Iowa Quality Cull Cow Project

The Iowa Beef Center, in conjunction with the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity, Iowa Lakes Community College and ISU Extension, conducted a feeding trial in 2002-03 to determine whether an aggressive feeding program could achieve white fat in culled market cows.

About 100 market beef cows and 12 dairy culls of varying body condition score, weight and age were consigned by Iowa producers into three groups and fed at three feedlots in southwest and northwest Iowa. The three groups were identified as: Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (TCSCF) group; Marckmann and Wallace (M&W); and Iowa Lakes Community College (ILCC). Their results are below.

Project summaries
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TCSCF group
Summary of results
Summary of results for cows fed at Bentley East
Summary of results for cows fed at Bentley East and Marckmann-Wallace

M&W group
Summary of individual cow performance
Feed and economic summary

ILCC group
Summary of results
Summary of individual cow performance

Adding value to cull cows
Iowa Beef Center members discussed the economics of adding value to cull cows during the Iowa Cattlemen's Association 2002 convention.
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