Table 3.-Average Costs
 Mixtures.


of Various Feeds and Feed


 Feed or Ration Price per ton
Ground snapped corn $ 34.82
Ground shelled corn 48411
Citrus pulp 47.14
Cottonseed hulls 23.85
60% protein supplement 101.22
Mineral mixture 84.00
Citrus molasses 24.00
Grass hay 22.50
Stilbestrol implants (24 mg) 0.20/each
 r~kr,----rir~L--r-- -----r-----------


Ration
Ration
Ration
Ration
Ration
Ration
Ration
Ration


number
number
number
number
number
number
number
number


45.06
47.17
50 22
55.26
50.00
53.65
50.82
54.33


*Price includes $7.00 pet ton mixing
charge for mixed feed.


and milling


Table 4.-Price Received for Carcasses.


 Grade
U. S. Choice
U. S. Good
U. S. Standard


Price cwt.
carcass
 $41.00
 39.00
 36.00


(Lot 5), and the ground snapped corn cattle had 15-pound heavier carcasses. Without
molasses, ground shelled corn-cottonseed hull cattle (Lot 6) gained faster with only
slightly heavier carcasses than the corresponding ground snapped corn group (Lot 2).
Carcass grade and other carcass data were similar for the corresponding ground snapped and
ground shelled-cottonseed hull lots (Lots 1 and 5; Lots 2 and 6, Tables 5 and 6). Net
return favored the ground snapped corn cattle (Ground snapped corn $34.82 ton; ground shelled
corn, $48.11; cottonseed hulls, $23.85). Steer performance, carcass weight, carcass grade,
and net return were higher with the ground snapped corn group fed citrus molasses, while
with shelled corn-cottonseed hulls, performance was lower, although net return was higher,
with the molasses.

 Cattle self-fed hay with a ground shelled corn ration (Lots 3 and 4) consumed less
roughage than the other groups where roughage was mixed with the grain (Lots 1, 2, 5, 6, 7,
and 8). With citrus molasses (Lot 3), steer performance with the shelled corn-hay ration
was about average for all groups; without molasses (Lot 4), feedlot performance, carcass
weight, and net return were the highest of any group in the trial.