told that they have a higher ADG. However, my steers last year had an ADG of 1.58 (I was not impressed). This year I am grazing 600+ lb steers and supplementing with 4 lb. corn/head/day. I always use rotational grazing practices.</p><p></p><p>I ran a model in Excel which showed that at higher stocking rates, the lighter calves would eat less tons of forage while providing higher gains per acre (it assumed all calves gained at the same rate).</p><p></p><p>Does anybody have any experience or input on this? The potential benefit would be purchasing low stress calves with a proven vaccination history and not spending my time at the sale barn on high risk calves. The potential risk/downfall would be a reduced ADG resulting in a longer grazing period. I do plan on working with the extension agent/nutritionist in order to perfect supplementation while grazing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheFutureFarmer, post: 1348795, member: 20635"] I may have the opportunity to purchase lighter (450 lb.) steers this spring from a local farmer. They would be double vaccinated weaned calves that are located 0.25 miles from my house tht he has wintered. I have typically grazed heavier (600+ lb.) steers through the summer (150 days) as I have been told that they have a higher ADG. However, my steers last year had an ADG of 1.58 (I was not impressed). This year I am grazing 600+ lb steers and supplementing with 4 lb. corn/head/day. I always use rotational grazing practices. I ran a model in Excel which showed that at higher stocking rates, the lighter calves would eat less tons of forage while providing higher gains per acre (it assumed all calves gained at the same rate). Does anybody have any experience or input on this? The potential benefit would be purchasing low stress calves with a proven vaccination history and not spending my time at the sale barn on high risk calves. The potential risk/downfall would be a reduced ADG resulting in a longer grazing period. I do plan on working with the extension agent/nutritionist in order to perfect supplementation while grazing. [/QUOTE]
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