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Cattle weight gain

  • 29-05-2016 8:54pm
    #1
    Clint power 30
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    Whats the average weight gain a steer should gain this time of year eating good grass only


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  • #2
    Count Mondego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Count Mondego


    Clint power 30 wrote: »
    Whats the average weight gain a steer should gain this time of year eating good grass only


    1.5-2kg per day, if Continental.


  • #3
    MIKEKC
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    Count Mondego wrote: »
    1.5-2kg per day, if Continental.

    Read in journal .8-1 kg


  • #4
    Count Mondego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Count Mondego


    MIKEKC wrote: »
    Read in journal .8-1 kg

    Working off my actual figures. That sounds low.


  • #5
    Miname
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    Count Mondego wrote: »
    1.5-2kg per day, if Continental.

    That's fair gain but he said grass alone and I presume you weren't restricting their feed prior to initial weighing, so that can't be it. Some cattle will do 1.5 but I'd say 1-1.2 average is a fair thrive on grass alone.


  • #6
    Clint power 30
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭Clint power 30


    Miname wrote: »
    That's fair gain but he said grass alone and I presume you weren't restricting their feed prior to initial weighing, so that can't be it. Some cattle will do 1.5 but I'd say 1-1.2 average is a fair thrive on grass alone.

    Ya I reckon over 1.2 average seems too much with just grass but every steer wil vary. I'd be happy with 1-1.2kg daily gain.


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  • #7
    Count Mondego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Count Mondego


    Miname wrote: »
    That's fair gain but he said grass alone and I presume you weren't restricting their feed prior to initial weighing, so that can't be it. Some cattle will do 1.5 but I'd say 1-1.2 average is a fair thrive on grass alone.

    That would be 24 month stores weighed out of the shed and weighed again before slaughter at 30 months. Bullocks better than heifer too.


  • #8
    Clint power 30
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭Clint power 30


    Count Mondego wrote: »
    That would be 24 month stores weighed out of the shed and weighed again before slaughter at 30 months. Bullocks better than heifer too.

    Ya bullocks about 25 months now average weigt was 610kg when let out about month ago . Hope to get average 700kg before slaughter


  • #9
    Bass Reeves
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    Weight gain varies between breeds and within breeds. Some easy calving bulls are bring progeny that is way below breed average. For good continentals 1kg+ a day is a very good average. Bulls will do a shade better. AAX can vary from nearly 0.8kg/day back to 0.4kgs/day. HEX's are more consistant generally hitting the 0.8kg/day and FR's are similar. However killout on these cattle vary from 53% for good AA's at fat score 4 back down to 45-47% for P grading Fr at FS2+.

    Slava Ukrainii



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