I finished my last batch of Holstein bottle calves on lespedeza and red clover pastures. They finished out great with good marbling and backfat, at 1400# at 16 months (which I think was good for the steins). However, the federal meat inspector came to see me after picking out my 4 carcasses from the fifty-some the plant processed that day. The fat was very yellow. He said it had been many years since he had observed that, but it was normal for animals finished on legumes. (I did feed 3 - 4 lbs. shelled corn per day to keep them coming up to the trough each evening; makes it easier when they come to me for the daily check.)
The meat was some of the best I've ever tasted. But the yellow fat might be a problem for the customers used to the creamy white fat of animals finished on feed.
I'm finishing this year's calves on lespedeza again.
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