For such a general question, it requires a general answer: It depends on the steer and the type of feed corn being used to feed that steer. There is some sort of general "rule of thumb" out there that it takes around 9 lbs of grain to get one pound of beef, but that is pretty ambiguous. It takes more pounds of corn to get a pound of gain on a Holstein steer than it would on an Angus steer, for instance. Also, cracked corn will get a steer to gain more weight than whole corn will.
Your numbers seem to be off a bit. $100 for a 500lb steer sounds quite low. Or is that 91.58/100?What is the price per pound at the selling price. It is not necessarily that a 1225 pound steer would be sold at the same price per pound as a 500 lb steer. And, with time, the market can go anywhere.Once you have the total prices or price per pound for the buying and selling price, then you can calculate the profits.
A steer that is grain fed will typically gain 1 or 2 lbs per day more than a grass-fed steer.
If you have 60 pounds of shelled corn (15% moisture), then you have 1.07 bushels of corn.
varies on the frame score, an average steer at 600 pounds starting needs about 3 pounds of grain
on a 1000 pound steer of exceptional quality you will get about 400-450 pounds of meat with about 150-170 pounds being steak.
A little over a half pound. It is 0.55 pounds
It gains about 1 pound a week
.25 cents per pound if buying a 640 pound barrel - comes to $160
A 1000 lb steer will eat 2.5% of his body weight. In other words, he will eat around 25 lbs of feed per day.
For field corn, or dent corn as it's sometimes called, there is approximately 1/3 to 1/2 of a pound of shelled corn on an ear.
It really depends on if you have a high matabolism or a low matabolism./ It also depends on how much you eat in a time limit.If you eat like 5 bags of Doritos you will gain a pound
Your baby should gain about one pound per week during the last four weeks.