South Dakota Beef Report, 1986
Document Type
Report
Report Number
86-31
Publication Date
1986
Keywords
retained ownership, custom feeding, feedlot performance
Summary
Seventy-five preconditioned steer calves representing 14 different owners and a variety of breeds were placed on feed at Longacre Farms. Wentworth. South Dakota. in late November and early December. Average days on feed for the 15 groups of five head was 191 (range 181-2071. Average daily gain was 2.6 lb head per day (range 2.26-2.83). Feed efficiency was 8.2 lb dry matter per pound of gain. Feed cost averaged $35.53 per cwt. gain and nonfeed cost averaged $11.84 per cwt. gain. Average cost of gain excluding interest was $47.37 per cwt. (range 43.16-53.741. Average loss was $85.00 per head (range $45.99-140.61). Cost of gain at this eastern South Dakota feedlot was competitive with nearly any feedlot in the country.
Number of Pages
7
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 1986 South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Wagner, J.J., "South Dakota Custom Feeding Program" (1986). South Dakota Beef Report, 1986. 32.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_beefreport_1986/32