weight gain at grazing?

[devon6400]

hi

would anyone have a guess at what weight gain would be expected at grazing ish ? 5 year old lays, on 18month old continentals steers and heifers with maybe some rolled wheat? trying to do a bit of a plan for the future.
need help!!!!

thanks

 

[z.man]

0.75kg a day depending on weather

 

[The Ruminant]

0.75kg a day depending on weather

Could be much higher - it depends how much rolled wheat is fed

 

[devon6400]

I was thinking maybe 3 kg of wheat a day????

 

[z.man]

also depends if a large framed empty animal or a well filled one with no compensatory growth and how many kg a acre stocking rate. Imho if your looking to feed for 1.5 kg dlwg put the back in the shed

 

[multi power]

I was thinking maybe 3 kg of wheat a day????

why feed wheat at grass, there will be more energy in the grass than the weat

 

[devon6400]

its just what ive got!!! lol we are getting 1.6/1.7 average dlwg at the moment indoors on 2/3sillage 1/3 maize and 2.5kg of wheat. so ive managed to work out housing costs and gains. so I just wanted to try a figure out grazing costs and gains?

 

[multi power]

dairy hefiers gain much more weight on good grass than in on 3kg cake n first cut silage

 

[rusty]

I can get 0.75 kg/day with dairy heifers on well managed grazed grass. I move to a new paddock at least once a week and come back around 3 weeks later.

 

[devon6400]

how many an acre?

 

[multi power]

we get 225kg in 12 months, wean at 100kg, 12 weeks n bull at 15 months 325 kg

 

[rusty]

how many an acre?

May to Aug 2 to the acre @400 to 550 kg. about 40 units of N/acre per month.

 

[devon6400]

thank you rusty. that really good info. very helpful. cheers

 

[Will Blackburn]

dairy hefiers gain much more weight on good grass than in on 3kg cake n first cut silage

That is a lot of cake to feed with silage, I would only feed 4kg with straw, and I am feeding 1kg with first cut silage to mine.

 

[multi power]

That is a lot of cake to feed with silage, I would only feed 4kg with straw, and I am feeding 1kg with first cut silage to mine.

but the op was saying 3kg of wheat at grass

 

[devon6400]

what I guess I really want to know is how can I continue to keep 1.6 dlwg at grass. eg can it happen just on good management of grass? if not what is a good feed that will work with the grass to get that gain? I hope that makes sense. lol

thanks