5. APPENDIX Appendix Table 1. Feed evaluation factors for estimating monetary value of feeds based on energy (corn), protein (soybean meal) and fiber (alfalfa hay) prices on as-fed or wet basis
Feed
DM Soybean meal
DRY FORAGES: Alfalfa – medium quality hay Corn - cobs stover Oat hay - mature Rhodes grass - average Sudan grass - dough Soybean stover Straw - oat/wheat Clover hay SILAGES: Corn - few ears stunted GRAINS & BYPRODUCTS: Brewers grains - dry wet Corn, shelled Corn, ear Corn screenings Cottonseed meal Distillers - dry gr/sol. Linseed meal Molasses, cane - wet Oats Sorghum/milo Soybean hulls Soybean meal - 44% Sunflower meal - 28% Wheat - grain bran middlings
FACTORS Corn
Alfalfa hay
89 90 87 91 89 89 88 89 87
-0.071 -0.279 -0.276 -0.187 -0.168 -0.174 -0.365 -0.355 -0.001
-0.080 0.149 0.079 0.221 0.038 0.046 -0.147 -0.066 -0.063
1.146 0.982 1.059 0.912 1.127 1.141 1.498 1.400 0.880
35 35
-0.050 -0.046
0.113 0.091
0.282 0.282
92 24 89 87 90 93 92 91 75 89 88 91 89 93 89 89 90
0.473 0.123 0.000 -0.001 0.184 0.949 0.514 0.773 -0.085 0.110 0.068 0.081 1.000 0.638 0.110 0.239 0.251
0.324 0.085 1.000 0.882 0.700 -0.042 0.531 0.122 0.761 0.751 0.847 0.821 0.000 -0.325 0.849 0.603 0.667
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