Table 2.

Key data input metrics for Brazilian finishing cattle operations

	Mato Grosso	Mato Grosso do Sul	Goiás	São Paulo
Data input	Finishing farm	Finishing farm	Bull feedlot	Heifer feedlot
Mortality rate, %	1.4	2.5	1.0	0.3
Age at slaughter, mo	36.0	36.0	27.3	26
Weight at slaughter, kg	550	509	525	487
Dressing percentage, %	53.0	53.0	56.0	52.0
Stocking rate, head/ha	0.95	0.95	–	–
Diet ingredients	Pasture, urea, corn, minerals	Pasture, urea, corn, minerals	Corn silage, corn, soybean meal, cottonseed meal, limestone, urea	Sugarcane silage, corn silage, corn, cottonseed meal, citrus pulp, urea
Manure management	Spread on fields	Spread on fields	Spread on fields/lagoon storage	Spread on fields/lagoon storage
Transport distance to finishing farm or feedlot, km	150	200	200	584
Truck capacity, head	40	40	42	42
Transport distance to slaughterhouse, km	30	80	20	135
Truck capacity, head	27	27	27	27
Truck fuel efficiency (km/L)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Transport distance for bought-in feed, km	300	250	25	500
Transport distance for bought-in fertilizer, km	300	180	25	500