Level of Vitamin A in beef steer finishing ration fed on high and low levels of silage

Abstract

Sixty Hereford steer calves from Warner’s Ranch in Rice County were wintered on a ration of 1 pound soybean oil meal, sorghum silage, sorghum rain and minerals. The calve weight 450 to 550 pounds; 30 were fed 4 pounds of grain and 30 were fed 8 pounds of grain per head daily for 112 days. They average approximately 743 pounds at the end of the wintering period.