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D-feedlot Dictionary

Feedlot

An operation that finishes cattle on a grain-based diet

All termsIntroduced in M9Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
An operation that finishes cattle on a grain-based diet
How to use it
Sell finished cattle or weaners to feedlots, or run a small finishing pen if grain is cheap.
South African benchmark
South Africa's commercial feedlots finish cattle on grain (Article 64).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M9-U2, M9-U4, M9-U6
Calculate it
T-M9-04 Feedlot versus Veld
Library sources
LIB-A064, LIB-P-Beef
See also
Backgrounding, Feed conversion ratio
Beef: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedBeef: how the business runsSold bykg live weight or carcass weight1Breed2Wean3Background on veld4Finish5Abattoir: carcass weightZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Beef Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M9 Beef.