Table 1.

Chemical composition of conserved forages and coproduct supplements fed during a 45-d backgrounding trial for weaned beef calves

Item	RB*	CS	BH	50/50 SH: CGF	85/15 CC:CSM	SE
Moisture, % as-fed	59.3	72.0	14.8	9.5	13.1	—
Nutrient analysis†
CP	10.0a	6.9c	9.9b	16.2	13.2	0.35
NDF	56.5b	38.0c	67.0a	51.2	19.4	2.78
ADF	34.9a	19.9b	35.0a	27.9	10.0	2.27

*RB = annual ryegrass baleage harvested in the boot-to-early dough stage; CS = corn silage harvested in the milk stage; BH = Tifton 85 bermudagrass hay harvested on a 4-wk frequency from May through June 2015; 50/50 SH:CGF = 50% mixture of soybean hulls and 50% corn gluten feed, respectively; 85/15 CC:CSM = 85% mixture of cracked corn and 15% mixture of cottonseed meal, respectively.

^†Values reported on a % DM basis.

^a,b,cWithin a row, means without common superscripts differ (P <0.10).