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Finishing Cattle on Pasture and other Forages: Irrigated Pasture^{1 ,2,}

University of Nebraska North Platte Station, North Platte, 69101

Abstract

Years ago the term "feeder steer" signified a 30- to 36-month-old animal weighing approximately 454 kilograms. In more recent times, the term referred to an eight- to 18-month-old animal weighing from 150 to 300 kilograms. The basic reason for the change was the increased overhead costs associated with maintaining animals on a long growing and finishing program and the relatively low cost of feed grains and high quality roughage. With increased costs of feed grains and other feeds, consideration is again being given to a longer program for growing and finishing cattle which depends on forage. Furthermore, low calf prices in relation to yearling prices and low cattle prices in general when related to feed prices tend to encourage high-forage programs.

If the recent price relationship between calves and yearlings persists and feed grain prices stay high, and if range forage is the base for the program, cow numbers will be reduced and more calves will be grown on grass.

¹ Published with the approval of the Director as Paper No. 5122 Journal Series, Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station.

² Invitational paper presented as part of the Symposium on Finishing Cattle on Pasture and Other Forages, held during the Annual Meeting of the A.S.A.S. at Fort Collins, CO July 27 to 30, 1975.