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J. Anim Sci. 1973. 37:632-636.
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Comparative Feedlot Performance and Carcass Traits between Steers Allowed a Postweaning Growing Period and Steers Placed on a Finishing Ration at Weaning1

Lelan R. Lancaster, R. R. Frahm and D. R. Gill

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74074

Abstract

Data were analyzed from 91 Angus steers that completed a 194-day feeding experiment that was designed to compare the performance of weaning calves placed directly on a finishing ration with that of steers allowed a growing period before being placed on a high concentrate finishing ration.

The feeding trial was divided into two periods. The first consisted of 76 days where one group was on the grower ration and the other group was on the finishing ration. The second consisted of the remaining 118 days of the trial during which both groups were on the same finishing ration. Total weight, average daily gain, and change in wither height significantly favored the high concentrate group at the end of the first period. Average daily gain during the last period was significantly higher for the steers that had been on the grower ration. However, average daily gain for ,the entire feeding trial, as well as final weight, was not significantly different. Over the entire feeding trial, the steers on the finishing ration consumed an average of 0.57 fewer pounds per pound of gain (kilograms of feed per kilograms of gain) than the steers on the grower ration.

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1 Journal Article 2602 of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Stillwater. Research conducted by the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry in cooperation with the A. R. S., U.S.D.A.






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