Whole corn and ADM Beef trate

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Well I had to cut feed cost and I been looking at whole corn for a while. We just switched all the steers to whole corn and beef trate. I will be excited to see how it works and if the quality grade goes up any. Feeding out 20 angus steers.

Have some that will be processed end of March and the other 2 groups in May.
 

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I found someone local. I ordered 30 bags which will be enough to get these steers to the end date.
 
I fed my steers this ration for 100 days in a 60x60 dry lot. They gained 425lbs in 100 days for a ADG of 4.25. The meat was fantastic!
The ration I used was:
- 30-35lbs of whole corn
- 3/4lb of ADM Beef Trate
- 2-3lbs of mixed grass hay
This ration was fed on a per head per day basis feeding one time daily.
 
Well I had to cut feed cost and I been looking at whole corn for a while. We just switched all the steers to whole corn and beef trate. I will be excited to see how it works and if the quality grade goes up any. Feeding out 20 angus steers.

Have some that will be processed end of March and the other 2 groups in May.
If you have a distiller close by try getting distillers grain from him to cut costs, We get it for about $20.00 per thousand (weights could be off a little either way since it's not weighed every time. I get it in a tote with the top cut off) And what we get is mostly corn. It is still wet however so you're paying for some water but it's the cheapest way to feed I know of. We also have a deal with the bread distributor that helps out as well.
 
As long as you transition them properly to prevent acidosis it should work good
we havent had any problems with it and we transitioned them onto it slowly a while back. I'm working on getting outdated potato chips and products from Lays as well. Don't know if I can or not yet but I think it may be a good addition as a cheap feed source to supplement pasture. Overall right now they look reasonably good to be on some pasture eating a little distillers grain and feeding a baby
 

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Well I had to cut feed cost and I been looking at whole corn for a while. We just switched all the steers to whole corn and beef trate. I will be excited to see how it works and if the quality grade goes up any. Feeding out 20 angus steers.

Have some that will be processed end of March and the other 2 groups in May.
How did the groups processed out after feeding Beef-Trate?
 
I fed my steers this ration for 100 days in a 60x60 dry lot. They gained 425lbs in 100 days for a ADG of 4.25. The meat was fantastic!
The ration I used was:
- 30-35lbs of whole corn
- 3/4lb of ADM Beef Trate
- 2-3lbs of mixed grass hay
This ration was fed on a per head per day basis feeding one time daily.
What was the starting weight? I have just started feeding out some for personal use and was told to feed 1% grain 2% roughage and work up.
 
Most people on here know that I am a strong believer in using Whole Shell Corn for the basis of any ration. I feed WSC to weaned steers (600# range) with a protein pellet for a 14% Protein ration. Start with 1% of their BW - every week you can increase a little until they are eating about 3% of their BW. All this with free choice grazing or grass hay.
 
I am feeding this again and love the results. I purchased a 30 ton grain bin just to store my whole corn in. I use a 14% complete feed until they are average of about 850 pounds then slowly transition to the whole corn/beef trate. I like to feed about 2% of body weight but will go to 3% if a need to push them. I weighed them the end of December and I'll try to weight them again next weekend but I suspect I'll have a 4 pound per day ADG.

We calve is October and November and I process them normally the end of March to the beginning of May each year. They will be between 1300 and 1450 pounds and average hanging weight will be between 800 and 850 pounds.
 

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