Economics for Feeding Distillers Grains to Finishing Cattle

Authors

Crystal D. Buckner, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Terry Klopfenstein, Universitiy of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Galen Erickson Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Virgil R. Bremer, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Darrell Mark, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2011

Comments

Published in 2011 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report. Published by the Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Copyright © 2011 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Cattle CODE, an economic budget model for predicting feeding returns for distillers grains, was updated and four new economic scenarios were evaluated. Feeding WDGS resulted in larger economic returns compared to MDGS and DDGS when the hauling distance from the ethanol plant to the feedlot was less than 60 miles and the dietary inclusion was up to 40% DM. However, these economic returns were dependent on the price paid for the products. If MDGS and DDGS were priced based on their drying costs, then economic returns decreased compared to WDGS.