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<blockquote data-quote="EKUgrad" data-source="post: 100020" data-attributes="member: 1428"><p>The last time we did it (a few years back, in the early 90's -- after which we gave up b/c we were barely breaking even) we fed out 15-20 steers using ground ear corn. We have a mixer/grinder and added soybean meal to the mix. It seems that we added a small amount of something else to it that was bought in small plastic bags, but for the life of me I cannot remember what it was. They were fed a little hay as well. </p><p></p><p>Since that time we have been a cow/calf operation similar to you with pasture supplemented with mineral block and hay/mineral through the winter.</p><p></p><p>When we did feed some out, they were kept in a smaller field of probably 10-15 acres or so. We had one feeder that we kept full of ground corn and a couple of homemade jobs that we would line with hay and corn once or twice a day, depending on how much they were eating. We let them get to about 700 - 800# before throwing the corn to them and finished them out over the next 2-3 months with most of them around 1200#, anywhere from 11-1350#. Again, this is all from memory, from my high school years at that, so don't shoot me if the numbers don't add up perfectly. These were angus mix mutts, heavy on the Angus with a little Simmental and/or Charolais thrown in (for some color, you know ;-) )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EKUgrad, post: 100020, member: 1428"] The last time we did it (a few years back, in the early 90's -- after which we gave up b/c we were barely breaking even) we fed out 15-20 steers using ground ear corn. We have a mixer/grinder and added soybean meal to the mix. It seems that we added a small amount of something else to it that was bought in small plastic bags, but for the life of me I cannot remember what it was. They were fed a little hay as well. Since that time we have been a cow/calf operation similar to you with pasture supplemented with mineral block and hay/mineral through the winter. When we did feed some out, they were kept in a smaller field of probably 10-15 acres or so. We had one feeder that we kept full of ground corn and a couple of homemade jobs that we would line with hay and corn once or twice a day, depending on how much they were eating. We let them get to about 700 - 800# before throwing the corn to them and finished them out over the next 2-3 months with most of them around 1200#, anywhere from 11-1350#. Again, this is all from memory, from my high school years at that, so don't shoot me if the numbers don't add up perfectly. These were angus mix mutts, heavy on the Angus with a little Simmental and/or Charolais thrown in (for some color, you know ;-) ) [/QUOTE]
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