Pretty loose
I'd cut back on the feed
There was a row crop farmer that lived behind me growing up Cotton and beans were his cash crop, but he planted the field directly behind us in corn and oats. His brother-in-law had a dairy behind him. He'd get those calves and get them started eating crimped oats and ground soybeans as soon as they would. He crimped the oats and ground the beans himself. After a few months, he'd feed them cracked corn, that he ground himself til he sold them or butchered them. What you posted above makes perfect sense for what he did. Put size on them first, then fatten them up last.
Mix is done by a friend of mine. He feeds about 2500-3000 stockers every year. Some just to 800lbs some to finish. I use what he recommends
Yeah I switched them to long stem hay and they're up to nearly 20lbs of feed. I know better than to feed that much protein, just got caught up in using that extra protein I guess. It's not my first group, been doing this on my own 10yrs, just tried something different this year. Grew up showing steers but was a dumb kid that didn't listen and just dumped grain as Dad said to. Never paid attention, older I get, the smarter that old man gets. He's been gone nearly 13 yrs, these are the questions he knew inside and out how to answer. guess I saw the high protein differently since it was a fiber/forage instead of grain.
