Stickel, A.Houser, Terry A.Olson, K. C.Gerlach, B.Goehring, B.Pacheco, A.Macek, M.Parsons, G.Miller, K.Thompson, L.K.Dikeman, Michael E.Unruh, John A.Blasi, Dale A.Drouillard, James S.2011-03-302011-03-302011-03-30http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8158Beef Cattle Research, 2011 is known as Cattlemen’s Day, 2011With increasing feed costs, producers may be able to utilize forage resources to help cattle gain weight before entering a high-concentrate finishing phase. In theory, heavy stocker cattle need less time on feed before slaughter compared to lighter weight cattle; however, research determining the impact of a short feeding system on product quality is limited. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of a shortened, high-concentrate feeding period on carcass characteristics and meat quality traits of heavy yearling stocker cattle.BeefStocker cattleCarcass characteristicsPerformanceDried distillers grainsConference paper