2 to 3 ounces per day per head is probably some sort of average. Cows will eat all the mineral they want when it is available. A lot depends on how deficient their normal feed is in the various trace minerals.
I seriously question anyone who states with absolute certainty that a given cow or set of cows will consume 2-3 ounces a day. The initial poster says his are eating more than that. Guess they didn"t talk to Cargill. I agree that most breeding cattle are too big to be profitable. In our country, 1600 lb cows are weaning 775 lb steers and everybody thinks that"s great because their gross income is large. Those 1600 lb cows eat a lot of expensive winter feed and take a lot of acres during the grazing season to wean those kind of weights. If those folks don"t figure those costs they"ll slowly go broke and wonder why. Me, I"m happy with 1200-1300 lb cows that wean 650 lb calves on grass and hay with no supplements.
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