Table 1.

Average Quality and Price of Feeds Commonly Available to Northern Nevada Beef Producers
(For interactive spreadsheet go to: http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/search/)
Estimate Your Cost per Pound of Protein
Step 1. For more accurate estimates of price/pound of protein , enter current prices per ton (in green boxes) on interactive spreadsheet
Step 2. Enter your feed analysis in the (yellow boxes) below.
Step 3. Enter the price of your feed/ton in the (blue boxes) below.

CP TDN Crude NDF ADF P Ca Mg K Price $/Lb.

Feed % % Fiber % % % Phos. % % % % Per Ton Protein
Alfalfa Hay, Early Bloom 19.90 60.00 28.50 39.30 31.90 0.21 1.63 0.34 2.56 $120.00 $0.30 *
Alfalfa Hay, Mid-Bloom 18.70 58.00 28.00 47.10 36.70 0.22 1.37 0.35 1.56 $90.00 $0.24 *
Alfalfa Hay, Full Bloom 10.00 55.00 30.00 48.80 38.70 0.24 1.19 0.27 1.56 $70.00 $0.35 *
Orchard Grass Hay, *
Early Bloom 12.80 65.00 33.90 59.60 33.80 0.34 0.27 0.11 2.91 $100.00 $0.39 *
Orchard Grass Hay, *
Late Bloom 8.40 54.00 37.10 65.00 37.80 0.30 0.26 0.11 2.67 $80.00 $0.48 *
Range Block 18.00 80.00 - - - - - - - $155.00 $0.43 **
20% Range Cubes 20.00 - < 17.00 - - > 0.50 0.75-1.25 - > 0.80 $190.00 $0.48 **
20% Range Block 20.00 72.00 - - - - - - - $230.00 $0.58 **
Liquid Molasses 11.00 76.00 4.00 - - 1.00 2.00 0.50 7.00 $250.00 $1.14 **
Wheat-Mid Pellets 16.00 79.00 9.20 - - 1.13 0.11 0.52 1.33 $220.00 $0.69 **
Dried Distillers Grain 30.40 90.00 6.90 46.00 21.30 0.83 0.26 0.33 1.08 $195.00 $0.32 **
Corn, Cracked 9.80 90.00 2.29 10.80 3.30 0.32 0.03 0.12 0.44 $90.00 $0.46
Your Feed Analysis 0.00 $0.00 #DIV/0!
Additional Feed Items 0.00 $0.00 #DIV/0!

(Your Feed Analysis) (Your Price/Ton)

Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle: Seventh Revised Edition: Update 2000, Table 11-1
*Hay Prices are an averages from hayexchange.com
**Supplement composition and prices are an average of Northern Nevada feed suppliers

Table 5.
Basic Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cows
Compare your feed with the basic nutrient requirements of mature beef cows
Step 1. Select the chart that matches the average weight and number of month since calving for your cows.
Step 2. Enter the pounds of dry matter fed per day, calculated from your feed item.
Step 3. Compare the nutrient requirements with your analysis.
Enter the total pounds of dry matter to be fed per day in the yellow boxes below.

Nutrient requirements of 1000 lb mature cow.

(20 lbs peak milk)
Your Additional Combined Months Since Calving
Analysis Feed Item Feeds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DMI, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 24.00 25.00 25.40 24.40 23.50 22.70 21.10 21.00 20.90
TDN, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 59.60 60.90 58.60 57.00 55.40 54.00 44.90 45.70 47.00
CP, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.54 11.18 10.38 9.65 8.86 8.17 5.98 6.16 6.47
Ca, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.32 0.30 0.27 0.24 0.22 0.15 0.15 0.15
P, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.21 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.15 0.11 0.11 0.11

TDN, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.30 15.23 14.88 13.91 13.02 12.26 9.47 9.60 9.82
CP, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.53 2.80 2.64 2.35 2.08 1.85 1.26 1.29 1.35
Ca, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.03
P, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02

Enter the total pounds of dry matter to be fed per day in the yellow block below.
Nutrient requirements of 1200 lb mature cow.
(20 lbs peak milk)
Your Additional Combined Months Since Calving
Analysis Feed Item Feeds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DMI, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.80 27.80 28.40 27.40 26.50 25.70 24.20 24.10 24.00
TDN, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.70 59.90 57.60 56.20 54.70 53.40 44.90 45.80 47.10
CP, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.10 10.69 9.92 9.25 8.54 7.92 5.99 6.18 6.50
Ca, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.31 0.29 0.26 0.24 0.22 0.15 0.15 0.15
P, % 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.21 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.15 0.12 0.12 0.12
TDN, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.73 16.65 16.36 15.40 14.50 13.72 10.87 11.04 11.30
CP, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.71 2.97 2.82 2.53 2.26 2.04 1.45 1.49 1.56
Ca, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.04
P, lb/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03
Adapted from the Nutrient requirements of Beef Cattle, published by the National Research council, 2000
Hersom, Matt. 2007. Basic Nutrirent Requirements of Beef Cows, An. Sc. Dept. IFAS Extension, AN190.
 10 11 12
20.80 21.00 21.40
49.10 52.00 55.70
6.95 7.66 8.67
0.24 0.24 0.24
0.15 0.15 0.15

10.21 10.92 11.92

1.45 1.61 1.86
0.05 0.05 0.05
0.03 0.03 0.03

10 11 12
23.90 21.40 24.60
49.30 52.30 56.20
7.00 7.73 8.78
0.26 0.25 0.25
0.16 0.16 0.16
11.78 11.19 13.83
1.67 1.65 2.16
0.05 0.06 0.06
0.04 0.03 0.04
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