How much weight do you feed a calf in the fall?
Cattle on pasture fed Bovatec or Rumensin have gained around 0.15 to 0.2 pounds (10 to 15 percent) more per head daily and required less concentrates for a pound of extra gain. You will probably want 1.25 to 2.0 pounds daily gain during the winter on calves weighing 400 to 500 pounds in the fall.
What do you need to know about calf scours?
Beef calf scours signs and treatment strategies. Common signs of calf scours: Watery stools that may be brown, grey, green, yellow in color. Occasionally blood and mucus may be evident in the stools. Rust colored or very bloody stools are often associated with infection with Salmonella, coccidia, or Clostridium perfringens.
How big does a calf have to be to get a receiving ration?
A variety of receiving rations have been used successfully. Studies at the University of California and New Mexico State University have indicated a receiving ration with 70 to 75 percent concentrates worked best for highly-stressed calves weighing 275 to 400 pounds.
Why are newly weaned calves more sick than yearlings?
Newly weaned calves usually have more sickness problems than yearlings. Preconditioned calves that have received their shots and been taught to eat grain should have less sickness. This is especially true for calves stressed by marketing and transportation procedures.
What’s the average weight of a Black Angus calf?
I raise longhorn/angus cross calves to butcher and my live weight at 18 months is 1000 to 1100 pounds for heifers. I feed all the hay they can eat and 4 pounds of grain during the winter. During the summer I bump the grain up to 8 pounds for the last 90 days before butchering. If playback doesn’t begin shortly, try restarting your device.
How much does a full grown Angus cow cost?
An open Angus heifer calf, for example, can cost anywhere from $1,400 to as much as $1,800, while a full grown Hereford bull can cost upwards of $3,400. CattleRange.com, at the time of this writing, has hundreds of listings from farms located primarily in Texas and the surrounding regions.
Cattle on pasture fed Bovatec or Rumensin have gained around 0.15 to 0.2 pounds (10 to 15 percent) more per head daily and required less concentrates for a pound of extra gain. You will probably want 1.25 to 2.0 pounds daily gain during the winter on calves weighing 400 to 500 pounds in the fall.
What are the signs of scours on calves?
Beef calf scours signs and treatment strategies. Common signs of calf scours: Watery stools that may be brown, grey, green, yellow in color. Occasionally blood and mucus may be evident in the stools.
