AN S 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Feedlot, Monensin, Direct Market
2 May 2019
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Ans 226 beef cattle sciences: feed lots and managers. What concerns managers: securing feeders, starting cattle on feed, rations/feed efficiency, bunk management, health, facilities/lot design and maintenance, manure management/environment, labor management, capital, markets. Terms associated with incoming cattle: feeder, grass cattle, long and short yearlings, grass cattle -- cattle that were grown on pasture before placement in the feedlot. See also yearlings: long yearlings -- yearlings that have had an extended period of grazing. Usually placed on feed in the fall following a full summer grazing season. See also short yearlings or yearlings: short yearlings -- cattle placed on feed after weaned. Usually placed on feed from march to july and fed for 120 to 160 days. Other factors that predict finished market weight: breed. Condition for weight fleshy condition or thin (green: age indicators: head, tail length, bone, slicked out from having been fed already.
