Dried Distillers Grains Supplementation to Yearling Cattle Grazing Smooth Bromegrass: Response and Performance Profile Summary

Authors

Matthew A. Greenquist, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Matt K. Luebbe, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

January 2008

Comments

Published in 2008 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report. Copyright © 2007 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Four years of data were summarized to evaluate yearling performance on smooth bromegrass when supplemented with dried distillers grains (DDG). On average cattle were supplemented 0.525% of BW daily with DDG for the entire grazing period (84 to 156 days). Daily gains were increased 0.55 lb/day for the entire grazing season. Performance from the last two years of data show a quadratic decrease in ADG as grazing days increase and forage quality decreases for both the supplemented and nonsupplemented cattle. The response to DDG supplementation increases with increasing grazing days.