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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 557250" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Your idea is good, just a little overly optimistic I think. Cattle in East Texas will only gain about 1 lb/day on summer grass without supplement. You are looking at about 250 lbs of gain according to your time frame. Calves just cannot utilize tough summer grass as well as older animals.</p><p></p><p>Have you considered taking the bigger place and planting ryegrass and clover. Use the smaller place to turnout and doctor the in coming cattle that are bought in December and January. Then move all of the steers on the ryegrass and clover. You can graze it and the warm season grass that follows it until june or possible July depending on the year (like this one). Gains of this type of situation will be 2.5 lbs/ day or better.</p><p></p><p>If you go the buy in spring program, buy a yearling with a little age instead of a fresh, weaned calf. Plan on needing to provide some protein to help digest mature grass. You may also want to stock a little heavier. You are running a 400 to 500 lb animal at the rate most people are running a cow and calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 557250, member: 67"] Your idea is good, just a little overly optimistic I think. Cattle in East Texas will only gain about 1 lb/day on summer grass without supplement. You are looking at about 250 lbs of gain according to your time frame. Calves just cannot utilize tough summer grass as well as older animals. Have you considered taking the bigger place and planting ryegrass and clover. Use the smaller place to turnout and doctor the in coming cattle that are bought in December and January. Then move all of the steers on the ryegrass and clover. You can graze it and the warm season grass that follows it until june or possible July depending on the year (like this one). Gains of this type of situation will be 2.5 lbs/ day or better. If you go the buy in spring program, buy a yearling with a little age instead of a fresh, weaned calf. Plan on needing to provide some protein to help digest mature grass. You may also want to stock a little heavier. You are running a 400 to 500 lb animal at the rate most people are running a cow and calf. [/QUOTE]
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