Every stocker operator worth his cake wagon knows about using feed to extend forage, increase stocking rate, or increase pounds, while also delivering ionophores and whatnot. To be clear, we're talking about light supplementation feeding the equivalent of 2-4 lbs./day as an example and heavy supplementation where cattle grazing forage are also fed a ration equivalent to 1-2% of their body weight. Feeding ionophores is a highly recommended practice in stocker cattle production. Rumensin improves daily gain in grazing cattle, allowing more en- ergy to be produced per unit of feed. Average daily gain increased .11 lbs/hd/day for animals fed 1 lb or more of Rumensin supplement per head daily (100). In the broadest sense, stocker cattle are animals to which producers can add value. Most often, the term “stocker cattle” refers to 300- to 900-pound calves grazed on pastures after being weaned. The main value added to these cattle is weight gain. Cattle producers across Tennessee and the Mid-South often purchase stocker calves in the spring to put relatively cheap gain on the calves by using fescue/clover pasture. Fescue/clover pastures tend to produce large amounts of forage during spring and early summer which provides adequate nutrition for growing stocker animals. The prices used for this analysis were for 425-pound and 575-pound Feeder Steer Calves (Medium and Large Frame, #1 Muscle Score) from the USDA Florida Cattle Auctions Weekly Summary for the week ending April 13 th, 2018. Backgrounding calves, or taking weaned calves at about 450 pounds and feeding them up to 750 pounds or so, is becoming more popular among cattle producers.
17 May 2019 Stocker operators generally graze cattle on California annual rangelands increase yearling cattle weight gain on California annual rangeland. stocker cattle. Implications. Rate of body weight gain is a key determinant of. profitability in stocker or backgrounding programs for. cattle, and average 17 Aug 2017 Stocker calves are typically lightweight, freshly weaned calves that are the NRC (2000) system are largely a function of body weight and DMI. 1 Jun 1997 retained calves and purchased stocker cattle. All of these cattle grazed the stockpiled bermudagrass until they reached a saleable weight or
Calves by NASS survey classification are animals that weigh less than 500 pounds. Stockers and feeders are young steers or heifers, weighing approximately soybean hulls (SH) as supplements for cattle grazing bermudagrass. In Exp. 1, 66 crossbred steers. (306 ± 3.2 kg) were stratified by weight and allotted
Cattle performance. Suckling calves: Implanting suckling calves once with zeranol or estradiolprogesterone type implants will increase daily weight gains an He and other family members run their stocker and cow-calf/yearling operation grass and cake to stay healthy, but we don't necessarily put on a lot of weight.”. 29 Mar 2010 Steers or heifers (stockers) grazed on pasture are generally a low cost way of growing light-weight cattle, 300 to 500 pounds, into feeder cattle One of the cheapest things you can do to increase weight gain in your stocker calves is to properly fertilize and lime pastures. Properly fertilized forages contain After weaning and/or during the stocker and backgrounder phase, cattle may be Once cattle reach market weight (typically 1,200 to 1,400 pounds at 18 to 22 Backgrounders/Stockers are terms sometimes used synonymously. “Live” in marketing refers to selling cattle by weight, not carcass quality. Marbling is the Often these calves lose weight or make slow gains during the first month after purchase, but AAES research indicates that feeding them specially formulated
Apr 9, 2013 Griffith offers producers an analysis of the production of stocker cattle can pay for a given weight calf in April that is sold in August,” he said. Feb 21, 2019 Every stocker producer starts with an expected sale price given a certain weight and time period. However, the market price can increase, Because the stocker sector is a tran- sitional sector, calves usually purchased as stockers are light-weight freshly weaned calves. Stocker calves typically weigh Before running out and purchasing stocker cattle, it may be wise to consider to purchased stockers and do not demonstrate the same ability to gain weight in