Cattle DLWG

[Dyffryn]

What should dairyx stores be doing?

 

[unlacedgecko]

What should dairyx stores be doing?

1-1.5kg per day at grass.

 

[An Gof]

What should dairyx stores be doing?

 

[HarryB97]

Depends how hard you are pushing them and the breed etc. If housed a kilo a day as an average. Always find mine never do as well at this time of year.

 

[jackrussell101]

As said above entirely dependent on what ration they're on.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

1-1.5kg per day at grass.

1.5kilos a day at grass??

 

[An Gof]

I also thought 1.5Kg DLWG was a tadge optimistic over a whole grazing season.
I’m obviously a very inefficient beef farmer who doesn’t manage much more than an average DLWG of 1.4kg over the lifetime of BBxdairy steers on an intensive ad Lib cereal ration slaughtering at around 13-14 months.

 

[thorpe]

1.5kilos a day at grass??

i would have thought it would have to be good grass to consistantly do that!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

i would have thought it would have to be good grass to consistantly do that!

It would have to be a good finishing ration to do that

 

[thorpe]

It would have to be a good finishing ration to do that

1.2-2.2 here , good grub!

 

[Party Pete]

1kg a day over the whole grazing period is where I am . 1.2/3 inside on silage and 3kg meal

 

[goodevans]

1.5kilos a day at grass??

Only if they have been left outside all winter first with no feed,that's if they are still alive

 

[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

120-140 kg gain over summer on rough permanent pasture here.

 

[thorpe]

120-140 kg gain over summer on rough permanent pasture here.

long summer's?

 

[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

long summer's?

First week in April usually to mid October. I Suspect most of the growth would be in the early months.

 

[TheRanger]

0.75kg/day from birth to 20 months, grazed grass and silage only from 6m onwards, dairy bred angus' not pushed.

 

[gone up the hill]

0.75kg/day from birth to 20 months, grazed grass and silage only from 6m onwards, dairy bred angus' not pushed.

Need to be 100/150 kilo's heavier than that at 20 months!

You want them gone by 24 months at the latest ideally

 

[gone up the hill]

1-1.5kg per day at grass.

Well under your new system next year it will be intresting to see if you achieve that!

What ages/ intervals are you going to weigh them to monitor growth?

 

[Green Grass]

0.85kg this summer, 2023 spring born AAX calves no conc after twelve weeks old. Set stocked perm pasture.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Well under your new system next year it will be intresting to see if you achieve that!

What ages/ intervals are you going to weigh them to monitor growth?

How often do you weigh store cattle?