When to start holding a steer

[steermaker]

We find ourselves in a new situation this year with one of our steers.  He is for a terminal show at our county fair in late July.  Right now he weighs around 1,100# and is getting 20# of a 12% protein feed mix per day.  At this rate he is going to be done in May.  Should we hold our ground on the grain intake?  I know that feeding beet pulp or cotton seed hulls can help, but around here it is beet pulp or nothing.  Looking for any recommendations that you may have.

 

[fairin.smith]

We find ourselves in a new situation this year with one of our steers.  He is for a terminal show at our county fair in late July.  Right now he weighs around 1,100# and is getting 20# of a 12% protein feed mix per day.  At this rate he is going to be done in May.  Should we hold our ground on the grain intake?  I know that feeding beet pulp or cotton seed hulls can help, but around here it is beet pulp or nothing.  Looking for any recommendations that you may have.

we have a calf thats 1140 and another 1150  try full control by Purina  :-\

 

[dagrate1s]

It depends on where your taget weight is. If your target weight is 1300-1310 then dont start to hold him until 1240-1250. Then put him on a filler ration with lots of beet pulp or full n fresh or something that will fill him up without the weight. Plus when u start holding one, hair shoots out from everywhere. Thats what we would do...