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From 1.5 to 3 pounds per day.
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What do feedlot cattle eat?
Grain.
How could you feed sheep and cattle if they are not kept in a field?
In a feedlot
What are the differences between pasture-fed and feedlot-fed cattle?
Besides how they are housed, where they live and what they are fed, there are almost no significant differences between them. The primary difference is how they are fed. Feedlot cattle are fed an 85% grain or concentrate diet (the rest is forage), and pasture-fed cattle are obviously set to graze grass on pasture.What's interesting in this respect is that feedlot cattle have been pastured before they entered the feedlot. These cattle have been on pasture pretty well since the day they were born, and remained so for a year and a half (~18 months) before being sent to the feedlot to be "finished" for beef. Even the weaned calves that enter the feedlot are put on pasture in the summer for 5 or 6 months, and in the winter or during the times when they cannot be on pasture they are fed a forage-rich diet. Pastured cattle will also be fed the same way if they do not have pasture to graze on, because not all areas can raise cattle on pasture all year round.The differences that may be seen is when cattle are mere days away from being sent to slaughter. Feedlot cattle are younger and somewhat fatter than pasture-finished cattle, being finished at around 20 to 24 months of age. Pasture-finished cattle are not as fat, but still well conditioned, but older. By the time they are ready for slaughter, they are around 28 to 30 months of age. Breeds and breeding matters little between feedlot and pastured cattle, feed efficiency is not breed specific, but individual-specific within and between breeds.
What is a feedlot?
A feedlot is a farming operation where livestock are fed a high-energy ration mix of grain and silage in order to fatten them up prior to slaughter. Feedlots do not graze their cattle; the animals are held in dirt pens and the feed comes to them on a truck. In a cattle feedlot, steers and heifers are typically there for three to four months to fatten up before they are trucked to a slaughter plant.
What are ranchers called that fatten young cattle?
Anything from beef producers, backgrounders, stockmen, to feedlot owners.
What has the author D Lizdas written?
D. Lizdas has written: 'Methane Generation From Cattle Residue at a Dirt Feedlot'
How much weight do cattle gain in feedlots?
There is no one solid answer you're going to get from this question. Weight gain depends on the breed, type, age, type of diet fed and the nutritional content of this diet, especially in terms of energy content (TDN or Total Digestible Nutrients). Environmental factors also have an effect on the performance of feedlot cattle in terms of average daily gain. Finally, it depends on what time period you are referring to in terms of total weight gain: Are you asking about average daily gain (ADG), weight gained per month, or total weight gained over the period cattle are confined to the feedlot?As such, the answer to this question remains up in the air without these factors being answered first before the ultimate question--the one posted above--can be really answered. However, I can give you a ball-park estimate as to the weight gain expected for cattle on a feedlot.Depending on breed, cattle are expected to have an average daily gain between 1.5 to 3.0 pounds. As mentioned above, it all depends on the diet formulated for them, as not all cattle will gain the same way on the same diet. Cattle are divided into groups according to age, breed, body condition and response to a certain diet given to them, and fed according to that particular group's energy requirements in order to achieve a certain average daily gain that is optimal (never maximal) for that group.
How rapidly does a market lamb gain weight in the feedlot?
about .5 to .7 pounds per day
What states dominate cattle feedlot production?
1. Texas 2. Nebraska 3. Kansas 4. Colorado 5. Iowa 6. California 7. South Dakota 8. Oklahoma 9. Arizona 10. Minnesota Source 1997 Census of Agriculture
What is a cattle implant?
An implant is a hormonal compound--natural or synthetic--that is used for the purpose of improving growth (in the form of average daily gain [ADG]) and feed efficiency in beef cattle. The feedlot or commercial finishing operations is the sector which tends to use the most implants over all other sectors, including cow-calf and backgrounding.
Can packing plants feed cattle in feedlots?
Only if the company that owns the packing plants has enough money and investments to own a feedlot or two (or more) to feed cattle for their slaughter plants.
What is daily rate of gain for 350 pound cattle on hay and grass?
For 350 lb calves, it's around 2 to 2.5 lbs per day, depending on the quality of the grass and hay. If the feed is poor quality, the daily rate of gain will be lower. If the feed is of high or good quality, then the rate of gain will be higher.
