Table 1.

Ingredient composition (DM basis) of the experimental finishing diets

Ingredient (%)	Diet 1a	Diet 2a
Sudan hay	7.54	7.66
Bakery waste	8.17	8.30
Steam flaked corn	–	57.24
Flaked wheat	60.72	–
Wheat straw	2.45	2.49
Liquid urea	–	0.64
Dried distillers grain	9.91	13.43
Fat, yellow grease	5.88	4.78
Supplement	5.33	5.46

Diets were formulated to meet or exceed NRC (1996) requirements for growing–finishing beef cattle

Diets contained 6.8 g/t zilpaterol hydrochloride (Zilmax: Merck, Summit, NJ) when fed for the final 20 days of the finishing period

^aDiet 1 was fed for 174 days, and Diet 2 was fed for 38 days