EFFICIENT BEEF PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
MUHAMMAD SHAH MEER
2021-AG-273
M.SC (HONS) LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
EFFICIENT BEEF PRODUCTION SYSTEM
DR. MUHAMMAD RIAZ
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FAISALABAD

BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION SYSTEM
1. Growing Stockers
2. Cow and Calf production
3. Baby Beef production
4. Finishing Cattle
5. Duel purpose production

COW AND CALF PRODUCTION
PRODUCES WEANED FEEDER CALVES FOR FURTHER
GRAZING AND FEEDING
• General Consequence
A. Use usually adult females cow, their heifers and calves
B. Pregnant Cow are bought
C. Sold after they have been weaned at the age of 1-2 years
D. Older cows sold to slaughter after their reproductive years have ended. Otherwise cost will be
increased
• Feeding
A. Needs plenty of pasture and other forms of roughage
B. For this reason, they require more land than other cattle operations
C. Pasture may be native or improved

GROWING STOCKERS
THE PROCESS OF GROWING AND DEVELOPING CALVES
FROM WEANING WEIGHTS TO YEARLING WEIGHT OF
WHEN THE READY TO ENTER A FEEDYARD FOR FINISHING
• Objective
A. Hiefers and steers are marketed after one year
B. Heifers can be used as replacement animal
• Feeding
A. Stocker calf gaining over 3 pounds per day 25-30 percent crude protein and 75-
80 percent digestibility
B. Calf to gain 2 pounds per day digestibility should be 67 percent or greater
C. Often calves grazing summer grasses gain only 1.5 pounds per day or less
without supplementation

BABY BEEF PRODUCTION
• Superior breeding
• Maintenance of body fat
A. New born calves from cow and sold after 12-18 months
B. Calves are ranging their mother from a few hours to a few days (3 days) and
consume a diet, mostly milk base protein and added vitamins and minerals
C. Grain fed calves (3-4 weeks) normally consume a diet of milk replacer for the
first 6 to 8 weeks

FINISHING CATTLE
A. Cattle are usually finished for slaughter given grain limited
B. Include more roughage and less concentrate feeding during last 120 days
C. No need to provide protein
•Duel purpose production
A. Daily breeds are selected for both milk and meat
B. General feed supply is provide
C. When in need, farmer sell the cow

FACTORS FOR SELECTING A PRODUCTION SYSTEM
• Average daily gain- The expected average rate of gain per animal
• Gain/Acre- The amount of gain expected to be produced per acre
• Grazing period-The expected no of days when the forage system can be
grazed at a specified stocking rate
• Stocking rate-The expected number of animals capable of being grazed on a
given acre for the specified grazing period

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