Table 4.

Grazing gain cost for PST and ANN treatments for the first and second half of the grazing season

Grazing treatment	Gain constant2		Weight, kg	Daily cost/kg	Half period days	Period total cost
PST1	0.001984	In	369.06	0.73222	90.30	66.12
	0.001984	Out	509.00	1.00982	90.30	91.19
				Total days	180.60	157.31
				Cost/kg
				(140.0 kg gain)		1.12
ANN1	0.001984	In	374.70	0.7434	51.50	38.29
	0.001984	Out	558.40	1.1079	50.50	55.95
				Total days	102.00	94.23
				Pea–barley	27.00	49.87
				Unharvested corn	52.00	94.36
				Total days	181.00	238.46
				Cost/kg
				(183 kg)		1.30

¹ PST = crested wheatgrass and native range; ANN = crested wheatgrass, native range, field pea–barley, and unharvested corn.

²Gain constant established from personal communication with western North Dakota custom yearling grazers.