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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 802752" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Man, I'm totally on the opposite train of thought.</p><p>By this persons fist post, I "assumed" he was talking feedlot steers/heifers, that Grandpa was finishing out for harvest (butchered for freezer beef). If he has the feed, why would he get rid of the cattle?</p><p></p><p>So, going on that assumption - and I'm going to "assume" the 300# you are feeding is a daily ration to the 13 head. That equals about 23# of mixed feed. I'm not good enough to translate that intake to pounds of gain daily. I would "assume" they will gain 2-3#/hd/day. Going on the high side (which is a pretty normal rate of gain for quality steers) would be 100 days to finish.</p><p>Are you feeding any hay along with this ration? Are they easily cleaning up what you feed? Do you feed them once or twice a day? Are you buying the ground ear corn or have the equipment to grind your own? Are you buying the shell corn?</p><p>By feeding twice a day, you have less chance of getting them sick and can usually get them to eat more daily. The more they eat, the quicker they will finish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 802752, member: 968"] Man, I'm totally on the opposite train of thought. By this persons fist post, I "assumed" he was talking feedlot steers/heifers, that Grandpa was finishing out for harvest (butchered for freezer beef). If he has the feed, why would he get rid of the cattle? So, going on that assumption - and I'm going to "assume" the 300# you are feeding is a daily ration to the 13 head. That equals about 23# of mixed feed. I'm not good enough to translate that intake to pounds of gain daily. I would "assume" they will gain 2-3#/hd/day. Going on the high side (which is a pretty normal rate of gain for quality steers) would be 100 days to finish. Are you feeding any hay along with this ration? Are they easily cleaning up what you feed? Do you feed them once or twice a day? Are you buying the ground ear corn or have the equipment to grind your own? Are you buying the shell corn? By feeding twice a day, you have less chance of getting them sick and can usually get them to eat more daily. The more they eat, the quicker they will finish. [/QUOTE]
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