The days it takes a weaned steer to reach its sale specification. Every saved day is feed, interest and seasonal risk you don’t carry.
Grass-finished southern steers typically take 550–700 days from weaning to reach a ~600 kg sale spec; the best systems beat 550.
MLA More Beef from Pastures ↗It converts daily gain into calendar and cash: slow winter gains show up here as extra months on farm. It also reveals whether stock will hit market spec before the summer feed gap closes the selling window.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Lift winter ADG with a feed budget instead of accepting a stall.
Select bulls on 400- and 600-day growth EBVs.
Draft and sell each animal as it reaches spec rather than by mob.
The days it takes a weaned steer to reach its sale specification. Every saved day is feed, interest and seasonal risk you don’t carry.
You need: Weaning weight and date (kg), Sale weight and date (kg), Interim weighings (kgLW). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Grass-finished southern steers typically take 550–700 days from weaning to reach a ~600 kg sale spec; the best systems beat 550.
Lift winter ADG with a feed budget instead of accepting a stall. Select bulls on 400- and 600-day growth EBVs. Draft and sell each animal as it reaches spec rather than by mob.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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