Performance of Weaner Cattle given Molasses and Supplements under Feedlot and Grazing Conditions

A series of feeding experiments were undertaken with weaner cattle to assess the effects on liveweight performance of supplementing a basal diet of molasses, urea and roughage with various protein and energy supplements. The supplements included extruded soyabeans, a mixture of extruded soyabean and crushed maize grain, or soyabean and crushed maize extruded together. These experiments indicate there was no beneficial effect on liveweight performance of including maize in an extruded whole soyabean supplement given to cattle consuming a molasses/roughage based diet either under feedlot or grazing conditions.