Table 1.

Ingredient and chemical analysis of the basal finishing diet fed to beef steers

	Finishing diet
Items1	%
Ingredients
Alfalfa hay, medium chop	15
Cracked corn	70
Dried distiller’s grain	5.5
Molasses	6.8
Mineral supplement2	1
Limestone	1
Urea	0.7
Chemical analysis
DM, % of diet	82.2
CP, % DM	11.8
Soluble protein, % CP	19.1
NDF, % DM	21.7
ADF, % DM	12.4
Lignin, % DM	2.7
Crude fat, % DM	3.5
Sugar, % DM	4.6
Starch, % DM	49.2
Ash, % DM	4.9
Calcium	0.7
Phosphorus	0.4
TDN, %	82
NEm, Mcal/kg	1.74
NEg, Mcal/kg	1.14
peNDF, %3	10
GE, Mcal/kg4	4.16

¹Items are feed ingredients and chemical composition of diets evaluated by Cumberland Valley Analytical Services (Hagerstown, MD).

²Custom blend with 2:1 calcium to phosphorus ratio.

³peNDF is physical effective fiber; method by Penn State Particle Size separator 4-mm sieve.

⁴GE measured by bomb calorimetry.