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<blockquote data-quote="Alan" data-source="post: 1069325" data-attributes="member: 378"><p>I'm by no means an expert or a wanna be expert on this, never showed or raised a show steer. But I do know from experience a little slower on the grain increase is much better than to fast. It sounds like you have plenty of time to get your show stock finished, so I would take them to 15lbs slower, meaning not rush them. I start a butcher steer, meant to be grained for 90 days at about 2lbs a day and get them to 10 to 12 lbs a day within 70 or 80 days (that's a just an on top of my head guess, on time and approx grain weight, but it should be close). I have had different steers "over load" on grain 3 times in the last 13 years or so. It takes a few days of watching, looking and wanting no disasters for them to come back. Sounds like you have time, my novice opinion is to take it a little slower, maybe a half pound a day until you get to 15lbs a day. You have 8 months of feeding ahead of you.</p><p></p><p>Just a novice thought,</p><p>Alan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alan, post: 1069325, member: 378"] I'm by no means an expert or a wanna be expert on this, never showed or raised a show steer. But I do know from experience a little slower on the grain increase is much better than to fast. It sounds like you have plenty of time to get your show stock finished, so I would take them to 15lbs slower, meaning not rush them. I start a butcher steer, meant to be grained for 90 days at about 2lbs a day and get them to 10 to 12 lbs a day within 70 or 80 days (that's a just an on top of my head guess, on time and approx grain weight, but it should be close). I have had different steers "over load" on grain 3 times in the last 13 years or so. It takes a few days of watching, looking and wanting no disasters for them to come back. Sounds like you have time, my novice opinion is to take it a little slower, maybe a half pound a day until you get to 15lbs a day. You have 8 months of feeding ahead of you. Just a novice thought, Alan [/QUOTE]
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