Team Name KEY
Team Number
2009 State Fair Stockmens Contest – Senior Team Problem
You have a group of steers that have just been weaned. The information about 3 of the calves from the
group is shown below.
Tag
Born
Birth Wt Wean Date Wean Age Actual Wean Adjusted Wean
in Days
Weight
Weight
31 U
2/18
82
9/24
218
566
537
32U
2/19
79
9/24
217
523
498
33U
2/22
86
9/24
214
581
560
Average for all Calves
83
9/24
208
542
529
1. What is the Weight per Day of Age at weaning
for number 32U? 533 lbs ÷ 217 days= 2.4 lbs per day
2.4
2. What is the Adjusted Weaning Weight Ratio for
Number 33U? 560 lbs ÷ 529 lbs X 100= 105.9
Answer with 1 decimal
105.9
3. If you backgrounded the calves for 56 days after weaning
and wanted them to weigh 680 pounds at that time,
what is the Average Daily Gain needed by calf number 31U?
680lbs- 566lbs= 114lbs ÷ 56 days= 2.03 lbs per day
4. You send a group of calves to a custom feedlot in Iowa.
You and a neighbor each put 35 calves on the truck, and share
the trucking expense. The total bill for trucking was $2800.
What is the trucking cost per head? $2800 ÷ 70 head = $40
Lbs
1 decimal
Pounds,
2 Decimals
2.03
$40
5.The cattle were fed for 220 days, then sold for slaughter. The feedlot
calculated the average cost per head as follows:
Feed
$440
Yardage
$ 66
Interest
$ 16
What is the average cost per head per day?
Total cost= 440 + 66 + 16= $ 522 per head ÷ 220 days=$2.37
6. The average steer gained 3.3 pounds per day while in the feedlot.
What is the Cost per pound of gain for the average steer, which started
on feed at 680 pounds? 3.3 lbs per day X 220 days= 726 lbs
Avg cost per head= $522
726lbs ÷$522= $0.72 per lbs
7. Steers had final weights as follows:
7.
Tag
Final Live Wt Hot Carcass Wt
31 U
1320
835
32U
1265
810
33U
1370
870
What is the average dressing percent for these 3 cattle? (Answer with 1 decimal)
Final Live Wt total = 3935lbs Final Hot Carcass Wt Total = 2515 lbs 2515÷ 3935 X 100%= 63.6%
8. The grade outcome of these 3 steers was
Tag
Hot Carcass Wt
Quality Grade
Yield Grade
31 U
835
Select +
2.1
32U
810
Choice 2.8
33U
870
Choice +
3.4
$2.37
$0.72
63.6%
The pricing grid ($ per 100 pounds of hot carcass weight) was:
8.
$1.435
Choice $140
Premium or Discount
Choice avg or Choice +
+ $3.50
Prime
+ $8.00
Select
- $7.00
What was the price per pound of Hot Carcass Weight paid for 33U?
9.
Per 100 lbs price = $143.50 ÷ 100 lbs= $1.435
9. What is the total price paid for number 31U?
Per 100 lbs price = $133.00 ÷ 100 lbs = $1.33 per lbs X 835lbs=$1110.55
10. If the value of 31U as a 650-pound feeder was $90/cwt, then calculate the total cost of this steer at the
time of slaughter. Use the average costs from Questions 4 and 5 in addition to his beginning value.
$90 per cwt X 650 lbs= $585; Avg Cost per head= $522; Cost of trucking per head= $40
Total Cost= $585 + $522 + $40 = $1147.00
$1110.55
$1147.00