Too big too early?

[ChristaCheatham]

Hey I have a shorthon steer that I'm showing at the end of July/August for our county fair.  We had our county weigh-in today and he weighed 1,000 even. He was one of the biggest there. We are feeding one five gallon bucket and a half at morning and night.  the ration is a mix with prolly 2/3 corn with molasses, cotton seed, barley, etc.He also has a small heifer with him eating the food.  Should I keep feeding the same amount? Less? I just don't want to get him too big.

 

[RCF Farms]

Are steers I always wanted around that at weigh in. I would  back off to a 5 gallon morning and evening, or get him to 1200lb then feed him barley base to finish him off at 1300lb. I had a calf weigh 1300 in may and we showed mid to the end of july. We had to turn him out for a couple weeks on grass then just feed him filler stuff and heifer feed mixed. Weighed 1400lb, shrunk him to 1250lb which i didn't think could happen, then filled him back up and he looked awesome. Won Grand Champion with him, gave him cranberry juice to shrink him down.

 

[sue]

Hey I have a shorthon steer that I'm showing at the end of July/August for our county fair.  We had our county weigh-in today and he weighed 1,000 even. He was one of the biggest there. We are feeding one five gallon bucket and a half at morning and night.  the ration is a mix with prolly 2/3 corn with molasses, cotton seed, barley, etc.He also has a small heifer with him eating the food.  Should I keep feeding the same amount? Less? I just don't want to get him too big.

Can you post a picture?

 

[OH Breeder]

Hey I have a shorthon steer that I'm showing at the end of July/August for our county fair.  We had our county weigh-in today and he weighed 1,000 even. He was one of the biggest there. We are feeding one five gallon bucket and a half at morning and night.  the ration is a mix with prolly 2/3 corn with molasses, cotton seed, barley, etc.He also has a small heifer with him eating the food.  Should I keep feeding the same amount? Less? I just don't want to get him too big.

If he has a small heifer in with him she might need to be on a little different ration. You can slow him down by putting him on a growth ration decrease the amount of feed and corn. Picture would be great. I will say we always try to get ours up to weight because the summers are hard on them.



How old is your steer? Do you have idea his ADG?

 

[Bradenh]

that weight is perfect, we show in june and my steer is 1130 and brothers is 980 and they are both on wide open feed.... so for a july- august show your right on track at 1000

 

[johnmetzger]

Alot easier to holdem than pushem. Keep feeding him till he reaches 1400lb. than go with a barley ration to reverse his wt. and keep condition.