CS-Uneastw Fanning, Saturday, August 27, 1994
Tests Show Steers
Right On Target
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Re
sults just tabulated from steer
feeding tests in Kansas, Virginia,
and Ohio show that Polled Here
ford and Polled Hereford-cross
cattle meet and exceed industry
standards for efficiency and car
cass quality. Sixty breeders con
signed steers to the tests.
Steers fed at D&D Feedlot, Ur
bana, Ohio, racked up an average
lean day of age of $2.15.
Top owner groups and sire groups
posted yield grades of 2.0 to 2.6.
Ribeye area/cwt. in the leading
groups ranged from 1.137 to 1.05
sq. in., and the leading average
daily gains ranged from 4.6 to 3.6
lb. Every steer in the top groups
graded Choice.
At the Kansas National Test,
held at Mid America Feedyard,
Great Bend, Kan., top pens ranged
from 2.16 to 2.66 on yield grade;
1.20 to 1.12 for ribeye area/cwt.;
4.21 to 3.76 for average daily
gain, with all lop groups landing
in the Choice quality grade.
In the test conducted at Horse
shoe Farm, Rapidan, Va., the re
tained ownership program test
posted costs of gain from $0.46 to
$0.47 for the leaders, with average
daily gains for top individuals
ranged from 3.93 to 3.73 lb. More
than 90 percent of the steers tested
were Yield Grade 2 and 3, with 66
percent grading Choice.
“Our breeders ar encouraged to
document and prove how their
cattle feed,” said Dr. John Hough,
American Polled Hereford Asso
ciation vice president for educa-
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