Red Angus Carcass Results!

[BRG]

Here is a group of steer calves that we recently got results on. These were fed at Samson-Inc Feedlot in NE. These were all from 1 customer and they were straight Red Angus. They have been buying good big bulls from us as long as I can remember. They were back ground for about 60 days before we got them.

Amount: 98 Head
ADG: 3.508lbs
In Weight: 757lbs
Pay Weight: 1408lbs
COG: $41.93
Dressing: 64.51%
Prime: 4.08%
Choice: 81.63%
Sterling Silver: 5.10%
Select: 14.29%
Other: 0%
We did not have any any yield grade 4 or higher.

 

[SEC]

Congrats, BRG! That's excellent and most importantly why we are in the beef business. I think more breeders need to pay attn to that end of business because that's what these cattle are for!

Real World information that reads better than a sale summary!

 

[Frankie]

Congratulations, they look good. Except for color, Sterling Silver uses the same specs as CAB, right?

 

[Aero]

something doesnt look right about the numbers.

is the COG per head or per CWT of gain?


1408 lb - 757 lb = 651 lb gain

651 lb gain / 3.508 lb/day (gain) = 185.6 days that seems like a long time.


$41.93(cog) / 651 lb(gain) = $0.064/lb of gain that is the cheapest gain ever

at a 7:1 FE conversion,
651 * 7 = 4557 lbs of feed

$41.93(cog) / 4557 lb = $0.0092 / lb of feed = $18/ton that is the cheapest feed ever


what magical feedlot did you go to? :)

 

[Aero]

if the COG was per cwt of gain...

gain = 651 lb = 6.51 cwt

6.51 cwt * $41.93 = $272.96 COG per hd

272.96/651 = $0.4193 / lb of gain

(FE 7:1) $.4193/7 = $0.0599 / lb of feed = $120/ton feed cost

this looks a bit more realistic.

6 months seems like a long time in the feedlot though.

 

[la4angus]

Congragulations BRG. Excellent numbers all across the board.
Not many cattle can post those numbers. Seems like you are doing something right.

 

[BRG]

AERO,

You are figuring this wrong. To get the cost of gain you take the total costs per head divided by total lbs gained.

In this case they were on feed for 186 days gaining 651 lbs gaining 3.6lbs a day.
Since the COG was $.4193 X 3.6lbs a day = $1.47 a day or $273.60 total feed costs.

$273.60/651lbs = $.42 or COG

I hope I wrote that right for you.

The calves may have been in the lot a little longer than some but it isn't out of the ordinary to be in the lot for this amount of time. They killed at 14 months of age, which I think is actually ahead of most cattle.

 

[Aero]

AERO,

You are figuring this wrong. To get the cost of gain you take the total costs per head divided by total lbs gained.

In this case they were on feed for 186 days gaining 651 lbs gaining 3.6lbs a day.
Since the COG was $.4193 X 3.6lbs a day = $1.47 a day or $273.60 total feed costs.

$273.60/651lbs = $.42 or COG

I hope I wrote that right for you.

The calves may have been in the lot a little longer than some but it isn't out of the ordinary to be in the lot for this amount of time. They killed at 14 months of age, which I think is actually ahead of most cattle.

nice circular math :D

when you start with a number and end up with the same number, you have made no gain. ;-)

 

[BRG]

I was just showing you how I got it. I pulled out my records that showed we had a total feed cost of $273.60. Figure it from there.

 

[Aero]

I was just showing you how I got it. I pulled out my records that showed we had a total feed cost of $273.60. Figure it from there.

OK. so my second set of figures was right with COG per CWT