2010 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report

Cow/Calf Effect of Calving Season and Wintering System on Cow Performance Extending Grazing in Heifer Development Systems Decreases Cost Without Compromising Production Post Weaning Management of Heifer Calves Impacts ADG and Feed Efficiency as Pregnant Heifers Estrous Synchronization Increases Early Calving Frequency, Which Enhances Steer Progeny Value Reproductive Aging Influences Ovarian Function in Beef Cows Comparison of Feeding Wet Distillers Grains in a Bunk or on the Ground to Cattle Grazing Native Sandhills Winter Range.. 19 Supplementing Wet Distillers Grains Mixed with Low Quality Forage to Grazing Cow/Calf Pairs Evaluation of Storage Covers When Wet Distillers Byproducts Are Mixed and Stored with Forages Genetic Analysis of Mature Size in American Angus Cattle Factors Associated with Feed Intake of Angus Steers Genetic and Phenotypic Parameter Estimates for Feed Intake and Other Traits in Growing Beef Cattle Growing Plant and Animal Responses to Grazing Systems in the Nebraska Sandhills Supplementing Modified Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles to Long Yearling Steers Grazing Native Range Supplementing Dried Distillers Grains to Steers Grazing Cool Season Meadow Supplementing Dried Distillers Grains to Growing Calves on Smooth Bromegrass Pastures Forage Quality and Grazing Performance of Beef Cattle Grazing Brown Midrib Grain Sorghum Residue Comparing Ensiled or Fresh Mixed Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles with Straw at Two Inclusions in Growing Calf Diets Comparing the Energy Value of Wet Distillers Grains to Dry Rolled Corn in High Forage Diets Effects of Time of Transporting Prior to Sale Date on Selling Weight of Weaned Steer Calves Finishing Determinants of Profit Variability in Calf-Fed and Yearling Production Systems Routine Hedging of Fed Cattle Sales Price for Calf-Fed and Yearling Production Systems Routine Hedging of Corn Price for Calf-Fed and Yearling Production Systems Distillers Grains and Livestock Are Important to Ethanol Energy and Greenhouse Gas Balance The Economic Impact of Feeding Wet Corn Co-Products in Nebraska Update: Meta-Analysis of UNL Feedlot Trials Replacing Corn With WDGS Evaluation of Feedlot and Carcass Performance of Steers Fed Different Levels of E-Corn, a Potential New Feed Product from Ethanol Plants Effects of Using Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles to Adapt Cattle to Finishing Diets on Feed Intake, Ruminal pH, and Ruminal Hydrogen Sulfide Concentration Relating Hydrogen Sulfide Levels to Polioencephalomalacia Feeding Fiber from Wet Corn Gluten Feed and Corn Silage in Feedlot Diets Containing Wet Distillers Grains Plus Solubles Fiber Digestibility and Rumen pH for Diets Containing Wet Corn Gluten Feed or Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles Metabolism Characteristics of Feedlot Diets Containing Different Fat Sources Lipid and NDF Analysis of Ethanol Byproduct Feedstuffs Evaluation of a New Single Implant Strategy vs. Two Common Implant Strategies in Beef Finishing Steers Comparison of Revalor-XS vs. Two Common Implant Strategies in Finishing Steers Comparison of Revalor XS to a Revalor IS and Revalor S Implant Strategy in Finishing Steers Vaccination to Reduce the Prevalence of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Feedlot Cattle Fed Wet Distillers Grains Plus Solubles Evaluation of ProTernative Stress Formula and ProTernative Continuous Fed Formula in a High Energy Feedlot Diet Tympanic Temperature of Steers Fed Different Levels of Metabolic Energy Intake During Summer and Winter Tympanic Temperature Profiles of Confined Beef Cattle Relationship of Metabolizable Protein Balance, Purine Derivative Excretion, and 3-Methyl Histidine Excretion to Feed Efficiency in Individually Fed Finishing Heifers Beef Products Fatty Acid Profile of Beef from Steers Fed Wet Distillers Grains Plus Solubles (Wdgs) and Vitamin E Effects of Feeding Wet Distillers Grains Plus Solubles and Vitamin E on Beef Tenderness and Color Under Different Packaging Systems Wet Distillers Grains Diets Supplemented with Vitamin E Affect Sensory Attributes of Beef m. longissimus lumborum Wet Distillers Grains Diets Supplemented with Vitamin E Alter the Mineral Composition of Beef m. longissimums lumborum and m. psoas major Sensory Attributes of Beef from Steers Fed Field Peas Intramuscular Tenderness Mapping and Muscle Fiber Directions of Small Muscles in the Beef Round Alternative Muscles for Traditional Japanese and Korean Beef Recipes Steak-Quality Meat from the Beef Heel Acid Marination for Tenderness Enhancement of the Beef Bottom Round Multiple Antimicrobial Interventions for the Control of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Very Small Beef Processing Facilities Statistics Used in the Nebraska Beef Report and Their Purpos