Animal Science, Department of
Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports
Date of this Version
2025
Citation
2025 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report, pages 63-65
University of Nebraska Extension, 2025
Abstract
Summary with Implications
A 2×2 +1 factorial experiment was performed to evaluate the effects of replacing wet corn distillers grain (WCDGS) with PureField distillers grains, a proprietary blend of wet distillers grains plus wheat middlings (Purefield LLC, Kansas, United States) at 15% or 30% of the diet (DM basis), on finishing performance and carcass characteristics. The inclusion of either byproduct resulted in improved steer performance, and carcass characteristics when compared to the treatment without the byproduct inclusion. No interactions between byproduct and inclusion level were observed for steer performance or carcass characteristics. A tendency for higher average daily gains was observed in cattle fed wet corn distillers grains when compared to PureField distillers grains. Because of a numerically lower DMI in the PureField DG fed cattle, no differences resulted in feed efficiency. PureField DG is a suitable alternative to replace corn distillers grains in feedlot finishing diets without affecting cattle performance.
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