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Feeding High Grain Diets To Steer Calves With Different Feedlot Arrival Weights, R.H. Pritchard
Feeding High Grain Diets To Steer Calves With Different Feedlot Arrival Weights, R.H. Pritchard
South Dakota Beef Report, 1987
Crossbred steer calves (384 head) were used in a 2-year study to determine the effects of feedlot arrival weight and diet concentrate levels on feedlot performance and carcass variables. Steers were separated into Light (434 lb), medium (486 lb) and heavy (533 lb) groups based upon weights when they arrived at the feedlot. A low energy (LE) corn silage receiving and growing system was compared with a high energy (HE) system that involved feeding relatively higher levels of grain during receiving and growing periods. Calves were fed to similar fatness endpoints. Rate of gain was similar for weight groups, but …