Feedlot managers understand that heat stress reduces intake. This effect is more marked in cattle that are closer to their finishing weight, and during the first heat event of the season as cattle are not acclimated to heat yet.
Troy Walz.
Feedlot managers should incorporate effects of heat on intake by cattle approaching their end weight or condition in their marketing strategies.
As the summer is upon us, and the threat of drought is not dissipated, feedlot…
