It's not scientific, but I've always fed cows, calves, and fat steers the grain the I grind for the hogs. With 2000 pounds of grain I throw in a square brome bale and about 7 bags of Purina concentrate 40. Sometimes it is straight corn, sometimes wheat in there, sometimes milo, or a few oats for roughage. That's why I say about with the concentrate - it varies depending on what I put in.
Growing up we always did it that way. I'm sure it was because grandpa was stingy, but he had a very specific mixture that he had honed. I have always done it. The cattle really like it. The mamas get just enough to keep them tame and coming up, and the steers get a good but more. In fact, there's also a feeder full of it in every chicken house along with the crumbles. The chickens lay better on it.
The bale really fluffs it up. A bale usually doubles the level of ground grain in the mixer. Oats do the same thing but aren't quite as hard to grind. What auger are you afraid of killing? I use a JD 400 and haven't even thought about it.
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