Summary
During the 2013-14 season, three Limousin cohorts with a total of 214 BIN cattle were tested for feed intake and weight gain at the Tullimba feedlot. Cattle generally performed well averaging around 13.30 kg/day feed intake and 1.63 kg/day weight gain during the test period of ~70 days after adaptation to the feeders. Retrieval of valid daily feed intake data was greater than 82% allowing robust estimates of RFI and EBVs. Feed intake and live weight data from manual weighing was reported to the breeder group fortnightly and supplied to BREEDPLAN at the end of each test period.
