Thoughts on this feed mix?

[tom4018]

This mix was suggested to me for the lightweight calves we feed.

This is per ton:
Cracked corn = 640#
Soy hulls = 640#
Dist grain = 320#
Corn gluten = 320#

plus they are adding a 100# of a beef premix mineral

 

[mnmtranching]

Sounds good, I would add more corn to the mix, seems like a bit more protein and mineral then necessary.

 

[somn]

What breed of calves and has anyone figured the protien levels using actual numbers from the ingredients used?

 

[Howdyjabo]

Looks like its around (no hard figures with by products)

TDN- 77
FAt-3.5
CF- 7.4
CP-14.8
NeM-84
NeG-60

And thats based on 100lbs of mineral with no TDN/protein values.
I agree the mineral is most likely WAY too high.
Unless it has alot of filler.
With my mineral mix--- I'd just be using 10lbs not 100 lbs.

What are you feeding with it and in what ratio?

 

[tom4018]

This would be feed to calves ranging from 250 to 600 lbs. The mineral is a beef premix they call it. What would I need to look at to make sure the mineral is not too high ?

 

[IL Rancher]

One thought would be, when we were buying our Gluten throught a feed dealer they would mix up a mineral that was in a peleted form for whatever reason (I beleive it was so it would be better distributed and not cake in one area of the mixer that we used). Instead of the 4 ounces of a normal mineral that you would give per head it was set up at 1.5 pounds a day (Or whatever you told them).. In the end we found that the mineral from a different place that was formulated for our situation worked just fine (and was cheaper per head per day) but this could be what you are looking at...

 

[Howdyjabo]

Read the bag-- it will tell you the proper inclusion rate- then do a little math based on how much you intend to feed per day.