Sorting Steers by Weight into Calf-Fed, Summer Yearlings and Fall Yearling Feeding Systems

Authors

Daniel R. Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Matt K. Luebbe, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Galen E. Erickson, 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

Sorting steers into one of three different feeding periods — calf-feds, summer yearlings, and fall yearlings — resulted in no differences in performance or average carcass characteristics. Sorting decreased the amount of variation in hot carcass weight and carcasses over 950 lbs.