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Effect of Pelleting Steer-Fattening Rations of Different Concentrate to Roughage Ratio

Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Stillwater and and Agricultural Research Service, U.S.D.A.

Abstract

Forty-eight Hereford steers were individually self-fed in two trials to study the effects of pelleting rations with 1:4 and 4:1 concentrate to roughage ratios on feedlot performance and carcass merit. Rate of gain and feed intake were significantly increased (P<.01) by pelleting the 1:4 ration. Pelleting the 4:1 ration resulted in no significant change in rate of gain but caused a decrease in feed intake. Feed efficiency on both rations was improved slightly by pelleting. Dressing percent was unaffected by pelleting; carcass grades were not affected by pelleting the 1:4 ration but were reduced slightly by pelleting the 4:1 ration. Chemical or physical composition of the 9–10–11th rib cuts was not significantly affected by form of the two rations. Apparent digestibility of ration components was not significantly altered by pelleting either ration, although it did tend to reduce digestibility of crude fiber.