Beet pulp vs Winning fill.....Who has used both?

Wanting to know from someone that has used both, what are the pros and cons of each?  When is one better to use than the other?

I've used both.  I like both but prefer Winning fill.  I have never had a calf not like it.  They really get a great bloom on them, healthy hair, and they drink really well at the shows after eatting it.

Never used Winning fill, but Beet pulp works good.

I know beet pulp works good to expand their guts, and is good to hold a calf, but does it have any other purpose or benefits?  We fed beet pulp last year, and thinking about trying Winning fill this year, just wanting to compare.  I think the price is about the same for both in our area.

Beet pulp is very good a tightening one up if they get to loose with their poop.  Of course hay helps to, but beet pulp works faster if they will eat it I think.  If I had a slow growing one or one I needed to hold from the get go, I'd probably lean toward feeding beet pulp all year (I've done it several times before).  I'd be more inclined to use Winning Fill when pulling them for a month or so or just for shows and trying to keep them full.  We use Full Tank for that though.  Winning Fill is a pain for us to try to get and Full Tank does what I need it to.

Both are mainly used as "additives", but Winning Fill is a complete ration & Beet Pulp isn't.  Beet Pulp is just that, it's the pulp from beets.  Winning Fill is Hay (Timothy & Alfalfa)  mixed with steam flaked corn, steam flaked beans, Kent First Rate Baby Beef 24, Show Bloom and molasses.  Winning Fill gets it's "fill" from the Timothy & Alfalfa hay.  Beet Pulp (around 7%) doesn't have as much protein as Winning Fill has (around 13%).  Actually, a person could feed both if they wanted to.  All depends upon what you are wanting to do/needing to do & what you are feeding.     

Would you still need to feed hay with the Winning Fill or is there not enough in there to completely replace the hay?

  Stumbled onto ground hay at TSC stores,  Timothy Alf mixed,  make it about 1/4 the ration use a cheaper base ration with lot of roughage,  added some crimped corn,  and 1/2 the pulp as before,  worked really well & cheaper than winning fill

Beet Pulp and Full Tank are more of a comparable product, Beet Pulp is just a filler, fiber product where Winning Fill is an actually feed product.

SlickTxMaine said:

Would you still need to feed hay with the Winning Fill or is there not enough in there to completely replace the hay?

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Depends upon what you are wanting to do, but I still would want to feed at least 1 fleck per head per day of long stem grass hay.    It would be a lot more expensive feeding Winning Fill than it would grass hay too. 

cowman 52 said:

  Stumbled onto ground hay at TSC stores,  Timothy Alf mixed,  make it about 1/4 the ration use a cheaper base ration with lot of roughage,  added some crimped corn,  and 1/2 the pulp as before,  worked really well & cheaper than winning fill

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If I was showing a lot, I'd mix my own version.  Most horse feed stores carry 50 lb. "bags" of ground Timothy/Alfalfa hay or you could grind your own.    You may not duplicate Winning Fill, but you could get awfully close.  Actually, several people around here feed ground hay, molasses, grain or soy hulls, etc. mixed as a growing ration.