Table 2. Feed ingredients of the commercial concentrates and the total mixed ration (TMR) used in this experiment (% of dry matter unless otherwise stated).

Feed ingredients	Concentrate			TMR
	Growing	Early fattening	Late fattening	Growing	Early fattening	Late fattening
Corn grain	3.7	4.3	6.55	6.6	-	4
Wheat grain	32.5	21.9	20
Wheat bran				9.2	8.2	2
Corn germ meal				-	-	8
Barley bran				4.2	4	4
Alfalfa pellet				2.1	2	2
Cracked whole barley				-	-	4
Yeast				0.8	0.8	0.8
Rice bran	4.1	3	3
Corn gluten feed	20	15	14	17.4	16.1	13.2
Corn flour	7	7	7
Palm kernel meal	10	3.5	-
Copra meal	10	7	7
Cottonseed hulls	2	3	4	2.1	2	2
Distillers stillage				18	17.5	17.4
Spent mushroom substrate				8.3	8.1	8
Whole cottonseed	-	-	3
Alfalfa hay				2.5	-	-
Tall fescue straw				6.4	6.3	6.2
Annual ryegrass				7.9	8.9	7.6
Moisture				13.3	12.9	11.6
Soybean hulls	-	2.3	-
Steamed flaked corn	-	25	25		12	8
Distiller’s dried grains	-	-	2
Salt	0.8	0.2	0.2
Molasses	6.5	4.7	4.2
Magnesium oxide (50%)	-	0.25	0.4
Ammonium chloride	0.15	0.15	-
Sodium bicarbonate	-	0.35	0.6
Limestone	3.05	1.9	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2
Soy oil	-	0.3	0.3
Purified glycerin	-	-	1
Hydrogenated fat	-	-	0.3
Mineral, vitamin premix	0.2	0.15	0.15
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100