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| Summary of Feeding Test Trial at Dumas, Texas – Native Grass | ||
| East Pasture – Test Group – 90 Head 90 X 45 = 4,050 head days | ||
| Supplement consumed – 1,080 lbs. or .266 lbs. per head per day Cost per pound of supplement = 26.44 cents X 1,080 = Total cost of supplement $285.55 Cost per head per day = 7.05 cents | ||
| Average Weight: | June 2nd | 591.111 lbs. |
| July 16th | 699.555 lbs. | |
| Average Gain = | 108.444 lbs or 2.41 lbs. per day | |
| West Pasture – Control Group – 91 head | ||
| No Supplement | ||
| Average Weight: | June 2nd | 592.307 lbs. |
| July 16th | 682.637 lbs. | |
| Average Gain = | 90.330 lbs. or 2.01 lbs. per day | |
| Extra Weight Gain Per Animal = 0.40 lbs. per day or 18.111 lbs. over a period of 45 days. 0.40 lbs. X 4,050 head days = 1,620 lbs. extra weight gain total 1,620 lbs. X $0.85 = $1,377.00 – $285.55 (total supplement cost) = $1,091.45 / 90 head = $12.13 | ||
| At a selling price of $0.85 per pound, this represents approximately $12.13 extra net profit!! | ||
| Average of Net Profit Per Head | ||||||
| Type of Supplement | Daily Intake | Cost of Product /lb. | Cost/Head/ Day | Increase Daliy Gain | Cost of Increased Gain | Net Profit Per Head |
| Controlled Group | 0.000 | .00 | 0.0000 | 0.000 | 0.0000 | 00.00** |
| Postive Feed | 0.277 | .30 | 0.0831 | 0.445 | 0.1846 | 44.26** |
| Postive Feed, PVM | 0.420 | .30 | 0.1260 | 0.270 | 0.4667 | 15.52** |
| Postive Feed | 0.266 | .30 | 0.0800 | 0.400 | 0.2000 | 39.03** |
| *Cottonseed Meal + Urea | 2.080 | .10 + .15 | 0.3580 | 0.450 | 0.7955 | 03.68** |
| *Cottonseed Meal + “Rumensin” | 1.370 | .10 + .15 | 0.2870 | 0.380 | 0.7552 | 05.40** |
| * Must be hand fed, 15 cents labor costs. **On a 150 day trial, estimated market value 85 cents/lb. |