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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 59671" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Depends on what you are trying to produce in the end product. If you are looking for "grass fed beef", than you can turn him out with the cows. You might have a finished animal by 24-30 months old.</p><p>If you're looking for western style "grain fed" beef, (which is the only beef I would eat), than you are looking at about $300 worth of grain fed to him, and he could be finished at about 14-16 months old. An experienced feeder can finish cattle at 12-14 months old. I would recommend feeding WHOLE shell corn with a protein pellet, so that he is getting about a 14% protein ration. When (if) you purchase a calf, just let him eat hay/grass for first two days, than feed him 1% of his body weight in grain split in two feedings. (600# calf = 3# grain in AM & 3# grain in PM) Every 7 days you can increase it a little until he is eating all he wants each feeding, without feed left over in the bunk by the next feeding time. (should consume about 3% of his current body weight) As he grows, decrease the amount of protein pellets & increase the amount of whole shell corn. Rule of thumb - 550-800# calf needs 14% protein; 800-1050# needs 12%; and 1050# to finish needs 10%.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 59671, member: 968"] Depends on what you are trying to produce in the end product. If you are looking for "grass fed beef", than you can turn him out with the cows. You might have a finished animal by 24-30 months old. If you're looking for western style "grain fed" beef, (which is the only beef I would eat), than you are looking at about $300 worth of grain fed to him, and he could be finished at about 14-16 months old. An experienced feeder can finish cattle at 12-14 months old. I would recommend feeding WHOLE shell corn with a protein pellet, so that he is getting about a 14% protein ration. When (if) you purchase a calf, just let him eat hay/grass for first two days, than feed him 1% of his body weight in grain split in two feedings. (600# calf = 3# grain in AM & 3# grain in PM) Every 7 days you can increase it a little until he is eating all he wants each feeding, without feed left over in the bunk by the next feeding time. (should consume about 3% of his current body weight) As he grows, decrease the amount of protein pellets & increase the amount of whole shell corn. Rule of thumb - 550-800# calf needs 14% protein; 800-1050# needs 12%; and 1050# to finish needs 10%. [/QUOTE]
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