Feeds and Nutrition

Feed costs are a major component of the total operating expenses for most beef operations. By formulating and feeding balanced rations for your operation, it can conserve feed expenses and allow for the most efficient production level of your cattle.

Cow-Calf Nutrition

Co-product and Alternative Feeds

Beef Cow Nutrition Guide (Kansas State) By-Product Feed Prices
Factors Affecting Nutrition of the Beef Cow Herd (Beef Cattle Handbook) Graphs of By-Product Prices
Managing the Feeding Program of the Beef Cow Herd (Beef Cattle Handbook) Lactation & Maintenance
  Comparative Value - Gain

Preconditioning and Backgrounding

Alternative Beef Cattle Feeds (Beef Cattle Handbook)
Missouri Premier Beef Marketing Program Alternative Beef Cattle Feeds (Arkansas)
Costs and Benefits of Preconditioning (Oklahoma State) Corn Co-Products Manual (Nebraska)
Nutrient Requirements of Backgrounding (North Dakota State) Ethanol Co-Products Storage and Utilization (Nebraska)
  Soybean Hulls (Kansas State)
Feedlot Wheat Middlings (Kansas State)
Focus on Feedlots (Kansas State)  
Feedlot Management Primer (Ohio State) Hay Markets
 

Weekly Hay Market

Feed and Forage Analysis

Missouri Hay Directory

Interpreting Feed Analysis (Nebraska)

Hay Listings (Buy & Sell)

Interpreting Forage Test Results (Kentucky)

Feedstuffs Reports (USDA)

Forage Sampling and Analysis Interpretation (Minnesota) Hay Reports (USDA)
   
Body Condition Score

Mineral Nutrition

Body Condition Scoring Beef Cattle (Virginia Tech) Trace Mineral Supplementation of Beef Cows (Kentucky)
Using BCS to Manage the Beef Herd (Beef Cattle Handbook) Mineral and Vitamin Supplementation (Arkansas)
Body Condition Scoring Beef Cattle Series (Nebraska)  
   
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For questions concerning this page or topics, please contact:
Justin Sexten State Extension Specialist - Beef Nutrition