Please help with Heifer Feed Ration

Since last November our farm has moved from milking holsteins to raising beef cattle and steers. My husband and I have just started our adventure on raising show beef heifers. We currently bought 2 Mainetaineer heifers and 4 Shorthorns that we would like to raise as show heifers. We have been feeding our animals Kent Beef Show Grower which has
13.5% crude protein
3.5% crude fat
11% crude fiber
Along with calcium, phosphorus, salt, potassium, copper, selenium, zinc, vitamin A, Vitamin D3, & Vitamin E
The main ingredients are corn, oats, barley, processed Grain By-Products, Cottonseed Hulls, Soybean Meal, Sunflower Meal, Dried Whey, etc.... However, the feed is costing us almost $19.00/bag and feeding our heifers 15lbs/day.

We have asked our local feed mill if they would recommend us creating our own mix and having them bag it or if they had a product that would do the same as the Kent mix. The gave us a CFS Beef Creep 14%
Crude Protein 14%
Crude Fat 3%
Crude Fiber 11.5%
ADF 15%
Calcium, Phosphorus, Salt, Selenium, Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, & Vitamin E
The main ingredients are corn, plant processed products, processed grain by products, and minerals.
The feed mill said that is would cost us $14/bag. They didnt say how much to feed except the label says a max of 5#/head.

Are we feeding in the right direction or do we need to be looking else where? Do people have cheaper suggestions?

The coop op in Healy Kansas has a grower ration and a finisher ration.... The coop in Dodge city has a finisher ration

Rage in price from 815 to 9 per bag.  Corn,distillers cottonseed hull pellets etc

All are good feed but not " name" feed

For slightly more than 1/2 that feed you could get these and just add a little supplement

Grain prices are really down. The feed companies may be a little slow to adjust down. But this is prolly about 500 bucks to the project

<party>Figure 140 days x 30 lbs is two tons

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http://www.steerplanet.com/asklund-acres-aaok-feeding-program/

Many PPL have and are using this feed ration with success. You can tweak as needed for your area and available feedstuffs. Good Luck. Link above to the ration.

Personally, for $14 a bag I can buy Umbargers Lite em up or Payload . Which are both excellent feeds for show heifers and they are a complete feed . Other than maybe adding beet pulp . Just my opinion .