Strategies of Supplementing Dried Distillers Grains to Yearling Steers on Smooth Bromegrass Pastures

Authors

Stephanie K. Pruitt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kelsey M. Rolfe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Brandon Nuttelman Nuttelman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
William A. Griffin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Walter H. Schacht, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2012

Comments

Published in 2012 Beef Cattle Report (2012) p. 49-50. Copyright © 2012 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Steers supplemented with dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) daily on nonfertilized smooth bromegrass pastures gained 0.55 lb/day more than cattle on nonsupplemented treatments. Steers supplemented at 0.6% BW DDGS gained 2.59 lb/day compared to 2.36 lb/ day for steers fed a similar total amount of DDGS at increasing levels over the growing season.