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<blockquote data-quote="cjmc" data-source="post: 1649233" data-attributes="member: 27842"><p>In commercial supplements (things you buy from a feed company) like liquid feed, cake, mineral, or tubs. The feed analysis numbers on the tag are "as fed". So if the protein in a cake or liquid is listed at 25% and you feed 1 pound the cattle get 0.25 lbs of protein. Protein in feedstuffs (stuff that's grown/harvested like alfalfa hay) is generally talked about on a dry matter basis. So if you fed 1 pound of alfalfa hay that tested at 25% CP, cattle would get roughly 0.22 pounds of protein. To accurately compare you do need to get everything on an equal footing- say cost/h/d for a specific amount of protein, then add the cost of mineral to supplements that don't contain any/enough and labor costs. In the plains of the US the cheapest & best is distillers hands down, not only is it by far the cheapest protein but on a dry matter basis it has the energy equivalent of corn. After distillers cubes from a feed company generally are the next cheapest. Then the biuret/free choice protein minerals, then protein tubs, finally the free choice liquids being the most expensive. I'm sure this varies a lot based on region though. The only free choice liquids around here is from loomix & a lot of that cost is labor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cjmc, post: 1649233, member: 27842"] In commercial supplements (things you buy from a feed company) like liquid feed, cake, mineral, or tubs. The feed analysis numbers on the tag are "as fed". So if the protein in a cake or liquid is listed at 25% and you feed 1 pound the cattle get 0.25 lbs of protein. Protein in feedstuffs (stuff that's grown/harvested like alfalfa hay) is generally talked about on a dry matter basis. So if you fed 1 pound of alfalfa hay that tested at 25% CP, cattle would get roughly 0.22 pounds of protein. To accurately compare you do need to get everything on an equal footing- say cost/h/d for a specific amount of protein, then add the cost of mineral to supplements that don't contain any/enough and labor costs. In the plains of the US the cheapest & best is distillers hands down, not only is it by far the cheapest protein but on a dry matter basis it has the energy equivalent of corn. After distillers cubes from a feed company generally are the next cheapest. Then the biuret/free choice protein minerals, then protein tubs, finally the free choice liquids being the most expensive. I'm sure this varies a lot based on region though. The only free choice liquids around here is from loomix & a lot of that cost is labor. [/QUOTE]
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