Chapman Family Ranch

Steers at the Hondo Creek Feed Lot

The Chapman Family Ranch (CFR) sent a group of steers to the Hondo Creek Feed Lot at Edroy, Texas, just north of Corpus Christi.

The Hondo Creek Feed Lot feeds a mixture of corn, distillers grain (refined corn), cotton seed, cotton seed hulls, and day old bread and tortillas. These are basically the same things that people eat.

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Comparison of CFR steers fed at the Hondo Creek Feed Lot to Steers Processed by the Kane Meat Packing Plant .

Dressed

• CFR Average = 66.46%
• Kane Plant Average = 62.5%

Graded Choice

• CFR Average = 79.58%
• Kane Plant Average = 43.00%

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Other Statistics

• Feed Conversion =  5.94
• Cost of Gain = 0.5846 per pound
• Hospital Stays = none
• Average Total Gain Per Head for Entire Stay = 563 pounds
• Average Gain Per Head Per Day =  3.61 pounds
• Cattle Sold on the Rail Yielded = $1.03 per pound