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Sorting Strategies For Long Yearling Cattle Grown In An Extensive Forage Utilization Beef Production System, James C. Macdonald, T. J. Klopfenstein, G. E. Erickson, C. N. Macken, J. D. Folmer, M. P. Blackford
Sorting Strategies For Long Yearling Cattle Grown In An Extensive Forage Utilization Beef Production System, James C. Macdonald, T. J. Klopfenstein, G. E. Erickson, C. N. Macken, J. D. Folmer, M. P. Blackford
Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications
One hundred sixty English-cross steers (244 kg, SD=23 kg) were used in each yr of a 2-yr study to determine effects of sorting on performance, carcass characteristics, variability, and profitability in a long yearling system utilizing ranch-source calves. Steers were back grounded during winter then grazed smooth brome-grass pastures followed by warm season native range prior to entering the feedlot in the fall. Steers were stratified by BW and allotted to 1 of 4 treatments: 1) 40 head sorted by pre-grazing BW where heavy steers entered the feedlot in July (PST), 2) 40 head sorted by BW entering the feedlot …